New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01

$Xv THE Bookman' says OF
n w IT, This little book is
NS&AA ~ experiment in form.
VuMM Instead OF the ordinary
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AT92L ,/TfWM division into shapeess
MN& NIA"NtV chapters OF about equal
WHGyIVA0N L<~ length, the story will be
B'VWN //IMM broken up into about
F&W/ hfty sections. incidents.
conversations and discus
sons each of which IS
,n,o,dad n have a unity of its own In addition
~ ,s contribution to the general effect TWO
other hooks by this author-"The Island OF Dr. Mo-
reau' and THE Stolen Bacillus'-are also an
n,unced Mr. Wells is twenty-eght years Old anq
is an Invalid. living in retirement out OF London
He is a man of scientific tastes. and has been
teacher Of biology.
7, is peasant news that the poems OF Elizabeth
stodlari are at last be collected and brought out
by Houghton. Mflin Co. II Mrs. Stoddards
poetic gifts have never been properly recognized by
the public they have at least been honored ny those
whom Matthew Arnold has called the Remnant.
Her verse has dramatic fire well as lyric grace.
and thoroughly deserves the permanent form in
which II is to be presented.
orher volumes Of verse to be brought ont this sea-
son by the Cambridge firm include a collection OF
all Thoreaus poems 1t has been possible TO find;
new edition, edited by Miss 5. o. Jewett. OF celia
Thaxters musical poems; Mr.. James Jeffrey
Roche's Ballads OF Blue Water Mrs James T.
Ffelds's collection OF lyrics Miss Ina 7. Coolbriths
Songs From the Golden Gate" Cambridge edi-
tons of the complete poetic and dramatic works OF
Browning and of the poems of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, and The Last Poems OF james huSSe"
Lowell"
Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman's splendid "Vic-
torian Anthology" Is on the Cambridge press. IL
contains representative poems by all the authors
discussed in his critical work on the VICTORIAN
whO editions show
daily IL has been accepted standard both mere
and abroad This companion volume OF verse IN
cludes a series Of brief biographies OF the authors
quoted and has for frontispece fine portrait Oh
queen Victoria. There Is to be. besides the library
edition large paper edition limited to go copies.
The romantic history and the typical characters
Of the country beyond the Missouri are TO be set
forth In the pages OF a series TO be called The
Story of the West'-a series witch the Appletons
will publish All the peculiar and picturesque
phases Of the rapid and tremendous development
OF the region are be treated both for the benefit
OF the reader of to-day and Of the future student Of
American civilization. The Indian the explorer, the
soldier the miner the trapper, the ranchman and
the railroad builder will march In vivid procession
through these pages.
The first volume which is nearly ready Tor pun
llcation deals with the Indian. and is the work
az Mr. George Bird Grinnell. The series Is to be
brought out under the editorial supervision of Mr.
Ripley Hitchcock, who gained an intimate knoWi-
edge OF its subjects the of some years OF
adventure and observation in the West
The Pail Mall Gazette" is having more fun with
Mr. lie Gaienne. 1t says that the conflicting gen
ders OF his name do not throw much light upon his
nationality From his style should imagine him
10 be an Irlshman Thus. discussing Mrs. Threl-
falls poetry in this weeks Realm he remarks
that like her master. she threatens to go on for
overland not unfrequently keeps her threat.
Professor Iombroso the Italian criminologst, has
written a critical article on Nordaus "Degenera-
ton for the October Century,
A quantity of unpublished letters OF Taleyrand
and of Monsgnor Dupan.oup. the French divine. has
lately been brought TO light, and selections from
this correspondence will soon be published.
Professor Henry NJ Baird's forthcoming volume
The Huguenots and the Revocation OF the Edict
of Nantes" completes the authors study OF deeply
interesting period. The volume erds with Bona
parte's acknowledgment. at the beginning OF this
century that Professionalism had permitted stand
ing in France
The Scr.bners bringing out another historical
| work in the shape OF Imbert de SANTA Armand <
Revolution Of lsfS" and they preparing edi-
j,
Bonapartes valet 1t is to be issued under the title
of .The Private Life Of Napoleon"
| Several novels by American are to be
issued soon by Houghton. Mifn & Co. Miss Eliza
| Orne White has written in The Coming of Theo-
dora" story which. IL is said will be TO pro-
mote discussion. Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 5
novel "A Singular Life" will doubt rouse many
a reader TO face the piercing question rs 1t posi-
bic 10 follow Christ in every deed?" Mrs. c. l..
Burnham calls her new book The Wise Woman. -
and celebrates therein the beauty of truth and sin
certy In social life.
The same house will bring out soon collections
Of short stories by Charles Egbert Craddock. Helen
Dawes Brown, Sarah Orne Jewett. Mary Hallocl
Foote F. Hopknson Smith and Kate Douglas
Wiggin.
Bret Hartes new books. Clarence" and I'm a
Hollow OF the Hills" are also announced.
An interesting series OF historical studies is an
nounced By the Scribners. Each volume will deal
with a famous woman OF Colonial or Revolutionary
times and each is intended to be not only picture
of It's heroine. bit characteristic represen ton
of the life and manners OF the period which she
adorned The subject OF the first volume is that
strong hearted woman and most tender Puritan
wife Margaret Winthrop. Mrs. Alice Morse Earle
has contributed this book to the series. Martha
Washingtons story Is TO be told by Miss Anne
Wharton. of Philadelphia Mrs Maud W. Goodwin
is preparing a volume Mrs. Madison; and that
! ON Mercy Otis Warren Is In the competent hands OF
| Miss Alice Brown author OF the delightful tales of
New England life included in Meadow Grass"
Three American novels to be published soon
bv the Appletons THE Red Badge OF Courage
il a somewhat grewsome story OF the Civil War by
Mr. stephen Crane-whose prose 1t is TO be hoped.
, IA more Ineligible than his I'm Defiance OF
the King is historical romance by Mr.. {. c.
uotchkiss II is book which carries the reader
through some OF the most picturesque and tragic
GENES of the Revolution. stone Pastures is the
| -. nf q story OF the Penn9ylvana iron region.