New-York tribune., 1900-04-01

interesting. There is a strong but theatrical
situation at the close OF the third act followed
by happy ending and balancing to partners
before the curtain falls. The play Is artffclai
as a melodrama but so entertaining IN charac-
and incident that it may have a good run
Mr. George P. Brett has sailed for New-York
after short stay in London. where he found
that little work could be done for the Mac
millans' interests. He went to Italy with the
best guide for Rome as travelling companion
Mr.. Marion Crawford-and he was enabled to
see the city under delightful conditions. He
found the book trade here very quiet In conse-
quence of the war; since few works Of general
interest were in the market. and there was little
literature of irst rate Importance. The Mac
mlians have secured the book rights of Mr..
Maurice Hewletts new novel, and also or Mr.
Crawford's Rulers Of the South" In which the
romantic legends of early Italy and Sicily are
interviewer. Mr.. Hewlett's story will have
title to pique curiosity; it is Richard Yea and
Nay" The book trade here is dull and Ameri-
publishers do not need to make long visits
this season. War books coming out rapidly
from the correspondents in the field and the
specialists at home. and there will be a large
library OF this class of literature within few
months. Julian Ralph. Bennett Burleigh and
other correspondents already in the field.
next fortnight will be published by Hutchinson
here and Appletons in America. 1t is The
Farringdons." by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler,
daughter Of Sir Henry Fowler, and lady of
many accomplishments A life Of Grant Allen.
by Edward Clcdd, his intimate friend, will soon
be published. Sir George Newnes is introducing
a new idea in aliases and Biographies: he is
limiting the edition of his international geog-
raphy, which is a fifteen-shilling book. to a
thousand copies. When the edition is sold the
maps and letterpress brought up to date
by staff of thirty forty men, and new
edition is brought out.
The birth OF the Duchess Of York's fourth child
and third son is announced, with the usual con-
gratulatory paragraphs, in to-day's papers. The
Queen will be we'll attended with princesses in
Ireland and there will be full muster Of royal
ties at the first Drawing Room in Buckingham
Palace in May. The Queen herself will conduct
this function. Several society favortes have
returned from South Africa, where they have
found themselves out of place in wartime. Mrs.
Rocnfort Mcguire is entertaining dinner parties
with amusing accounts Of her adventures at the
Cape; Lady Lillian Grenfell and Mrs Maxse are
returning from Cape Town. The West End is
full but neither lively nor gay. The Duchess
of Devonshire and Lady Lansdowne are the
chief figures of such entertainments there
are. Scores of fashionable dinner parties have
been given this week either in town houses or
hotels.
The Duke Of Norfolk received affectionate
send of from large party Of friends to-day on
sailing for South Africa The real motive of
his persistence in enlisting for the war. even at
the cost OF resigning from the Government, is
believed to be intense desire to prove that
English Roman Catholics are loysl to the
Queen and the Empire, and unaffected by Con-
tinentai prejudice.
The Duke OF Newcastle is sailing by the
American liner ST. Louis for New-York. The
death of Sir Donald Stewart has saddened
large circle OF friends in London, where he was
greatly liked Archibald Forbes's death has
called out most sympathetic sketches Of the
brilliant correspondents life. The ruling pas
sion strong with him, even during the clos
ing hours of delirium and suffering. He talked
about going to the front and riding with his
dispatches country. and accompanying
Roberts Pretoria.
The Ascot of athletic sports was not so brill
iant spectacle as usual yesterday, yet there
were at least four thousand friends OF the rival
blues West Kensington to witness it. Ex-
perts had expected Cambridge to win in the
university sports but there a series OF
accidents, man being bitten by dog, an
other breaking down in training, and third
strafning his foot. The Cambridge teHIh' aitei
having the reputation of outclassing Its rivals,
was overwhelmed with bad luck, and able to
score in only four out of ten contests.
Cambridge reversed this record to-day on the
river; the oxford crew utterly outclassed.
Cambridge shot ahead at the start, and steadily
increased it's lead, oxford being outdistanced
and hardly in sight at the finish 1t was hard
70 decide whether the winning crew was strong
er or weaker than last year, the men were
not called upon TO exert themselves; they
seemed TO be padding toward the close. It
was a wonderfully good crew, rowing according
TO the best university traditions, preserving all
details Of good form. and combining powerful
swing with driving leg power. The
witnessed by a smaller assemblage than is
usual, although the weather fine and ex-
hilaratng. I. n. r.