New-York tribune., 1902-06-28
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
CURRENT TALK OF THINGS PRESENT
AND TO COME.

CURRENT TALK OF THINGS PRESENT
AND TO COME.
One Of the most interesting promises held forth
for the early autumn is that of the Appletons.
who have secured a series of Charles Darwin
letters, which will be edited by his son. Francis
Darwin. These have never before been pub
lished.
e w Hornung the author of "The Amateur
Cracksman" has lust completed a novel on
which he has been at work for many years. In
length plot and finish the work is said TO pe
more important than anything previously writ
Ten by Mr.. Hornung. Although Australia plays
a part in the novel, II is a minor one. and the
most thrilling scene is at the battle OF lnkerfnah,
where the hero and the villain of the story hght
n the same company. one as private, the other
as an officer Both are captured and confined
in the same fortress In Sebastopol The f. a.
Stokes Company announces the book for early
publication.
Is there a literary revival in California. or
the beginning of one? We have heard Of the
Indiana school," which has risen TO heights or
fame: and not many months ago there were re-
ports Of a great accession Of manuscripts from
the South ir the publishers offices: while every
body has noticed the great increase Of stories
States California has heretofore been some
what quiescent in the literary field; but one or
the most important houses in New-Iork dis
closes the fact that within the last four months
II has received fewer than fourteen manu-
script novels from the Pacific Coast AS they
are reported to be mostly poor stuff" we shall
probablS have TO wait still little longer for
California school
DR., A. Conan
DovIe finds himself with a considerable sum on
his hands from the sale OF his pamphlet The
War in South Africa: It's Cause and Conduct
which was written in refutation of the ISLANDERS
in the Continental newspapers on the BRUSH
army In this country. where the pamphlet was
published by Mcclure. Phillips Co. II was
sold at cost price, Dr. Doyle taking no royalties
and stipulating that copies be sent Tree 10
libraries newspapers and public a like
course was followed on the Continent Dr. Doyle
appealed for subscriptions to carry on this work
and received about $4,000. 1t was supposed
that this would be ali eaten up, but so great
was the sale of the pamphlet In England, where
there was a small profit each copy, that DR..
Doyle now has nearly $1,000 left. all expenses
having been paid. This sum he purposes TO dis
pose of as follows Five thousand dollars as
scholarship. the interest OF which shall enable
some poor South African, either Boer or Brlton.
to take a course at Edinburgh University. The
remaining sum will be used Ito send small
souvenir to a few friends Of Great Britain
abroad who have stood Loyalty by her at time
when many of her children played her
false" Amy remainde- further income from
the pamphlet will be used by DR.. Doyle for the
support Of the movement for civilian rifemen.
On his recent visit to England Mr.. Frank n
Doubleday made arrangements for bringing out
an English edition of THE Worlds Work"
edition that will be in it's main features the same
the American though differing as would
naturally be expected. in some details He found
considerable difficulty in getting English print
ers TO undertake the fine quality Of printing
necessary for the elaborate illustrations that
are a feature of The Worlds Work. on the
scale demanded by a monthly magazine that,
on account of its news features, goes to press
so short time before its publication. The post
age on magazines is a heavy item in England.
for the newspa per rates, corresponding to the
second class rates il this country. extend only
to daily and weekly papers, and full rates are
charged on magazines.
On the other hand. American postal regula-
tions create difficulty for English magazines
that are circulated in this country through the
mails The publishers of these magazines are
in the habit Of inserting advertising pages in
the midst of reading matter; but this is not
allowed in this country, where the pages
be numbered consecutively and advertising mat
ter be kept together They circulate little
fiat sample packages of merchandise between
the covers of magazines in England, which
passes advertising matter there; but this is
also prohibited In this class of matter in the
United States mails.
We have had all sorts of self-reVea tions in
literature, of various depths of infamy and
various degrees of candor but comes ac-
cordlng to the Appletons, that lays bare
Of mind that reached the lowest depths 1t is
the autobiography of a convict entitled LAS [
Sailed edited by Stanley Waterloo and will
make its appearance in the early autumn. This
is said to be the genuine production of a man
who a common sailor in whaling vessel,
then in merchant ship. then in the British
navy, then ensign in the American navy
taking part in the attack Of Fort Fisher. Then
he runs the whole yellow streak of worthless
ness, which ended in quarter of a century be-
hind prison bars and died in a Western pen-
Tertiary. The editor speaks of the mans un-
conscious self-reveatiop in this autobiography
in which he regrets nothing and betrays no
sense of shame contrtion
Among the Scribners' recent importations is
Professor Pasquale Villari's Barbarian Inya-
sions Of Italy," translated by Linda Viarf
Professor Villari is known the author Of "A