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s A SELF-MADE MAX. THE rsnrrfi or DOOKEIX T. WASH INGTON. fP FROM 61-AVnnr. An AlfM It' . ' By 1 Hooker T. Washlnrtor. With Portrait. Octavo, pp. 1». 830. l>outtl«aar. i'"«' * Co. Mr. Washington was a small boy on a Vir- t g.nlan plantation, the son of a slave and himself a Have, when the Civil War broke out. Hl* memories of that time are nevertheless dear. He describes the mirrmindlngrs in which he and his family lived, and can vividly recall the sub <jued exrlurrent of the slaves when talk of their emancipation was in the air. when the "grape vine telegraph" carried news of the war from one plantation to another with mysterious swift ness, and when, at last, the Emancipation Proc lamation was read from the veranda of the "bis; r-ous.e." as the dwellers In the negro quarters called the horn» of their owner. He makes us see the members of his master's family, crowd ing about to witness the episode and observe the attitude of the negroes toward the new con dition of affairs. In th» faces of the white folks lie saw a feeling of <I'<>p interest, perhaps sad ness, but he adds, no bitterness. "As I now re «sl! The impression th'v made upon me." he continues, they did not nt the moment seem 10 be sad because of the loss of property, but rather because of parting with those whom they had reared, and who were in many ways very close to them." The relations between master and man Tiad been not only close, but sympathetic. Mr. Washington speaks of the sorrow among hi* fellow slaves when "Mars' Billy," one of their young masters, was killed fighting to keep their freedom from them; he tells of their anx iety to nurse the SOBS of the house who were brought home wounded, and altogether paints a picture of genuine devotion en the part of the ¦¦was toward those who possessed them. When "Yankee" invasions were feared at the "big house" the silverware and other valuables were buried in the woods, and were guarded by the •slaves themselves, who would have died in their defence. IJut Mr. Washington can recollect also being awakened one morning before daylight by his mother, kneeling over her children and pray ing that she and they might be free. He thus describes the situation among his own people when freedom came: For some minutes there was great rejoicing and thanksgiving and wild scenes of ecstasy. But there «a« no feeling of bitterness. In fact, there was pity among the slaves for our former owners. The wild rejoicing on the part of the emancipated colored people lasted but for a brief period, for 1 noticed that by the time they re turned to their cabins there was a change in their feelings. The great responsibility of beins free, of having harp- of themselves, of having to think and plan for themselves and their chit dr<en, • seemed to take possession of them. It was very much like suddenly turning a youth of sea or twelve years out into th*> world to provide tor himself. In a few hours the great questions with which the Ang-10-Saxon race had been grappling for centuries had been thrown upon these people to be solved. These were the questions of a home, a living. the rearing of children, education, citizenship nnd the establishment and support of churches. Was it any wonder that within a few hours the wild rejoicing oaoawd, and a fetling of deep STlooin seemed to i«-rvade the slave quarters? To some it -in.il that, now that they were In nctunl jiosF«-ssion of It, freedom was a more seri ous thing than they had expected to find It. Some of the j»'..nv«-s were severity or eighty years old; their l ¦ lays were (rone. They had no strength v.!;!i h.ch to earn a living in a strange place and uaOSS 'rang<- people, even if they had been surp where to find a new place of abode. To this clans the problem sseasod es pecially hard. Besides, deep down in their hearts there was i ftrnnße and peculiar atachment to "old m«rf.trr" and "old missus,** and to their children, which they found it hard to think of break! off. With these they had spent in some cases nearly a half century, and it was no lpfet thinp to think of parting. Gradually, one by one. stealthily at first, the older slaves began to wander from the clave quarters back Is the "Imp house" to have a whispered conversation vail their former owners as to the future. There is nothing more interesting in Mr. Washington's book than his acorns! of the rtrugg'.e made by the slaves to cope with their new responsibilities. The conditions in which they had lived were far from resembling those utually presented by the novelists. There were nn coeey csbJns. from which floated appetizing .^ortorF of <".el!cious meals prepared by resplendent •^"mammies." There were cheerless, squalid huts; JWlhere was little food, end that of the plainest, hard work Batty and late was everybody's portion. When freedom scattered the slaves and they ertaUiFhed their own settlements they continued the slipshod ways familiar to them. they were poor and Ipnornrt and Mr. Washing ton himself grew up accustomed to bitter dis comforts mid burdens. Education was hard to Ret "' He taught himself the alphabet, and little by litt'.e obtained some slight schooling. When he heard of Hampton his soul was on Ire to proceed thither «nd .t himsolf for a career or some son. as hardly knew what, ay obtaining * genuine education. It took time, and heart breaking; work, to win his desire. He was live hundred mile*, away from his goal when he -started f c r it. and much of the way h- traversed on foot, often hungry «i.d sleeping sometimes In the streets. Arrived at Hampton he endured ¦ further privations, but alsu he met General Armstre.n*. and under the auspices of that de voted soul, for who*e nob!- character be cher ishes •):. profo&Qflest love, he developed rapidly the natural resource* which have made him the effective chump)' of hi* race. He writes with delightful candor. Not book i le.'-rninp alone, he lets us know, has enabled him te, curry m his rp>rd'.d work at Tuske K ee. From the Stan he has bee:; a believer in the sup-e m .> lmrTtar.ee cf U& ltst!f M D:.' gresi teacher , and in striving to upiif. th . nepro h# takeg pains to bring home to him not only the value of study, but the virtue of baths, or tidiness in all thJr.gs. of unceasing in.:ustr> in every direction Health, moral and physical, be preaches with no less fervor than lip uses when advocating the ordinary forms of education. He la hopeful of his race, becatut he has witnessed its almost passionately sacer endeavor to raise itself to a higher plane. When h« first w*nt to Hampton -he witnessed the keenest enthusiasm among th» nufients for everything thai their wise teachers wished them to do. and ever he has watched his people steadily and hungrily working toward better things. or his own share in fostering th* progressive elements among the ne Frocß he writes •«» perfect modesty, and. in fact all through his autobiography he seems to car* more about his work and his fellows than about hJraself But a patient, brave and very winning P«reoo*lity U clearly reflected in these page* STORIES ADOTT VF.RDI. rronj The Pall Mall Maratine. isZ fc-r VV r * X V paces *** known in that treat ing to the pre«»urr c-t r,. unt ur fwihnm h- entertained the greatest esteem "But * ..£ &£ EYAS'S SS«J*S*«S £? ;n* the rtttlncs Verdi I ° l to himsrtf by „"?£ ins the sittings Verdi amused hlame.lf by se-u-jr !*.i5 U^ C th^P*«-itamentan- interruptions and ruled the official pacer in staves himself When \l want of . theme »»• would write choruses to the words. AJ —sir and the various »u«o graphs of taei* sett loirs are jealously curded la th« archives of Mont#oiu,rio s^srosi The eecond Instance of tne master's humorous turn is a. quaint correspondence, between Verdi f.nd his earliest friend. Count Opprandtno Ar rivabene— a correspondence which lasted for several years. It Is a perfect masterpiece of Its kind. Verfil and his friend aeaumed the ciSce cf secretaries to two creatures who loved each other fondly; In fine, conducted an amorous rorrespondence between the dojr of Giuseppe Verdi and the little capnetta of the Count. The tatters are In the popsrssion of the heirs of the Arrtvabene family, and It is Impossible to ob tain even a fiance at the pn clous heirlooms. nut I sir told th» contents »re absolutely unique, both friend* endeavoring quit* seriously not only to sue** the thoughts of their pets. jMt also to express them in quaint doc language— lincuaggio blzxarmente canlno— while the whole Is a model of humor. Fancy Verdi setting: to music parliamentary interruption*, and writing Ms <Jotr> letter*: AEROSAVTICS. vf.TR.« OF AN INGENIOUS EXPERI MENTALIST. BY U.VO AND SKY. By the Rev. John M. naeon. F. R. A. S. With four illustration* Octavo, pp. rill. TZ Philadelphia: The J. B. IJppincott Company. The author of this book is one of thousands of Englishmen who find recreation In studying natural phenomena. But his membership In the Royal Astronomical Society represents only one of his scientific tastes. Stories of balloon as cent* had a great charm for him In his boy hood, and •within the last dozen years he has had practical experience with such voyages himself. Ocean! he was accompanied by his daughter, who Is a skilful amateur photog rapher. Most of Mr. Bacon's ventures were planned with special reference to a particular object: Testing the range of wireless telegraphy, ob serving the meteor shower of November 16. 1800. securing sample* of tipper air for chemical analysis by others, or investigating echoes and other acoustic development. The last of these quests may be said to have been his chief one. It led him to clap his hands In front of passing cloudlets, test the distance at which he could hear the ticking of a Waterbury watch that hung from his car. and to blow a tin horn and fire guncotton cartridges at various elevations. To enable him to conduct these Inquiries the more satisfactorily. Mr Bacon often engaged in such preliminary enterprises as climbing belfries to measure the humidity of the air at midnight and spending several days on a lightship half a dozen miles from land. These researches were not pushed far enough to yield any information of importance. Many of the incidents described, moreover, are too trivial to be perpetuated in a book. And a dis position to dissent with so eminent a physicist as Tyndall without presenting convincing con tradictory testimony betrays questionable taste. Nevertheless. Mr. Bacon's book has its good points. His enthusiasm is infectious, and he writes in a rather attractive fashion. He has a valuable chapter on the history of ballooning in England, and offers a number of useful sug gestions about aerial navigation. The drift of notes dropped overboard during one of his voy ages leads him to propose the use of similar means to detect the direction and velocity of the air currents. In his earlier experiments he found It Impossible to obtain an echo from the earth at a greater height than 1.000 feet. But in his latest tests he got gratifying results at three times this elevation with guncotton car tridges. Indeed, the responses to his bombard ment were prolonged thunders, whereas the pro voking sound was scarcely louder than a pistol shot. Again, the transparency of the atmos phere to sound varied perceptibly from time to time, and Mr. Bacon suspects that the difference was due to change* in the humidity of the air. .V^. FISKETS ESSAYS. STIDIES OF THE BACONIAN THEORY AND OTHER THEME?. A CEXTURT OF SCIENCE AND OTHER ES SAYS. By John Fi*ke. Octave; pp. v!l. «66. Houghton." Mlfflin & Co. The essays in this volume were in large meas ure called forth by various passing events, and are not all equally deserving of preservation. "Guessing at Half and Multiplying by Two." for instance, written in 1880 and aimed against a certain "orthodox" Boston lecturer's attacks on modern evolutionary science, is an admirable piece of destructive criticism and leaves little standing of the Rev. Joseph Cook's system. But neither the arguments nor the methods of pro cedure are much worth answering nowadays, though Mr. Fiske'P clean-sweeping and vigorous strokes still make entertaining reading. Equally decisive is his disposition of "The Bacon Shake speare Folly." and. perhaps, at the time, equally unnecessary: but it is replete with humor and learning and keen analysis. This vagary he says originated in a group of conditions which ad mit of being specified and described, and which the historian of nineteenth century literature will need to notice. In order to understand the natural history of the affair it i.« necessary to examine the Delia Bacon theory at greater length than it would otherwise deserve. And his examination is a delightful discussion of the social and literary conditions of London in the Elizabethan age, where "at no time or place since history began has human thought fermented more briskly." His analybls of the fundamental difference between the minds of Bacon and Shakespeare is extremely suggestive: Bacon's mind v.as eminently sagacious and fertile in suggestions, but the supreme creative faculty, the power to lead men into new paths, was precisely the thing which he did not possess. His place is a very high one among Intellects of the second order. . . . Karon was in a high degree a subjective writer, from whom you are perpetually getting revelations of his idiosyncra sies and moods. wher<?a*«. of all writers in the world. Rhakespeare is the most completely ob jective, the most absorbed in the work of crea tion. In the on* writer you are always reminded of the man Bacon: In th» other the personality is never thrust into sight. Baron is highly self, conscious: from Shakespeare eelf-consclousners is; absent. On similar lines, though with a less serious object in view, is the amusing discussion of 'Some Cranks and Their Crotchet?." a result of Mr. Fiske's experience as assistant librarian at Harvard University, which impelled him to es tablish in the catalogue a department of "Ec centric Literature." Book* on circle squaring by persons who have no idea as to what the prob lem consists of. and whose mathematical horizon scarcely extends beyond long division; books on perpetual motion implying a complete Ignorance of physics; expositions of the Book of Daniel by commentators in blissful ignorance alike of an cient history and the principles of literary criti cism; elucidations of the Great Pyramid's sig nificance—such products of "morbid cerebration," as Mr. Fiske calls them, constitute this literary department. His description of them Is an amusing contribution to this branch of psy chology. Articles called forth by the death of Francis Parkman and Edward A. Freeman show Mr. FUke's knowledge and sympathy with their work in history as well as with their personal quali ties. He sums up Parkman's historical methods thus: Parkraaa conceives and presents his subject as a whole. He forgets nothing, overlooks noth ing: but whether it is a bloody battle, or a theo icg.cal pamphlet, or an exploring Journey through a forest, or a code for the discipline of nunner ies, each event grows out of its context as a feat ure ia the total development that is coinK on »i\ l^.?, Ur * J L" II ls only the historian who Is bi£lf* \T£' r *" 4 arUßt thtt c *° l &"« deal in society the great and complex life of a whole Freeman, oa the other hand, concerned himself chiefly with the political aspects of history. Not in the rid-fa*hioned way - a* a mere narra tlvo of the deeds of kin*» and cabinets, but in •clentlflc fashion, as an application ofThe £i£ Son b»tim nn ce e hOd l ° th V a rt°us processes of nl. tion building. . . . To ar » «- f»» n/ .,-i t/% »u history of philosophy and of SeaUflc Va. Je devoted much •" thought. ! believe he d-d not fully approve of his friend Green's method of carrying along political, .octal and llterarytop- Ics abreast in his "History of the En~l™h Peo ple." Few will doubt, however, that in this r£ NEW-YOItK DAILY TRir.t'XE. SATURDAY. MARCH 30. lOM. sp«rt Green's «rt!stic grasp upon his subject was stronger than Freeman's. Another obituary articl- of more than tran sient value is that devoted to the life and work of Edward Livingston Toumans; and two dis cussions in a field In which Mr. Flske is espe cially at home are contained In "The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Scope and Purport," and "The Part Played by Infancy in the Evolution of Man." Th* latter relates to a contribution to evolutionary theory in which he takes special pride as peculiarly his own. it being "the first rational explanation of the origin and persist ence of family relations, and thence communal relations, and. finally, of society," as a well known biologist has called it. THE YILLEXEUVE LIBRARY. PALE OF THE BOOKS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETE DES BIBLIOPHILES FRANCAIS IN PARIS. Paris. March 19. A portion of the library of M. de Villeneuve. president cf the Soclete dcs Bibliophiles Fran ra,?. sold at auction last year attracted unusual attention from book collectors in Europe and the United States. The sale of the second and remaining part of M. de Vllleneuve's library is announced to tak* place on March 25. at the Hotel Drouot. and will continue during the week. The opinion of amateurs here is that this second lot forms the most important collection of original editions of the great French classic authors that has ever been made. Among the rare foreign works in the collection are "J. Stobel Sententlw. IMS," bound in mosaic, bear ing the Initial? of Thomas Maioli: "Aulu-Gelle. 1585." bound in separate panels of the style of the sixteenth century: "Lrs Idylles de Theocrite. lOss." and ' Lea Idylles de Blon et tie Moschus. 1080"— volumes bound by Coyer with the marks of Lonpeplerre, the translator. The collection is rich in rare and precious editions of the French poets, extending from Alain Chartier to Marot and to the Plelade. Malherbe is represented by the original edition of I<ksO. bearing the coat of arms of De Thou, the unfortunate companion of Cinq-Mars. There Is a beautiful ami well preserved edition of "La Muse Historlque de Loret." bearing the arms of Mazarin. Corneille. Mollore, Racine and Regnard are absolutely complete. One tin.i? all the original collected editions of their works, and also the original editions of all the plays and fragments of those writers that appeared separately. The Moliere collection is most re markable an.l Includes the edition of 1682, which belonged to La Reynle. lieutenant of police, of which only throe other copies are known to exist. This edition once formed part of the library of M. Armand Berlin, and when th. Ber tin collection was sold it was purchased by M. de Montalivet. from whom it came to his son-in-law. M. do Villeneuve. th" present owner. Among the original editions of Racine is that cf "Esther" in quarto, bearing the arms of the Marquise de Maintenon. There Is also a superb edition of "La Celestinc." 1578, one of th.- chef d'eeuvrea of Spanish theatrical literature. This work, which 13 in a perfect state of preserva tion, bears the initials and arms of Louis XIII and of Anne of Austria. The Villeneuve collection also contains a vast number of novels. Among these may be men tioned "L'ABtree." by Habert de M'>ntfort; "Le Roman Comique." Of S.-;»ir.'n. la the original edition, of which there are only four or five copies extant; "Zaide" and "La Prtncea*e de Cieves." "Oil Bias." editions of 1715, IT-- and 1747; "Manon Lesiaut," edit! of 1733 (copy bound over pamphlet covers as originally is sued). Among th« Cplstolalrea those which merit special mention are "Cic»r<»n." 1882, In double morocco, with the arms of Comte d'Hoym. and "I'lin^." l'lO'J, bound by LeOaaoon, with the arms and initials* of d'BU« <1« Fresnoy. There are some very valuable and rare histor ical works, especially those relating to the city of Paris, to Its great municipal ffftes. to tho cere monial entries of the kings of France, and to their coronations, all of wh'ch are beautifully Illustrated. The books are all in excellent con dition. In looking at the collection of M. de Villeneuve one recognise the delicate and severe choice of a man of taste passionately fond of his books. C. I. B. COyCEBXtXG FIIES'Cn a jro ESGLISII^ HOW AN ENGUSIUCAK THIED TO LOOK rM.VCH From The Contemporary Review. A friend of mine, an EBailshaMa, who knows an«l likes France, was once making n stay ii Paris. Tir- ,1 of hearing the chaffing "Aoh ye.«' EnKliFh spoken,' called after him Ijv th-- street I •vs. ho went home to his rocms. planted him self before the looking glass, and examined his appearance carefully and Impartially. He was of moderate height, well formed, with a brown complexion and very black hair. His dark • yes shone beneath the shadow of hi* eye'>nv.vs; his nose, slightly aquiline. overhung a finely drawn mouth with small teeth. His chin was 'i-.-.-.x of .1 Roman bust. There was nothing English about him. An observer, In choosing a fatherland for this type of face, would have pitched up* Spain. Crowned with a large sombrero, his might have been the head of an Intelligent picador. People don't shout "Aoh yes>!" at pica dors. What was It that betrayed the English man? The answer was soon found. A thick heather colored suit, strong boots and a hut from Picca dilly, these were clear signs of the Islander. My friend did not hesitate a moment. He went and got himself a new costume. Parisian to the last detail. Next day, when he put on his new eloshes. he could not help smiling to think how his Cam bridge chums would laugh with amusement when be appeared in Parisian dlegulse. The transformation was complete. He would not have known himself again. He lit a "Caporai' cigarette an.i went down Into the street with th" ease of a man who has nothing about hi:. to attract attention. He had not gone ¦ hun dred steps before his illusions were dispelled by an "Aoh yes!" hurled at him as he parsed by a printer's lad. The tiresome chaff n»rnn »k.i!!,, not quite so frequent as before, but still Inevita ble. As he came near to my apartment a laundry frirl. with a basket of linen < :i hf-r arm, saluted him with a laughing "Good morning;* I looked him carefully over when he told mi of his mtotfortune. He was sitting In an arm chair. Joking about the Impossibility of pr» serving his Incognito. Nothing but his Speech indicated the Englishman. I was curious to see the experiment for myst-lf, and asked him to »;,¦» out with me: but we did not go fuither than th* corridor. Before we reached the Uoor I had found it out. Experiment was needless. He was obviously. strikingly English; that was clear from his very first movement. It was not his face, It was not his dresi-; it war himself— his attitude toward the things around him. his attitude to life. That struck me at once. It was not easy to define; slight trifles— the set tif the elbows, the solid torso, rigid from the hips, the stiffness of the shoulders, the carriage of the head on the neck, the decisive way of walk ing, as if the walk were a serious function, to be performed] in a given time. Th* street boys were not deceived. To have rowed for on»'s college— that leaves an Indelible mark. livixg is Til HFC CESTURIEB. From the Glasgow Evening Citizen. Mrs. McEwan. who resides in Brldgend, Jnver k!p. and who was born Dear the Glenlean pow. der works, between Sandbank and Glendarnel. one hundred and two years ago. and is now liv ing in her third century. Mrs. McKwan had several visitors yesterday, who wished her a happy new year, but did not add "many returns of the season." She resides with her youngest daughter. Mrs. McLean, who, although about sixty-flve years of age, In an outworker on the Ardgowan estate. Mrs. Mo Euan can now read without the aid of spectacles, the use of which she discarded about ten years ago. She is rather dfaf. but has all her other faculties, and assists in the work of the house while her daughter is at work. Her husband, who died when over eighty years of age. was a native of Glendarnel. and at the time of their marriage and till his death was employed in the powder mills. Mrs. McEwan's grandmother was one hundred and three years of age when she died, and her great grandmother one hundred and five years. Mr« McEwan Is in excellent health, and from her appearance may even break the latter record. H«r family have resided in the Glenlean dis trict of Argyllshire for the last five hundred years. BOOKS AND AUTHORS. C\ RFIENT TALK OF THINGS PRESENT AND TO COME. For Mr. Winston Churchill's new story. "The Crisis." Mr. Howard Chandler Christy has pre pared a series of eight characteristic illustra tions. The obituaries of William M. Evarts make but slight mention of one of his literary dis tinctions, namely, the fact that he was one of the founders of "The Yale Literary Magazine." and was chairman of its first editorial board. This was in 1537. *nd from that time to this one of the things worth trying for at fal* has been "to make the Lit ' " Th" magazine is edited by a board of five seniors, who In recent years have been chosen by their class for the number and quality of their previous contributions to the magazine. The training of "The Yale Lit" has In many in stances been a stepping stone to literary' work of a permanent character. Among the mem bers of Bucc*S3iw editorial boards who have made names for themselves in literature have been Donald G. Mitchell, President Daniel C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins. ex-Presid»nt Andrew D White of Cornell, Charlton T. Lewis. Daniel G. Brinton. Professor T. R. Lounsbury. E. R. Sill. Francis M. Finch, author of "The Blue and the Gray." and Professor William Lyon Phelps, of Yale. Mr. Owen Johnson, whose novel. "Ar rows of th? Almighty." is soon to appear. Is one of the youngrest "Lit" graduates into literature. ' The Paltimcre Sun*' has lately given a new significance to its department of literary crit icism anl news. Every Thursday It devotes a page to this department, which bears the gen eral title of "Literature." It is conducted by D.v Guy Carleton Lee. of Johns Hopkins I'ni vr-iFity. and he has the assistance of numerous reviewers, most of •whom hold professional po- FMi'His In dtrers collegiate institutions. BouFsod. Valadon & Co. send us the first num ber of a new periodical called "Les Modes: a Monthly Illustrated Review nf the Arts Applied to Woman." It is, of course, a "fashion" pub- Ucation rnJefly. nnd on that esoterte subject we r. frain frosn <-<>mmentinc; but we may justly ncte thnt t'r.*^ magazin*- is vory artistically pro duced, and contains, morever. material appeal ing tf the general reader as well as to the specialists in "frou-frou" This first number has aa article on the Italian artißt Boldinl, with sornc beautiful reproductions after paintings ar.i sketches by him. "Coaster's Magazine," long favorably known anione: readers Interested In mechanical and ;:i. sabjects general!?, is now printed tn a :;. " edition with a stout linen cover. This i» a'goo.l .<lea. as the magazine is meant to be us<d »>y practical men. and the new cover will ftF.n \ a roc i deal more of knocking about than UM ordinary on- of paper. • A VI. tlm of Circumstances." which Is the April addition to the Harper*' monthly series of Ameri.-au novels, is *aid to pcrtray New-York society *o rinFf.y that several persons in it may be Identified by thoa* familiar with the real Miss ;• raldlne Anthony, the au thor of !t. wrote tho stary firs; when she waa fifteen yean old. thT. put II by for " eoasls of years, when, on rereading it. the was so much dismasted « ;th It that sh» tore it up Later she vr.ite. it ag.iln. nnd again destroyed it, and r* .t in its present form. Mr. Andrew Carnegie's success as an author is not a little striking.- considering the vastness of his purely business Interests. Besides his last bcok. that is attracting wide attention because of his discussion of hi? principles as a philan thropist. "The Gospel of Wealth." his "Trium phant Pemocrae>" has sold to the extent of forty thousand copies or more, and his less serious book?. "An American Four in Hand In Britain ' and "Round the World." have also been widely successful. It is significant of the increasing weight at tached In England to American scholarship In English literature that two American books on thai subject have recently been taken for publi cation in London by George Bell. Neither is a new book. Henry B. Paneoasl's "Introduction to English Literature" was published here by , the Holts two or three years ago. and Professor T. R. Lounsbury*i "History of the English Lan- j guage" baa long been a work of standard au- J thortty in this country. > Another book about China will soon make Its j appearance, this time with the Put ton imprint; it Is to be culled "China: Her History, Diplomacy and Commerce, from the Earliest Times to th. Present Day." and Is by E. H. Parker. British CV>nsu!-Genrral In C»reo In ISSG-'BT. consul- j general in Kiung-Chow in 18&1. and in IM6**M adviser In Chinese affair* to the nurmah Oov- | ernment. ! Th'" Holts have In preparation a bow novel I by Corse Qlssias. "Our Friend the Charlatan": I the motive, the publishers say, is "an old a ! theme as Xuma and his Egerla." the politician ; nr.'i the woman 1 Rear- Admiral Evans's book of reminiscences. I "A Bailor's Log." "l. be published about the ! middle of April by the Appletons simultaneously here and in England, where they are fully alive to th- Importance of the American naval offi- : t«r. It Is "a:-! that much substantial interest 1 has already been shown in this promising book. Abbie Harwell Brown's retelling of some an- ' cient and mediaeval legends and animal stories, ••The B< ok <>' Saints and Friendly Beasts." has found so much favor with English children, as . well as with American, that a second edition of it has been* Issued by Its English publishers, the i Messrs. Longmans. There Is a growing interest in books describing nn<l picturing distant and unfamiliar parts of the world, mi i.ins known to the eager intellect of civilization the rapidly decreasing area of the earth's unknown surface. But. according to one publisher. th»re Is a quarter of the globe in which it is almost Impossible to got the public to take an active interest, to the point of buyln? hooks about it. and that is South America. There Is much unfamiliar country there, full of wild life and Impressive scenery, but books about it fall flat. This man was examining the manu script of a book submitted for acceptance, and pointed out the remarkable qualities of a large collection of photographs that accompanied It for illustration— photographs showing scenery of unsurpassed grandeur, mountains, valleys, rail roads built with daring engineering skill, remote settlements, with apparently all the elements to attract the imagination of the reading public; but he spoke as one without hope. "I can't get up the least interest about South America my self." said he. "and the books we have published about it have fallen perfectly flat. There is something so 'down at the heel* about the whole thing, the people are so hopelessly far from arousing any sympathy with us. Full of trade possibilities? Yes; but the people here who do the trading with South America are much better Informed as to the needs and conditions of their special branches than any general writer can be. and the great public doesn't seem to care." "Martin Brook." by Morgan Bates, the third volume In the Harpers' American novel series, has already reached its third edition. It is some years since Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett has published a story serially. Special Interest attaches, therefore, to the announcement that the June. July and August number* of "Tha Century" will contain a romance from her pen. Its title is "The Making of a Marchioness": its scene if laid in an English country house, and it is described as "a sort of society fairy story without fairies." Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. say that they are printing the fourteenth edition of Anthony Hopes "Dolly Dialogues." Of the other six novels of his that they publish, the only one that has been printed more often is "The Prisoner of Zenda." They have in press a duodecimo edi tion of Mr. Hopes Father Stafford." •The Railroad." just published by McClure. Phillips & Co.. contains the following stories of railroad life: "The Night Run of the Overland.' by Elmore E. Peake: "The Farmer's Railroad. ' by F B. Tracy; A Million Dollar Freight Train,' by Frank H. Spearman; "The "Winning of the Transcontinental." by William McLeod Raine; "Conductor Pat Francis," by Frank H. Spearman, and "An Engineer's Christmas Ptory " by James A. Hill. Miss Gwendolen Overtoil's novel, "Th<» Heri tage of Unrest." and Miss Beulah Marie Dixs •The Making of Christopher Ferrlngham." which have been recently published here, are both said to have had a rapid sale In England. The re ports that reach here as to the dulness of the English book trade. It is remarked by one caus tic publisher, seem to apply principally to the works of English authors. Captain H. H. P. Deasy. of the British army, is no offhand explorer. Having determined to penetrat* the inhospitable and inaccessible con fines of Tibet, he prepared himself by studying astronomy and surveying and the theory and practice of medicine and surgery. His account of his journey. 'In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan. Being the Record of Thr.v» Years' Exploration." is about to be Issued by the Longmans. It bids fair to contain much interesting matter, though Captain D^asy apparently went through n> such horrifying experiences as Mr. Savage Landor describes himself aa undergoing in the same part of Asia. A n»w book hy Amelia E. Barr. "Souls of Pas sage." Is published this week by Dodd, Mead & Co. Sht- sets the sceno of thia romance In the Scotland of aix>ut a centucy ago. and it alter nates betwppn Glasgow and the Highlands. R. H. Ru?sell v.ill publish at once a volume of "Racing Rhymes and Other Verses, " by Adam Lindsay Gordon, selected and arranged by T. O. Guen. Those win be illustrated by numerous pen and ink drawings of Louis Rhead's and a irontlspiece in photogravure by Max Klepper. Sydney Herman Preston, who has had some amusing: stories in 'Scribner's Magazine"— "Th^ Green Pigs" some months ago and "Our Two UncW In the March number— has written a book in the same vein of persiflage that he calls "The Abandoned Farmer." soon to be published by the Serlbnprs. It is an account of a young couple's adventures in the country near New- Tork. tnld In the satirical and amusing style of -Rudder Grange." Th«» husband is the musical Uoclis an& Pnblirationg. Books ana Pablicatior.s. INSTANCES By EDITH WHARTON. CONTEXTS : The IHiclic 1-.*1 -.* ot Prayer. The Vnijcl nt the liravc. The Hecovcr\ . "Copy"; A l)i;jlog;uc. The Kcinln.cuil. Ihe Movini; Finger. The Confessional. WITHOUT A WARRANT. By Hildegard Brooks. A novel of a new sort, piquant, entertaining and amusing: to an unusual decree, with a plot of ingenuity and mystery and a delightfully unconventional and satisfying denouement. 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