New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-13
and reproductions of handwriting in the mat
ter of the disputed plot letters

left by the late George Douglas VINO oieu d ie"
days ago is likely never to be put INTO PRINT
It is so far unfinished that its publication Is
considered ont of the question. Strangely
enough Mr. Douglas departed in it entirely from
the line he struck out in The House with the
crear Shutters from it's grim realism and
/ ynodarnity and was writing romantic hlStorl-
cal novel of the time of Oliver Cromwell Nc
members Of Mr. Douglass immediate family
survive him; it Is not known that he had any
collateral relatives living. and he is thought to
/ have died intestate These facts have somewhat
/ embarrassed his publishers in this country who
have a considerable sum of money to his credit
on account of his royalties on The House with
the Green Shutters" and are likely to have
| more.
Bibliographies of the louisiana Purchase are
now being compiled by nearly all the librarians
of the Western States, in view of the coming
centennial of that event and its celebration in
the, EXPOSITION at ST. Louis. One of the most
energetic in this direction is the librarian of the
Kansas CITY Public Library. The recently pub
lished "Ouarterly" of that institution remarks:
New books on this subject published to
such an extent as to cause constant revision;
new editions of old publications are announced
and the second hand catalogues are teeming
with lists on the Louisiana Purchase, even to
the old original French books. The literature
| is biInguaI The earliest writers were the first
French settlers and find many of their works
still in the original
This publication contains in It's photography
of the subject something more than a hundred
titles.
Mr.. Howard Crosby Butler, instructor of
architecture in Princeton University, and an
original investigator in some Of the fascnatin ing
fields of archaeology. has written The Story
of Athens"
A city such as vision
Builds from the purple crags and silver towers
OF battlemented clouds, as In der1Slon
of kinghest masonry,
as he calls It, quoting Shelley. In 1t he pur-
poses to give simple sketch Of the life and art
of Athens from it's earliest beginnings to the
present time, find them recorded in an
Client literature and in the monumt s that time
has spared to us. He dwells particularly on
the architectural and sculptural remains in
which of course he has given the results of
the latest archaeological discoveries and deduc-
tons In describing the Parthenon. Mr.. But
Ter speaks thus Of the coloring used by the
Greeks:
1t is difficult for us. whose eyes accus-
toned to nothing more brilliant in architecture
than the Sombre grays and soft browns OF
granite. limestone marble that is presently
toned by the smoke Of thousand Chimneys
to regard the polyChromy of the Greeks with
the admiration which accord to every other
branch of Greek art. To be sure, northern
climate, with its subdued light and its wealth
of greenery, is not the place for the display
of striking color contrasts in architecture;
whereas. the radiant atmosphere of Greece.
glowing with brilliant hues would neutralize
in a measure the most violent contrasts. After
all It not the whole temple that was treat
ed in strong cOlors: the columns ana wall sur
faces, even in marble buildings. were tinted. it
80 h wit 81
certainly have relieved the glazing white OF the
new marble and given effect not unlike
the superb golden hue which time has impaired
to the ruins. II was only the minor detalls ana
the sculptures that were emphasized with posi-
tive tones All the enrichment was soft
ened by light and shadow. and toned by the
fItU light OF the sun into manifold shades and
tfnts We have but to look at the famous
sarcophagus. called that Of Alexander, IN the
real beauty of Greek polychromy when aPplieq
TO architecture and sculpture. This wonderful
monument made only little over nun
dred years after the completion or the Par
thenon. and 1t must present almost the same
color scheme that used in the great temples
OF the country.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has formally instruct
ed his American publishers. Mcclure Phillips
& Co not to use his title in publishing and
announcin; his books IN this country. but to
let him remain plain A Conan Doyle the name
under which he first won his reputation
ITO the Rev. DR.. Henry van Dyke and TO
all nv American readers 1 dedicate these short
sketches OF a land they dearly love- is the In
scription at the front of Canon Rawnsley's "A
FarnhIer's Notebook at the English Lakes now
annearing with the Macmillan imprint 1t is
ful NJ nersonal anecdotes of the lake region
ond Of people connected with its great memo