New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-04
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
.,prNr TALK OF THINGS PRESENT
AND TO COME.


,.,-,-,se Athertan has been writing
- NJ stories which are described a.
tbe social history Of California under
u"'.l IT, mic II is entitled The Splendid Idle
si,--. s,oyies of Old California II includes
-. ID stories originally published under
-. ..r2.f1re the Griugo Came with sew
~. ~. ones and win De published by The Mac
milan Company
I'd, the difficulties Of hookmaking Of
~ ,t.a reading public never hears are eN-
.--,,,s5 In the case ot Booth Harrington ne"
.arbe Two NaUrevels. Ia The hrsl
49,. she cover OF the book requires cream Leaf
- the making ~ the nrst twenty-five thoG-
- .bs cream leaf market began 10 run short
-. were sent oui % collect II. by the time
.s,-,,-f,s thousand copies were completed 'heTe
''' ,..b Grade cream leaf left IN Amerlos.
- was appealed 10 by cable, but there
-,,--,sge Of cream leaf there also, and sew
.s,,,san8 copies ~ the book had 10 be sent
- s,auped with white leaf Then there
s,e7,rIrv about the gliding Expert guders
,.rooing rare. High class gilt is scarce.
- publishers put out the books 10 one glider
- another. untu now there are i've gliding
sn,,s busy with THE Two Vanreyels and two
I,rseries al work ON 3D. and The supply is stu
,v,euty thousand behind the orders.
tNNt'Ns
The comic papers have made il seem almost
-to the udu-ramwuter AT least-as IL there
could boz none other than a humorous side 10
the Hfe ag the suburban resident An attempt
no exhibit the more serious side is contained in
Little STORIES az Married Life" which Nc
Clure. Phillips q co. publish this week. Il
pictures the new and growing lie ~ a subur-
ban town, with its peculiar types and charac-
teris,lcs The author is Mrs. Mary Stewart
Cutting. who is herself a suburban resident
having lived many years in one Of the Oranges.
Most Of the stories appeared originally in
"McClure's Magazine"
Sir Leslie stephen is nothing If not candid in
his discussion of his own work. A new edition
the third-ot his History 81 English Thought
INA the Eighteenth Century" has just appeared
He has written preface for il, in which he
says.
7 have discovered among other things, that q
was written with an audaCIty or lEhthearted
ness which 7 mo- longer possess I made blum
ders and i gave estimates of various books. COR
rection of which might Doe suggested by latel
reading and reelection. To MAKE the book fully
rewriting OF "A considerable part But. in IN,
first place, / am not sure that I should not
spoil instead ~ improving. and IN the second
place l am now quite unequal 10 the task
which would demand much time and labor.
The Worlds Work idea" as the publishers
Of that peculiarly American magazine cali IT,
has spread 10 other countries besides England.
where arrangements for the regular English
edition are now completed. The Worlds
Work is also IN due course OF time 20 appear
m France and Germany, where 81 viii consist
chiefly OF TRANSACTIONS from the American and
English editions. with the addition Of articles
specially written for readers Of those countries.
The English edition. which Mr. Henry Norman
ANNOUNCES is founded and edited" by himself
m apparent disregard OF the part played IN the
matter by the American firm of Doubleday.
Page Co. and which is published by Heine-
mann, VIII be quite independent Of it's Ameri-
can prototype. But through editorial co.
operation and exchange Of articles with the
American edition." as Mr. Norman announces.
every aspect Of American activity viii be
promptly ana completely recorded and illus
'raied for British readers" The Prince OF
Naess words 'the old Country must wake
~" are taken by Mr.. Norman 10 represent the
policy h. VIII try 10 follow The outside OF
the English Worlds Work" viii bear a gen
eral resemblance 10 the American. in that the
cover bears a reproduction OF a sculptured de-
sign; but the figure is OF a man instead OF a
Woman.