New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-19
Brief Notices
Recent Publications and New
Editions.

"Alfred Lyttelton," by Edith Lyttei-
ton (svo, PIP. xiv. 40; Longmans'
Green e. Coz, is that rdra avis judi
cious and critical biography written oy
the widow of the subject. win ner
amplitude of intimate knowledge, MIS-.
Lyttelton has produced most interest
ing and authoritative memoir OF
notably engaging and important inquire
in recent British craftsmanship.
"Russia's Message" by William Eng
lish Walling (8vo, PIP. 245; Alfred a.
Knopf), is an account OF the condition
of Russia before the war and of~tne
revolution which established the Duma
and constitutional government, ana IL
forms an excellent introduction to any
account OF the new revolution wnlch
has deposed Czarism. Readers OF Inc
Tribune are familiar with the informa-
ton and authenticity of Mr.. Wallings
writings.
photography in Colors,' by George
Lindsay johnson (12mo, illustrated, PIP
XIV. 302; E. P. Dutton e. co.., is an ad
mirable manual for both amateurs ana
professional students, filled with sclen-
tific information presented In non-tecn-
nical form.
AN Introduction to Social Psycholo-
gy.D by Charles A. Ellwood 12mo, PIP.
xiii, 343; d. Appleton & Coz, IS com
prehensive and systematic study OF So
cial life from the psychological side;
more practical and non-technical than
the majority of such treatises.
"The Story of the Pullman Car" By
Joseph Husband (12mo, illustrated, PIP.
1871; A. c. McClurg & Coz, is an &C,
count of the origin and development OF
great American device; technical
enough to inform engineers and me-
chanics, but readable and interesting
to the lay public.
"The Story Of the Acts Of the
Apostles" by the Rev. Denis Lynch, ,.
J. Ism. svo. illustrated, PIP: 295; Ben,
Tiger BrSthers), is an informal and
non ecclesiastical history Of the activi-
ties of the chief Apostles from the
Crucifxion TO the death of Paul, writ
ten in a peculiarly interesting style.
"A Thousand Ways to Please Hus--
band" by Louise Bennett Weaver and
Helen Cowles LeCron Ism. 8vo, Illus
trated, pp. 479; Britton Publishing
Company, is an encyclopedia recipe
book, with q chain of chatty and ro-
mantle narrative running through it;
to be much commended to housekeep-
ers.
"From the Gulf to Ararat," by G. E.
Hubbard (8vo, PIP. XIV, 273; Z. P. Dutton
e. Coz, is a most interesting account
OF the work of the quadri-national COM
mission, of which the author was secre-
tary, in surveying the boundary be-
tween Turkey and Persia, before and
after the beginning of the present war.
"Pitman's English and Shorthand
Dictionary" based on the original work
by Sir Isaac Pitman, with definitions
by Arthur Reynolds 12mo, PIP. Xvii,
1884; Isaac Pitman G. sons, is the CEN
tenary edition of this standard work
of instruction and reference.
Russian Composition by J: Solo
monoff 1smo; PIP: 90 and "vo IS
E. P. Dutton & Coz. are useful addi-
tions to the increasing number of in
struction books on the Russian lam
guage.
"The Livable House." by Aymsr En-
bury (4to, illustrated. PIP. xix, 1893;
Moffat, Yard & CO.., is a sumptuously
prepared treatise on domestic archi-
lecture, full of valuable and expert in
formation and richly illustrated with
plates from photographs of actual
houses of many designs.
"Bygone Liverpool tE. P. Dutton &
co.. is splendid folio of ninety
seven plates, reproduced from paint
ings, drawings, ETC., of former times In
Liverpool, with historical descriptions
by Henry S. Young and Harold T..
Ycurg and narrative introduction by
Ramsay Muir. The paper, print and
all mechanical details are the best
work of the Ballantyne Press.
Literature in the Making" pre-
sented by Joyce Kilmer (l2mo, PIP: 3l9;
Harper Bros.), is a compilation
of interviews on literary topics Of
popular kind with William d. Howells,
kathleen Norris. Booth Harrington,
Montague Glass, Rex Beach, Robert w.
Chambers, James Lane Allen, Harry
Leon Wilson, Edward S. Martin. Rob-
ert Herrick, Arthur Guiterman, George
Barr McCutcheon, Frank II. Spearman,
Will n. Harden, John Erskine, John
Burroughs, Ellen Glasgow, Fannie
Hurst, Amy Lowell, Edwin Arlington
Robinson, Josephine Preston Peabody,
Charles Ram Kennedy and Percy
NacKsva