New-York tribune., 1901-10-19
cooks AND AUTHORS.
,prNr TALK OF THINGS PRESENT
AND TO COME.

nrNr TALK OF THINGS PRESENT
AND TO COME.
,..u, Iang's new fairy book. colored ''vio-
80 wear. has already had nearly twice as
e' sale as any Of the others in the series
a. .ba eighth volume Of his fairy tales Long
NS Green 4 Co. the publishers, attribute
% the increased interest in il 10 the fine
,lstes vitn which it is embellished.
.-s. letters q John Richard Green" are down
.,asdv publication by the Macmillan Com
leslie stephen has written Introductory
P-.rsyes explaining Green's position at differ
-,s-iods Of his life. on information furnished
,-s Green Many Of the earlier letters are
! professor Boyd Dawkins. many Of the later
,oF. A. Freeman. There is an Introductory
Ter on Green's life. and portraits. one from
,-s,.op-arh taken at Florence in 1869, and one
J stoddart. from picture by F. Sandys.
late David Dwight wellss sprightly book.
g. Iadysn;p's Elephant" II is reported by
~ Holt 4 Co. has just been printed for its
-.sarth time 10 meet the demand existing
.,g me fourth year after its publication.
rsutn Markham has been made honorary
.rber of many literary societies from Passa-
o,osdv 10 EnsenaGa, besides having had
bs- of aourishing societies named for him
- hoe pin invented as a badge for clubs and
Gums The latest addition TO his club mem
shins. has come recently from the Hawaiian
lends. for he has just been made an honorary
-.-ober Of the ''Kanai Kodak Klub." Of Koloa.
renal All Of which is doubt pleasing 10
ne gods.
The new and authoritative Life Of Pasteur."
,r his son-in-law. r. Vallery- ROBOT. viii be
.nblshed in an English translation about the
s-st Of next month by Mcclure. Phillips a. co.
~ author ouEht TO be able TO realize the sig
,,scance Of the saying Of DR.. RouK. quoted on
ne title page: II faUt avOir vecu dams son init
,r4 pour connaitre tou,e la bonte de son coeur."
Another Temple Edition" Is forthcoming with
he iuprint of the Macmillan Company. This
-oe II is complete edition Of Balzac forty
r-unes all issued at once. George Saintsbury
ts tbe editor. The first volume contains a gen
ssl Introduction and classification OF the novels,
rble each volume has its special predatory es-
say Each volume has also an etched frontis-
piece.
The dsfranchiseuent Of the Southern negroes
Is the motive OF a new. story by Charles W
chetnutt. The Narrow OF Tradition" which
Eoughton Miaiin & Co have IN hand for
pubicati0n this month. Mr.. Chestnut. who has
negro blood hls veins is said 20 treat the sub
ect with robust and passionate feeling. and 70
present the case OF the negro with sympathy.
but not with blind sympathy. The story itself
said 10 be one Of varied and dramatic in
teresL
The Tribune had recently occasion 10 speak
With appreciation Of The Binoustine" and the
high ideals il presented OF Fra Maginnis and
his Boy Grafters" Of the Philandery. Still
higher ideals are represented II possible. in the
large paper edition Of the same precious pub
ncation. conveyed as follows in the preface:
This edition Of The Biloustine" is the SWEETEST
thing that the Boy Grafters have Yet done. and
that IS saying great deal. II has about II the
delicate perfume OF the Ideal. the elusive flavor
OF the Mssal. Saints and Sainresses have
handled il page by page, part by part BY saint
ly hands the press was fed BY handsome rolls
the ink was spread. Even the press was trod
by hand. And always with the Ideal IN sight, or
just outside the Phiandery door No one who
does not possess a copy can call himself an
elect This is Official. Fra Maginnis.
Helen Churchill Candee's An Oklahoma Ro-
nance" has been ordered in large quantities
from Guthrie. Okla. and there have been de-
msnds for review copies from several newspa-
pers OF the Territory. The literary taste and the
local pride % the Territory go hand in hand
when II cones 70 Oklahoma literature.
book that ought 10 contain suggestion.
stimulus ard help for American philanthropists
Is The Case for The Factory Acts" edited by
Mrs. Sidney Webb. that E P. Dutton & Co. viii
soon publish Il has a preface by Mrs. Hum
phry Ward, who celebrates the brilliant sue
cess Of that body OF realized legislation which
IN the course Of a hundred years has trans
formed our manufacturing life"
new ruling at the Custom House has dis
turbed some Of the New-York publishing houses
who deal largely in imported books. which they
publish on this side of the ocean These books
are brought over in sheets. with the American
publishers imprint on them, and are bound
here. Il has heretofore been the custom 10 col
lec duty on the actual cost OF the book 10 the
American publishers. but under the new ruling
the customs authorities insist that duty shall
be PAID on half the retail price OF the book as
sold IN England, whatever the publishers pay
for il and whatever they charge for IL here
The publishers contend that this is unfair. be-
cause the price of a book in this country is not
always properly measured by the retail price in
England. Publishers are sometimes able 10
obtain edition for the American market for
much less than half the retail price. Some
times they buy what are known in the English
market as 'remainders." the copies remaining
aiter the public demand has been satisfied from
me first edition Furthermore. the price Of a
book is often largely dependent upon the ex-
pected circulation Of II. a small edition being
naturally priced at a higher figure per volume
'han a large one. The publishers contend that
hey should have 20 pay duty only on the cost of
Their books invoiced as dealers in other mer-
ehandise are expected TO do. \ representative
o. one n the chief importing firms is now in
Washington endeavoring 70 induce Secretary
Gage 10 see the matter in this light and 10 move