New-York tribune., 1899-02-09

SIR George Trevelyan has son VINO p.oH'',, -,
"a distinguish himself in literature al'o' ~ .'.0
,.tner,s fashion. Mr.. George MacaulaS
veiyan is Just bringing out oO ~
IN the Age OF Wyclife
cor,e Interesting extracts from General W. l.
sbernan's diary Of his travels IN Eulope o.,
20 anpear IN the March Century Anese VIZ
,rcIuaa descriptions Of his interviews "i'h Ivy
arv in Spain and italy
,s,ss IIoldsworth the author OF 'oai''
--.t,,u has heen FOR some months the "he oi
'"',' n,.o Mr. Eugene LeeHamilton'
rna,r homo Is IN Florence. where the laoy ha0
- haen engaged in writing a mover 10 oe
uoa "rbA Valley Of the Great SHADOW 0"0
q, NOV, az work upon play. ana her nus
,ord Ga also writing an original drama ne
has not yet finished his translation OF D''''''
"Purgatorio"
rrofuselv illustrated edition OF S"oe4'
urh,,e,s "seIborne" IS soon 70 be hrought out III
- ~ 1o,r lane Mr. f II. New has
snyo,sa nearly two years 70 the making o, ora"
.ncs ~ Selhorne and the peaceful rural country
,-,oundine 1. as Il is to-day and as II was ~
.h. eood narson's time Photogravure por'la'.'
~ whites correspondents and fehoW-ha'u.1
,s,s Thomas Pennant and DANES batr'ie 'VI'
y.,u 10 Included IN the work wnicn l. " ~
edited by Mr. Grant Allen
=, r,s.o,.s ersfA % Christ" IS having notaoie
sala in this country, the puolshers 'ane ~
q 4. said nearly $1,000 for each WORKING Gay
Of the month during which 1t has oeen A' '''''''O
- the public
Mr. Bernard Capes the author of ina, Glese. s,nr
hook The Lake Of Wine. is ABOUT 10 l,s ilHs
on, q volume Of stories entitled AZ w me-
Fire" Iir Capes It appears Is one oI 'i
fudicious Young writer's who prefer 'he en-
,c so,itudA of the country to the disracrhs
activity Of the town. his nome Is II .,t.
,,t.lo T1ampshire village. and he and mis- vile
are ardent cyclists.
y. have received from Dyrsen Pfeiter
6 r~ospoctus ~ an important work on iln'ui.
cbio one of he greatest artistic hsures OF 'ne
Ronaissance bv ". Boyer pAeen Ihls puol-
cation will he issued In ten parts win a hu"
drrd large heiiogravures ana more IMAM 'Iii''
nn,arod process cuts inserted in the text Sug-
eos-ed n the author by the recent res'ora'io"
If he famous Horgia apartments in the Naucah'
,,e boor has been extended 70 embrace fuIl
account NJ Pioturicchio's life and his work IN
all narts Of italy j will present not only
ortrait ~ The PAINTER but picture Of his times
We need hardly add that the announcement Is
frsusb, with interest for every student OF the
poraissance Pinturicchio being an exception
auv characteristic and inspiring individual
Book News" which has habit Of EXTRACTING
from authors their aims and autographs re-
oe,ved this terse sentence from Maarten Maar-
tens MY object in writing the novel Her
Memory vas TO write novel
one ~ the leading London publishers Is quoted
nv "The Daily News' as observing that no
publisher makes fortune nowadays; the au-
thor is getting his innings This result ne
franl,v attributes to the Society Of Authors
which. he says has forced UP royalties long
vav above the 10 per cent level which even
nuhlishers who were the pink Of honor came TO
regard as a law Of nature" and with which the
author had 10 be content. II his hook went like
vildnre
~ot many men turn author for the first time
,n their ninetieth year This is the case with
Admiral Sir Henry Keppel. whose memoirs are
i,et coming out under the title Of "A Sailors
Life"
.r2ool, Auctions I'm the Seventeenth Century
the new volume OF the Book Lovers Library
,esned nv A c Armstrong & Son. is nearly ready
for publication Its author is John Lawler, COM
rtIer of the Ashburnham and Sunderland sale
catalorues The volume are told, deals fully
with the origin. method and progress Of selling
hooks by auction. The prices given for notable
books and the books which were most In de-
mand at that period specially dealt with.
The auctioneers quaint introductons and terms
appear in fun. and chronological table Of the
auctions is given in the index.
An acting version OF the play of "Cyrano de
has Laor do
bv Mr.. Malcolm Stuart Taylor, and IT is pub
nshed by the Penn Publishing Company. Of
Phiadelphia The same house publishes The
Edwin Booth Prompt Book" a series OF six
teen plays-being Edwin Booths customary
repertory prefaces and notes. TO each
play. by William Winter The plays are Ham
let" Macbeth" "Otheo." King Lear" "The
Merchant Of Venice" Richard the Second"
Richard ILL.," Henry VIII" Julius Cesar"
Much Ado About Nothing" Katharine and
Petrucho" "Richelieu" "Brutus," 1.-THE Fools
Revenge" "Ruy Bias" and Don Cesar de
Bazan"
Mrs Isabella Bird Bishop is writing a
book about China which is to bear the title Of
The Yangtse Valley and BEYOND She de-
votes therein a great deal OF attention 10 the
province OF Sze-Chuan which is one az the
largest and most populous in China. The author
IS said 10 have traversed the great mountain
range dividing Tibet from the Yangtse Valley.
Professor James Bryce will contribute 10 the
next number Of The Century" paper describ-
ing the experience Of England and other Euro
pean nations in controlling tropical colonies
and the physical and moral effects upon the
European governing classes.
biography Of the late Francis Turner Pal
grave Editor OF the Golden Treasury Series. is
in course Of preparation by his daughter Miss
Gwenlian Palgrave.