New-York tribune., 1901-01-30

He was captured by the Beers, ana thus was
able 10 material for pictures of Boer life.
well Of British army mismanagement He
struck straight from the shoulder in his criti-
cisms OF the latter. His book, Campaign Pict-
ures CT the War in South Africa which Cassell
G. Co. are about TO issue. is thus likely to con-
tain a view Of the operations which will COM
mand attention even though the later succession
Of world moving events has directed the public
attention elsewhere.
The Turning Of the Road" is the first novel
Of young woman well known in Boston society.
Miss Eugenia B. rockingham. 1t tells Of
girl well brought up and wealthy, who becomes
a musician because of family adversely; who
puts aside the love Of good fellow and suffers
thereby in her art, awakening 10 her true
power only through accepting him. 1t is said
10 be distinctly modern treatment Of theme
that has been utilized before in literature.
Houghton. Mif1in & Co. viii publish the book in
the near future
General Charles King, better known TO the
reading public under his title Of Captain, has
written another war story embodying some i'm
portant historical events Of the Civil War. 1t
is entitled Norman Holt: A Story Of the Army
of the Cumberland" and the G. w. Dillingham;
Company will soon publish it. The great battle
of Missionary Ridge forms one of the most i'm
portant episodes In the narrative.
Early in February the Scribners will bring
out a new volume by Professor Brander Mat
thews, ''The Historial Novel and Other Essays"
At about the same time will appear a new
edition Of his French Dramatists of the Nine
teenth Century This first published in
1881: a second edition. with some additions ap-
peared in 1891 and for this reissue Profes-
sor Matthews has added some further chapters
on the men who have recently made a mark
,o,,z
Rostand. There will also be a summing up of
the results Of the century in this field OF work.
The present state of affairs in China, that bids
fair TO be lasting in the difficulties and problems
It offers has made it worth while for D. Apple
ton e. Co. to reset and reprint in enlarged
and revised form General James Harrison Will
sons book, China: Travels and Investigations
IN the Middle Kingdom" II is study Of the
civilization and possibilities of China, to which
an account OF the Boxer war and of the relief
of the legations Peking has been added.
In time for the most ardent golfers real spring
playing season, the Harpers are going TO get out
book on the practical aspects of the game by
Walter J. Travis. the present amateur champion
of this country. 1t is needless 10 say that what
he writes must have lively interest TO players
Of all ranks. The Harpers have also nearly
ready their Official Golf Guide" with directory
of all the golf clubs and associations in this
country. statistical tables and much general in
formation.
The minor characters in eighteenth century
literature and society have apparently mex
haustible charm for people OF the twentieth,
which fact is responsible for the writing of the
Little Memoirs of the Eighteenth Century by
George Pastor, that the buttons are bringing
out here. There are accounts Of Walpole's
friends Lady Hertford and Lady Pomfret; of
Jack Lackington, bootmaker and wealthy
bookseller; Of Richard Cumberland. playwright
novelist poet and essayist. now quite forgotten
though he the friend Of Johnson, Boswell,
Garrick and Reynolds: OF Lady Craven and of
Mrs. Grant. Of Laggan who wrote one Of those
histories Of the Highlands that readers of Ste
venson's letters will remember his calling for 10
help prepare him for his own projected work,
and whose Letters from the Mountains" reached
popularity in the early part OF the nineteenth
century equal to that Of the Kailyard writers in
the last part Of il.
Among the many English observers who
watched the war and the actors in It in South
Africa was the English artist Mortimer Menpes.
He is now about TO give the result of his obser-
vations at the front in book called War I'm
pressions, Being Record in Color" The most
interesting feature Of this will be about a hun
dred reproductions Of water color drawings by
Mr. Menpes in a process said to be a new and
secret one. that certainly gives striking SINH
larity TO the effects OF work in water colors.
These drawings include large number Of por-
traits and pictures of places and scenes. In
addition Mr.. Menpes has written down some of
his experiences, not a history OF the war but
conveying the impressions OF a trained OBJ
server The Macmillan Company will soon pub
iish the book.
great and nefarious tragedy Of New-York
life, that stirred the pulse Of the whole Nation
short time ago, is said to form the motive OF
Three Men and Woman" by r. II. P. Miles,
now in the press of the G. W. Dillingham; Com
pany
Gods Puppets" the title Of a novel by Miss
Trnogen Clark that the Scribners have in press
is derived from a line in Browning's "Pippa
Passes: Gods puppets. best and worst. are
We" The story is a study Of the social relations
Of the Dutch and English in the middle Of the
eighteenth century in New-York City, with
Dutch girl for the heroine Miss CIark's earlier
story. viii Shakespeare's Little Son." attracted
favorable attention.
volume OF addresses on Jonathan Edwards
delivered on an interesting occasion by several
prominent preachers of New-England, will be
issued soon by Houghton. Mifiin & Co. After
seventeen years Of successful preaching in the
First Church OF Christ, In Northampton, Mass
the great theologian became involved in a con-
troversy with his parish, and was obliged 10 re-
sign his pastorate in June. 1850. In commem-
oration OF this, tablet placed in the old
church last June. and at it's unveiIng was gath
cred a group OF notable to do honor to a