New-York tribune., 1900-10-30
LITERARY NOTES.

sixto Lopez the Filipino envoy now in Boston
with his secretary working for the insurrection-
ary Filipino interests a close friend of DR..
Jose Rizal. the author OF the novel that has
recently appeared In English with the title An
Eagle Flight" Rial himself being kept in ban
ishment by the Spaniards because of his agita
tion for reform and freedom from Spanish op-
preston this novel was taken into Manila by
Lopez. who attended there its distribution
among the Filipinos The book was called
''SoIi Me Tangere' in the original. and was a
plea for freedom from the Spanish yoke. 1t was
doubtless one of the offences that eliminated in
Rizal's execution in 1898
There are some croakers in the trade who
think that the high values put by collectors on
limited editions Of fine works are fictitious and
that a slump sooner or later is inevitable said
the representative of a publisher who is con-
cerned with many notable publications OF TINS
kind. i don't think so; the brummagem books
that pretend to he of this sort of course do not
hold their own. and sink below even the
publishing price. But the really fine books or
limited editions are going up and are bound to
20 UP. People who invested in them have ac-
ouired property Of permanent and continually
Increasing value" Thus the quotations TOT
William Morriss publications at the heInsco'l
Press have not ceased TO advance. HIS eoluon
OF Keats published in 1894 at SO, has recently
sold at auction for S210, and one prominent
dealer thought il would bring anywhere between
5000 and $500 at the present time. Inc ChauCer'
nubl,sbed in 1896 at about S125 is now worth
between 5000 and $500 and the Shakespeare,
nrblisbed at Ss now brings $50 The advances
shown by less noteworthy though stilk fine edl-
lions are Of course. less; but they are well
,,aintained The values Of the Vale Press pub
ucatiops are also we'll maintained. complete
set Of its publications date. exclusive of the
Shakespeare is held at about $500. being an ad-
vance If nearly $500 over the original prices,
One publisher. however. thinks that the eE-
tremely high prices now paid mark the climax
and he expects to see some fall in the near
future In speaking Of the chances that some
times 60 to raise the price Of books out Of print
he cited the vicissitudes of big three volume
art work published some years ago at a high
price II did not go well in England, and the
publisher there found himself with large num-
Der Of unsold copies on his hands Now in Eng
land publishers are not in the habit OF keeping
books on their lists long after their publication.
II they are not sold soon. they institute what
they call remainder sales" and clear their
shelves Of them at some low price. Several
American publishers bought number Of copies
cost. and disposed Of them. Not long afterward
calls began to come for II, but there were no
copies 70 he had. and the dealers who had been
glad 70 get rid Of it on their bargain counters
found themselves within few months scram-
bling for copies and paying more than the orig
inal high price.
John Fox's studies Of Kentucky characters.
as well as his experience in the Spanish war,
have all served to prepare him for the writing
Of his first long and elaborate novel. This is
"Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and
War" which will be published by the Scribners
sn November. It is described as being first OF
all love story with he central figures
ycu1g Kentuckian and his brother, who were
IN the fighting at Santiago. The scene is laid
partly in Kentucky and partly in Santiago.
Admirers Of General Lew Wallace's best
known book will be impressed by the fact that
the forthcoming holiday edition Of "Ben-Hur''
IN volumes will be the ninety-third that
has been made of IT. Nearly a million copies
Of il have been sold.
a preface 10 the new edition of "A Kentucky
Cardinal and Aftermath that the Mac
milan Company is going 10 bring out to speak
in interesting way Of his methods Of work
and Of the Kentucky country, whence all his
stories have sprung.
new edition Of Augustus c. Buelrs excellent
biography Of Paul Jones. published few
weeks ago, has already been sent to press by
the Scribners; few typographical errors will
he corrected in the impression
The Illustrated edition of David Harum" that
D. Appleton & Co. have had in preparation for