New-York tribune., 1901-11-02

The Tribune not long ago printed a little ac-
count Of the Doves Press and the objects Of its
founders, who be disguised with the
greater or less amateurishness of the various
presses that have sprung up of late years in
imitation of William Morris's example and have
! been equally distressed by their frequent
rnercialisn. Both of these sins are kept far
from the activities OF the Doves Press. appar-
emily: and at the same time there seems to be
an avoidance of the elaborate decorative schemes
carried out in his books by William Morris and
a seeking for the opposite extreme of simplicity.
Not much has been said in this country about
the work of this institution. but one firm that
/ deals largely in such publications had for one
of its issues fifty subscriptions than 1t
could fill. Another Doves" book published at
So sold at auction only few days after its
! appearance for nearly three times the subscrip
ton price. All of which goes to show the in
terest felt by large class of wealthy and cul-
tivated people in this department of literature
There has been wholly unexpected interest
In the English translation of Professor Adolf
| Harnack's volume What Is Christianity?
that is the more notable the book Is of
! nurelv theological character and not such as
would be likely TO make a wide appeal The
Putnams imported 1t in sheets, but the frst edl-
tion was promptly exhausted here, and an effort
70 get a second from England disclosed the
same state of affairs there. The American pup
nshers having got wind of proposition TO issue
| o. pirated edition, are setting the book up
here TO publish an edition that shall forestaH
piracy The origin of the book is itself not
ltrla curious The sixteen lectures it contains
We're delivered extemporaneously by Professor
Harnack TO his class in Berlin University pu'
J were taken down in shorthand by one OF his stu
dents and given TO him surprise.
The record that Rupert of Hentzau" has
made with the novel reading public is rather an
unusual one Instead of decreasing as time goes
on, the sales of Anthony Hopes book increase
and now. in It's fourth year, are reported to De
half as large again as they were in the same
period of 1900
D- Henry van Dykes little book, 1.-THE Story
of the Other Wise Man." appears to nave Won
much favor abroad, and is now in process oi
translation into both French and German by
authorization from the American puoiISheIs'
An unauthorized version of the story was issued
r-;-bo,,. y,errnission in Germany last year. bul
,,-o., ire discovery and the protest of the tiar-
nars 81 was Immediately withdrawn from circu-
lation.
Millions Hymn on the Nativity was tiie op
,ro,rate Christmas Offering in THE Century
again gone back to Milton, and their CertstmaS
nu,nher Will contain his 'L'Allegro." with an
elaborate set OF full page illustrations in colois
by Maxfeld Parrish
Graham Ba1tour's life OF Robert Louis Steven
son is q large and somewhat expensive pooK III
two volumes Of the kind that is not usnaiV
expected to reach a large sale The Ensbsh
literary papers express some amazelnent that
with a first edition OF FIVE thousand The Amer
ican publishers made their first edition eleven
thousand and nobody seems much surprised
new Christmas story by author who has
been the subject OF some hinted comparisons
with Dickens IS announced for publication by
D. Appleton & Co Tom Gallon is the writer.
and his story is THE Man Who Knew Better
He has been as he expresses It. hunting for
stray silnsas In Grub Street since 1S!f3 being
royy rhrtv-iiye Years cid. and his hunting has
resulted in the publication Of a considerable
rrr.ner OF novels beginning with 'Tatterley"
in 1891.
The January number Of The Worlds Work"
will be a Locking Outward" edition, devoted
to ali phases of national expansion. the follow
ing of which has been one of the chief articles
in the n,aeazines creed. feature OF the
second year Of it's existence, upon which 1t is
Just entering will be the frequent appearance
Of colored covers Of striking design, such as
that used on the current birthday issue OF The
Worlds Work" The magazine has found a real
field of its own and is filing it with marked
ability.
One of the chief claims to notice Of the new
edition of Mrs Jameson's "Shakespeares Hero
ines" that z. P. Dutton & Co. have IN prepara-
ton will be the drawings and elaborate decora-
tive designs Illustrating it. by K. Aiming Bell.
These are in line in a combination Of black and
red often strik.ngly picturesque Another time
tried Shakespeare book to be got out by the
same house will be Charles and Mary Lambs
Tales from Shakespeare" which Will also be
elaborately illustrated with six color plates
and seventy half tones, by W. Paget
Jacob Riiss autobiography. THE Making OF
an American" contains numerous glimpses Of
his contact with President Roosevelt and Of his
admiration for him. When he was Police Com
missioner of this city. Mr.. Riis police re-
norter covering" Police Headquarters. and
they naturally came into frequent contact Mr.
Roosevelts methods of doing public business |
and his views on many subjects are disclosed in
some of Mr. Riiss anecdotes.
See deep enough and you see musically Is |
the saying of Carlyle's prefxed by Mr. j. F. |
Dabney to his book The Musical Basis of
Verse which he calls a scientific study of the |
principles of poetic composition embodying a |
working hypothesis Of the science of that |
shall be rational coherent and simple. He |
uses musical notation in his analysis of the