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Books Of The Day.
BOOKS OF THE DAY .
Books , Music , & c . intended for review , should be addressed to the Editor of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , at Fleet Works , New Barnet . — : o : — Canada under British Rule 17 60-1900 . By Sir John G . Bourinot , K . C . M . G ., LL . D ., Litt . D . With eight maps ( 6 s ) . —Cambridge University Press . ACCORDING to Mr . Chamberlain we are all Imperialists now .
Our interest in all that pertains to our great Empire , upon which the sun never sets , has grown much of late ; consequently , such volumes as the one before us are of exceptional interest . Sir John Bourinot , as author of " The Constitutional History of Canada , " and " The Story of Canada , " should certainly understand his subject with thoroughness , and we do not think that any of his readers will
question that he does so . How difficult it is to write upon such a subject as the history of Canada under British rule may not be appreciated by all ; but the difficulty jis , nevertheless , unquestionably great . We have . often thought that the history of a monarchy is far easier to write than the history of such a colony as Canada ; for in the former case the successive monarchs form a centre around
which the subordinate details of the narrative may be grouped ; but in the latter no such convenient outline is provided . Sir John has , however , successfully surmounted these difficulties ,, and much as he deserves our commendation for the excellent spirit which he displays' in this volume he deserves it still more for his skilful planning of the narrative from beginning to end . We are shown
the real significance of all that has passed in Canada from 1760 to 1900—from the termination of the French regime to the sitting of the High Commission under . Baron Herschell , in the autumn of 1 S 9 8 , at Quebec , and in the spring of 1 S 99 at Washington . We are shown how an old order of things under a regime of conflicting interests has been gradually moulded and modified until those interests are no longer conflicting , and that old order has indeed
changed , " giving place to new . " Not the least interesting among the many topics discussed is the story of those enterprising companies of merchants who , as the " North West Company" and the ••Hudson ' s Bay Company , " sent out their explorers and trappers to the uttermost boundaries of that immense territory formerly known to few Europeans save the early French settlers . There are some well drawn maps in this volume , which cannot fail to be of splendid service to all readers who look before and after , as they read .
The Siegre in Peking-. By W . A . P . Martin , D . D ., LL . D . — Oliphant , Anderson , and Ferrier . DR . MARTIN was , as is stated upon the title page of this volume , an eye-witness of the incidents here recorded . His book , if read with care , will be of service to the many who , whilst hearing much of the " Boxer " and the " Yellow Peril" are at a loss to
understand what this sudden commotion in the East is all about . To all such we recommend especially the chapters on " The Emperor and the Reform Party" and " The Boxers and their allies . " Dr . Martin has considerable gifts as a writer ; his style is clear , his conclusions are unmistakable , he never loses his temper . Such volumes as this have at least taught us recently one very useful
lesson—that the Chinaman is likely to be a more important factor for good or evil than we have hitherto believed . There are many sad incidents recorded in the chapter entitled " Rescue and Retribution , " and we are sorry to say that Dr . Martin's narrative confirms what we have already heard as to the bad conduct of some of the
allies . There are some good illustrations in this book , and some very valuable facts in the long appendix . Perhaps the best wish to which we can give expression is that the many Chinamen studying at European colleges may have an opportunity to read Dr . Martin ' s narrative , and thereby acquire some knowledge concerning their own land which they may possibly lack .
New Century Library ( 2 s net per vol . ) . —T . Nelson and Sons . The Works of WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY . Vol . xi ., Catherine , Lovel the Widower , etc . " Catherine" and " Lovel the Widower" have always enjoyed a robust reputation . We remember reading the former in a glade of dwarf oaks in Pembrokeshire , and rare entertainment we found within its pages . The latter appeared originally in the pages of
the Cornhill Magazine , " and when Macaulay died sitting in his study chair it lay open upon the desk before him . It often happens that short fictions lack those qualities which most strongly mark the longer works of the same authors ; but nobody tolerably acquainted with the style , the humour , the cynicism of Thackeray could for one moment question the authorship of " Catherine , " or of . "Lovel the Widower . " Readers must secure a copy of such a handy edition of these stories .
Vol . xii ., The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon , Esq ., Roundabout Papers , etc . A MASTERPIECE of moderate length . If you know it by heart read it again—you might be less profitably employed . You will not be sorry to once more meet with Miss Honoria Brady , who was christened by Swift , and whose name appeared on the page of genealogy in the family Bible ; with the gentleman who enlisted
at the ale-house and promptly became conversant with the merits of rancid bacon and mouldy biscuits ; with ex-Captain Potzdorff who , when burglariously attacking the precincts of Redmont ' s loveletters , is felled by a blow from a water jug ; or with Sukey Capermore , whose love for dancing was such that she would have danced at a funeral if asked to do so . What a world it is that Thackeray depicts , and how oddl y sorted are the characters he draws ! Take him all round , you shall search long for his equal ,
Books Of The Day.
We know of two only who are real rivals with him for the Posterity Plate . One of those two wrote " David Copperfield , " and the other wrote "The Bride of Lammermoor . " You may carry a month's amusement in your coat pocket now-a-days , thanks to such enterprise as that which conceived and published the New Century Library .
Dr . Charles Forshaw , F . R . S 1 L ., of Bradford , is engaged editing a work which promises to be not only interesting , but valuable . This is a couple of volumes entitled "Poetical Tributes in memory of Her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria . " The , , work is dedicated by permission to His Grace the Duke of Argyll , LL . D ., D . Sc , who is a personal friend of Dr . Forshaw ,
and will be published early in April by Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein and Co . Dr . Forshaw has obtained the permission of many of the leading literary lig hts of the day to include their poems in the book , among whom may be mentioned the Duke of Argyll , Lord Burghclere , Lady Currie , :. Earl Percy , the Countess of Cork , Sir Lewis Morris , M . A ., Wm . Allan , M . P ., the Very Rev .
Dean Hole , ' Mr . James Rhoades , Mr . A . C . Benson , M . A ., of Eton College , Windsor , W . E . Henley , LL . D ., Miss Nora Hopper , Miss Annie Flora Steele , Mrs . Ella Gordon , Canon Rawnsley , the Lady Mayoress of London , Bro . Emra Holmes , Bro . Wilson Barrett , Mr . Harcourt Mitchell , Bro . Morgan , B . A ., the Welsh Bard , and some 500 others . The preface to the work is to be written by Mackenzie Bell .
Yet another novel is announced from the pen of Mr . Henry James . It is entitled " The Sacred Fount , " and will be published immediately by Messrs . Methuen . The same firm are also to publish " The Relief of Kumasi , " by Captain H . C . J . Biss . The book is illustrated by photographs . Captain Biss was with the relieving force in that trying campaign . We hope his essays in literature will be as successful as his soldiership .
The Clarendon Press , Oxford , announce some good books , among which may be mentioned " Elizabethan Critical Essays " ( 1570-1603 ) edited by G . Gregory Smith , M . A . ; "Plays and Poems of Robert Greene , " edited by J . Churton Collins , M . A . ; and " The Complete Works of John Gower , " edited by G . C . Macaulay , M . A . ( Vols II . and III . ) .
Messrs . Smith , Elder and Co . are shortly to publish Mr . C . R . Crockett ' s new romance , " The Silver Skull . " Under the title "Falaise , " Mr . Fisher Unwin is'to issue a volume by Anna Bowman Dodd . Falaise is a quaint old Norman town , associated in history with the name of William of Normandy , and the author of " In and out of three Normandy Inns" has doubtless invested her fresh subject with interest equal to that of her former book ;
Messrs . J . M . Dent and Co . are about to add " Emerson's Essays '' to the already long series of . charming reprints issued by them as " The Temple Classics . " There is grace , wit , learning in almost everything from Emerson , and so tasteful an edition ot the famous " Essays '' should sell largely .
BOOKS RECEIVED . The Survivor . By E . Phillips Oppenheim . Illustrated by Stanley L . Wood ( 6 s ) . —Ward , Lock and Co ., Limited . The Mayor of Littlejoy . Being a faithful narrative of the strange experiences which befell Mr . Josiah Pettigrew , Mayor
of Littlejoy , during his term of Office . By Fred C . Smale . Illustrated by Will Owen ( 6 s ) . —Ward , Lock and Co ., Limited . The Story of Art in the British Isles . By J . Ernest Phythian . With twenty-eight illustrations ( is ) . —George Newnes , Limited .
Newspaper Statistics —From the . " Newspaper Press Directory for 1901 ( fifty-sixth annual issue ) we ascertain that there are now published in the United Kingdom 2 , 488 newspapers . On reference to the first edition of this useful Directory for the year 1846 we find the following interesting facts—viz ., that in that year there were published in the United Kingdom 551 Journals ; of
these 14 were issued dailv—viz ., 12 in England and 2 in Ireland ; but in 1901 there are established and circulated 2 , 488 papers , of which no less than 247 are issued daily , showing that the Press of the country has more than quintupled during the last fifty-five years . The increase in daily papers has been still more remarkable ;
the daily issues standing at 247 , against 14 in 1846 . There are now published in the United Kingdom 2 , 446 magazines , of which at least 53 6 are of a decidedly religious character . Comparing 1901 with 1846 , it is estimated that in that year there were only -200 of such publications in existence . Almost every branch of science , trade and thought is now represented .
THE Great Northern Railway Company have issued the 1901 edition of their handy little book containing a list of the principal Agricultural Shows , Dog and Poultry Shows , Cattle and Horse Fairs , Racing Fixtures , etc ., for the year . Copies can be obtained gratis of the Company ' s Agents in the various towns , or on enclosing stamp for postage to the Superintendent of the Line , Great Northern
Railway , King's Cross Station , London . A neat folding card for the pocket has also been prepared , giving full particulars of the principal Agricultural Shows to be held during the year 1901 , and copies can be obtained on enclosing stamp for postage to Mr . F . Elliott , Goods Canvassing Department , Great Northern Railway ! King ' s Cross Station , London ,
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Books Of The Day.
BOOKS OF THE DAY .
Books , Music , & c . intended for review , should be addressed to the Editor of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , at Fleet Works , New Barnet . — : o : — Canada under British Rule 17 60-1900 . By Sir John G . Bourinot , K . C . M . G ., LL . D ., Litt . D . With eight maps ( 6 s ) . —Cambridge University Press . ACCORDING to Mr . Chamberlain we are all Imperialists now .
Our interest in all that pertains to our great Empire , upon which the sun never sets , has grown much of late ; consequently , such volumes as the one before us are of exceptional interest . Sir John Bourinot , as author of " The Constitutional History of Canada , " and " The Story of Canada , " should certainly understand his subject with thoroughness , and we do not think that any of his readers will
question that he does so . How difficult it is to write upon such a subject as the history of Canada under British rule may not be appreciated by all ; but the difficulty jis , nevertheless , unquestionably great . We have . often thought that the history of a monarchy is far easier to write than the history of such a colony as Canada ; for in the former case the successive monarchs form a centre around
which the subordinate details of the narrative may be grouped ; but in the latter no such convenient outline is provided . Sir John has , however , successfully surmounted these difficulties ,, and much as he deserves our commendation for the excellent spirit which he displays' in this volume he deserves it still more for his skilful planning of the narrative from beginning to end . We are shown
the real significance of all that has passed in Canada from 1760 to 1900—from the termination of the French regime to the sitting of the High Commission under . Baron Herschell , in the autumn of 1 S 9 8 , at Quebec , and in the spring of 1 S 99 at Washington . We are shown how an old order of things under a regime of conflicting interests has been gradually moulded and modified until those interests are no longer conflicting , and that old order has indeed
changed , " giving place to new . " Not the least interesting among the many topics discussed is the story of those enterprising companies of merchants who , as the " North West Company" and the ••Hudson ' s Bay Company , " sent out their explorers and trappers to the uttermost boundaries of that immense territory formerly known to few Europeans save the early French settlers . There are some well drawn maps in this volume , which cannot fail to be of splendid service to all readers who look before and after , as they read .
The Siegre in Peking-. By W . A . P . Martin , D . D ., LL . D . — Oliphant , Anderson , and Ferrier . DR . MARTIN was , as is stated upon the title page of this volume , an eye-witness of the incidents here recorded . His book , if read with care , will be of service to the many who , whilst hearing much of the " Boxer " and the " Yellow Peril" are at a loss to
understand what this sudden commotion in the East is all about . To all such we recommend especially the chapters on " The Emperor and the Reform Party" and " The Boxers and their allies . " Dr . Martin has considerable gifts as a writer ; his style is clear , his conclusions are unmistakable , he never loses his temper . Such volumes as this have at least taught us recently one very useful
lesson—that the Chinaman is likely to be a more important factor for good or evil than we have hitherto believed . There are many sad incidents recorded in the chapter entitled " Rescue and Retribution , " and we are sorry to say that Dr . Martin's narrative confirms what we have already heard as to the bad conduct of some of the
allies . There are some good illustrations in this book , and some very valuable facts in the long appendix . Perhaps the best wish to which we can give expression is that the many Chinamen studying at European colleges may have an opportunity to read Dr . Martin ' s narrative , and thereby acquire some knowledge concerning their own land which they may possibly lack .
New Century Library ( 2 s net per vol . ) . —T . Nelson and Sons . The Works of WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY . Vol . xi ., Catherine , Lovel the Widower , etc . " Catherine" and " Lovel the Widower" have always enjoyed a robust reputation . We remember reading the former in a glade of dwarf oaks in Pembrokeshire , and rare entertainment we found within its pages . The latter appeared originally in the pages of
the Cornhill Magazine , " and when Macaulay died sitting in his study chair it lay open upon the desk before him . It often happens that short fictions lack those qualities which most strongly mark the longer works of the same authors ; but nobody tolerably acquainted with the style , the humour , the cynicism of Thackeray could for one moment question the authorship of " Catherine , " or of . "Lovel the Widower . " Readers must secure a copy of such a handy edition of these stories .
Vol . xii ., The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon , Esq ., Roundabout Papers , etc . A MASTERPIECE of moderate length . If you know it by heart read it again—you might be less profitably employed . You will not be sorry to once more meet with Miss Honoria Brady , who was christened by Swift , and whose name appeared on the page of genealogy in the family Bible ; with the gentleman who enlisted
at the ale-house and promptly became conversant with the merits of rancid bacon and mouldy biscuits ; with ex-Captain Potzdorff who , when burglariously attacking the precincts of Redmont ' s loveletters , is felled by a blow from a water jug ; or with Sukey Capermore , whose love for dancing was such that she would have danced at a funeral if asked to do so . What a world it is that Thackeray depicts , and how oddl y sorted are the characters he draws ! Take him all round , you shall search long for his equal ,
Books Of The Day.
We know of two only who are real rivals with him for the Posterity Plate . One of those two wrote " David Copperfield , " and the other wrote "The Bride of Lammermoor . " You may carry a month's amusement in your coat pocket now-a-days , thanks to such enterprise as that which conceived and published the New Century Library .
Dr . Charles Forshaw , F . R . S 1 L ., of Bradford , is engaged editing a work which promises to be not only interesting , but valuable . This is a couple of volumes entitled "Poetical Tributes in memory of Her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria . " The , , work is dedicated by permission to His Grace the Duke of Argyll , LL . D ., D . Sc , who is a personal friend of Dr . Forshaw ,
and will be published early in April by Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein and Co . Dr . Forshaw has obtained the permission of many of the leading literary lig hts of the day to include their poems in the book , among whom may be mentioned the Duke of Argyll , Lord Burghclere , Lady Currie , :. Earl Percy , the Countess of Cork , Sir Lewis Morris , M . A ., Wm . Allan , M . P ., the Very Rev .
Dean Hole , ' Mr . James Rhoades , Mr . A . C . Benson , M . A ., of Eton College , Windsor , W . E . Henley , LL . D ., Miss Nora Hopper , Miss Annie Flora Steele , Mrs . Ella Gordon , Canon Rawnsley , the Lady Mayoress of London , Bro . Emra Holmes , Bro . Wilson Barrett , Mr . Harcourt Mitchell , Bro . Morgan , B . A ., the Welsh Bard , and some 500 others . The preface to the work is to be written by Mackenzie Bell .
Yet another novel is announced from the pen of Mr . Henry James . It is entitled " The Sacred Fount , " and will be published immediately by Messrs . Methuen . The same firm are also to publish " The Relief of Kumasi , " by Captain H . C . J . Biss . The book is illustrated by photographs . Captain Biss was with the relieving force in that trying campaign . We hope his essays in literature will be as successful as his soldiership .
The Clarendon Press , Oxford , announce some good books , among which may be mentioned " Elizabethan Critical Essays " ( 1570-1603 ) edited by G . Gregory Smith , M . A . ; "Plays and Poems of Robert Greene , " edited by J . Churton Collins , M . A . ; and " The Complete Works of John Gower , " edited by G . C . Macaulay , M . A . ( Vols II . and III . ) .
Messrs . Smith , Elder and Co . are shortly to publish Mr . C . R . Crockett ' s new romance , " The Silver Skull . " Under the title "Falaise , " Mr . Fisher Unwin is'to issue a volume by Anna Bowman Dodd . Falaise is a quaint old Norman town , associated in history with the name of William of Normandy , and the author of " In and out of three Normandy Inns" has doubtless invested her fresh subject with interest equal to that of her former book ;
Messrs . J . M . Dent and Co . are about to add " Emerson's Essays '' to the already long series of . charming reprints issued by them as " The Temple Classics . " There is grace , wit , learning in almost everything from Emerson , and so tasteful an edition ot the famous " Essays '' should sell largely .
BOOKS RECEIVED . The Survivor . By E . Phillips Oppenheim . Illustrated by Stanley L . Wood ( 6 s ) . —Ward , Lock and Co ., Limited . The Mayor of Littlejoy . Being a faithful narrative of the strange experiences which befell Mr . Josiah Pettigrew , Mayor
of Littlejoy , during his term of Office . By Fred C . Smale . Illustrated by Will Owen ( 6 s ) . —Ward , Lock and Co ., Limited . The Story of Art in the British Isles . By J . Ernest Phythian . With twenty-eight illustrations ( is ) . —George Newnes , Limited .
Newspaper Statistics —From the . " Newspaper Press Directory for 1901 ( fifty-sixth annual issue ) we ascertain that there are now published in the United Kingdom 2 , 488 newspapers . On reference to the first edition of this useful Directory for the year 1846 we find the following interesting facts—viz ., that in that year there were published in the United Kingdom 551 Journals ; of
these 14 were issued dailv—viz ., 12 in England and 2 in Ireland ; but in 1901 there are established and circulated 2 , 488 papers , of which no less than 247 are issued daily , showing that the Press of the country has more than quintupled during the last fifty-five years . The increase in daily papers has been still more remarkable ;
the daily issues standing at 247 , against 14 in 1846 . There are now published in the United Kingdom 2 , 446 magazines , of which at least 53 6 are of a decidedly religious character . Comparing 1901 with 1846 , it is estimated that in that year there were only -200 of such publications in existence . Almost every branch of science , trade and thought is now represented .
THE Great Northern Railway Company have issued the 1901 edition of their handy little book containing a list of the principal Agricultural Shows , Dog and Poultry Shows , Cattle and Horse Fairs , Racing Fixtures , etc ., for the year . Copies can be obtained gratis of the Company ' s Agents in the various towns , or on enclosing stamp for postage to the Superintendent of the Line , Great Northern
Railway , King's Cross Station , London . A neat folding card for the pocket has also been prepared , giving full particulars of the principal Agricultural Shows to be held during the year 1901 , and copies can be obtained on enclosing stamp for postage to Mr . F . Elliott , Goods Canvassing Department , Great Northern Railway ! King ' s Cross Station , London ,