New-York tribune., 1901-06-22

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! Mcclure Phillips & Co. will publish next au-
/ tumn illustrated reprint Of christopher In
! His Sporting Jacket" by John Wilson. better
! known Christopher North and the author OF
/ '.Noctes Ambrosiane." 1t is account of the
! sports in vogue in the South of Scotland at the
end Of the eighteenth century. and first appeared
! in "BIackwood's Magazine in 1928. being after
ward included in christopher North's Recrea-
tons" in 1912
The next volumes in the series called Our
European Neghbors." published by the Put
MANS will be Dutch Life in Town and Coun-
try" and Spanish Life in Town and Country
To the former the name of NJ P. Hough is at
fixed as the authors: but 1t is understood that
the material IS all furnished by one of the men,
hers Of the British Embassy at The Hague.
whose name cannot appear account OF his
official position. The book on Spain is by l..
Higgin who has written before Spanish
topics
The life of Cromwell by Samuel Rawson Gar
diner which appeared In the handsome folio his
torical series OF Messrs. GoupIl. with many IL
Illustrations. Is now TO be republished In a
widely accessible form by the Longmans The
text has been revised. but the book IS otherwise
the same. lacking the pictures. as in it's first
form. 1t will be uniform with Creightons "Elz-
abeth' and Holiness Queen Victoria" also
published by the Longmans.
The Harpers publish this week The Land OF
Cockayne" by Matilde Serao. who has been
called the greatest living Italian novelist
though her work is practically unknown in this
country
Clara Morris's Stage Recoections." which
have been appearing in "McClure's Magazine.
will be published I'm book by Mcclure. Phillips
& Co. in the autumn.
In his preface to Modern Bridge" the author
under the pseudonyme OF SLAM" says that this
popular game is known In Turkey as
"Britch." and has been played In IT'S present
form in Southeastern Europe since the early
sixties having been introduced into England by
Lord Brougham years ago. From the
same II is also 10 be learned that bridge
is even less a gambling game than whist"
This little manual which contains also the laws
OF the game approved by the Portland and
Turf clubs, edited by "Boaz." will be published
at once by Longmans Green & Co
Messrs Houghton, Miffiin g. Co. project a fac
simile edition of Audubon's Birds OF America"
without the plates. with the intention OF put
ting before the bird loving fraternity a moderate
priced issue of a work now practically inaccessi-
BILE. They will reproduce IL by Photographic
processes, securing thus absolute fidelity to the
original. Including the important item of the
pagination. There will be four volumes. in
stead OF the seven OF the original edition OF
1904. The notes of the editor Reginald
Heber Howe. jr., will be printed the end OF
each volume giving the present nomenclature
and the general range of each species
known besides studying the probabilities OF the
case in the few problematical species described
by Audubon: but there Will be no attempt to
bring Audubon up 10 date" All this Is de-
pendent upon sufficient interest being shown I'm
the project before fall to encourage the publish
TO go ahead with IT,
Another novel by Peter ROsegger IL In prepa-
ration by the Putnams called The God Seeker
Tale of Old Styria." 1t will be issued In an
authorized translation from the German bv Miss
! Frances Skinner. Rosegger's Forest School
master" is the only one OF his books that has
hitherto appeared in English, though he has
written forty more
The next two volumes In the Temple Cyclic
paedic Primer Series Will be Primitive Man" by
Dr. H0rnes curator OF the Natural History Mu-
scum. Vienna. and "Tennyson." by Morton Luce
author of "A Handbook TO the Works OF Tenny-
SON." The Macmillan Company will publish the
volumes at once.
Daniel Trembly MacDougal. director of labora-
tories In the New-York Botanical Garden has
written a treatise PLANT Physiology" soon
| 20 be published by Longmans Green & Co I'm
/ which he has intended to incorporate the recent
| wide extension OF knowledge and appreciation
OF the principles OF physiology and various new
phases OF the subject
Special attention is said to have been maid
to the illustrations of Cyrus Townsend Bradv.s
second collection Of warlike episodes IN Ameri
can history to be published in the autumn up
! der the title OF Colonial Fights and Fighters"
Access has been had TO one of the greatest COL
iectfons of Americana. the property of a Phila
| deiphian, from which number of rare conten
porary prints have been obtained Several of
j the pictures by Gibbs which appeared with the
serial publication OF the articles In ''McClure.s
| Magazine" will be reproduced in the book and
half dozen maps will also be added.
that have never changed hands since their frs,
establishment In the early days OF fox hunting
and one of two that have never had any other
masters than members OF the family con,roII,np
| them. The Duke Of Beaufort, master Of the
BadmiQtou Hunt cOnseouently great 49,.