The Riverside Bulletin, March, 1910 Part 3

A STUDY OF THE DRAMA By Brander Matthews

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This book does for the theatre what Bliss Perry's "Study of Prose Fiction" does for the novel. It is a clear and able study, not of the closet-drama, but of the actual stage play. It is not a history of the drama, though a great deal of sound dramatic history comes in incidentally. It is rather an exposition of the conditions which determine the method in which a play is constructed and which make for its significance and success. In its helpfulness for the intelligent play-goer who wants to understand what he sees and judge plays readily and soundly, it is unique. Prof. Matthews has been for many years professor of dramatic literature in Columbia University, and as a writer upon the drama he has won a position of undisputed authority. This book embodies the results of his life-long studies. It is ill.u.s.trated with plans and views of famous theatres.

ENGLISH LITERATURE IN ACCOUNT WITH RELIGION By Edward M. Chapman

Author of "The Dynamic of Christianity." Large crown 8vo, $2.00 _net_. Postage extra.

This unusual book is a study of the debt of English literature, through the past century and a half, to the religious impulse. "The path of literature leads primarily to that of religion," says Mr. Chapman; "they are brethren of one blood, interdependent, and necessary to each other."

In this relation, Mr. Chapman ill.u.s.trates from the literature he studies, taking up in order practically all the important English writers from Cowper to the present day. He writes well and entertainingly, and never with a narrow theological preoccupation. No serious student of literature can read the book without drawing from it a flood of new light upon the ideals of the nineteenth century, while it has of course special interest for those vitally concerned with religious matters.

_Biography and History_

THE LIFE OF MARY LYON By Beth Bradford Gilchrist

With portraits and other ill.u.s.trations. Square crown 8vo, $1.50 _net_. Postage extra.

Of the many notable women of the nineteenth century, few did work of such lasting importance as Mary Lyon, through whose influence the movement for the higher education of women was begun. As the founder of Mount Holyoke College, the story of her life and the force of her personality are already traditionally known to thousands of college women throughout the United States, but the world at large, which knows her chiefly as a celebrated name, will for the first time learn from Miss Gilchrist's admirable biography of her great personal magnetism and charm. Miss Gilchrist has done her work well and sympathetically, and has painted a permanent addition to the portraits of the world's great women. It is a fit companion to the remarkable "Life of Alice Freeman Palmer," one of the most successful books of 1908. In the best sense it is a book of inspiration.

MY FRIEND THE INDIAN By James McLaughlin

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This is an authoritative book of engrossing interest. The author, as Indian Agent and Inspector, has had intimate relations with Indians for a period of nearly forty years. It was he who ended the Ghost Dance trouble in 1890 by the arrest of Sitting Bull, and so successful have been his negotiations with the Indians in many difficult and complicated cases that he is known among them as "The Negotiator." The story of his life and work is unique in the rich literature dealing with the subject of the American Indian. He tells of many thrilling episodes in Indian history, including for the first time the Indian side of the story of the Custer tragedy at Little Big Horn, and the story of Chief Joseph's famous retreat with his Nez Perces. Along with these intensely interesting reminiscences, there are studies of the Indian character that are of first importance. The author tells of the Indian's daily customs in love and war, of his way of looking at things, and of his religion. The whole, in short, is a thrilling narrative of adventure and a firsthand study of the Indian character that cannot be pa.s.sed by. It is fully ill.u.s.trated with unusual pictures of Indians and their life.

(_Ready in April_)

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COLONIAL MOBILE By Peter J. Hamilton

Revised and enlarged edition. With ill.u.s.trations and maps.

8vo, $3.50 _net_. Postpaid.

Mr. Hamilton has found a new historical field in the region, originally the stronghold of the greatest tribes of Indians, then explored by the Spaniards and settled by the French, and long a debatable ground between the Latins on the Gulf and the Anglo-Saxons on the Atlantic. The Alabama-Tombigbee Basin, the original Louisiana, of which Mobile was the metropolis, s.h.i.+fted from one side to the other in the contest until even Edward A. Freeman declared it an historical puzzle.

Opportunity is taken in this revised and enlarged edition to emphasize the American rather than the local features. There is a new study not only of the early explorers like De Soto, and of the Southern Indians and of colonial systems, but of the interaction of Latin and British inst.i.tutions whose fusion resulted in a new type of American. Previous writers have contented themselves with the Latin or the British element; this is the first study of their conflict as seen from the centre of the field. In its department the book has become a standard.

Among the new material of this edition may be mentioned much light on De Soto, Pardo, and De Luna, on the Spiritu Santo question, on French and Spanish inst.i.tutions. We find the first presentation of the British legislation, Indian policy and boundary, and American territorial and social evolution in the South-west. In the appendix are for the first time made available the Pardo Narratives of exploration and rare biography. The new ill.u.s.trations, too, are a distinct feature. Many are of unpublished maps from European archives, and show the gradual emergence of the states at the expense of the Indian nations, and places and relics pictured are of general interest.

_Travel_

THE RUSSIAN ROAD TO CHINA By Lindon Bates, Jr.

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Not long after the Russian railroad across Siberia was opened, Mr. Bates traveled along it to Irkutsk, and thence by sledge along the old post road to Urga in Mongolia. His readable and entertaining narrative of his experiences, adventures, and impressions of the country and people const.i.tutes a firsthand account of Siberia of unique interest and value; while the new light that the book throws upon some of the most important questions involved in the reconstruction of the Far East makes it one that must be considered by all serious students of this field. It is fully ill.u.s.trated from interesting photographs by the author.

Mr. Bates is a graduate of Yale University, and a civil engineer by profession. He has, however, given much time to public affairs, and as a member of the legislature of the State of New York has taken a prominent stand in reform politics, and in the sound administration of the public's business.

1910 SATCHEL GUIDE TO EUROPE By W. J. Rolfe

With colored maps and street plans. Pocket size, flexible leather cover, $1.50 _net_. Postpaid.

39th annual edition carefully revised. It includes Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy, besides valuable general information. As the _Travel Magazine_ says, "It is one of the most valuable little companions that any tourist can possibly have."

_For the Bride-to-Be_

HER BOOK By Mabel M. Swan

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This book is intended first of all for practical use--as a record book to be kept from the time of the announcement of a girl's engagement to her wedding day. The diary is supposed to begin at the time the engagement is announced, giving opportunity for recording luncheons, teas, "showers," and all other pleasant happenings that accompany an engagement. There are pages for lists of the people to be invited to the wedding, and those to whom announcements are to be sent; for lists of gifts, names of givers, and dates of acknowledgment of gifts; pages for photographs, newspaper clippings, descriptions and samples of her trousseau, of her wedding gown, veil, and flowers from her wedding bouquet; and for lists of bridesmaids and ushers.

It is intended secondly as a gift book, as a book to be kept for future years, to recall one of the happiest times in a girl's life. The pages have attractive marginal decorations and a quality of paper suitable for taking writing ink is used. No more appropriate or acceptable gift can be imagined, when a girl is engaged. (_Ready in May_)

_Philosophy and Religion_

THE PRINCIPLES OF PRAGMATISM By H. Heath Bawden

Formerly Professor of Philosophy at Va.s.sar College and at the University of Cincinnati. Crown 8vo, $1.50 _net_.

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In the history of philosophy there have been few more notable phenomena than the rapidity with which the school of thought known as Pragmatism has gained ground among careful thinkers in the last few years, and, unlike many schools of thought, it has, as expounded by the brilliant pen of William James and other leaders, contrived to interest many readers not ordinarily attracted by philosophical subjects. Professor Bawden's book on "The Principles of Pragmatism" is a careful, logical, and lucid exposition of this system of thought, and thoughts bearing on other intellectual fields. The professional philosopher will find it important and significant, while for the lay reader it will be a most useful exposition of this most modern of intellectual currents.

Professor Bawden is well known in philosophical circles for his constructive thinking.