New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-22

LITERARY NOTES.
An English paper says that Rudyard Kipling
is to press his suit against the Futnams.
The Macmillans will be the English publishers
next autumn of Mr.. John Morey's Life OF
Cromwell which has been running as serial
in The Century Magazine
Mr. Theodore Watts Dunton calls his remi-
nscences The Old Familiar Faces He Is re
visinay the proofs of this work and of his new
novel so carefully that neither may be READY
for fall publication. A popular edltoh ol
.Aylwin'' has lately been announced in London
I'm America" says the London Outlook.
the harmless, necessary publishers reader APP
neaTs 20 he largely a woman" This is mis-
take. There quite as many II not nlaHy
more men readers. The paragraph goes on, IN
the jaunty fashion that English paraSlaphlsts
like to assume in discussing American literary
affairs, fashion, by the way; that helps 10
emphasiZe their blunders: That is 10 say
American publishers write to you like this:
our reader has just reported on --, ana SPEAKS
very highly of it from literary point OF NleW
though she doubts if the book would have a
Very large sale" AS matter Of fact the
feminine pronOun is practically never useu IN
business of this kind As rule PupnsheIS tLy
10 keen the identity of their readers a secret
from the authors of manuscripts voluntarily
submitted. In England" says the same WRITER
eve know there is still handful or so OF men
puhlishers readers left. though IN a certain
house which shall be nameleSs the rough read
ing is understood to be done by the typewriter
girl. Probably women are very hne JUDGES %
fiction They know what they ike ana as tile
Gctionsts' public is mainly a feminine one, the
British publisher might perhaps do worse IMAM
invest in a few choice lady readers If these re
marks are founded fact they may explain
WHY so many worthless books are issued from
the English press
The important announcement comes from
Fngland that Mr.. Hall Gaines new novel Will
he called 1rhe Eternal City" Miss Marie
CoreIH who, by the way, greatly resembles MT
Caine and whose work is just about as i'm
Dortant will also devote to Rome several CHAP
tiers of her forthcoming novel Ihe hlaStef
Christian" Stories of the fabulous prices re-
ceived bv these genuses for their new books
have already been started in London During
the next few months shall hear them echoed
and re-echoed.
DIR. William Barry, the English Catholic priest,
whose latest novel, Arden Masster." is having
a wide reading, has turned his attention TO ms
torical writing and has arranged to bring out
a book entitled The Papal Monarchy from
Gregory the Great to Boniface VIII
Mr.. William Heinemann has brought out IN
London Mr.. Stephen Cranes two stories
under the title of "Bowery Tales"
"A happy point was made by counsel in de-
Tending a bookseller at Bow-St the other day
in a case where an English translation of The
HeptamerOn was the cause or onence, says
writer IN the LOnuOn MoThlnS rust
." Do you consider Tom Jones' an improper
book? the police witness for the prosecution
asked.
I do. his reply.
Are you aware said the defendants coun-
sci. that the novel in question was written by
q former chief magistrate Of this court?
A writer in "Macman's Magazine" in dis
cussing recent editions of Gilbert Whites well
known book The Natural History of Sci
borne" notes that though scarcely plant or
animal mentioned in it is familiar in this coun-
try il has enjoyed long and as great popu-
larity with American as with English readers.
The sXpenny edition Of Tess Of the dUrber-
villes," which the Harpers some time ago ar
ranged to bring out in England, seems to be
reviving the interest which this remarkable book
enjoyed its first appearance.
Herbert Spencer whose health is now said to
be excellent has beer revising his First Prin-
cipes' for the new edition to appear in the
autumn. His changes however, have been
largely verbal. The substance of the work re-
mains practically unchanged.
Dir. Richard Whiteing, author Of No. ;. John
autumn for publication in England and in this
country.
"TolstOI's latest piece of work." says The
London Chronicle" lis article of some ten
thousand words Patriotism and Govern
ment' II will shortly be published in English