New-York tribune., 1901-12-23

Mr. Robert W. Chambers, author of "Carol-
gan" is great lover Of animals. and mas sur
rounded himself with many pets Of high degree
He is telling his friends the following remark
able cat story:
The day that Ladysmith was relieved we Wels ere
reading aloud the English news, when we holiSeu
strange signs of excitement in my cat Lazy
smith So overwrought did she become tha' an an
the family remarked it and we "atcnfn ata in the
with affectionate anxiety. Finally. late IN In oHe
afternoon, a self-satisfied and complaCenI @ Iooh
ing yellow dog belonging TO nelehpoI IIi
trotting around our house. We knew MIN. iIL'
name was Cronte, and his owners were assleS =
sive Boer sympathiZers. The instant ne NV "a
sight Ladysr1ith gave an exultant Isaa; IN
landed tooth and nail, upon CronJes back- III
a sin1nIe round or two she knocked him Out anu
we had his remains taken home 10 ms LdailIils Ia my
After that Iadvsrnith seemed to regain her hoI-
NAL repose of manner. and purreo IoI Nv " ~
four hours loud that the COOK o~eHeNeu ~ @ -
water pipes had burst and the steam Mae 80
ca ping Wonderful animal that cat Laoy ySiiii'i
The limited edition of Slason Thompson
Eugene Field" which published by the
Scribners two weeks ago, is practlcaIIy eA'au0
ed There were 262 numbered copies, prlnteu oii
Van Gelder hand made paper, with Feluiii
hacked binding The edition contains many re-
productions in color of drawings by Flelo WHICH
are not in the regular edition
Doubleday Page & Co. about to increase
the price of the Variorum and Definitive EDITION
of THE Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward
Fitzgerald" collected and arranged by george
Bentbann. with preface by Edmund Gosse Inc
right to do this was reserved before the puphca-
ton of the first volume and the large demand
makes it advisa bic.
Dodd, Mead & Co. announce that Lucas Malet's
..Sir Richard Calmady" has been sent to the
press for third edition They consider that
the novel has been remarkably successful con-
sidering its length and serious nature
'Failures Of Vegctarianism," by Eustache H.
Miles the tennis champion of England ahG
America from 1897 TO 1889, was published this
week by E. P. Dutton & Co The author believes
that much of the disrepute which has come 10
vegetarianism is due TO the fact that so many
"cranks' took up the idea. He gives some IN
teresting food tables and tests of success
As an evidence that all the available informa-
ton concerning Edward Fitzgerald has not been
used the Macmillans have published More Let
ters Of Edward Fitzgerald edited by William
Adds Wright of Cambridge. The letters are OF
the friendly, human kind" that pleased Car
lyle. and range in date from 1889 to 1855
Mr. Harnlin Garland returned to New-forh
this week from a long visit to the West, where
he gathered material for novel which Will be
published next year. It will probably be COM
oanion story to The Eagles Heart" stirring
Western romance, which was published by D.
Appleton G. Co. Mr.. Garland expects to remain
n New-York for the next two months
c. C. Hotchlliss, author of Betsy Ross" IN
Defence Of the King" and "A Colonial Free
Iance," is completing a novel which deals
With outdoor life. It will be publshed carry III
he year by D. Appleton & Co