"The story was written out by hand and the author's name did not appear" on the old manuscript, but, in spite of the difficulty of reading it, it impressed Mr. Stevenson immensely. He told Henry Holt and Company that it seemed "a decided find" and, with the condition of thorough revision and intelligent condensation, strongly advised its publication. The Holt's wrote back, stating that the author was Theodore Winthrop and asking Mr. Stevenson to undertake the revision of the book. This he ultimately did and we can gain an idea of how much he altered the original by noting the adverse criticism he included in "the opinion sent the Holt's at the time." 13 From this "opinion" we learn that he cut out about twenty-five thousand words, including a great deal of slavery talk, and a number of picturesque loiterings up incidental bypaths; and that he probably made some rearrangement of chapters.

There are but three other ways in which the name of Theodore Winthrop has persisted in the book-printing business. In 1874, Mr. Rossiter Johnson edited for James R. Osgood and Company of Boston a series of small volumes under the name "Little Classics." 14 In volume six, devoted to Love, he included. Love and Skates. This volume went through twenty-nine different editions of varying size between January, 1875, and December, 1910, and was also reprinted with the other seven volumes in four new impressions of the entire series.15 Love and Skates of course does not deserve the full credit for this circulation, as it was only one story of several; and yet we must not neglect to give it its own share of the credit. G. P. Putnam's Sons, on account of its intrinsic worth and on account of its convenient size, gave Love and Skates a place in their Ariel Booklet Series, and published it in New York in 1902; an English edition at London in March, 1905; and a second American edition at New York in November, 1906. Plates had been made for the Putnam publication and were used in printing the second edition. 16 In 1913, Mr. John H. Williams of Tacoma, Washington, filled with a love for Mount Rainier, which Winthrop well describes, and impressed with Winthrop's journey through the Northwest in road building days, got out an elaborately illustrated edition of The Canoe and the Saddle, editing and publishing it himself. It was an act of love and it is doubtful if any similar book with such a local appeal selling for a similar high price could ever succeed as a publishing proposition.

In such ways has Winthrop managed to be kept before the reading public long after his widespread popularity had passed. And no inconsiderable item in keeping his eminently readable novels in the hands of the public was the fact that the same old plates, passing through auction after auction and bankruptcy after bankruptcy, were still used to get out cheap editions of the work which was once so highly prized.

13 Personal letter to present writer from B. E. Stevenson.

14 Copy date was 1874; 1st ed. January, 1875.

15 Letter to present writer from Mr. Greenslet, January 30, 1913.

16 Letters to present writer from G. P. Putnam's Sons, January 8-10, 1913.

SUBMARINES

A LIST OF REFERENCES IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

COMPILED BY MARY ETHEL JAMESON
Science Division

This list of references in The New York Public Library is submitted as an aid to those interested in the history and construction of the submarine boat. Questions of international affairs have not been included, although in several cases the documents have involved this phase of the discussion.

The patent records have not been reprinted here, as quite a complete list has already appeared in the General Electric Review for August, 1917. An exception has been made, however, in the case of the mechanism of the deep sea bomb which has proven so effective in combatting the underwater foe, the basic patents for which are listed under date of 1900, covering a self-winding clock. These patents, with modifica tions and subsequent improvements, have been adapted to the pressure bombs which explode at given depths determined by the regulation of the gauge.

So many requests have come to the Science Division for information regarding the transmission and propagation of sound under water that a few references on submarine signalling have been added in a section following the documents.

Attention is directed to the list prepared by Mr. W. A. Ellis on Torpedoes and printed in the Bulletin for October, 1917, v. 21, p. 657-726 (also issued in separate form). This very complete bibliography has made the inclusion of such literature quite unnecessary here, although the submarine and the torpedo are so closely related.

PART II

1916

NON-OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS

(Conclusion)

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Report of various movements instituted to force neutrality when U-boat attacked British ships off Nantucket.

1030. Allemandy, Victor E. Wonders of the deep; the story of the Williamson Submarine Expedition. London: Jarrold & Sons [1916?). 94 p., 9 pl. 4°. PSR

Biographical sketch of the Williamson brothers, and account of their apparatus for obtaining sub. marine photographs and methods of work. Illustrations are taken from the film pictures.

1031. Argument for big submarines. (Scientific American, New York, v. 115, 19 Aug. VA 1916, p. 168.)

Reprinted in Revista general de marina, Madrid, tomo 79, Sept., 1916, p. 377-379, VXA.

Editorial on wide cruising radius and habitability of submarines of greater displacement. 1032. Atkinson, A. S. The submarine moillus. (Gas review, Madison, Wis., v. 9, Nov., 1916, p. 5, 6, 8, 10.) VFA

tors.

A non-technical survey of the question of propulsion for submarines, describing the engines now in

use.

1033. Belknap, Reginald R. The torpedo and submarine branches of the German

navy. (United States Naval Institute, Proceedings, Annapolis, v. 42, Sept. - Oct., 1916, p. 1485-1508.) VXA

Reprinted in Revista general de marina, Madrid, tomo 80, June, 1917, p. 734-743, tomo 81, July, 1917, p. 35-41, VXA.

Standing organization of this branch of the German service is fully outlined.

1034. Bids for fleet submarines. (Army
and navy journal, New York, v. 53, 19 Feb.
1916, p. 802.)
† VWA
Bids for two submarines were opened 16 Feb.
1916.

1035. Bishop, Farnum.
submarine. New York:
xv, 211 p. illus. 12°.

The story of the Century Co., 1916. VXV

Written for the non-technical reader, and outlines the history of the submarine from 1624 to the present time.

1036. Brazilian submarine depôt motor ship "Ceara." illus. pl. (Engineering, London, v. 101, 16-30 June 1916, p. 569, 613616.) VDA

Abstracted in Revista general de marina, Madrid, tomo 78, March, 1917, p. 395-396, VXA,

Detailed description with good plates and curves of stability, conditions under loads, and trims. signed by Laurenti.

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1037. Bremen. (Army and navy journal,
New York, v. 54, 28 Oct. 1916, p. 260.)
† VWA

Editorial on merchant submarine.