New-York tribune., 1901-09-07
very mild" tone in order TO avoid the interfer-
ence of the censor

ence of the censor
Florence N Levy a member of the staff at |
the Art Building, in the Pan-Amercan Expo |
sition at Buffalo. has published a souvenir OF |
the art collection in the shape of envelope |
containing five reproductions from photographs |
These include paintings by Cecilia Beaux. |
Carleton Virgins. Alexander Harrison and
Harry Roseland. respectively, and the fifth re-
production gives view of the sculpture court
An excellent half tone process has been used. and
the reproductio17 mounted sheets OF a
tasteful gray paper 1t is creditable little pub
licaton.
Charles Major writes to Doubleday, Page &
Co that he does intend to publish his new
novel this year that his Bears of Blue
River" will be the only book forthcoming at
present from the author of When Knighthood
Was in Flower" Mr.. Major says that the bear
stories In his collection were written from time
time for his pleasure and that of his friends
children. and that they recount real experiences
and combinations of experiences of vari-
Gus old settlers of Shelby County, Ind.
where Mr.. Major lives. He has always been
story teller from his early boyhOOd days and
seeker after adventures, and for eight years
after he first read Robinson Crusoe'' he spent
all his leisure time an island, fortunately
convenient OF access. Mr. Major a sue
cessful lawyer before he exchanged that pro-
once served term in the Indiana legislature,
but adds that he has never since been confined
in a penal institution.
Mr. E. w. Horndng is determined it seems to
bring the career of the inimitable rascal Raffles
- close. His fate will be- solved in a week or
two. when the Scrbners bring out the second
series of the Amateur Cracksman' in a book,
Raffes More Adventures of the Amateur
Cracksman." This will include adventures not
published seriay. and. indeed Raffles's heroic
enc will be disclosed only in the book. Mr..
Hornung is said 10 desire to his attention
to some other form of literary endeavor, or at
least to some other subject. but to be quite
unable to induce his publishers TO listen to any
other proposition so long Raffles continues in
the field. So decisive close TO his career
seemed the only way out of the difficulty
Miss Margaret Renson's book of short stories
Os animals and pets. that was first announced
under the title of "A Book of Animals" will be
called The Soul of a Cat and IS expected
! soon from the press of the Putnams Miss Ben
son is the daughter of the late Archbishop OF
Canterbury and a sister of the author of
"Dodo."
The Macmillans are publishing abridged
and revised edition OF Ii. c. MarilIier's eab-
crate work Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Though
he has left out number of things that consti-
tuted part of the first edition. the book is still
rortly What has beea sacrificed consists
II ainly OF passages relating to particular works
and a supplementary chapter dealing with ROs-
setu's Juvenile drawings. the house at Chelsea
and other less important matters.
Miss wnkins's story. The Portion Of Labor"
will be concluded in the November number OF
"Harper's Magazine" and the book will be pub
lished in the latter part OF October-at about
the time the magazine appears
Miss Agnes Reppler has written a volume on
the harmless. necessary cat which Houghton
Mihiin & Co. bringing out this autumn
under the title of The Fireside sphinx" with
four fun page illustrations and a number OF
cuts In the text She has traced the history Of
the cat frorn its hrst appearance on the Nile
down 20 the present day. The cover design
shows a shield bearing cat couchant and the
appropriate motto "Lbertas sine Lahore"
Mrs. Molly Elliot SeaweH has written merry
tale OF Paris that the Scribners have in prep
aration. entitled Papa Bouchard"-"no history
and little romance. but no end OF fun" There
will be series OF extremely clever Illustrations
in pen and ink by w. Glackens one Of the four
men who gained gold medals at the BufraIo
Exposition for work in black and white the
others being Whistler. Cole and Howard Pyle.
The Appletons will publish next week ro-
nance OF the sea. by Cyrus Townsend Brady
called The QuberOn Touch" Some of Mr.
Brady's most successful books have been sea
/ stories. but this Is the first extended novel OF
! the kind he has published for more than two
years, and is said 10 be the longest and most
/ picturesque tale he has pu. forth II is an
/ eighteenth century story Of an American serving
} in the English navy. and introduces the great
Lord Hawke" for the first time the publishers
believe. In fiction The title is derived from the
i elimination OF the story In the great sea fight
off QulberOn. the Brittany coast which
showed the power of the Quberon touch"
! "A new kind OF sporting article is the de
scripton given to Vice President RooseveIt's
paper called with The Cougar Hounds" which
/ will appear ia the October 'Scrbner's" II is
the first OF two articles. Illustrated with photo
graphs taken during the hunt aud describing
Colonel Roosevelts experience In huuting the
mountain lion, or cougar. in Colorado.