FROM THE NEW BOOKS N ANECDOTE quoted in "Rudyard Kipling; a Literary Appreciation," by R. Thurston Hopkins: Kipling was staying in the hills in Simla, where all the lovely AngloIndian ladies reside in summer when it is too hot for them to endure the climate in the plains. One morning the lady at whose house he was a guest introduced him to a young and fair "grass widow." As the couple chatted amicably together whilst walking through the hills, Kipling remarked, "I suppose you can't help thinking of that poor husband of yours grilling down there?" The lady gave him an odd look, he thought, and he realized why when he afterwards learned that she was not a "grass widow" but a widow indeed. From "The Old Ships," by James Elroy Flecker, quoted in "Georgian Poetry 1913-1915": I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep Hell-raked them till they rolled Blood, water, fruit and corpses up the hold, Still patterned with the vine and grapes in gold. From the chapter on "The Audience," in Ashley H. Thorndike's "Shakespeare's Theater": When Shakespeare peeped through the curtain at the audience gathered to hear his first play, he looked upon a very motley crowd. The pit was filled with men and boys. The galleries contained a fair proportion of women, some not too respectable. In the boxes were a few gentlemen from the Inns of Court, and in the lords' box, or perhaps sitting on the stage, was the young Earl of Southampton with a group of extravagantly dressed gentlemen of fashion. Vendors of nuts and fruit moved about through the crowd. The gallants were smoking, the apprentices in the pit were exchanging rude witticisms with the painted ladies in the lower gallery. If the play was "Titus Andronicus," the spying author may well have smiled at the impropriety of the opening lines which were to seek attention from the noisy throng: Noble patricians, patrons of my right, Defend the justice of my cause with arms. Five of the nine stanzas of James Stephens' "Deirdre,” in “Georgian Poetry 1913-1915": The time comes when our hearts sink utterly; More than a thousand years it is since she A thousand years! The grass is still the same, But there has never been a woman born Now she is but a story that is told Beside the fire! No man can ever be The friend of that poor queen. From "He Whom a Dream hath Possessed," in Shaemas O'Sheel's book of verse "The Light Feet of Goats": He whom a dream hath possessed knoweth no more of sorrow, At death and the dropping of leaves and the fading of suns he smiles, He whom a dream hath possessed treads the impalpable marches, And rides God's battle-field in a flashing and golden car. NEW BOOKS A BOOK NOT OWNED BY THIS BRANCH LIBRARY MAY BE BORROWED FOR YOU FROM ANOTHER Branch, unleSS IT IS RECENT FICTION OR A CURRENT POPULAR WORK Jones, B. E. How to make and operate moving pictures; a complete practical guide to the taking and projecting of cinematograph pictures, edited by Bernard E. Jones. Funk, 1916. Münsterberg, Hugo. The photoplay; a psychological study. Appleton, 1916. Contents: Introduction. The psychology of the photoplay. The esthetics of the photoplay. Rhead, Louis. American trout-stream insects; a guide to angling flies and other aquatic insects alluring to trout...with notes on and reproductions of artificial imitation flies...together with descriptions and illustrations of a complete set of new artificial nature-lures. Stokes, 1914-16. Sperling, Harry. The playground book. Barnes, 1916. Taylor, Emerson. Practical stage directing for amateurs; a handbook for amateur managers and actors. Dutton, 1916. Thorndike, A. H. Shakespeare's theater. Macmillan, 1916. Vaile, P. A. The new golf; containing illustrations from photographs. Dutton, 1916. Welsh, R. E. A-B-C of motion pictures. Harper, 1916. Williams, Taunton. bridge, including nullos. POETRY Royal auction McBride, 1916. Masters, Edgar Lee. Songs and satires. Macmillan, 1916. By the author of "Spoon River Anthology." Neilson, W. A., and K. G. T. WEBSTER. Chief British poets of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; selected poems, edited with explanatory and biographical notes by W. A. Neilson and K. G. T. Webster. Houghton, 1916. O'Sheel, Shaemas. The light feet of goats. Franklin Press, 1915. Richards, G. M. High tide; songs of joy and vision from the present-day poets of America and Great Britain; selected and arranged by Mrs. Waldo Richards. Houghton, 1916. Schütze, Martin. Songs and poems. Laurentian Publishers, 1914. Shivell, Paul. Stillwater pastorals, and other poems; with a prefatory note by Bliss Perry. Houghton, 1915. BIOGRAPHY - INDIVIDUAL Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915. An autobiography; with a memorial address delivered November 17, 1915, by Henry Cabot Lodge. Houghton, 1916. The author's father was minister to England during the Civil War. His grandfather was a Presi dent of the United States. His great-grandfather was also a President of the United States. Boniface, Saint. The life of Saint Boniface by Willibald; translated into English for the first time, with introduction and notes by George W. Robinson. Harvard University, 1916. Browne, G. F., bishop of Bristol. The recollections of a bishop. Smith, 1915. Delane, J. T. Delane of The Times, by Sir Edward Cook. Holt, 1916. Dostoyevski, F. M. Dostoievsky; his life and literary activity, by E. Evgenii Soloviev; translated from the Russian by C. J. Hogarth. Allen, 1916. Biography - Individual, continued. Farrar, Geraldine. The story of an American singer. Houghton, 1916. Grant, U. S. U. S. Grant, by Lovell Coombs. Macmillan, 1916. Lincoln, Abraham. Abraham Lincoln, by Daniel E. Wheeler. Macmillan, 1916. Lloyd-George, David. David Lloyd George, by Herbert Du Parcq. Newnes, 1915. Soubirous, Bernadette. Bernadette of Lourdes; entitled in French La confidente de l'immaculée Bernadette Soubirous; translated by J. H. Gregory. Devin-Adair Co., 1915. Stephenson, Isaac. Recollections of a long life, 1829-1915. Donnelley, 1915. Venizelos, Eleutherios. Eleftherios Venizelos; his life and work by Dr. C. Kerofilas; with an introduction by M. Take Jonesco; translated by Beatrice Barstow. Dutton, 1915. Victoria, Queen of Great Britain. The widowhood of Queen Victoria, by Clare Jerrold. Putnam, 1916. Wilde, Oscar. The real Oscar Wilde, by Robert Harborough Sherard; with numerous unpublished letters, facsimiles. McKay. Wordsworth, William. William Wordsworth; his life, works, and influence, by George McLean Harper. Scribner, 1916. 2 v. Cadman, S. P. The three religious leaders of Oxford and their movements: John Wycliffe; John Wesley; John Henry Newman. Macmillan, 1916. Green, H. C., and M. W. GREEN. The pioneer mothers of America; a record of the more notable women in the early days of the country, and particularly of the colonial and revolutionary periods. Putnam, 1912. 3 v. Contents: v. 1. American womanhood in the making. The women of pioneer days. Pocahontas, Virginia. Priscilla Mullins of Plymouth. Annetje Jans, New York. Ann Hutchinson. Eunice Williams. Some noteworthy women of colonial times. Home-making in the wilderness. v. 2. "The splendid women of '76." Martha Washington. Wives of generals who fought with Washington. Daring and devotion of the women of '76. Heroines of the homes. v. 3. Wives of the signers. governors. "Patron saints." Wives of the war Recollections of a royal governess. Hutchinson, 1915. HISTORY Colin, J. L. A. The great battles of history; translated from the French under the supervision of Spenser Wilkinson. Hugh Rees, 1915. Eckenrode, H. J. The revolution in Virginia. Houghton, 1916. Gibbons, H. A. The foundation of the Ottoman empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (13001403). Century, 1916. Hine, C. G. The story and documentary history of the Perine House, Dongan Hills, Staten Island; headquarters of the Staten Island Antiquarian Society. Staten Island Antiquarian Society, Inc., 1915. Marvin, F. S. The unity of western civilization; essays arranged and edited by F. S. Marvin. Milford, 1915. Stephens, Kate. The mastering of Mexico; told after one of the conquistadores and various of his interpreters. Macmillan, 1916.. Wood, Sir Evelyn. Our fighting services; and how they made the empire. Cassell, 1916. Gómez, Carrillo. Among the ruins; translated by Florence Simmonds. Heinemann, 1915. Contents: From Paris to Esternay. The Germans at Montmirail. The recollections of a little town. Round about the battle of Meaux, and other articles. Howe, F. C. Why war. Scribner, 1916. Lapradelle, A. G. de, and F. R. COUDERT. War letters from France; edited by A. de Lapradelle and Frederic R. Coudert. Appleton, 1916. Contents: At the front. In the hospital. In the heart of the country. The future. Last letter. The War, continued. Ruhl, Arthur. Antwerp to Gallipoli; a year of war on many fronts and behind them. Scribner, 1916. Contents: "The Germans are coming!" Paris at bay. After the Marne. The fall of Antwerp. Paris again - and Bordeaux. "The great days." Two German prison camps, and other articles. Smith, T. F. A. What Germany thinks; the war as Germans see it. Doran, 1916. Sweetser, Arthur. Roadside glimpses of the great war. Macmillan, 1916. Thayer, William Roscoe. Germany vs. civilization; notes on the atrocious war. Houghton, 1916. Van Vorst, Marie. War letters of an American woman. Lane, 1916. Wile, F. W. The assault; Germany before the outbreak and England in wartime, a personal narrative illustrated with photographs and facsimiles of documents and cartoons. Merrill, 1916. MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE Andrews, Lincoln C. Fundamentals of military service; prepared under the supervision of Major General Leonard Wood. Lippincott, 1916. Bond, P. S., and M. J. MCDONOUGH. Technique of modern tactics; a study of troop leading methods in the operations of detachments of all arms. George Banta Publishing Co., 1915. Lissak, O. M. Ordnance and gunnery; a text-book prepared for the cadets of the United States Military Academy, West Point. Wiley, 1915. PHILOSOPHY Including Ethics and Psychology Blackford, K. M. H., and ARTHUR NEWCOMB. Analyzing character; the new science of judging men; misfits in business, the home and social life. Review of Reviews Co., 1916. Burns, C. D. The morality of nations; an essay on the theory of politics. Putnam, 1916. Fowler, N. C. Beginning right; how to succeed. Sully, 1916. Frazer, R. W. Indian thought, past and present. Stokes, 1915. Contents: Introduction. The Vēdas. The Brahmanas. The Upanishads. Vēdānta. Sankhya. Vais'eshika and Nyaya. Yoga. Buddhism. Hinduism. Past and present position of woman in India. Present Indian thought. Jung, C. G. Psychology of the unconscious; a study of the transformations and Contents: New starts in life. School friendships. The art of living with others. Enduring hardness. The rhythm of life. The uses of trouble. School spirit, and other articles. Smyth, Newman. The meaning of personal life. Scribner, 1916. Contents: The earliest signs of meaning. Beginnings of mind in nature. Personal dynamics. The relation of body and mind. Development of personality. Personal individuality. The fulfilment of personal life in Jesus Christ. Whittaker, Sir Thomas. Mill. Dodge. Comte and The The Contents: The children. The humourists. actors. The queer tradesmen. The criminals. lawyers. The eccentrics. The sportsmen. The philanthropists. The hypocrites and humbugs. The parsons. The feasts. Hopkins, R. T. Rudyard Kipling; a literary appreciation. Stokes, 1915. Saintsbury, G. E. B. The peace of the Augustans; a survey of eighteenth century literature as a place of rest and refreshment. Bell, 1916. Snyder, F. B., and R. G. MARTIN. A book of English literature; selected and edited by Franklin Bliss Snyder and Robert Grant Martin. Macmillan, 1916. |