New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

Mr.. Theodore Watts Dunton expects to have
ready for publication in the autumn sequel TO
| "Aylwn' 1t will be brought out in this coun-
try by Messrs. Dodd. Mead & Co IT London Mr..
Watts-Dunton has been known for many years
as one of the most popular members of GER
tain coterie of writer's and 1t is said that
'Aylwn' was doomed into popularity by the
, printed euogies of these friends. Those who are
sceptcal of the authors real hold on the pub
lie will be interested to observe the popular
judgment on "Aylwin's' successor. Some of the
characters which appeared in the earlier novel
will be introduced again
"Harper's Bazar' made it's first appearance as
a weekly magazine yesterday. The change in
form is a decided improvement. even if the cover
design cannot be regarded thing of beauty.
No criticism, however, can be passed on the
make up the large. clear type in two columns
gives the pages "a most attractive appearance,
and the illustrations by Howard Chandler Chris
ty, A. l. Keller Charles Lewis Hinton Thomas
Fogarty and others establish high standard
The contributors include w. d. Howes, who
writes of the "Heroines of Nineteenth Century
Fiction; Maria Louise Pool. who. at her DEATH
seems to have left large number of unpub-
lished stories; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Edith
III. Thomas, Lille Hamilton French, Mrs. A. T.
Ashmore and President David starr Jordan. To
an article on Settlement Work in London" by
Dorothy Ward, brief introduction is furnished
by Mrs Humphry Ward. Reference should be
made to the department of fashions, which re-
| mains important illustrated feature If all
the numbers of the new Bazaar are good as
this one it ought to have success.
Colonel George B. NJ. Harvey. manager of the
firm of Harper Bros, returned from Europe
on Wednesday of this week. During his absence
of six weeks he completed arrangements with
many well known authors in England and in
France for the publication of their work in the
Harper periodicals and in THE North American
Review and for the book rights to several new
novels and volumes of travel. He also made
plans for the establishment in London of
British review to be conducted on lines similar
10 those Of The North American" and In Paris
of a French quarterly. He announces that, be-
ginning with the June number. "Harper's Maya
zine" will be raised in price to 81 year. and
that 10 cent magazine will probably be
brought out by Harper & Bros in the autumn.
Mr., Stephen Crane has shown remarkable pro-
ductiviy of late. His "WhlomViIle'' stories have
been running in "Harpers Magazine" He is
announced To publish in "Harper's Bazaar" a
series of tales somewhat similar in scope. but
With a girl in place of a boy for the central
figure. The series is TO be called The Cora
Stories
Aiessrs. Dodd, Mead s, Co. have contracted for
The publication in the autumn of Miss Marie
CorelliS next novel. Just what the character of
the book is to be has not yet been announced
But it will be long work and it is safe 10 as
sumo that it will be marked by those lurid quail
ties which make Miss Corelli the idol of a large
body of readers, and the object of ridicule and
scOrn among the more fastdous.
AIessrs. Silver Burdett & Co. have in press a
volume of Ballads Of American Bravery" COL
lected and edited with annOtations by Clinton
Scoard. This work ought to be of particular
interest just at this time. 1t is worth noting.
however, that literature has been only
slightly enriched by the stirring events in our
history during the last two years Our poets.
that is our genuine poets, We're, with rare ex-
ceptons, not inspired by the Spanish American
War. and the adventures of our soldiers in the
Philippines have also left them cold.
Robert Grants novel. "Unleavened
Bread just published by the Scribners shows
that he has made use of the knowledge of pub
lie life acquired during the last ten years His
theme the study of an ambitious American girl
who makes her way from humble beginnings to
a position of Importance, is not unlike the theme
of The Breadwinners"
Mr. Richard LIE Gallienne in his book on Rud-
yard Kpng which has just appeared, offers
this interesting information: Il believe am not
wrong in thinking that the first man who said
'Kipling' in English journal Sir William
Hunter the journal being The Academy 0hen
edited by that enthusiastic Indian scholar, Mr.
J. S. Cotton). and the occasion being a review of
Departmental Dittes'"
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ADVICE TO YOUNG NOFELISTS