WANTED: A COOK. By Alan Dale. BobbsMerrill Co. Reserved for later notice. WAR AND PEACE. By Leo Tolstoy. Translated by Constance Garnett. In 3 volumes. 8vo. McClure, Phillips & Co. A new and complete translation from the Russian, the third in a series by this translator, the first two being "Anna Karenina" and "Ivan Ilyitch." The translation aims to preserve the spirit as well as the text. The work is issued in three volumes, handsomely bound. WOLVERINE, THE. By Albert Lathrop Lawrance. Illustrated by Arthur Becher. 337 pp. 12mo. Little, Brown & Co. A romance of Michigan just prior to the time when it became a State, during the years of the disputes over the Ohio Boundary Line. The romance is written in the ordinary strain against this historical background. YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY AND OTHER STORIES, A. By Robert W. Chambers, author of "Maids of Paradise." Illustrated. 283 pp. 12mo. Harper & Bros. A collection of Mr. Chambers's latest short stories. Many of them are written in his happiest vein. They are full of vivacity and humor. Essays AVRIL: ESSAYS ON THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE. By H. Belloc. With frontispiece. 8vo. E. P. Dutton & Co. Reserved for later notice. COMMON LIFE, THE. By J. Brierley, author of "Problems of Living," etc. 312 pp. 12mo. Thomas Whittaker. Essays upon familiar religious subjects. which endeavor to find a basis for the accepted creed in the observation of the outer, and the evidence of the inner life, consciousness being accepted as a proof of the spiritual world. COMMON WAY, THE. By Margaret Deland, author of "Dr. Lavender's People," etc. 16mo. Harper & Bros. Miss Deland has been writing this series of essays for two years. They have appeared, one by one, in "Harper's Bazaar." To women they make a direct appeal. The common-sense principles advanced, the touch of sarcasm that is pointed, but does not sting, and the suggestions contained in the chapters make it a very helpful as well as entertaining little vol ume. FAR AND NEAR. By John Burroughs. Frontispiece. 277 pp. Indexed. 16mo. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The author contributed an account of the trip to Alaska to the important volumes published by Mr. E. H. Harriman on Alaska. These are succeeded by short essays in Mr. Burroughs' familiar style, all closing with a most useful index. In a pathetic preface Mr. Burroughs speaks of it as probably his last work. FRIENDSHIP OF ART, THE. By Bliss Carman, author of "The Kinship of Nature." 12mo. L. C. Page & Co. Most of the froth in Mr. Carman's makeup went into these essays. They have all the "amateur spirit" with emphasis. It is plain to be seen that Mr. Carman does not hold the essay in any light of importance; he seems to consider it the vehicle for light ephemeral expression, the expression of the mood. The essays that attempt the more critical are based on intuition rather than on critical standard. They are, however, to be taken a little more seriously than the others. The book is readable throughout. Mr. Carman has the flexible style and the gift of handling words with graceful facility. LIFE'S LESSER MOODS. By C. Lewis Hind, author of "Life's Little Things," etc. 200 pp. 12mo. Adam and Charles Black. The author was for many years editor of the London Academy. He published there a number of those brief studies which everybody writes, but never succeeds in getting printed until he is an editor. They are on faith, poets, companionship, the strangers, the outcast, etc. There are in addition sketches of Italian and Spanish travel, given in brief pastel, which have appeared in the columns of the London magazines. ROUTINE AND IDEALS. By Le Baron Russell Briggs. 232 pp. 16mo. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Reserved for later notice. Travel and Description ADVENTURES ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. By Mrs. Aubrey le Blond (Mrs. Main), author of "My Home in the Alps," etc. Illustrated. 325 pp. Indexed. 8vo. E. P. Dutton & Co. A collection of tales of mountain-climbing, from many sources, principally the Journal of the Alpine Club, including an ascent in the Caucasus. The preface frankly points out that the work is intended for those unfamiliar with mountain-climbing, and contains little not already known to those interested in the subject. Illustrated by photographs. TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA. By Andrew Burnaby. Illustrated. 262 pages. Indexed. 12mo. Published by A. Wessels Co. This is a reprint from the third edition, issued in 1798, and is supplied with introductory notes by Rufus Rockwell Wilson. TROLLEY HONEYMOON FROM DELAWARE TO MAINE, A. By Clinton W. Lucas. Illustrated. 125 pp. 12mo. M. W. Hazen Co. A clever record of a ten days' trolley trip from Delaware to Maine. Some very amusing experiences fell to the lot of the two travelers. These are now told about with just an element of fiction added to give a bit more color to the narrative. It was a unique honeymoon, but the participators saw and learned many things. WHITE MAN IN NIGERIA, THE. By George Illustrated. Douglas Hazzledine. 228 pp. 8vo. Edward Arnold. YANKEE ON THE Yangtze, A. By William Edgar Geil, author of "Laodicea," etc. Illustrated. 312 pp. 12mo. A. C. Armstrong & Co. A journey from Shanghai across the Central Kingdom to Burmah by a traveler who opens the work by speaking of "the yellow man with the white money." Mr. Geil is a missionary, who writes from Doylestown, Pa. He made the journey in Chinese costume. The author has carefully studied his subject. His acquaintance with Chinese greatly aids him. The photographs are admirable. Many local details are presented. The work is occasionally marred by a lack of dignity, but it makes a substantive addition to the knowledge of the region. EPITAPHS. By Frederic W. Unger. 169 pp. 18mo. The Penn Publishing Co. As its sub-title describes it, "A unique collection of post-mortem comment, obituary wit and quaint and gruesome fancy." A collection of epitaphs from the usual sources without references to the authorities used. Some mythical, some mystical and some merely foolish. The work has no index, and includes a number which have appeared in novels or obituary notices. The author is well known as a war correspondent in the Transvaal. guage in singing in order to interpret sentiment as well as music. His chapters range over the management of the breath, minute issues of pronunciation, in which attention is especially paid to English usage and error; tone, force and various details in vibrato mouth passages, closing with operatic vocalism. Useful and Fine Arts ART CRAFTS FOR BEGINNERS. By Frank G. Sanford. Illustrated with working drawings by the author, and photographs. 270 pp. 12mo. Century Co. The many "arts and crafts" societies have led to this small manual on wood-working, sheet metal, leather, bookbinding, simple pottery and basketry. In each the elementary mechanical manipulation is described, with a brief attention to the simpler aspects of design in each case. ART OF CARICATURE, THE. By Grant Wright. 180 pp. 12mo. The Baker & Taylor Co. A manual designed for the use of the general student. The important feature is the reproduction of a number of famous cartoons. BRITISH WATER-COLOUR ART IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD VII, AND DURING THE CENTURY COVERED BY THE LIFE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS. Illustrated by the collection of drawings dedicated by that Society to their Majesties the King and Queen at their Coronation. By Marcus B. Hinsh, author of "Japan and Its Art." 211 pp. Indexed. 8vo. The Macmillan Co. CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA. By Arthur Hay- These "chats" originally appeared in an English journal, "Our Home." The volume opens with a brief bibliography, but its chief value turns upon short discussions on examples of English ware, given with their marks and characteristics, with recent sale prices. There are illustrations. The entire field of porcelain earthenware and lustre ware is covered. The chapters are on Old Derby, Chelsea China, The Bow China Factory, Old Worcester, Plymouth and Bristol China, the Lowestoft Factory, Coalport, Spode and His Successors, Swansea, Minton, Old English, Earthenware, Lustre ware, Liverpool Ware and Wedgewood. PRACTICAL BASKET. MAKING. By George Wharton James, author of "How to Make Indian and Other Baskets," etc. Illustrated. 116 pp. 8vo. J. L. Hammet Co. The author, living at Passadena, Florida, has collected in this volume, issued in a burlap cover, minute directions for basket-making. along the line and using a terminology similar to that of the crochet patterns of thirty years ago. Raffia and willow are the materials suggested, and all the various forms of baskets familiar to civilization or Indian life are given in photograph, with directions for their making. SAMUEL COUSINS. By Alfred Whitman. Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters. Illustrated. Quarto. George Bell & Sons. A book for amateurs, collectors and connoisseurs, similar to the previous work by the same author on S. W. Reynolds. The work contains a memoir, a catalogue of portraits, a catalogue of subjects, a catalogue of plates after Sir Joshua Reynolds, engraved by Samuel Cousins for the S. W. Reynolds' series, and an index of both painters and subjects. The catalogue enters minutely into questions of "state," giving each, and constitutes a final treatment of one of the first and foremost of English engravers in line and mezzotint. The callotype reproduction-an iodide of silver process-are particularly suited to the delicate gradation of the mezzotint. Boys and Girls By C. Collodi. ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO. Carlo Lorenzi, whose pen-name is C. Collodi, is well known to the readers of Italy. "Pinocchio" is the favorite modern fairy tale among Italian children, who never tire of hearing about the adventures of the mischievous marionette, whose name gives the story its title. American children will like to know Pinocchio, too. |