New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

When O'Connor retired Mr.. MasSingham held
the editorial chair for time, but he soon went
to 1.-THE Daily Chronicle" as assistant editor,
and since the retirement OF Mr.. Fletcher ne mas
had complete charge of the paper His meth
DDS often criticised, and the great weeklles,
like THE Saturday" and 1.-THE Spectator, are
never tired of having little filings at their lively
contemporary. They disposed to think it
trfe too American in its enterprise and gem
eral vvacity. But they read it, they quote II.
they argue with it, and THE Daily Chronicle"
in short is to-day one of the most considerable
quantities in English journalism. Mr. Massing-
ham has been largely responsible for this.
Mrs Steel has written volume of short
stories dealing with Indian life. 1t is expected
to appear in the fall.
Mr.. John Lane has put between dainty blue
covers the speech delivered by Ambassador Hay
at the unwilling of the bust of Sir Walter Scott
in Westminster Abbey on May u. The pages
are few, but they clearly and fOrcbly writ
ten and will be welcomed in their present form
No will dispute the authors emphatic dec
laration, for all Americans, OF an enthusiasm Ior
the Waverey novels that began with their first
appearances and has been undiminished ever
since II have heard from my father-a pioneer
Of Kentucky" says the Ambassador, that IN
the early days of this century men would saddle
their horses and ride from all the neighborng
counties to the principal post town of the region.
when n new novel by the author of 'WaVerley
was expected =. He had no clique of read
ers no Illuminated sect Of admirers to bewilder
criticism by excess of its own subtlety.
Through all these important formative days OF
the Republic, Scott was the favorite author OK
Americans, and while his writings may not be
said to have had any special weight in our
material and political Development yet their In
fuence was enormous upon the taste and senti-
ments of a people peculiarly sensitive to such
influences, from the very circumstances OF their
environment
The author Of 1.-THE Yellow Aster." Mrs.
Caffyn, has written new novel entitled Miss
Bocher" 1t will presumably be published this
season.
1t would be gratifying to have some light
thrown on the at present abysmally obscure sub
ject of international publishing We know that
a beautiful system Is followed. and that the pub
fishers of book N New-fork work in perfect
harmony with their London colleagues when
the latter have the English rights But why are
they not simultaneous in their dOings? No rule
seems 10 be followed on this point. Here is Mr.
Gissing's The Whirlpool" one Of the strongest
novels of the day. 1t Las been out in London
for two months more, but American readers
must wait until the autumn before the Stokes
Company will publish it. Often it is the other
way. a book is published here so long in adj
vance Of publication in England that by the
time the reviwers in the latter country get at it
they wear all unconsciously, pretty air OF deal
ing with ancient history. We wonder If it is
nothing more than an ingenious dodge 10 keep
a book in the public eye as long as possible.
The book that can make one sensation is counted
lucky. but obviously the book that can mako
two with six months between, is luckier still.
The "Outward Bound" edition of Mr.. Kipling's
works published by the Scribners. cannot on
account of copyright complications, be circu-
lated i'm England. Accordingly we are being
nightly envied, and there are rumorS that some
one is going to do what is possible to allay the
discomfort 4 uniform edition, with the same
Arrangement as the American one is perhaps
to be printed in London. The American may be
pardoned if he chuckles over the situation.
We had thought that Mr.. Andrew Lang had
reached the limit in his series of fairy books.
yariously green red, yellow or some other
color But he has another coming in the
autumn, THE Pink Fairy Book" This and
Book OF Dreams and Ghosts by Mr.. Lang