New-York tribune., 1900-08-04


book making in England. has lately brought out
an elaborately printed and bound edition in
French of Les Ballades lie Maistre FRANCOIS
Villon with frcntispiece. borders and initial
letters by LuCien Pissaro. engraved on the wood
by Lucien and Esther Pissaro Two hundred
and twenty-six copies only have been issued, and
of these two hundred have been offered for sale.
twelve being reserved for the American market.
These twelve have already been disposed of by
Mr.. John Lane. acting as American agent for
the Vale Press.
Mrs. c. H. Davidson has assumed the business
management of The Criterion" Mr.. Francis
Bellamy, the former business manager. takes
editorial control, with Mr.. Albert White Worse.
More than two hundred thousand copies of ITO
Have and to Hold have now been sold. and the
demand for the book still continues. II the dra-
matization of the work proves successful the
story will doubtless have a fresh boom" The
writing Of the stage version is said to have been
intrusted to Mr.. Ernest Baddington, dramatic
critic of The Brooklyn Eagle
Though the summer number of The Anglo
Saxon Review was published in London
eral weeks ago, it will probably not be dis
tributed in this country till next week. 1t
tains. among other features, article by the
editor, Lady Randolph Churchill Mrs.
CORVALLIS West, 1t is reported. by the way,
that she adheres to her plan of visiting this
country during the next few weeks, and that her
husband will accompany her. In her absence
from London The Anglo Saxon is conducted
by Mr. Earl Hodgkin, who has lately been
regular member of the editorial staff, Mr.. Hodg-
kin was formerly associated with Mr.. w. H.
Mallock on the weekly paper called THE
Realm" which came to untimely end. He is
also known a writer of fiction and as an ac-
tive member of the famous Jacobite Club, which
has fourished in England in recent years.
Mr.. John Fox has completed a novel, which
will probably appear toward the close of the
summer
To the group OF Kentucky novelists in which
Mr. Fox and Mr.. James Lane Allen are con-
spicuous Mr.. Robert Burns Wilson has been
added. His verses have already become known
in the magazines and elsewhere. He has lately
written his first novel, and the Scribners have it
in press. 1t is said to be weird in theme.
Miss Lillian Bell has written a novel with
scenes laid in Paris It's title '"The Expatriates"
suggests that it may be skt on the American
colony. Miss Bell is said to give a picture of
Paris life far different from the usual account
found in novels
Ine Kew. Cyrus townsend Brady has written
book which the Scribners will soon pub
lish. This time it is not fiction, but a record Of
actual experiences of the authors. 1t is called
''Recollections of a Missionary in the Great
West" Mr. Brady has had a varied career. He
has been in the Army and in the Navy. and he
has had training as engineer In other
words, he has had just the kind of life that
helps to make a good storyteller and that most
storytellers of the present day never have. His
new book contains much anecdote
The Appetons have secured the last novel by
Mr.. Francis Lynde, who has lately been doing
some promising work dealing with American
conditions. 1t is called "A Private ChivaIry'
and the scenes are laid in the West largely in
Denver.
Last year it was announced that the scribners
would bring out a story by Molly Elliot
SeaweH. called The House of Egremont" 1t
was held back, however, in order that the author
might make certain changes which her studies
in historical detail had made imperative. The
volume will be issued in a few weeks.
The complete edition of the works OF Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, which Houghton Miffln
& Co. are now preparing will be in seven VOL
umes. 1t will contain three portraits of the au-
thor taken at different stages in his career
The war in China has given fresh life to Henry
Normaps book THE Peoples and Politics of the
Far East, and new edition will appear at
once.
Mr. HoweIs has waited long time before
giving to the public his "reminiscences of James
Russell Lowell. with whom he was intimately
associated for many years. Lowell, indeed was
one Ct the first friends Mr.. Howells made on
going TO Boston become the assistant editor
of The Atlantic Monthly In Cambridge. too.
they were neighbors. Mr. Howellss paper will
appear in the September "Scribner's"
The Putnams have been hurrying through the
press work of special interest at this time. "A
Brief History Of Eastern Asia" by Mr. l. c.
Hanna for mant years a government instruc-
tor at Tien-Tsn.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co are to bring out next
month volume entitled The Jumping Kanga
roo and the Apple Butter Cat" by John w Har
rngton, with nearly fifty animal drawings by
Ccnd&.
Mr.. Albert Ulmann will soon publish through
the Appletons "A Landmark History of New
York City" fully illustrated and accompanied
by photography.
Mr., Lionel strachey has translated The
Memoirs OF Countess Potocka' edited by Cast
mir Stryienski, and the book will shortly come
from the press of Doubleday Page & Co
Dodd. Mead & Co. are preparing for publication
a novel, The Courtesy Dome" by Murray
Gichrist a writer better known in England
than in this country