New-York tribune., 1901-09-18
LITERARY NOTES.


moved 10 produce from the knowledge and en-
thusiasrn OF a collector her treatise on How 10
Make Baskets" which Doubleday Page q Co.
are bringing out This is expected to be the
final authority on all sorts Of basketry, from a
work basket TO a wicker chair for the piazza
In .sbacklett a Story OF American Politics"
the author Walter Barr who is a new writer
known hitherto only through mis- magazine
stories, has undertaken TO exploit field COM
paratively undeveloped. II is a story or poiiucs
in the West, and the central hgufe passes
through various stages as clerk, lobbyist, legis-
lator and governor.
Another book is promised in the early autumn
from ..Zack" known in private life as Gwen
doline Keats 1t will be called 'Dunstapie
Weir" and will consist Of a collection of short
stories Scribners. who published her novel,
THE White Cottage" last spring will also pub
lsh this.
Through misunderstanding, announcement was
made in this column the other day that Maurice
Hewlett's new book. New Canterbury Tales"
was to be illustrated by W. H. Hyde in the
English edition. but not in the American AS
matter Of fact neither edition is to be illustrated
at all.
The publication Of General Alger's book
THE Spanish-American War;" which the Har
been postponed for a short time, to date not
yet definitely decided upon.
The Putnans' edition of "Chesterieds Letters
to His Son. which they going TO publish in
their Library of Standard Literature in two
volumes. is said to be the first American edition
of that book 1t has been carefully edited by
Charles Strachey and A. Calthorp
Another Polish novelist is to appear before
this public, bearing the name of Eliza Orzeszko
Her book which the Scribners will publish, Is
called The Argonauts.' and is translated by
Jeremiah Curtin the translator of Sienkiewiczs
books into English. Mime. Orzeszkos previous
stories are said have given her considerable
vogue in her native land
The first volume of the Macmillan Company's
American Sportsman's Library" makes
timely appearance this autumn. 1t is devoted TO
Upland Game Birds" and is by Emerson
Hough who like all the writers selected for the
SERIES is an authority the subject of which
he treats. There will be a frontispiece by Frost
and seven full page illustrations by L. A
Fuertes.
Harper & Bros say that the advance orders
for Gilbert Parker's novel. THE Right of Way"
have been larger than for any other recent pub
ncation of theirs. with the exception Of Mrs.
Humphry
the 10th.
Mr.. Howard C. Hillegas naturally had some
desire last June TO know what reasons the Eng
lish authorities in South Africa would give for
the suppression Of his book, THE Beers in
WARM its English edition called With the
Boer Forces" So he wrote and asked them. and
has received the following impressive but
scarcely satisfactory reply:
1Q
Sir: In reply to your letter dated June 90,
1901, asking TO be informed of the which
led TO the suppression of your book, The Beers
IN War;, / am directed 10 inform you that the
general officer commanding Cape Colony Dis
trict regrets TO report that he is unable to
crafty your curiosity on the subject. / have the
honor TO be. sir, your obedent servant,
PERCY NJ. CLARENCE. Captain.
ID. A. A G., Cape Colony District.
Walter Crane has designed an elaborate series
Of illustrations for Lambs "Masque of Days"
from the Last Essays of Elia"-'newly dressed
and decorated" the title page truly repre-
sents. the designs are in Mr. Cranes familiar
decorative vein, in colors. with the text put in
old fashioned lettering in the plates.
In his Francis. the Little Poor Man of Assist"
which Longmans Green & Co. have in press.
James Adderley disclaims making any original
contribution TO the study Of the life Of st.
Francis. He has relied chiefly Sabatier's
work. whom. he says. the very much
truer conception of Francis and his work that
possess. NJ. Sabatier has contributed an
introduction to the book.
1re first volume Of the Macmillan Company's
Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology"
under the editorship Of Professor James Mark
Baldwin, Of Princeton, is ready. The work
will be completed in three volumes. The first
extends from A to Law. The work has been in
preparation for several years. and its contribu-
tors comprise many leading scholars in phos-
ophy and science both at home and abroad. 1t
philosophy: such topics biology. for instance.
in which great advances have been made in re-
cent years, receive much attention.
Lieutenant EIlicott, L. S. N, of the Naval
War College. has written a life Of Rear-Admiral
Winsow, the commander of the Kearsarge in
her famous fight with the Alabama. The Put
viii publish ii. The book will make known
for the first time of important corre-
spondence relating to the fight, and to the in
ternational discussion brought about by the ac-
ton Of one English yacht that rescued many Of
the survivors Of the Alabama, after that vessel
was sunk. Admiral Winsow's life extended
a crucial period in naval history and his
biography involves a history of the beginnings
of the iron clad naval ship.
The new volume in the Appletons' Great
Commanders series is on General Mcclellan,
and is by the late General Peter S. Niche Cen
eral Niche has the advantage of the perspective
gained in the years that have elapsed since Nc
Clellan's work the head of the Army of the
Potomac, as VEL as military knowledge and