New-York tribune., 1902-08-09


Kate Douglas Wiggin makes practice OF re-
turning from Europe for part of her summer
in her country home at Quillcote, on the Saco
River, Maine. She has identified herself with
the village, where she passed her early child
hood, and does great deal for the community.
Besides playing he organ in the village church
and singing in the choir, teaching Sunday school
and lending her house for church festivities
she makes a hobby of a local improvement So
ciety and gives an entertainment each year for
it's benefit On these occasions she often reads
from her latest unpublished book, and presses
any available guest into service. This produces
something between a church fair and literary
salon. and is perennially welcome.
John Lane will bring out in few months
volume of letters and memorials of Jane Weich
Carlvle There will be two volumes, with il
lustrations portraits and facsmles. The ma
terial used in these New Letters and Memo
rails has been until now in the keeping OF d
nephew of Thomas Carlyle.
Lockhart's Life of Scott" is to be issued by
Houghton, Miffiin & Co in September in hVe
volumes.
Onoto Watanna the Japanese American writ
err has arranged with klaw & Erlanger Tor
production of her novel, "A japanese Nightin-
gale" She contributes to 'LeSlles thlS ilollA
a short story called "A Contract.
F p Dutton & Co have ready the series
of Histories of the Colleges of Oxford. with the
exception of DR.. j. r. McGraths History OF
Queens" and S. G. Hamilton's History or Hert-
ford" They also issuing John Murray
Law of Copyright"
volume of Captain A. T. Mahan's articles
IN fal hV Little Brown & co.
under the title Retrospect and Prospect" The
list of contents includes The Development OF
Political Feeling and outlook in the United
States During the Last Decade, Erect OF lhe
War In South Africa on the Prestige OF the
British Empire" Motives to Imperial Fedora
ton" Conditions Influencing the Distribution
of Navies,'' The Relation of the Persian Gul1
to World Politics" and The Military Rule or
Obedience"
Florence Brooks whitehouse, author of The
God of Things" has been spending the summer
at Squirrel Island, Maine. She is reported at
work on another novel.
Doubleday. Page & Co. have engaged A. Rad
clyfe Dugmore to devote his time to taking
photographs of animals for Country Life IN
America" Mr.. Dugmore has written a book
of suggestions the art of photographing the
Camera" is the book. which is published by the
same house. Mr.. Dugmore studied tc be a
painter OF animals. but is al present devoted
to catching them by the camera He is a
grandnephew of Lord Brougham. was educat-
ed at Guernsey and Smyrna. and studied art
at Naples In 1899 he to this country
and. travelling extensively, made studies OF all
sorts and descriptions OF native wild animals.
aiding his own observation. with the camera
! a, f-
what 1t fed on. He made a series of photo
graphs Of live fish OF various kinds for the vol
ume in Doubleday. Page & Co.'S Mature Ii
brary" American Food and Game Fishes" by
David Starr Jordan and Barton ". Evermann-
For many OF these he went TO the West Indies
and worked in the water behind a glass dam
He is now at work on ten paintings in oh
for forthcoming book mammals.
Among the literary studies announced by
Houghton. MifHn & Co. is Nathaniel Haw-
thorne." by Professor George E. Woodberry.
A sociological study Of the working people
in this city has been written by Lillian W.
Belts. She does not consider the problems Of
the organizations founded to deal with the in
capable and the victims of chronic or acute
poverty. but confines herself to discussing the
influence Of the altruists and the churches on
the lives of those who ask for nothing but the
opportunity to earn their own living The
Leaven in a Great City will be published by
Dodd Mead & Co.
One would think that a history of John
Brown would have its best market in his
country; he not exactly a prophet. But
the strange fact remains" said publisher the
other day who does a considerable amount OF
importing that this history of John Brown is
going to be published by London house and
that they having great difficulty in getting
any American firm to undertake it. That sort
of book broadly speaking. is not bought in this
country. Novels sell here like hot cakes Seri-
GUS books books of real literary Importance
scholarly value, hang heavy Now. in England
it is not There important book, book
really worth considering, gets instant recogni-
ton and a fairly well defined amount of it.
You cannot sell the books that oversub-
scribed to in England by any means short of a
system of book agents here. 1t happens
and over again. That is why much import
ing has to be done. There is not enough de-
mand in this country for serious books to JUS
tify a separate edition One reason is that in
England there numerous private Libraries
that will always take remarkable book. There
are some such here, but comparatively few
The trouble is giving some signs in my opinion
however of curing itself. The influx of novels
once popular novels at the years end, and