New-York tribune., 1902-08-30


which the Appletons publish, is fantastic tale
of a modern mermaid who is cast up by the sea
into the electrified bosom of Respectable BTU
ish family. The fatal tail is the only thing IN
which she would excite remark and it is agreed
that she shall appear to their friends as lovely
young invalid always wheeled about In cnalr
which thus allows of concealment of the Offend
ing member. The extravaganza relates now the
respectable Britons after she has played havoc
with the hearts of all the men in sight get rid
Of their troublesome guest.
The legal requirement that books and maga-
zines copyrighted in this country and In Eng
land shall be published simultaneously on both
| sides of the ocean sometimes leads to some
I what curious devices for fulfilling IT, Inc safe
of a very few copies may be construed as
| "pubIicat ation" and in cases where the pub
| fishers are not ready to put the book on pubic
| sale here they sometimes have few OF their
/ clerks buy the book which then mysterlousy
disappears from public view till the time is ripe
| for more general distribution. When short
! things are to be copyrighted a few little
pamphlets sometimes struck off and sod
within a very limited crcle-and it may be
! ina agined that in some cases these little copy
right publications might come to have sub
i stantial value In one case where magazine
! was started for which already existing title
| was purchased. in order to retain property IN
| the title miniature edition of few pages
| bearing the of the magazine was got
| up at regularly monthly intervals and sold to
| the favored few. In this way hold was kept
on it till the time came for the real launching
of the magazine. when 1t produced in all
! sumptuousnesS. and the entire country urged 10
/ participate in the benefit of reading It,
! Bishop Hartzell, of Africa, has written to
Booker T. Washington that. while he was at
an inland station at Angola. in Africa, one OF
the missionaries gave him copy Of up from
Slavery" He continues:
I felt how great thing it would be If Its
substance could in some way be got INTO tle
thoughts of our native teachers and preachers
not only there. but in Liberia -, IN IL
few Arnerico-Liberians who. of course. speak
the English language. At other centres. In East
| and West Africa, / will put them into the hands
OF missionaries and have them read tne
book to those black men and women among
whom laboring to develop practical
common sense Christianity.
| The complete and definitive edition OF Rusklns
| works which Longmans. Green & Co. have an
| nounced is now taking shape. and they nave
issued description of it which indicates that it
| will be in thrty-two volumes; they will begin
| to appear in the coming winter, 1t is edited by
| f T Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, and VIII
| be an absolutely complete collection of all
| Ruskin's writngs-tne first uniform edition OF
them in fact 1t will contain numerous unpub-
! lshed plates by Ruskn; where possible the
| originals OF plates that have been publlshed VIII
| be used or where that is impracticable or un-
desirable accurate reproductions Will be made.
Some of the best portraits Of the author will be
| given and facsimiles OF his manuscripts DIf-
| ferences in the texts viii be collated with the
| manuscripts and much matter never before
| printed will appear. Unpublished passages in
manuscripts OF his published works Will also be
| REPRODUCED probably in the form of notes. The
order Of the volumes WILL SO far as possible be
chronological. The edition will be two thousand
| copies for the United Kingdom and America.
| the type to be distributed each volume is
| printed.
The result Of Bishop Potter's extended Journey
| through the Orient not long ago Will be vol
| ume entitled THE East OF To-day and To-mor-
| row." which the Century Company Will publish
| before long. A fact not before generally known
| is brought out In the dedication; II is TO John
| Pierpont Morgan, nnancier, philanthropist
| friend, to whose uunldcence these opportunities
| for observation in the East were owing.
| Another elaborate work art Is announced
| by Z. P Dutton & Co It is by c. ]. Holmes, on
| constable and His Influence on Landscape
| Painting" It is intended to be not much a
| biography as a critical study. and the author
has made no attempt 10 superSeoe Lesiic . i14''-
He says:
| NOWADAYS Constables domestic affairs are
| hardly interesting to us as they were TO ms
| friends sixty years ago; while the history ana
| quality and genuineness of his pictures. MS
| theory and practice Of painting, and the causes.
| nature and result of the modern naturallstlc
| movement of which he was the pl[heei ai
| constantly discussed
| Mr.. Holmes has undertaken to trace the rise
of naturasm in landscape up to the time OF
| Coustable's youth then to study carefully the
| influences under which the painter developed
his own personal genius. and to examine the
| true character of his achievement and lastly 10
consider the variation and extension OF Con-
| fuence on the landscape painters of to-day
! One of the most important features or the DOCK
| will be a series of seventy photogravure repro
ductions of Constable's works, which have been
selected to show the peculiar characteristics or
them full chronological list of Constables
pictures and sketches would be, as the author
! declares the work of a whole lifetime; what he
| offers In this way is foundation for others to
build
The August Century" say its publishers. Is
| absolutely out of print. and they know nowhere
| to go to get copies of it. The color work in the
| number makes 1t impossible to print another
| edition to supply the demand for It. The color
/ printing is q long and elaborate process. and
then too all the available presses OF the print
ers of the magazine busy with the next
| numbers that must be got ready.
The Putnams have in preparation volume
! Robert Harley. Earl Of Oxford, by E. s Roscoe
"a character who Mr.. Roscoe thinks has never
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