New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-05

~, As-sa, II Joline who is not only prom
,,anr as q lawyer in this city, but well known
a. an autograph collector has written a book
about his collection, which is said TO be one OF
the finest in the country. and about autograph
Collecting in general. which the Harpers will
hiring out this spring under the title of Media
.,o,e NJ an Autograph Collector" There will be
numerous reproductions of letters and engrav-
,nrs Mr. Joine is 10 have an article on the
came subject in the May ''Harpers.
There has been much interest taken in
1.-THE Correspondence of Lady Sarah Lennox,
.bat The Scribners imported from England re-
centlv and had to reimport several times, that
,bev have decided to issue American edition
This will be Of less cost than the English. in
ore volume instead Of TWO and will also be illus
trated
The next volume in the Appletons' Great
ron,r7anders' series will he life Of General
1,rrest pv ] Harvey Mathes. who is said to
have written the life Of the brilliant Confed-
era-e cavalry leader under peculiarly favorable
.4-orr,etances II remarkable career:
,A which as a military critic has said. teaches
thar The genius which makes men great soldiers
is not 10 he measured by any competitive ex-
animation in the science or art of war
The South. which has long been practically a
dead field for books, in the experience of some
publishers is buying more and more books
especially Of the rapidly increasing class Of
novels that deal with life and conditions in the
south Large orders for new books have come
lately from that part Of the country In advance
of their publications. fact that has caused no
little surprise. The usual experience is that the
demand for new books comes first and most
largely from the East and then works gradu-
ally toward the West appearing in San Fran
cisco in about six months. and in the South. if
az al, still later.
Miss Ellen Glasgow's new book The Battle
e-o,,,d - which appeared only ABOUT two weeks
srn has gone into its twenty-first thousand.
thus nearly equalling her former book. lhe
Voice of The People" Of which 2i.p0H have been
sold in two years. A new edition of The Bat
lie ground soon TO be issued. will carry the
book 10 10000.
There is story current in the Colorado news
papers 10 the effect that the German Emperor
is irving to buy Routt County. in that State, en-
tire as private game preserve for himself.
and that Ernest Thompson Seton took his re-
cent trip to Colorado TO investigate the prop
ertv" and carry through the deal. The story
is thought TO originate from the same unfriendy
sources in Colorado that filled the papers re-
cenrlv with other stories more less reflect
ing upon him and his doings in the West
aiIatre Belloc has turned from the grisy
scenes OF the lives Of Danton and Robespierre
10 the pleasanter ones Of walk OF SIX nun
dred miles taken last summer from the town Of
Toul in Lorraine. where he was once III garrl-
son, to Rome He has described it in book
entitled The Path to Rome" which Longmans
Green & Co are about 20 publish. 1t is an
agreeable narrative, interspersed with occa-
sional philosophical reflections and with snatches
of dialogue between "Auctor'' and 'Lector."
The romantic days of Radisson, the French
sdventurer in Canada. whose daring exploits,
nuarrels captivity and reckless changes of ALE
glance threw the empire OF the North lnfo Eng
lands hands instead Of Frances. are the subject
Of Miss a c. Laut's new story, Heralds OF
Empire" that the Appletons are bringing out
This spring The threads Of her romance con-
meet The Boston of refugees and witches. the
London Of Charles II and the wilderness Of the
North.
Sir w Martin Conway is better known, per-
hans. as a mountain climber than as a critic
of art but his standing in the latter capacity Is
that of Slade professor Of art in Cambridge
University He has written book largely de-
voted 10 questions Of art, entitled Artist and
Amateur: The Art of Living" that E. p Dut-
ton & Co will publish shortly He takes long
look forward for the future Of art thus:
Whatever surprises the future may nave IN
s-nre this one thing is certain: the age OF SCI
enoe will have its elimination and viii decline
lust as all previous epochs Of civilization nave
eliminated and declined. When the culmlnauon
takes place the series Of great changes IN
human environment will pause. Ihereupoh
must follow a consequent development OF <art
such as the world mas never beheld-a develop
rnent not merely OF some one art. such as paint
ing or sculpture, but of all the arts that to-
serher in their variety and their fulness form
the supreme and transcendent Art OF Living
William Henry Smith. long known as Drill
tent newspaper man. and for the last years OF
his life manager Of The Associated Press. was
an enthusiastic student Of the political aspects
OF slavery in this country, and had MADE a
large collection Of Americana bearing on TINS
subject His studies and his intimate relations
with leading men in political life led TO his writ
ing Political History of Slavery which is
now. six wears after ris death to be published
by the Putnams There will be an introduction
hv Iyhitelarr Reid. Mr. Smith before the Civil
War was engaged with r. b. Hayes and other
abolitionists Of Cincinnati. in forming the Re-
publican organization in that city Nhen the
war broke out Governor Brough of OHIO ap-
pointed him his private secretary; ana AT the
close Of the war he twice elected secretary
Of the State of Ohio He resigned before the
end OF his second term TO become Editor or
The Cincinnati Chronicle" and in 1869 became
general manager of the Western Associated
Press later Of The Associated Press with head
quarters in this city He resigned IN 1885 ana
died in 1896 aged sixty-three years
That the interest in village and municipal
Improvement is a vital and enduring one has
been shovr Among other ways by the success