New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16

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ary executors Of the brothers are taking to accumu-
late data for a new Life" TO be published In lyU
when the concluding pages OF the NOTORIOUS Jour-
nal are given TO the world. 1t Is true that the
pair said enough about themselves, In all con-
science but their papers and collections make
perfect mine Of personalia and Paris VIII De very
unlike herself II she does not contrive TO bring
formal biography TO light when the time comes. In
fact II may be preparing now. so expeditiousiy arc
these things done to-day.
great many authors and more outsiders. the
latter including scores OF publishers nave from
time to time poured the walls Of their wrath upon
Sir Walter Besant, protesting that the Authors
Society OF which he has been so conspicuous
member. was doing quite unnecessary WORK In
looking after the interests Of authors 1t Is often
stated that the authors and the publishers are
| capable Of attending to their AFFAIRS without any
assistance from an offclous society But 1t looks
,us. the same. as II the Authors Society were ex
actly tho thing needed, for hardly a week goes by
without some friction arising between author and
| publisher The latter has blithe way with him
when he Is In the wrong that is positively ex-
hilarating. For example. English writer sold
a couple Of papers to syndicate while ago. He
had no idea that they were ever to be published
| In book form. Perhaps II the syndicate had put
them into a book by themselves he would not
have felt much aggrieved. but they suddenly
| printed the articles in volume OF a miscellaneous
character giving the impression that the authors
| had collaborated. Our author objects The pup
Usher girds at him scornfuily In the public prints
| No doubt the publisher thinks he has justice on
! hts side but TO most people II will seem the other
| wav And here is the London publisher OF new
edition OF Kiplings Departmental Dltties VINO
has announced that It IS to be dedicated to "Bobs'
otherwise Lord Roberts Every one who saw that
l. x,ar1f had
| addressed this dedication TO the man who has
figured so picturesquely In his writings. But 1t
turns out TO be the publisher who has done the
| thing. and II would be interesting 10 know what
Kipling thinks OF II. and what LORD ROBERTS Will
| consider valuable in the episode
| II may be noted here. by the way. that another
| OF Killings so-called Inaccuracies. in Captains
| Courag eous" has been Investigated with results
| cophrnatory OF course. of the authors weli-kn9wn
care I'm matters OF local Significance We refer 10
| the "Virgin" rocks which one correspondent as
| sured US not long since could only exist In Mr.
| KipIings imagination. Another commentator
writes: "R X. is right. usual The virgin
| Rocks-or the Virgins as they are often called
! are n group OF banks where the water ranges In
| depth from three to thirty fathoms They lie ABOUT
seventv five miles east of Cape Race ana the group
is seven miles north and south by about two miles
! east and west The rock over which there Is only
| three fathoms to be exact lies In latitude north
Az, oe, 5-". longitude west so A. W. In time or
rough weather the sea breaks badly over this entire
| shoa spot which is near the northern END OF the
! Grand Banks You will find the above information
in the Navgators' Guide for Newfoundland and
Labrador page IT,"
| THE Marian" Is TO be published I'm book form
next Septembe The Harpers are, OF course the
publishers in this country. The next thing to know
| is the date Of the appearance OF memoir OF the
author.
So much IL said in disprase of the diction Of the
| Scotch novelists OF the day-a dicton which every
| che knows is lucid and as eloquent as diction
can possibly be-that we think the following rag
ment from a book OF "Braefoot Sketches" by Mr..
T. Macknnon will be welcomed for It's ample justi-
| acation of the transparency and charm Of kali
yard' prose- Readers OF Ian Maclaren and Mr..
Crockett WILL Of course, protest that 1t has far less
point far less magic. than page from either OF
their favor,te authors but 1t be admitted that
Mr. Mackinnon has a noble way with him. Thus:
| "'Wangie 8 RIGHT stochery.
"'Ay. he'll niver gle We bit O. naethng.'
Ali watch him again. A IL seen be gettin a
:" Am gettin penny on Saturday
Fac oor Geordic.
".Ha! IIa"
30, bit a! a!
| Never ye ound fat for daein'
| 90 A kent We wisna gettint.
BIT A am sot gettin't. Surely ken better gin
IT'S a. lees It's a lees, it's a lees. Haud yer
no. A II nae baud my tongue, Fat div ye'-
| "'Fa s Cyan tae the smiddy|
! me An me- An me-
Mrs. Alice Meynell has several books In
press One OF them entitled Flower OF the Mind -
| ia TO be an anthology OF the best poems in the
English language. Anhologes are always divert
ing for reasons in addition those inherent In the
poems themselves. It is always picturesque and
| edfyng to study the taste OF the editor.
There is something pathetic In the doings Of those
| energetic young dilettanti whose periodicals and
| hooks have compelled attention In this country
| during the last few years because OF their mpu-
dence or comicality or preciousness. Now and
| then one of the band will do a really fine piece OF
work and then spoil II through the crudlty Of his
| uuch-yaunted taste" Mr.. Ebert Hubbard pro-
vides a case In point. He has just printed for Miss
Adeiine Knapp a little book which verges on being
beautiful. Paper and type are exquisite, from cover
| to cover the manufacture OF the book IL wellng
| perfect And then THE Roycroft Printing Shop
| must "adorn' the pages with initials ana borders In
! colors II must put floral embellishments on the
title page and II must abet Miss Knapp In produe-
| ing this legend for the title page: This Then is
Upland Pastures" etc. etc, etc. To make matters
worse, at the end OF the volume they print: so
here then endeth Upland Pastures by Adeline
Knapp. as printed by me. Ebert Hubbard. at the
Roycroft Printing Shop In East Aurora, New.
York, y. q A." 10 long - East Aurora combined