New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-14

1s2- and 1896 There Is = fragment in MS g."
resemblance which tells how his ldb"rS were
arn,ec.ated The popularity Of nay last a'u-
Gle he writes is quite inconceiNap'e ~ y"
,,,nt.y. nv everywhere and Il il vain 'hd'
7.l.r4 NV Indifference to eatinS. conIdten
with other matters The fact i. got up 'hd'
article just as | would get w speech iron" d"
hricf and | would not eat half the things me"
toned in i, If they paid me for IT. 30 SUM ~
his readers might say. but The Alt OF D'H'"7
of which the Putnaus have jus, pu'''S"'u 3"
new edition. with annotat.ons ana ad"''""H 'F
Nh Charles Sayle. is not book 1" ed' pF ~ 20
book to read Tor the mere pleasure 81 mus
coming IN contact with a genial ana why 'F'
c,irean The bills Of fare he prints are '"''o
for the ediGcation Of any diner with a soul i"i
experiments. but there is safety for On" : "'7''
tion and ones purse Ia looA.nS solely TO pass
aces like this Colonel pamer. HAPPENING I"
enter CrocAford's one evening to dine carry
found Tide the chef walking w ana DOW" 40
a towering passion. and naturally inquired "h"'
was the matter. The matter, Monsieur ie '"'"-
mel, Did you see that man who has just gone
o,to We'll lie ordered a red mullet for his DIN
ner. made him a delicious little sauce win
,,,, avn hands The price of the mullet marked
an tho carte. was Is. ! added Cd. for the sauce
He refuses To- nav the Cd The imbcche aPpdf-
emily, believes that thu red mulIets come out "i
th. ses with nv sauce IN their pockets l"d'
other so,clv tried artist. Folk, who iei' APs''Y
House fu tears because the Duke oi Wellington
WAS 4, easily satisfied with a bad dinner As
with a good one has been heard ui 50 "i'r"
that We 90 not welcome the anecdote concerning
him with much enthusiasm. ana severe" "'"'i
stories in the book are hopelessy familiar hu'
..Th. Art If DininE" is a book that a. d "h"'e'
g. none. TOO Well known. aud this reprint Is cord
tally greeted
..Nooks and Corners Of old New-York'
Charles Scribners Sone) II a collection Oh 'dS
nal tottings in which Mr.. Charles HemstFee'
s,.,,rs - commcn,able preference for facts
rather than for the sentimental dithyTamos
which So often lure writer's on old Iandi"diNS l"
tbcir uudoin,. 1t IS true that his notes are
,l.,,,,,,es too badly stated. Alexander Ham
,lto, ~ 1883. lived In house on the south sac
- Nv.u-s, AT Broad His slayer. Aaron Burr
,h.,, lived back Of Federal Hall, IN Nassau ST
, rutla dressing W. might have hcen forgiven
here. Yet the authors restraint profits MN
exceedingly fin the long run. enabling him 10
Gran, large amount of information into small
s,... Mr. t. G. PeiAottO has drawn i"r the
hook = number Of apt sketches. and these are
,r,,,,,a along the margins IN an artistic man
- The hook s. handsomely made. from It's
,.,t ,itl,. page to its useful index and quaint
cover design.
OF the making Of new EDITIONS 81 ""@"'S''o"''
There Is no end. The latest addl'io" TO '"e '''7
list IS The ChiswicH Shakespeare s0' "a
small volumes Of which the publishers. the
Macmillan Company. send US the nFs' louI'
These are given respectively to Hamlet" Mac
I ne
hooks are prettily made. the glossary and notes
uriutcd in each are useful. and MI. John DeHhs
nrovjdcs readable introductons. But the Illus
trations. from the pen Of MI bydm shaw
scarcely Justify their Introduction to the world.
WORKING on canvas. ne has produced some In
tcrcsting pictures. hut within the limits If these
small black and whites he shows neither orig
,,,rtv Of design nor distinction Of style. IN
f.ct the volumes would he better off without
his handiworh
Mir Henry Ospovet. who has provided the
Illustrations for the edition of Shakespeare =
.,uuets issued hy John Lane. IS just - Inuch
~ an Intruder as Mr. Shaw So fax the spirit
Of the poet Is concerned. The reference 90 "'a
,,ctorial .maginines To- Shakespeare text 1t Is
quite beyond our capacity TO perceive On We
/ other hand these designs. ~ pure exercises OF
/
,,est.ous oc Rossetti of Burne-Jones. Of Howard
/ Py!, and of some others rise vaguely from the
,,,.es. ard with them % d favor that be!ongs to
Mr. O.povat alone lie IS 50 engaging al artist
That W.. can almost. though not quite, pardon
III. ,o,nrrlty In attempting the Interpretation OF
ideas about which ne apparently knows very
little The bool. itself Is 50 perfect IN form anc
nr,ss work that we .mplore Nh. Lane to reprint
4 Immediately without the illustrations.
Thomas Nelson q Sons begin the publication
Of the New Century Library with an cditoi
OF the works Of Dickens the first volume q"
which, containing Tho PoSthuI'pus Ialeis "
the P;chw!ck Club" has lately been issued Th'
book Is small. but runs to something "V@
cisht hundred pages. very thin paper havini
been used The type IS necessarily small also
but not .nconven.enty 30.
\ deserved tribute Is paid 10y the Scrihner
t. MIR Sumson's King NOanett" 10y their pub
ncAtion Of the book in Il conc!y new edition !
first Appeared IN 1896. and II bears wei! tie tes
of time bo.ns a well conceived and well writer
romance IN which The imagination and rcadin.
OF the author axe naturally and powerfully eA
plotted
The Sewers" s. an intensely interesting novel
re,ha,s the best ever written by MI Henr,
seton Merr.mAn We note tho appearance "
The book IN d new edition from the Harper press
with illustrations by M. Charles Mento
The condensation OF the recorded history @
six thousand years il a t.ny book Of about thru
hundred pages would seem To be- 4 task iron
which most completes would shrink. bat M
George w Powers has acquitted himself Of
c,.ditably enough ID Important Events" pub
Dshcd by T. y. Crowc!l y Co. Giving TO eac
country d division by itself. he sets down th
historical bioeIapAlcal POLITICAL religious. III
.r.Yy scientific and industrial! dates importdn
IA tho records of that country An index com
ple;es the compendium. which. il ITS modes
way In practicable and handy.
Mr. a. T. Watt. the English literary agent
gives Mi Kip!ing credit for "rcmalhabI