READERS' GUIDE TO BOOK RECEIVED. READERS' GUIDE TO BOOKS RE CEIVED. NEW YORK. Ainslee Publishing Company: Purple and Fine Women. By Edgar Saltus. A collection of short stories by Mr. Saltus in paper covers. American Printing House: Trees and Shrubs of Prospect Park. By Louis Harman Peet. This book should have been dedicated to Brooklynites. The book is illustrated with maps and diagrams, which serve to identify the trees and shrubs in the park. Appleton: Love-Letters of Margaret Fuller. By Julia Ward Howe. These Letters cover the period from 1845 to 1846, to which are added the reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Greeley and Charles T. Congdon. A review of this book appears elsewhere in the present number. The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch. By Mrs. Burton Harrison. Mrs. Hatch has made a novel of her play of this name, and the publishers have brought it out in their Novelettes de Luxe Series. The play, it will be remembered, was presented by Mrs. Fiske over a year ago. A History of American Literature. By William P. Trent. A volume belonging to the series of Literatures of the World. The book is divided into four main parts: The Colonial Period (1607-1764); the Revolutionary Period (1765-1788); the Formative Period (1789-1829), and the Sectional Period (1830-1865). In a brief conclusion, Professor Trent sketches the conditions of literature from the close of the Civil War to the present time. Sir William Johnson. By Augustus C. Buell. A new volume in Appleton's Series of Historic Lives. The life of Sir William Johnson covers a period from 1715 to 1774. Mr. Buell is also the author of Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy. 'Twixt God and Mammon. By William Edwards Tirebuck. A posthumous novel by the author of Miss Grace of All Souls. Mr. Hall Caine has written quite a lengthy memoir, in which he gives an interesting sketch of Mr. Tirebuck's life. Selections from Homer's Iliad. By Allen Rogers Benner. The author of this "twentieth-century text-book" is Professor of Greek in Phillips Academy, Andover. The book contains an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar and a vocabulary. A History of Roman Literature. By Harold N. Fowler, Ph.D. Professor Fowler has intended that this work should be used primarily as a text-books in schools and colleges. The book belongs to the series of Twentieth Century Text-Books. Broadway Publishing Company: With the Birds. An Affectionate Study. By Caroline Eliza Hyde. A small book on birds. There is a frontispiece photograph of the author. and underneath are these words: "Aged 82 Years." The Country Jake. By Oliver Woodruff Gogin. In a sub-title the author describes this book as "recollections of a city boy who lived, moved and had his being with the suckers in the backwoods of Illinois in the '40's." A Girl and the Devil. By Jeannette Llewellyn Edwards. A story of New York with a sensational title. Century Company: The Training of Wild Animals. By Frank C. Bostock. This is an animal story out of the ordinary. Mr. Bostock writes from a thirty years' experience as a trainer of animals. As a lad, it was his father's hope that he would become a clergyman, but he chose instead the profession of training lions, tigers, elephants and other wild creatures. The volume is illustrated, and is edited by Ellen Velvin. Civic Press: Quo Vaditis? A Call to the Old Moralities. By Bouck White. A book which might be called a bid for variety. It is dedicated to "Them That Inhabit the Realms of Right and Wrong," and in the chapter entitled "Seen" we quote a few characteristic passages: "I have seen a People crazed with new-got riches, a drunk-headed People, a People giddied with great possessions. .. I have seen the Land crimeful grown, a spilth of blood in your streets, men-killing in Montana—a frenzy delirium overflooding a continent." Doubleday, Page and Company: A Few Remarks. By Simeon Ford. Mr. Ford is a well-known man about town, and his "few remarks," printed in various periodicals, have been collected and brought out in book form. Some of the chapter headings are: "Boyhood in a New England Hotel," "At a Turkish Bath," "The Landlords in Cuba," "Advice to Beginners in the Hotel Business," "The Troubles of a Hotel Man." A notice of this book is printed_elsewhere in the present issue of THE BOOKMAN. Funk and Wagnalls: A Reply to Harnack on the Essence of Christianity. By Hermann Cremer, D.D., LL.D. Translated by Bernhard Pick, Ph.D., D.D. A series of lectures delivered in the summer of 1901 before the students of all faculties in the University of Greifswald by a theological professor in that university. These lectures have attracted considerable attention throughout Germany, and the English translation has been made in response to a demand for it. Harper and Brothers: Ethel. By J. J. Bell. Mr. Bell has sprung into prominence through his Scotch story, Wee Macgreegor. The present story, which differs from its predecessor, takes the form of a dialogue (quite free from dialect, by the way) between Ethel and her fiancé. New Conceptions in Science. By Carl Snyder. A concise exposition of the newest sciences in various fields, with a foreword on the relations of science and progress. The volume is illustrated with portraits and sketches. Sinful Peck. By Morgan Robertson. An amusing story of a sailing voyage to Singapore. "Sinful Peck" is evidently a mischievous person. At a dinner which he gives to a number of his friends everybody gets intoxicated, and, under the influence of liquor, they are taken aboard the sailing ship for Singapore. A further mention of this book will be found under Chronicle and Comment in the present issue. Rejected of Men. By Howard Pyle. An editorial opinion of this book will be found under Chronicle and Comment of the present number of THE BOOK MAN. Letters to M. G. and H. G. By John Ruskin. With a Preface by the Right Honourable G. Wyndham. Ruskin's letters to Mary Gladstone form the most important part of this book. The letters, as a whole, give an intimate view of Ruskin, Gladstone and his family. The Dowager Countess and the American Girl. By Lilian Bell. A sequel to Sir John and the American Girl, in which is told the story of a family duel between a dowager-countess of England and her American daughter-in-law. It is amusing and in the author's most popular vein. Lane: A new and augmented edition, dedicated to Horace Howard Furniss and Georg Brandes. Cecilia Gonzaga. By R. C. Trevelyan. A drama in three acts, in blank verse. Stay-At-Homes. By L. B. Walford. A new novel by one of England's prolific writers. The story originally appeared in the weekly edition of the London Times. Seria Ludo. By A Dilettante. A collection of poems and essays, many of which appeared long ago in the St. James's Gazette. "If their resurrection requires some apology," says the author in a preface, "I can only say that I believe no midge ever fluttered for an hour in the sunlight but he would dance again if he could." The Studio Library. Representative Art of Our Time. With Original Etchings and Lithographs; also reproductions of oil and water-colour paintings, pastels, etc. Complete in eight parts. Parts VI. and VII. The reproductions in these volumes are charming and worth having framed. Part VI. has a chapter on "The Development and Practice of Pastel Painting" by A. L. Baldry, and Part VII. chapters on "The Art and Practice of Monotyping in Colour," by Alfred East, and "The Invention and Development of Herkomer-Gravure,” also by A. L. Baldry. The Mettle of the Pasture. By James Lane Allen. A new novel by Mr. Allen is a literary event of considerable importance. A review of The Mettle of the Pasture will be found in a later number of the BOOKMAN. The Great Hoggarty Diamond. By William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by C. E. Brock. A new volume in the Dent edition of the Prose Works of Thackeray. The book contains Biographical Notes, "The History of Samuel Titmarsh" and "The Great Hoggarty Diamond," "Men's Wives" and "The Bedford-Row Conspiracy." Miracles and Supernatural Religion. By James Morris Whiton, Ph.D. A small book of interest to students of theology. In a prefatory note the author says: "While the present subject of discussion tempts to many an excursion into particulars, its treatment is restricted to general outlines, with an aim simply to clarify current ideas of miracle and the supernatural, so as to find firm holding ground for tenable positions in the present 'drift period' of theology." A story dealing principally with a young man and his dog. The hero is attractive as a lad, and equally so as he grows to manhood. His adventures are many. A photograph of Mr. Hyne, with some notes about him, appear in the Chronicle of this number. Idyls of the Gass. By Martha Wolfenstein. A volume of stories of Jewish life in a German town a generation ago. The author gives her readers an opportunity to realise the common life and the innermost feelings of the people of the Judengasse (Jews street). Mrs. Pendleton's Four-in-Hand. By Gertrude Atherton. The third book in the Little Novel Series. An excellent summer comedy. The scene is at Newport, and the characters are a flirtatious young widow and four men to whom she has become engaged simultaneously. Anne Carmel. By Gwendolen Overton. A strong novel by the author of The Heritage of Unrest. The book is noticed elsewhere in his number, and a photograph of the author will be found in the Chronicle and Comment. Marshall, Beek and Gordon: Ventures into Verse. By Henry Louis Mencken. Mr. Mencken, who is connected with the Baltimore Morning Herald, has graciously sent us a copy of his verses, which include ballades, rondeaux, triolets, quatrains, odes and roundels. Some of these poems have appeared in THE BOOKMAN, and others elsewhere. Putnam's Sons: By German Ambitions as They Affect Britain and the United States of America. "Vigilans Sed Equus.' The material in this peared in the Spectator. book first apMr. J. St. L. Strachey has written an introduction to the volume. Buddhist India. By T. W. Rhys Davids, LL.D., Ph.D. A new volume in the series entitled The Story of the Nations. Professor Davids describes ancient India during the period of Buddhist ascendancy, from the point of view not so much of the Brahmin as of the Rajput. The author is Professor of Pali and Buddhist Literature in the University College, London. The Spirit in Man. By Horace Bushnell. The publishers are bringing out a new and revised edition of Dr. Bushnell's works. The present volume, which is edited by Mary Bushnell Cheney, contains sermons and selections. Dr. Bushnell was born in 1802 and died in 1876. My Relations with Carlyle. By James Anthony Froude. A short pamphlet dealing discreetly with an unsavoury subject. Taylor and Company: Alton Locke. Tailor and Poet. An Autobiography. By Charles Kingsley. With an Introduction by Maurice Kingsley. Two volumes. Two new volumes in the Library Edition of Charles Kingsley's Novels, Poems and Memories. friends at an old-fashioned boardingschool. This book is being classed under "adult fiction." The Lions of the Lord. By Harry Leon Wilson. A tale of the old West-of the Mormon settement of Salt Lake City-and the central figures are a religious mystic, his adopted daughter and a cowboy. It is a decided departure from The Spenders. A Japanese Garland. By Florence Peltier. A story for young people A Japanese lad, adopted by an American, entertains his little friends by telling them stories of Japan, its customs, superstitions, its social life. The book is illustrated by Genjiro Yeto, the Japanese artist. Sanborn and Company: Anthology of English Poetry. By Robert N. Whiteford, Ph.D. An anthology prepared for secondary schools, colleges and general literature classes. The selections have been arranged according to the various historical periods in the development of English literature from "Beowulf" to Kipling. A Geography of Commerce. By John N. Tilden, M.A., M.D., and Albert Clarke, M.A. A text-book for use in academies, high schools and business colleges. A number of maps and diagrams are used in this volume. Lippincott Company: Birds in Their Relation to Man. By Clarence M. Weed and Ned Dearborn. A manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada, which contains numerous illustrations. An Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy. By Arthur Stone Dewing. "This work," says the author in his preface, "is intended as an introduction to the subject, and is not the expression of a critical or reconstructive attitude; it makes no attempt to trace the logicogenetic development of modern thought, nor does it pretend to consider every aspect of historical development." As few technical terms as possible have been used in the book. The First and Second Books of Esdras. Edited by Archibald Duff, D.D. A new volume in the "Temple Bible," which Dent and Company are bringing out in London and the Lippincotts in this country. 6. The Under Dog. Smith. (Scribner.) $1.50. |