New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-27

editions In England within fortnight Of publ
cation.
Mrs Hungerford-"The Duchess"-whose death
has Just been reported left the completed manu-
script OF a novel. This story. entitled
"Lovice' will be published There was IN
1.-THE Duchess dialogue certain winning fresh-
ness as OF happy and buoyant youth. and she had
also pleasant knack of setting forth the agree
able foles Of young love MOLLY Bawn is In Us
way a charming little book; it was this authors
first story and 1t remains her best one Her char-
acteristic literary vein was one that Is as eaSi's
exhausted as is the May dew on a daisy
An English visitor In Christiania. WHO mas peen
seeing a good deal of the msanthroric iosen' says
that that gentleman was soured by early deTison
Of his work and that his domestic life has nov
been a happy This visitor added that losen
IS las Norwegian circumstances go. rich man
to-day. and is held 10 be worth between 2c1"" ana
10000 kroners: but this moTey has come TOO late
70 compensate him for the real privatons OF his
youth and middle SO there Is little JOY In MS
life except what may be derived from creature
comforts and constant study. He Is great readeE
Of the German philosophers. and told me OF his par
ticular delight in Kant. 4 read him hrst as Il
duty he said and afterward a pleasure His
only relaxation appears TO be 10 spend an hour
twice a dav at the Grand Hotel and TO read the
papers with a glass of aqua vite on his right hand
and glass OF beer his left. from which. as ne
reads he takes alternate sips. He spends one
black professional broadcoth. with his tall hat
tilted back on his head. The of his day is
spent In absolute secuson In his house in We
toria Terrace, where visitors are rarely II ever
admitted He is at the theatre. or In
society at any place of entertainment lie Is
rarely seen in any mans company. 1t is a dismal
and depressing life in town which at It's best is
not a cheerful Questioned as to what were
his Views the woman question. he asseverated
that he was in favor Of nothing He suggested
Ita MIA mot
described life as he saw IT,
That clever periodical. Life" IS unconsc!ousy
funny in its ignorance OF the fact that Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps has upon occasion. displayed very
keen and delightful sense of Numerically in
certain book called AN Old Maids Pa radise. II
Lies" reviewer has never seen that attractive
sketch Of existence In NewEngand he should be-
acquainted with It at once Puevir. blythe
way is much truer 10 life than is that other hand
maiden Of fiction, Pomona.
1t is said that the price per copy OF the first edi
ton OF Queen Vctoria's Life NOW in course Of
revision by herr is be $50 $40 Her Majesty
ought TO make a comfortable of the book
At that
The current instament OF Du Maurier's Mar
tan has passages concerning the hero's loss
Of an eye which douby pathetic TO the reader
who remembers that the author In like evil
case. and that these passages instinct with
sorrow once cruelty real.
In the March Harper" told appears the |
intervention of the inhabitant of Mars from which
the novel takes It's name.
One Of the oldest things in connection with the |
new" movement in book writing and book publish |
ing Is the Enthusiastically which is affected by the
designers Of book We reminded of this |
by the volume of stories recently published for
Miss Julia Magruder by Herbert Stone & Co. under
the title OF Miss Ayr. of Virginia The volume is
inf piept ar6s hea prin on
an artistic paper. But the coTer is most absurd
affair upon which trees witch not trees figure
IN spectacular array If this isolated
ample of art gone wrong would not be noticed.
But 1t is common occurrence nowadays TO see
book covers which do not even pretend TO the
character Of bindings. They are eccentric sensa-
tional anything but indicative of a taste for the
book binders art. The publishers will do every
thing that publishers could do TO make their books
attractive. and then they will go ANONYMOUSLY to
pieces in the preparation Of the cover.
! The nineteenth and twentieth volumes Of Serb
ner's Magazine" have just appeared presenting In
compact form the twelve numbers OF the period
cal for 1896 They mark the termination Of
decade during which the editors and publishers
have developed the monthly into one of the most
necessary and satisfactory miscellanies we have
Two forces have been behind that development
In the first place "Scribners has been constantly
in the van. providing It's readers with an
10 abundance Of purely literary contributions. but
still more with quantity of thoroughly contem-
poraneous papers. For example the magazine has
printed THE History of the Last Quarter-Century
in the United States" by President f.. Benjamin
ANDREWS This kaleidoscope narrative has been
of much interest. giving a survey Of certain pas
lsages in our history which has not been obtain
able in any other form. Then there have been
articles like Mr. Ridgeeys Comedies of Con-
sulate" which have shed needed light subjects
Of present interest and at the time they
.'ave been vastly amusing. In fact. "Scribners"
h. increased through every one Of It's ten years
of existence in the quality OF a periodical appeal
ing 10 a popular audience. IL has mingled with
Judgment at all frequent in the annals of Illus
trated journalism. the style of cphemera things
with that of permanent and seriously instructive
topics.
. Its second claim upon public appreciation lies in
its artistic character. Not only has It printed a
large number OF valuable essays upon art SUBJ
3ects. Of which these latest volumes contain a
generous share. but 1t has raised It's illustrations
20 a plane of almost invariable excellence. When
the magazine first brought the pictures
disappointing. Now they are among the
best printed anywhere. We think the name Of
Mr. Jaccaci ought TO be mentioned here. He has
shown remarkable catholicty and taste. Turning
his back, upon academic theories. he has secured
for the magazine illustrations which only
artistic but which speak OF the very latest and
freshest ideas In current art. The decorative Illus
trations made by Mr.. Herford for story of Ken
meth Grahame's. and printed In cocss, bear this
out with special force. They entirely uncon-
ventional and in that they typify the bulk Of the
pictorial matter reproduced in the magazine. !
'Scribner's' has its way through a healthy
reason believe that its continuance of this policy
will confirm IL more and more in the strong posi-
ton which IL occupies to-day