Book Reviews and Notes in. THE NEW YOPP ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. Published by Fleming H. THE SIEGE IN PEKING. By W. A. P. Martin. Her proud pre-eminence to abdicate, Through craven fear of growing great.”” He would banish the shrewd, crafty, scheming, treacherous, and ambitious Dowager Empress to some obscure interior city, where she would be shorn of her position as the power behind the throne; would reinstate the young Emperor, whom he describes as a progressive reformer imbued with good intentions; would punish the leaders who aided in the Boxer movement, and bring to bear, as much as practicable, the influence of western civilization upon the Chinese people. Dr. Martin does not altogether share the gloomy anticipations of Sir Robert Hart, who he thinks is "a little too pessimistic." He is a warm defender of the missionaries and points out that they were the victims instead of the instigators of the present troubles. To one who is looking for facts and arguments taking the foreign as against the native view of the Chinese question no stronger reference volume could be wished. CHRISTIAN LIFE AND THEOLOGY. By Frank Hugh Foster. Published by Fleming H. Revell Company, New York. 5 x 7 in. 278 pages. $1.50. (Reserved for notice later.) Published by Henry MEN OF MARLOWE'S. By Mrs. Henry Dudeney. Mrs. Henry Dudeney, author of "Folly Corner," presents in "Men of Marlowe's" a series of short sketches dealing with life in an old English "Inn." These stories are all more or less connected in interest, so that the impression remaining with one after reading them is that the collection forms in reality almost a continuous whole, the several sketches making up the volume being as closely connected as are the chapters of many a more pretentious long story. The stories are told in a quaint, entertaining manner, the author not permitting even incidents that by the hand of another might appear startling to take on the slightest tinge of sensationalism. Yet while not sensational they are none the less entertaining, for there is about them a flavor of wholesome naturalness that makes them full of healthy interest. It is a field rather out of the ordinary that Mrs. Dudeney has chosen to cultivate in her literary work, and, if for no other reason, the very novelty of it is refreshing. So it may not be wondered at that she is soon to publish further sketches apparently of a similar trend, which will doubtless attract the attention that "Men of Marlowe's" has. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: HIS BOOK. With an Explanatory Note by J. McLean Davis. Published by McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. 16mo. $1. In appearance this is an ordinary leather-covered note-book with newspaper clippings pasted on alternate pages and on the pages opposite ordinary long-handwriting explanatory thereof. In reality both clippings and writing are but clever fac-simile reproductions from an original note-book of Abraham Lincoln before he became President. The clippings, as his notes explain, contain the substance of his views on "Negro Equality," as embodied in these extracts from reports of speeches made by him in 1854-58. This scrap book was given a friend of Lincoln's to be referred to in campaign arguments at the time as correctly embodying Lincoln's views. The present little volume is as near as possible a precise reproduction in fac-simile of the original. It is interesting not alone as a scrap of history but as a literary novelty, and the seeming little memorandum book in roughed black leather binding, with the reminder of a great American contained in it, is something to be preserved. THE HERITAGE OF UNREST. By Gwendolen Overton. Published by the Macmillan Company, New York. 54 x 734 in. 330 pages. $1.50. (Reserved for notice later.) THE EXPANSION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. By Edwin Erle Sparks, Ph.D. Published by Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago. 5% x 73⁄4 in. 450 pages. $2. (Reserved for subsequent notice.) IRENE PETRIE; Missionary to Kashmir. By Mrs. Ashley Carns-Wilson. Published by Fleming H. Revell Company, New York. 51⁄2 x 8 in. 343 pages. $1.50. (Notice of this book is reserved for a subsequent issue.) The fourth edition of the Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson," selected and edited by Mr. Sydney Colvin, has just been published by Messrs. Methuen. Three new letters have been printed, one addressed to Mr. Austin Dobson, one to Mr. Rudyard Kipling, and one to Mr. George Meredith. Stevenson's letter to Kipling is one of several that passed between the authors. The one addressed to Mr. Meredith came from Samoa, and gives some account of his life there. The following passage from it is pathetic: "For fourteen years I have not had a day's real health. I have wakened sick and gone to bed weary, and I have done my work unflinchingly. I have written in bed and written out of it, written in hemorrhages, written in sickness, written torn by coughing, written when my head swam from weakness; and for so long, it seems to me I have won my wages and recovered my glory. I am better now, have been, rightly speaking, since first I came to the Pacific, and still few are the days when I am not in some physical distress." The music publishing house of Jos. W. Stern & Co. has issued the following high-class vocal compositions (with music by Mr. Albert E. Wier and words by Mr. Maybury Fleming): "I Dreamed of a Lover Tall and Fair," "Song of Triumph,” and “Devotion.” These songs can be recommended to professional singers as well calculated to please the taste of the most critical audience. The musical setting is both classic and pleasing. "The Everlasting Light," by Max S. Witt, is a sacred song which has been received with great favor by both press and public. This house also publishes the songs of May Irwin, George Rosey, Theo. H. Northrup, Williams and Walker, and many other well-known persons. The announcement has been made that the publication of the long-expected "Life and Letters" of Lord Beaconsfield will not be long delayed, as Lord Rowton finished his work some time since, and the materials so far as they can be utilized are complete. Charles Scribner's Sons. "Overheard in a Garden," by Oliver Hereford, is a dainty volume of verse with original illustrations by the author. It will commend itself to all lovers of the beautiful in nature. The "Musical Series" contains a new work by William F. Apthorp, entitled "The Opera, Past and Present." This is a valuable contribution to the historical musical literature of the day. "The Sacred Fount," by Henry James, is now in its third edition, and has received many favorable notices from both press and famous writers. The International News Company announce special extra funeral numbers of the Illustrated London News (price, $1.00), London Graphic, and Black and White. These well-known publications will contain the finest and fullest pictures of the Queen's funeral and will undoubtedly be in great demand. In the Christmas number of Black and White was a handsome picture in colors of the Prince of Wales, which should now make the possession of that number desirable. E. P. Dutton & Co. announce "The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain the Man and the Statesman," by N. Murrell Morris—a large volume of 500 pages with 32 page illustrations; "Lord Rosebery— His Life and Speeches," by Thos. F. G. Coates, in two large volumes with full-page illustrations and portraits; and "Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks," by Alex. V. G. Allen, in two volumes. Messrs. Macmillan will shortly publish a volume of papers on "Oxford in the Eighteenth Century," by the late John Richard Green, the majority of which first appeared in the Oxford Chronicle many years ago, and are now republished under the supervision of Mrs. Green. The New Amsterdam Publishing Co. have issued "Milly," by Maurice Thompson (author of " Alice of Old Vincennes "), whose recent death deprives the public of another brilliant writer of the romantic school. Lady Burne-Jones is actively engaged on a memoir of her distinguished husband. The biography will be copiously illustrated and will contain specimen drawings never before published. "The Crime and the Criminal," by Richard Marsh, is a very romantic story, exceedingly well worthy of being read by all lovers of detective stories. Zimmerman Brothers will shortly issue "The Principles of Success," by "A Man of the World" (David A. Curtis). THE ANGLO-AMERICAN MAGAZINE April, 1901 THE BUFFALO PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION BY EDWARD E. PIDGEON NIQUE and greatest among expositions in many re UNIO spects will be the Fair which opens at Buffalo on May Ist. It is intended to celebrate the wonderful growth of the new Western World since its discovery and, most of all, the enormous strides in all that has tended to elevate and improve the condition of mankind during the past hundred years. Most fittingly has it been designated the PanAmerican Exposition, for it is with the three Americas (North, South, and Central) that it has to do; and yet, although its name and purpose thus limit it, it is in the highest and best sense a "World's Fair." It is safe to say that during the coming summer it will be the center of attraction for the civilized world, and the influx of visitors from Europe and other eastern sections of the globe promises to be greater than it was to either the Centennial at Philadelphia or the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. This is so because there will be not only the attraction of the wonderful Exposition itself but also that of Niagara Falls. The latter really forms part and parcel of the display, and a very practical part, too, for the tremendous electrical power |