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Books anb Publications. GENERAL CHARLES KING SAYS: must be a regular, so accurate is 1 have i i t. and sent it to others who read — c. It is the best yet Illustrated. 12mo. 51.50. GOD'S PVPPETS By IMOGEN CLARK. mT^HE T' 'LVH at human nature is there in all its fulness, and such touches, so ¦I roo rare in recent fiction, Stand forth immaculate. They go to the heart. • asm is vanquished." — Brooklyn Daily I i "Ai ' nf. — Boston JomrmaL "There - lion or in lact which can appeal more irresistibly t.- than this Sffj ated. early little Dutch beauty. Anne: .-. Fhe charm in tt I I characi r drawing is in its absolute purity and WITHOUT A WARRANT By HILDEGARD BROOKS. l#*f*H| I • ... ngly excited, and is *¦ ipon the result. " — Bosi •• For sheer I nterest, and -.it-it mingling at the elemeni to T ind a story equal to • Without ¦ ; ••The tale:- - its easy and r of I v lynchers. ' — The i ) at look. On Peter's Island By Arthur R.. Ropes. X exary at Ruaslan V.t* by the Übmtlst of BAN TOT. ••I TS NARRATIVE Is exciting and ttirrinsr enough to suit any f one. The plot is highly tiraaiatie and is as well sustained. The book has a. worth beyond that o* the mere novel; it offers us a dearly outlined sketch, yet one full uf pervasive color, of a people I and a society abo-ut w** Still fcrinw little.** — Thr (mtlook. Sl. so. MAX MITLLER. ¦ ; i I - and his business, aad tSSr. There were .till pe.pl. «*°J°£* *£mtl. wicked man and an overvalued poet. ruler, of Anhalt-P~sau were in «^»**£ J2 {Sir ana "patronized" "^^"f'fJl «£ Max MUller's famMy was prominent » n **\ Q his father. KS3S loiter. «ne t»f «* fct *L»2a ular poet, of hi. day in <Vrm«y-HH«J. _ «n*rd his lyric, next to Goethe's-* uthor of the MJl isMßßdar** and th» WlaU.n*l** r * ssnaerta^ -•- by Schubert. The boy studied flm at Dessau. Oooks anb Publications. Some of Scrihners* Best Books " Fiction of 75 h <* the sVOtf charming VV Jl 3 kind." m of the SERVICE By Frederick Palmer. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. St. SO. 51.50. ' -¦-.'• H ¦ : ¦ en the ¦ JmitK mtxxer and comparative philology, however, were then In no very good odor, and we see him fighting the prejudices of the classical scholars and growing In enthusiasm for the new Bcience. It took him ultimately to Paris, where a new world was opened to the young German scholar. His first care was to summon up courage to 'visit the great Burnouf: My*Fn»nch was very poor as yet. but I walked In aid found a dear old gentleman In his robe «# chambre surrounded by his books and his children. ... He received me with great civility, such as I had not been accustomed to before. Hs epoke of some little book -which I NEW-YOIMy DATLY T"RTP>UNE. SATI'RDAY. MAY 11. 1001. ! Docks .into publications "Shotas her in ihe fulness of great potvers" THE CRUCIAL, THE London INSTANCES New York TimeS | By EDITH WHARTON. TimeS says: I ¦ says: 1 **M RS - WHABTON is as good an I "* he is to-d«*y the •• OM KTUING similar to the ef example as need be of the I most Promising figure feet piV(iace(l by the trans writer whose aim is literary and not !• c navt! - To-morrow Is I tomtom shimmer of the moonlight commercial. ... hers - Ho *' far sho wIU Mrs. Wharton accomplishes by the I go it is hard to tell. Bui sh immerins beams of imagination "Of which the concentrated power wit h her stern devotion and fancy> whose play upon the and passion are more than enough t0 slyle , her worldly plot and gtvle of her work is a to prove that she can deal with the wisdom, her keen in- triumnh of eluslve i •... most tremendous problems of life sight, her wit and her .- Mrs _ Wharton showß herself ! (refrr* to -The D»che*» at Pmyr; fanc y, and above all capable of creating a dramatic sit the first Story in th* bootx ... be r invariable go o d uatlon wnose tragic force and .._,. . . ... . , ty , - taste, there is no know- originality grip the reader with a The obvious is discarded, the . ni^ tmur * »££n, a feat which the hidden springs of life and thou mslore "_i :ceil j lt ,j Sun author accomplishes, withal, by a are what Mrs. Wharton would dis- ' rare and instinctive knowledge of close to us. and does disclose." SI. SO. ' th " suht! '- •»* of verbal dynamics." CHINA "1 ALLIES By A. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR A Remark able Work In Two Volumes. %i- full page color All full pages in ~% C\ C\ text illus ~ \\J illustrations. ~*O black & white. £+\J\J trations. The Abandoned Farmer By Sydney Herman Preston. Author of •'The <ireen Piss," etc. A NEW book in the ri.-Id which Mr. Stockton explored in "Rud der Orange." but which since then has l»-.-n neglected, No one who laughed over the adventures <.f the hero of Mr. Preston's "Green Plsjii" n^ed be assured of th>* rich humor or of the exceptional^lit erary Quality of this new book. $1.25. ¦ It was his advlc«» that confirmed Max MUller more and more In his desire ti> give himself up to the Veda, which was th>-n his special .su!>- J«ct of study. In lMi 1 he Htarted on to London to collate certain essential manuscripts in the library of the Cast Iniiia Company, and it was the turning p»>lnt of his career. Here liaron Bunsen. the Prussian Minister, befriended him to the totally unexpected extent <>f Inducing the KaM India. Company to publish an edition of the Veda. This kept him in London for a time, but finally sent him t'» Oxford, where — though the story not reach so far — still more un expected ¦mI fortune came to him In his pro fessorship. HI confessions of his rirst exi«» rienre with English society are amusing;. II«» effended people by not returning th^lr calls and not leaving a card aft>»r bavins dined with them. How should I know? Nobody had ever told rrie. and I th' •tight it obtrusive to call. Nor did I know that In England to touch fish with a knif* or to help yourself to potatoes with a f-.rk was as fatal as to dr-.p or put In an "h." . . . When I received an Invitation to dine with the Bishop of Oxford, who addressed me as "My dear sir," I wrote bark, "My d<*ar b'.t." and said that 1 should be veTy happy, flow Barau V.'il berforce must have chuckled when be read my epistle! He could not Jmaprine a more perfect state of rxistence than that of an undergraduate, v fel low or a pr. tfefsor at Oxford when the beauties of that university were first disclosed to htm. Then were many things to cause surprise as ¦well as pleasure. His host -was Dr. Plumptre. master of University Ci>lleire and vice-chancel lor of the university, "and I believe I never saw him except In his cap and pr>wn and with two bedels walking before him. the one with a gold, the other with a silver poker !n his hands." All the professors and the undergraduates looked to him very grand, so different from the German students In their pink cotton trousers and dressing gowns. The whole seals of life at Oxford was calculated to amaz* a member of the cotton trouser contingent. There was practically no society at Oxford In those rears except that of the Heads of Houses, but the young German was hospitably invited Into that awful circle, and gratefully acknowledges his obligations. They were the heroes of many anecdotes, of which Professor Max Wilier gives a number; though he by no means vouches for the historical accuracy of these "common roomers," many of which are well known. The dean Of Christ Church. Dr. Gaisfori. came to call one morning while Max Matter was shaving. His face was half covered with lather when Ms landlady rushed In and told him that his dogs were pulling the dean about: Covered with lather as I was. I had to rush in to quiet the dogs, and In this state I had to receive the Very Rev. the Dean, and explain to him the nature of the work that brought me to Oxford. It was certainly awkward, but in spite of the disorder of my room. in spite also of the tobacco smoke, of which the dean did not approve, all went off well, though I confess I felt somewhat ashamed. Charln Frr!br.»r'» Banu. Among his undergraduate friends were some who have gained fame. Palgrave aroused great expectations, "but he kept us waiting for some time": He had a wonderful gift of admiring, his great hero being Tennyson, and he was more than dis appointed if others did not Join in his unquali fied panegyrics of the great poet. . . . His knowledge of English literature, particularly poetry, was Quite astounding. . . . Some of his friends complained of his great command of lanzu&gfe. and even Tennyson, I am told, found It sometimes too much. Co?ks ar.b 13nblications. TKe Delectable Mountains By Arthur Colton. ¦ nnecticul hie* . I - Ig* M '•*• hia hood in the towns, tl ¦ ¦ through it asene very ¦ntw so. He has in perfection the doUgJhlfUl hnlf ¦ si. so. THE ROMANCE OF WAR. . y:.n in THE PHILIP- THE WATS op THK SERVir-K. Py Frederick Palmer. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. 12mo. i-p. 3*>. Charles Scrlbner's Sons. "Ne\-_-r mind! Whatever they are. they are our ways — the ways of the service — and d«»ar to us." This is the ring pal In the mouth of Mrs. G'Tllst.n, one of his characters, which Mr. Palm r attempts to illustrate In eight stories of varying lengths. His attempt Is successful. Seeking his material airwn< the American offi cers and men engaged in the Dhilippine cam paign, he gives his tales unmistakable actuality. The scenes are those which scores of writers — Mr. Palmer amon? them — have described so voluminously in th» press that • I most of us they have become excessively familiar. Here FREDERICK PALMER. \uthor of "The Ways of th« S»rrtc«/* Charlca S<-iibti«t»s Sou. and there he freely Introduces the name of some commander known to every one. General Law ton or General Mac Arthur. The conflicts with which he deals are Just such conflicts as have been re ported in the newspapers over and over again. But Mr. Palmer give, a romantic turn to hid narrative*. The officer engaged to be married, but de flected from his loyalty in a moment of Impulse and dying as he la forgiven by his sweetheart; the millionaire's son disguised as a private and winning his bride under difficulties; the men at odds over a love affair that is forgotten In a crisis which brings each to his senses: the sol dier with Indian and Greaser blood In his veins, who yields to the temptation they lead him Into. but ultimately makM his honor white; these are some/ of the characters portrayed in Mr.. Palmer's book. His work carries conviction. He writes with, the authority of a man who has studied his models at close quarters. A dis position to dot his i's, to drag in explicit ref erences to "the ways of the service" when hU exhibition Of them in action is all that la re quired. Is noticed with regret, as is his rather unsportsmanlike habit of sneering at the foe. But on the main point he is sound. He tells a brisk story, he interests his reader m the ro mance which underlies the hard work of which Books uni Pnbliranons. THE INLAND R By HARRISON ROBERTSON. ii <TT*HH INLANDER* is an achievement in fiction It a • . eaithy. logical from every point ci view. Th:s book \» books of the year." — Louisville Times. ••The book is graphic; there ;s not a dull page in it. The action moves swiftly and the characters are always sympathetic" — Boston f A really fascinating story, with well-defined characters, strongly drawn scenes. and highly dramatic incidents. **- Nashville Bammm, "Mr Robertson has produced 3 b al w rtby I die !\? ' — Baltimore Herald. $1.50. THE WHITE CGTTAGIf By "ZACK 117 has the insight and the inspiration; also T i I >he is a v i a thou sand. —New York 1 ••Force and concentration of stefing are the essential eta rk. What she sees or says she says or sees with tnesv vision of life . . . hast' aiiates sti .ces: nesses in gnarled and twisted . . . This mixture of n >ed one. observation with symbol-marc of imaginatian b VERY LIKE THE QLjALiTY THAT WE CALL GENIUS. —77? : A ':.z.i:mv. 51.50. Mr. Landor, well remembered for his thrilling expe riences in Thibet, "the forbidden land." has written a graphic and stir ring account of his adventures during the B<>xer com motion in China. There is an absorb ing diary of the siege of Pekin. we hear moat in the official reports of what American soldiers and sailors are doing ••• the Philippines. TRAVELLERS* TALES AND KOVEL3 BROUGHT OUT BY CHARLES SCKISXER'S SONS. Charles Scrihner's Sons' sprtng announcements are rich in books of timely interest and In rep resentatives of the new fiction. Possibly the most notable publication at hand Is the work In two volumes on "China, and the Allies," by A. Henry Savage Land He was with the relief Fr-.m "MlatxcM Sell." column commanded by Admiral Seymour, which tried to reach Peking, and later entered the cap ital with the allied forces. The book is pro fusely Illustrated, there being sixteen full page color illustrations, forty-eight full pages In black and white, and two hundred text illustrations. Another timely book is "Ten Months a Captive Among Filipinos,'* by Albert Sonnlchsen. who was held a prisoner In the Filipino capital and during the long and trying flight of Aguinaldo's forces toward the northern coast of Luzon. A book of Interest to New-Yorkers especially, is •The Old New-York Frontier." by Francis W. Halsey. which concerns Itself with the history and traditions of the old boundary line of the Susquehanna. la fiction, the Hat of Messrs. Scfibner's Sous MISTRESS NELL A Merry Tale of A Merry Time. By George C. Hazeltok, Jr., Author of the play. "The task he set himself was to infuse Into his 'merry tale of a merry time' the same sparkle, buoyancy and roguish wtt that live in the lines of the play, and he has not failed. The story of Nell Gwyn. the love of Charles 11.. Is told in crisp, crystal and musical English, and the inter est i 3 never allowed to flag." — Emtiixi Hun. Frontispiece. I2rno. 51.50. Under Tops*ls and Tents By Cyrus Townsend Brady. A Na.-rativa of Personal ExperVr.ee in Army and Navy. • •JTVEN the best of fiction shrlvel3 and cheapens before the tre mendoua realities of life as they confront a man of action In the grip of those forces that nrnve the v.-orld." — Milwaukee $:ntinel In its review of this stirring book. . ,vja 51.50. IS THE EAST ASD FL> h:\VH ERE. XELL iJWTX, BY SIR PETER LET.V. Docks axiii Paiticcttcua. ANNETTE L. GILDER. writes: 44 Wit flashes from every page." i by OnvJ «"¦¦ • Henry J - I ¦;*. in the '"Tin In hu "Zack - 3 hori - I Charles Scri brier's tails. with the army in the Philippines. "A Read a; of life," with other poems, Is the latest contrl-j 1 button in verse from the pen of George MeretilthjV It contains a large collection of translations r from the Iliad. A STORY TOLD AT FERRYBRIDGE. j From. The Athenaeum. A very nervous gentleman who was golnj? from there to York left without know! * It! his purse on the table at the inn. A postboy-; was sent after him with the missing 1 property^ and coming up to the window . called ouU. ' "Your purse, sir; your purse!" The nervous gen tlemao took him for a highwayman, and at ooct* shot the poor fellow MtO. ) 3