New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24


in London.
Mr.. Leslie Stephens work on The tnehs s
IrtiIitarians" expected this spring, VIII not pe
ready for publication till next autumn.
When the Boer war broke out the pubshins
trade in england received decided setnaeh.
since that time however, it has plainly reeoV-
erad itself Even the interest in fiction Is re
ported to be as great as It was III IesS , dpji3
times when the newspapers contalneu no usi -
records of adventure. During our war With
Spain the safe of fiction fell very houceaplS-
Readers found the newspapers Aa' e 49,
esting than novels
The authorized biographeT of the late Dwight
L. Moody tells this story OF tan pSt ,',t
Mr. Moody and Sir Andrew Clark the famous nous
English physician, who had Mr. GladStont ipl d
patient Sir Andrew asked Mr., Moody nov
many times day he preached On uSudHS
nTaaSb three times a day How many days
in the week." Five days in the week and on
sundays four or five times" You're 1901,
sir. you're a fool" the brusque Response,
you're killing yourself We'll, doctor, san
Mr. Moody. Il take Saturday to rest. Bat may
1 ask you how many hours a gay -. s9u ,a,v
DAYS a week" Every day. sir; every day
Then. doctor, | think you're a bigger 1901 IMAM
I am, and you'll kill yourself INST
Major-GeneraI Baden-Powe!rs new military
prestige has naturally stimulated the oeh1ahd ioi
his books in England He began to publish
about ten years ago. when he was past thirty
years of age and he has already brought out
life and campaigning. Cheap editions are 10"
appearing in England of The Downfall OF II en-
peh' and The Matabee Campaign" According
to his biographers. he is man OF many inter inter
ests and talents. al-round sportsman with
a fondness for painting, etching and amateur
acting.
Mr. Justin Mccarthy has completed his His
tory of the Four Georges. His son. Mr.. justin
Huntly Mccarthy, is now preparing the index
The popular English writer. John Strange
Winter Clrs. Stannard1, who has been living IN
Dfeppe for several years, has taken up her resi-
dence in England again, in order to be near the
school where her son, the original OF BootIeS
Baby" is being educated
Few journalists who have died in recent years
have been praised and lamented Mr
G. w Stevens. 1t agreed by his col
leagues. both in England and in America, that
he gave promise Of doing notable work. So an
exceptional interest attaches itself to the work
he accomplished in his brief career. The best
of his articles have been prepared for publication
between covers. In England the first volume
will be called Things Seen" The American
edition Will bear the title of Travels in London
Paris and Berlin"
Writing in her new book, Critical Studies" of
Gabrielle d Annunzio's activity in Italian politics
/ 0,lida rer7a rl,s. "Toerhaos he may become y
new Rienzi: one is greatly needed in Italy 1t
is amusing to think of the ansemc novelist in so
strenuous q role Italy must be in bad way if
she requires such champion.
The English newspapers contain references
from writers to the late Grant Allen which
show that, whatever may have been Mr.. Aliens
defects q novelist and Il scientist he
| a lovabIe man and a IovaI friend Mr. Edward
Clodd has published memoir of him, giving an
interesting account of his rather pathetic career
and including some of his letters. 1t may be
that if Mr. Allen had resisted the temptation
TO earn money by publishing sensational fiction
he would not have been more highly regarded
| a writer on scientific subjects. as. what he very
laUdably wished 20 he. populariZer of science:
but his fiction did not tend 10 encourage the
public and the critics to take his science seri-
ously. His novels could not be reprOached with
displaying anything like the scientific spirit His
most ambitious story. The Woman Who Did -
fairly teemed with misrepresent lions of human
| nature. Mr. C!Cdd tries to bolster up Mr. Allen
as a scientist by telling of his friendship with
such men Huxley and Darwin, a very poor
argument, by the way in these days Of univer-
sal politeneSS and Of irresponsible compliments.
Several of your views quite to me-
Darwin wrote after looking ''Vignettes
! from Nature, land seem extremely probable
Darwin, of course, had no intention of being
cOVertly satirical but the unbiased critic will
see in the remark less enthusiasm than Mr.
ClOdd seems to ind On another occasion. re-
ferring to one Of Mr.. Aliens articles in The
COTnhL" Darwin wrote: Il am sure that your
evolutionary argument never occurred to me- as
it is too striking and apparently valid to
be forgotten" There is no malice here. either:
but observe the force of that conservative
word "apparenty" As for MI Aliens career
as a novelist. the letters leave no doubt
that it was pursued for motives that made it
hard Cor him to take any solid satisfaction in
the work You spoke kindly and encour-
agingly to me yesterday morning" he wrote to
a friend about fifteen years ago. that you