New-York tribune., 1901-11-23

half his day playing golf He belongs to at
least three golf clubs IN different parts Of the
country. and while not a champion, he plays
remarkably good game.
Two we'll known publishers were discussing
bccks and those who make them at their club
the other afternoon, lunging right and left with
great freedom.
II see they are bringing out another book by
- said one. naming an English author whom
almost every reads.
Il wonder that people buy him. was the busi-
nessike reply.
do you know the speed with which he works
reminds Of that old story by Oliver Herford
about the two country boys and their hens,
said the one who had spoken first
Don't remember any hen story Tell it!''
well there were Silas and Abe and the girl
don't remember the names the story teller
used-and both boys loved the girl. She said
that she would marry the who exhibited the
prize winning hen at the country fair Both
boys went to work, and much int crest was taken
In their efforts The chicken exhibit was the
drawing card on account of the contest The
visitors heard rumble and a roar as they ap-
preached Sas's hen. and they found me-
chanfcal creature which was laying thirty eggs
a minute. 1t was marked the Maxim hen. a
little further down the line Abe's produc-
ton. the Gatling hen It laying sixty
Silas for Abe's hen laid the eggs so fast that
they were hard boiled from the friction. That's
lust about the way his books strike me-"
With the prevailing rush for fiction Of any
and every kind the poets are not being entirely
forgotten. In fact the publishers who print
verse say that there is a steady and growing
demand for the new poetical volumes whlch
they have seen fit to bring out while the num-
ali nf OlH
work Of the past is still appreciated. An in
stance in point is the announcement that
Hcughton. Miflin & Co. will bring out five
poetical volumes, some new and some DID, oe-
fore the end of the month Miss Josephine
Preston Peabody has written poetic drama IN
five acts around Christopher Marlowe The
Heart of the Road and Other Poems is the title
OF a collection of original verse by Anna Hemp
stead Branch and there special limited edi-
tiCns promised of Charles Henry Webbs with
Lead and Line" and "Vagrom Verse;
No one ever owned a dog who did not talk
about him. and 1t is but a step to writing OF
the devoted beasts. Mrs. Sarah X Bolton mas
owned prize dogs and has loved them. and her
latest book is Our Devoted Friend, the DOB
which has Just come from the Boston press OF
Page & Co It is illustrated with half tones of
many Of the famous dogs of this and other
countries.
The long expected volume TO the memory of
William Steinitz, the celebrated chess player,
who died about two years ago. has at last come
from the Putnam press. It is edited by Charles
Devide and will be sold for the benefit OF Mrs
Steinitz and her children. Seventy Of the most
important games played by Steinitz are de-
scribed in detail in the book They are ar
ranged In chronological order, beginning with
the victory over Barnes at London In lSbZ, ana
ending with the defeat Of Showalter at vienna
in 1898 There are short biographical sketch
and a complete record Of his match and tourna-
rnent records pen and ink drawing Of the
famous player, by Franz Frenzel. forms the
frontispiece.
G. B. Grundy an historical lecturer at Brase-
nose College, is writer of history who does
not believe in writing unless he gets possession
oS new evidence on an historical period. A
personaI survey he has made Of the fields OF
Thernopyla and Platea has produced evidence
which changes many points hitherto CONSIDERED
historical facts, and he has brought these out In
'sThe Great Persian War and It's Preliminar!es,
which will be published shortly by the ScIib-
Anthony TroIlope is the latest writer Of Eng
Hsh classics to be taken up by the publishers
for special publication. john Lane announces
that the next three volumes in his successful
pocket library series Will De Inc w diHoii'
"Barchester Towers" and "Dr. Thorne The
first two volumes of the series were George
Eliot's Adam Bede" and Scenes Of Clerical
Life
The latest volume in Foster & Reynolds's
STANDARD Guide" series Is guide book to New
York It tells about the various places-parks,
buildings squares, historic spots-in which
visitors would be interested. There are many
half tone illustrations. and at the end OF the
volume there is a ready reference guide and a
map Of the city.
When a little more than eleven years old the
late Queen discovered, by studying genealog-
ical table, that she came after Uncle William
in direct succession to the throne Of Great
Britain. Up TO that time the important fact
had been kept secret from her for fear that
It would tend to make her proud. Mrs. Gerald
Gurney dorothy Frances BlomfeId), in THE
Girlhood of Queen Victoria (Longmans. Green
& Co makes this incident mark the end Of her
girlhood. and incidentally the end Of the book.
The author is the granddaughter of Bishop
Bloomfield one Of the early tutors of Princess
Victoria. By the authority of King Edward VII
she makes public for the first time the CORE
spondence between the Queens mother the
Duchess Of Kent and the bishops Of London
and Lincoln relative to the early education OF
the princess and also the reports Of her earlier
masters a list of books used by her IN her
studies and disposition of her day. The book
is full of incidents Of the late Queens child
hood IT Is recounted that occasion she
was visiting her uncle. King George ~. who
found her in the drawing room and said: