New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18

stay in England for about six months and VIII
make book about it. He has put hye copy
right chapters in the latest English edition 81
MIR Doopy." and will therefore have much OF
the profits thereof.
Among the new publications arranged for by
the Appleton firm are an illustrated history ol
Now York from the earliest times, series OF
TRANSACTIONS from the great French romancSlS
Of the nineteenth century. and a volume relat-
ing 10 the coming Paris Exhibition ana review
ing the worlds progress in art and science dur-
ing the last hundred years This last named
work which will appear in parts Will be- mus
trated from pictures which are 10 be IN tne
Exhibition. MIR Edmund GOsse is 10 be the
general editor of the French novel series
Mr. Warman whose short stories Of railroad
life and adventure have attracted pleased at
tention. has written a novel which ne cars
snow on the Headlight" This book. when IS
on the press. is described as picturInS the ara
matte phases of great railroad strike
The publication 10y The London Daily News
Of a new edition Of Charles Dickens'S WORKS mas
brought out a fact decidedly worth noting tha'
the novelist is as popular now with readers "a
ever he was and perhaps more 50. The edition
has had remarkable success. all the SirateI
in that it includes the Dickens Dictionary ana
Forsters Life" of Dickens.
Alas. poor Kipling! Here is another collection
Of anecdotes and biographical data of when ne
is the hero-coming from an hngsn manu- t -H
time. 50 that his wrath may pe leWPoiai"y
turned away from Americans. 1t Is puDllSheu
in Birmingham its compiler is one W. KoDert-
SON and its title is The Kpng Guide BOOK
\ Handy Guide to Rudyard kipIng' Ills lie
and Writings, with Bioliosraphy ol MS
Works.
Some books from Mr. Locker LampsGn's
famous library are just now on sale IN LONDON
These include a first edition Of George Mere
dith's Shaving of Shagpat." on the fly leaf OF
which is an autograph verse by the author Of
London Lyrics:
"Who is this Wde-this graceless Gus.
who initiates Meredith's Csic) pages thus?
who over his barber-tale can linger.
who cleaves it's leaves with his fat forehnger?
Would. . Wilde. had the luck been mine
To stick knife in that fist Of thine.
IF. l.. L."
These lines refer to the careless manner in
which this volume has been cut open by the
original owner. Mr. Wilde. whose name is on
the fly leaf.
Mr.. Maurice Hewlett. it is sadly said. is about
to waste his valuable time in writing Il guide
book. But there guidebOoks and guide
books and volume Florence made as
companion to Mr. Marion CraWfords Ave
Roma lmmortals promises To be something
unusually attractive. For Mr. Hewlett has
shown that ne knows Florence no other for
egnrr knows. her. and the work should be one
to delight and inspire him.
OF Mr.. CrawfOrd's book. by the way. it Is said
that it has had Il portentous sale in spite Of the
high price at which ii was held.
Several of the Stevenson letters in the next
number of "Scrbner" were addressed to Mr..
Henry James and contain. We are told, dsser-
tatons the art Of iction-an art concerning
which the two novelists did not at all agree.
Tho same number of the magazine will pre-
sent a short story entitled Anne" from the pen
of SteVenSOnS widow.
1t is reported that two unpublished romances
by Alexander Dumas ptrc viii be brought out
in an English translation this autumn. The
original Ms. it is stated, IS owned by VI.
Stylianos ApOstOlides. wealthy Greek gentle
man who will explain in a preface To the com
ing volume how he obtained the work. and why
The narratives are of course mentioned as eN-
citing.
Mr.. Andrew Lang is writing a monograph on
bonnie Prince Charlie" for the GoupH art
series TIL Stuart papers at Windsor Castle
have been placed at his disposal. and number
Of extremely interesting pictures will be avail
able for illustration Another book of this series
has Catherine de Medcis for subject, the au-
thor being NJ Henri Bouchot. keeper Of the
prints in the BbOtheque Rationale at Paris.
Mr. Henry Seton Merriman has revised and
partly rewritten his early novels. The Phantom
Future" Young MiStley." prisoners and Cap
tiVcs" and suspense and an authorized uni
form edition Of them will be published soon by
Dodd. Mead Il co. These books, Mr.. Merriman
says. are the product of his years of immaturity
and H. is aggrieyed by the recent unauthorized
publication of some of them in this country as
apparently new work. Hence the revision and
the nOyelist's edition.
THE GOOD Old QJILL.
From Notes and Queries.