New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
The Rambler
Book-N ook S in Old
Manhattan
" THlLE reading Cencrnl Hamil
wv toms book "Tnc Soul md Rod,

IA hibH read'hR Nehcrh' ham'i~
w tons book, "Tne Soul and Body
Of an Army (Doran) VIC fol
loved with conflicting emotions his
treatment Of the fight between the
Chesapeake and the Shannon off Boston
in 1915. day later we stepped into
the shop Of Edgar n. Wells G. Co.,
East Forty-scvcnth Street. and saw nm
old English print Of the battle. Wells
also showed us splendid print of
Howc's victory over the French feet
OF Ushant in 1894. These curious and
interesting picturinYs of struggles long
ago led to the bringing to light Of a
set or contemporary maps on our own
Revolution, one of which greatly in
tercstcd US, for it showed the British
lines around New York. IT, will repay
tho antlquary or one who is mildly
attracted to historical prints, charts
and maps to visit Wells's place
Henry Holt g. Co. are sending out
the first numbers of their "Hoo's Hoo"
bit Of broadside on their authors
and new publications. In it is an an
nounccmcnt of n Life Of William and
Evelyn De Morgan" by the sister Of
Mrs. Morgnn Those who admire the
novels of De Morgan will find a cloud
of Renaissance in this book, a sort of
nmbus Of memories to swathc the
novels themselves
Mrs. Robinson, of The Bookery, on
West Fortyscventh Street, a few doors
from Fifth Avenue, can boast Of having
one of the most attractive resorts for
be oklovcrs in all the big town. 1t is
in an emphatic way literary atclier
With its little vista into rear sug-
gestiVo of music, painting and sculp-
ture, it embodes in itself pretty nearly
the realm Of the aesthetic.
Frederic +. Van de Water. author of
"Grcy Riders,' to be published by the
Putnams in March, represents the third
generation Of his family to appear on
the Putnam list. This firm published
"Colonial Homesteads and Their
Stories" and "Where Ghosts Walk by
Marian Harlnnd, his grandmother, and
The Shears Of Delilah," by his mother,
Virginia Terhune Van de Water. This
looks to us like a record difficult to
match in the annals of American pub
fishing.
There has been lot Of interest
lately, especially in corners dramatic.
in Mary Queen of Scots If you run
down or up to James +. brakes treas
ury of rare books on West Fortietn
Street. near the avenue, he will show
you one Of the eight surviving books
from her library-a French transla-
tion Of Thucydides. Poor girl, she also
got hcr name on or in the history
books, but in another way. Drake
specializes in first editions, although
he has net out for anything in the
line Of rarity that looks good. If
you care to visualize a fascinating
hobby call on Drake and examine a
score or so of his first editions.
Hector MacQuarric, he of that many
hued book on Tahiti, recently opened
a book shop at q University Place,
Dorothy Stockbridge, poet and dra-
matst, is in charge. It's quaint and
comfortable little nook that shelters
their array of books. with atmosphere
we had to use the word-in every angle
and all over it. We gave a talk there
one afternoon lately-just few memo
ries Of our friendships with few
authors. There should be more Of that
sort Of thing-men and women who
know authors and their books acting
personally as interpreters OF intro
ducers. BEN BODLEIAN.