New-York tribune., 1900-12-29

lands hand. are to be published by the Putnams
under the title of "A Historical Sketch OF Eng
lish Law
A member of a publishing Arm that publishes
n magazine besides it's many books spoke
the other day about the value of the maga-
zine as part of the machinery OF get
ting books before the public. THE advertis-
ing space of our magazine is very valuable.
said he "and when we advertise own books
I'm it we always charge a certain amount against
the advertising department for the use or IT.
but Of course 1t is, in way taking the money
out of one pocket and putting it into another
and the benefit of it really costs us little beyond
the cost of manufacturing it. Then the sub
scription list of the magazine is OF value when
we wish to send circulars about any particular
book But most of all. value the 'serianzing
of a book as a means of bringing it before the
public. To get people to take a thing you nave
to keep bringing it to their attention. not once
but many times and that is what serial story
in a magazine does. Some authors don't De
lieve it, and, thinking that publishing in serial
form hurts the sale afterward of the oook' re-
fuse to allow it to be done. / don't agree with
them Some books not adapted to serial
use-they won't cut up into sections OF about
five thousand words, each containing point OF
interest and sustaining it till the end, but those
L
publication"
Messrs Houghton. Miffiin & Co. have just
ready two books on psychological subjects that
are said to be written in way to command
popular interest. One is Professor Joseph
Jastrow's Fact and Fable in Psychology,
collection of essays intended to promote a truer
understanding and appreciation of psychological
problems His inquiry into what he calls the
Chris
tian Science astroogy. palmistry and other such
subjects-is aimed at the clearing away of many
cobwebs that have come down in form or
another from the days of mystical beliefs. The
other psychological book is Millicent Washburn
Shinn's Biography of a Baby" 1t embodies
the observations made by her the mental
development of her little niece. 1t is narrative
full of the humors of baby life-and some OF its
tragedies-and with many scientific data An
important feature of it is the photography OF
child study literature.
One who has recently returned from Boston
had an amusing account to give of the public
curiosity about "the two Winstons" who have
been together lately in that city. Winston
Spencer Churchill and Winston Churchill. it
seems have struck up friendship. and were
wont to go about arm in arm The public gath
cred in crowds lining their path from the Ho-
Common. mostly armed with kodaks. and bent
on obtaining snapshots Of "the two Winstons.
With all the translations of the Greek classics
that have been made. there has never been
systematic presentation in artistic form of the
great productions of the Attic dramatists. An
attempt to supply this deficiency will be made
in the series of verse translations by well
known English scholars that Longmans, Green
& Co. about to launch. 1t will be under the
general editorial supervision of Professor
George C. W. War;, and will contain number
of Illustrations from antique sculpture bearing
on the action of the plays. The first volume
will contain the Orestean trilosy of Eschylus,
translated by Professor War;, with an intro
duction on the rise of Greek tragedy. designed.
as he says. "to further the study of the highly
characteristic and complex phases OF Greek life
and thought embodied In the Attic drama" In
the translation he has attempted the difficult
method of rendering the lyrical portions in
modulated prose; the rest is in verse. Succeed
ing volumes will contain the "Edipus Tyran-'
NUS and "Co1oneus' and the "Antigone' OF
Sophoces by Professor j. S. Phillimore. works
of Euripides by Gilbert Murray. Aristophanes's
Frogs and 'Plutus." the "Trinummus" of
Plautus and the "Adelphf' Of Terence. together,
by Professor War; and Professor Murray.
second edition of Brooks Adams's "Ameri-
can Supremacy in the Worlds Politics. is
nounced by the Macmillan Company. 1t is in
teresting to learn that although the subject of
this book is the decay of England and the rise
cf America It has received much praise from
the English press for it's impartial attitude.
E. P Dutton & Co. who have just issued the
life of Phillips Brooks by Professor Allen. an
nounce an edition de luxe. TO consist of four vol
umes instead of the two of the regular edition.
on large paper with halftones and photograv-
ures. and an extra page in each copy signed by
Professor Allen.
The Rev Minot ]. Savage will soon publish
another book Of religious essays. in the same
spirit of advanced liberalism marks his Life
Beyond Death" which has attracted no little
attention in England we'll in the United
States. The new book will be called THE Pass
ing and the Permanent in Religion" and the
Putnams will publish it.
A second edition of Professor Shaler's book,
"Tbe Individual: Study of Life and Death"
Is already practically exhausted. although 1t was
first published by the Appletons only short
time since
Lord Rosebery Is a Of such interesting
personality as we'll as of such power and varied
accomplishment that near view of him as a
man and as a statesman will undoubtedly In
forest a large number of people in America
we'll as in England Such view will be given
in q two volume work, Lord Rosebery, His
Life and Speeches." by Thomas F. G. Coates, to
be published soon by E. p Dutton & Co. The