New-York tribune., 1901-08-24

Jones is one of its conspicuous characters.
The two stately volumes Gainsborough
and Reynolds. by Sir Walter Armstrong. which
the Scribners have published, to have
companion by the same author in the shape Of
a Life of Turner. Like its predecessors, this
volume will be sumptuousy illustrated and
printed There will be at least ninety reproduc-
tions of Turner's pictures. most of them photo
gravures. with a few colored plates, after
sketches and drawings.
Sherlock Holmes makes his temperance in
the September number of THE Strand Maya
zine" As has already been announced, DR..
Conan Doyle does not concern himself In any
way with the question of the great detectives
death in the last volume devoted TO his ex-
pIots The new series of stories is to relate
experiences which may have dated from any
period of Holiness career The title of the mar
rative now begun in The Strand is The
Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Ad-
venture of Sherlock Holmes" and the theme
is the burden laid upon English family by
one OF its earlier figures. This gentleman.
Hugo Baskerville. when baked halfway in the
execution of a crime, offers his soul TO the
devil in return for help in his wicked scheme.
When he is followed by his drunken friends to
the moor across which he is pursuing the OBJ
ject of his villany. they find him, at last, lying
throat In modern times this satanic hound is
associated by a friend of one of the Basker-
villes with the mysterious death of the latter.
Holmes is called in 10 sift the matter. The
first instaIment breaks off at a critical moment,
TO be resumed in the next number of the maga-
zine. The admixture of ancient legend lends a
slightly novel flavor TO the story. but the au-
thor has on the whole. retained the character
istics which made his former writings about
Sherlock Holmes so popular. That ingenious
parsonage talks in his familiar fashion. and
we are not allowed 10 forget his harmless vani-
ty as witness this fragment OF n conversation
between him and his new client on their first
meeting:
'I came to you, Mr. Holmes because recog-
nize that am myself an impractical man. and
because I am suddenly confronted with most
serious and extraordinary problem. Recogniz-
ing. as I do. that you are the second highest
expert in Europe"-
Indeed. sir! May ! inquire who has the honor
to be f1rst?" asked Holmes. with some asperity.
ITO the man of precisely scientific mind the
work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal
strongly"
Then had you not better consult him?'
'I said. sir. TO the precisely scientific mind.
But as a practical man of affairs. 1t is acknowl-
edged that you stand alone. I trust. sir. that
have not Inadvertently
"Just a little" said Holmes Il think, DR.
Mortimer. you would do wisely II without more
ado you would kindly tell plainly what the
exact nature OF the problem is IN which you
demand my assistance"
How natural this seemsl We welcome an old
friend.
MI Meredith Townsend. formerly editor and
proprietor OF The Friend OF India" but row
one OF the editors Of The London Spectator"
faF AgY. md IL
rope" which C. =. Putnam's Sons VIII soon
publish. Abiding 10 our relations with
Asian peoples. he has this 20 say:
The suave and humorous American viii pos
! sibly become the most popular of white men
| with Asiatics. ard may be able TO convey 10
| them ideas more acceptabiy than any other
| Nevertheless. the American Will not rule the
| Asiatic-
The Commercial Geography by Cyrus G
| Adams. which D. Appleton q Co. have in press
I is expected TO prove of practical value to the
| business man. the manufacturer and the farm
| er. as well az to the student. II deals largely
| with products. II will contain a collection Of
| 15S maps and diagrams. illustrating all OF the
/ Important phases OF commerce In its relation
| 10 physical features Of the various portions of
| the earth's surface.
"Trstran Of Blent," Anthony Hopes new
|
| Cure Phillips e. co. So far we have fol
lowed this story in it's serial publication in the
| English edition of The Monthly Review" 1t has
raised the lveliest expectations.
| Queen Victoria 1S19-190i." by Richard r.
Holmes. Librarian at Windsor Castle, which
! Longmans Green & Co. publish. Is a reprint Of
the larger illustrated volume issued By the same
firm in 1897. 1t is personal in its treatment of
| the subject Written by one who stood near her
! majesty. il may be supposed TO give a more or
! less accurate idea Of the royal view OF life-n-
| deed. the author has strengthened his own
| narrative by copous quotations from the diaries
| and letters of the Queen. the Prince Consort and
other members of the royal family and the book
| itself revised by the royal hand before its
| publication. Mr.. Holmes has corrected many
little fables that have grown up about the early
life Of Queen Victoria, with the aid of notes sup
| piled by her majesty herself. There is every
reason. in fact. to regard the book as authori-
| tatve.
Dutton & Co. announce a book of biographies
OF great physicians, by Sir Benjamin Ward
| Richardson, NJ. D.. f. r. S. 1t is to be called
| Disciples OF H1sculapius." life of the author
| will be included. written by his daughter There
| will be many portraits and illustrations
! Mr. F. Berkley Smith. OF Mr. F. Hop
| kinson Smith. mas written a book Of sketches
| and descriptions of life in Paris, 10 he brought
out by the Funk & Wagnalls Company under
the title of THE Real Latin Quarter" The
drawings. head and tail pieces and decorations
| with which the book will be adorned have all
| been made by the author himself. the exception
| being a view of the Luxembourg Gardens paint