The Nation 1908-03-12: Vol 86 Iss 2228

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+e The Nati VOL. LXXXVI—NO. 2228. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1908. PRICE JUST PUBLISHED IN KOREA WITH MARQUIS ITO By GEORGE TRUMBULL LADD, LL.D. _Ilustrated, $2.50 net; postpaid $2.70 THE CONTENTS Rulers and People July, 1907, and After The Visit to Vem ey Resources and Finance ot Ed ucation and the Public Justice e The Solution of the Problem Chemulpo an er Places The Invitation The Departur Foreigners and Foreign Relations First Glimpses of Korea Personal Reminiscences and Impressions Wrongs: Real and Fancied Life in Seoul The Problem: Historical Missions and Missionaries The Compact Undoubtedly the most important work on Korea and Japan, as far as their present relations are concerned, that has been brought out. Professor Ladd had, through his relations with Marquis Ito, very exceptional facilities for personal observa- tion in Korea, and unprecedented opportunities for obtaining inside information and accurate knowledge as to the past and present conduct of Japan and her present intentions. Much hitherto unpublished diplomatic material was placed in his hands. No one can, in the future, write the history of these events or discuss them with authority, without making himself familiar with the views and conclusions of Professor Ladd in this book. THE OLD DOMINION Her Making and Her Manners By THOMAS NELSON PAGE $1.50 net; postpaid $1.62 The Begmaning of America Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia During Ri ruction Jamestown, the Birthplace of the American a The Southern People le The Old Dominion Since the War Peo colonial Life An Old Neighborhood in Virginia The Revolutionary Movement An Old Virginia Sunday An account of the early history and later development of Virginia and of the men and women and the manners and customs that grew up in it. Mr. Page is full of the knowledge of his subject and writes of his native State with the literary skill, grace, and enthusiasm that make the ‘book as brilliant as literature as it is valuable as history. MEMOIRS OF THE COMTESSE DE BOIGNE The third and final volume, 1820-1830 “Of the three volumes in which Madame de has enshrined her memories of ante-Revolutionary France we could least spare this final one.”—NV. Y. Tribune, $2.50 net; postpaid $2.70 THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION By FREDERIC J. STIMSON “A book to read and ponder over, to have always convenient on your library table and to pate in the hands of every American girl and boy.”’—Phila, Record. $1.25 net; postpaid $1.35 BACON’S ESSAYS Edited by MARY A. SCOTT, Ph.D. “For the admirably just and well conceived introduction this edi- tion should be valued."’— Providence Journal. $1.25 net; postpaid $1.35 FATHER AND SON “The book is by Edmund Gosse,”"—N, Y¥. Herald, “This vast conflict rendered concrete = in two admirably more in portrayed characters that makes this wy as a mere narrative than nine-tenths of the current novels.”—The Nation, $1.50 net; postpaid 81.62 THE FOOTPRINT and Other Stories BRADFORD’S HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION Edited by Hon. WILLIAM T. DAVIS An ably edited edition of cne of the most important and interest- ing of the first-hand accounts of the early settlers. Illustrated. $3.00 net; postage 25 cents HENRIK IBSEN By EDMUND GOSSE “It would be difficult to find so sim so clear and adequate a presentation of the meen and bn eget eelion Eagle. Illustrated, $1.00 net; postpaid $1.10 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROT- ESTANT BIBLES COMPARED Edited by M. W. JACOBUS “The work far outranks all others on the subject,”— The Outlook, $1.25 net. A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY By JOHN R. SPEARS ** Fascinating as a novel,”—Boston Globe, Illustrated. $1.50 net; postpaid $1.62 By GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. $1.50 The oriental mysticism and magic contrasted with vivid realism in this story create an atmosphere unique in recent fiction. Only the weird fascination of one of Poe’s stories can give the same shiver and intense interest. The other stories range from the high comedy of ‘‘Captain England” and the powerful realism of ‘‘The Execution” to the broad burlesque of “The Best Man.” They reveal a wide range of topics and a great variety of strangely individualized characters, whose adven- tures are depicted with a keen sense of the dramatic in life and with a nice literary feeling. CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 153 Fifth Avenue, New York ie 18 08