New-York tribune., 1900-05-26
BOOKS AND A UTHORS
CURRENT TALK OF THINGS PRESENT
AND TO, COME. ?

CURRENT TALK OF IflNIo Hhi1''AA'A
AND to- COME.
Miss Elizabeth Robins. the American actress
who gained repute in England as interpreter
of characters in Ibsen's plays and whose first
novel. "The Open Question" excited consld-
able comment last year, will publish her second
work of fiction in the autumn through the
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
change has taken place in the young and
enterprising Boston publishing house Of Small
Maynard & Co. Mr.. Herbert Small has with
drawn on account of i'll health. which necessi-
tates his absence abroad and is succeeded as
president of the company by the former VICE
president. Dr. Isaac Hall Platt, of this city Dr
Platt's place is taken by Mr.. John Miley, who
becomes also the firms general manager. The
name of the house will be retained 1t has had
several successes. including the Dooley books
An arrangement has also been made by which
Small Maynard & Co. and Curtis & Cameron,
publishers of the Copey prints. unite in the
formation of a third firm, called Noyes Platt
& Co., for the publication of books relating to
the fine arts. Their first work. will be the Off
cal catalogue of the American fine arts ex-
hibit at the Paris Exposition, copiously illus
trated, and printed in both English and French
A short time ago it was reported that we
of three short stories by Joseph Conrad, consist
ing of Lord Jim' The Heart of Darkness
and Youth" Mr. Conrad, however, has changed
his plans He will expand Lord jim into
novel, and bring it out in the autumn through
Doubleday Page & Co. 1t is worth noting, by
the way, that a story called Lord Jimmy" by
George Martyr, has lately been published in
London and has gone into a second edition
There is possible confusion here. Just when
no
tween covers has not yet been announced
Mr.. David Starr Jordan hast written an intro
duction to Mr.. Eugene McCarthy's book.
Familiar Fish, and How to Catch Them."
which the Appletons now have in press
Some surprise has been occasoned by the
announcement that Lady Randolph Churchill
would continue to publish her periodical, THE
Anglo-Saxon Review after it's first year. 1t
may be that the public looked upon the venture
mere fad likely to be dropped when the
novelty wore off. But. as a matter of fact. it
serious undertaking. frankly made for
commercial reasons Lady Randolph has had
| the satisfaction of seeing the periodical leap
| into favor. and is encouraged to continue. When
she at first decided to establish the magazine
| she consulted young Mr.. Harmsworth about
it, urging him to become her publisher. But
Mr.. Harmsworth at once saw that it lay out of
his province, and advised Lady Randolph to
bring it out through Mr.. John Lane The wis
dom of this choice has been shown by the taste
with which the work has been prepared and
the skill with which it has been exploited.
| Stephen Crane will publish in autumn through
the Frederick A. Stokes Company, novel
called Wounds in the Rain"
The Scribners have in press a book of particu-
lar interest at this season. Our Native Trees
and How to Identify Them by Harriet L.
Keller, illustrated with nearly two hundred
photographs and about as many text drawings.
They have also prepared and carefully
rewritten edition, with elaborate illustrations in
color and in black and white, of Mrs William
Starr Dana's valuable book, How to Know the
Wild Flowers.
of DR.. George Macdonald the once
popular Scotch novelist, who is not heard of
much in these days when the younger school
Of Scotch writers is receiving enthusiastic no.
tice, is about to make his first appearance as
writer. The Century Company will publish
adventure novel that he has written called The
| Sword of the King and dealing with England
under James II.
Mr.. Henry Wilton Thomas, author of THE
Lost Lady of Mulberry" story of life in the
Italian quarter of New-York, which has lately
attracted some attention, is young man who
| has had experience a reporter on the daily
| press here in New-York
! The Appletons have, nearly ready for publica-
| ton important and richly illustrated work
| called Bird Studies with a Camera" by Mr.
Frank NJ. Chapman. assistant curator of YER
| tebrate zoology at the American Museum of
| Natural History in New-York and favorably
| known for his two volumes Handbook of
| Birds and Bird Life"
Doubleday, Page & Co have III press the diary
| kept at Kimberley during the siege by Dr. E.
| Oliver Ashe, an English surgeon at the kim
| berey hospital, for the benefit of his mother at
home. 1t contains a preface by Julian Ralph
and it is called "Besieged by the Beers" 1t
| makes severe alragnment of the Boer method
| OF warfare.
Mr.. Herbert Spencer has been much con-
cerned over the appearance of the biographical
study prepared with his sanction by Hector Mac
| pherson, and originally announced for publica-
ton as Herbert Spencers Life and Works
He is afraid that it will be regarded as a com
plete biography, to the preparation of which he
has for many years been opposed. So the title
has been changed to Spencer and Spencersm'
and the author, at Mr.. Spencers request has
| made some slight alterations in the text The
cation next week
critical life of James Martineau will
shortly come from the press of Little, Brown &
Co, of Boston. In its preparation the author
Rax-