New-York tribune., 1902-05-04

subject ga woodcutter and robber from Servi,
a very excellent and honest man for a robbe-
y second was Bosnian brigand. old and COW
cred with wounds. who would not recite until
he had been made half drunk, and who, when
he had once begun. could not be prevailed upon
to stop. a third MOntenegrin bandit who
was in prison for killing WITCH"
Much additional prose and verse will be n,
cluded, told. in Mr.. E v. LuCas's com
plete editiOn-in seven volumes-Of the writings
of Charles and Mary Lamb The edition will be
Illustrated.
The family letters written in America between
1774 and 1916 by Hugh. Earl Percy. furnish an
interesting contribution to our knowledge of the
Revolutionary period. The originals at
Alnwick. and the Duke of Northumberland has
consented to their publication.
Facts and Comments will be the title OF
MIR. Herbert Spencer's forthcoming volume OF
essays.
The odd way in which the best laid plans Of
authors and editors may be upset is illustrated
IN Dr. HaleS attempt to keep secret his
spOnsibiIity for his story, The Man Without a
Country" The proofs of the story, which was
set" for certain number OF The Atlantic
not sent to him directly, and the name
under which it to be printed was that Of
Captain Ingham, of the navy Unfortunately
for me-, writes Dr. Hale. 1T happened to be
published in the December number, which was
then the index number of The Atlantic The
from my handwriting. that wrote the story.
and, after all our pTecautiOn, the index at the
end of the volume announced me as the author
of it in the same issue in which it was printed
tell this story by way of precaution TO young
editors
The second volume OF Mr.. Justin McCarthy's
history of Queen Anne is approaching compile
ton, and the work will appear in the autumn
Miss Marie Corelli has finished new romance
1t is mentioned dealing with a subject which
has never before been treated in fiction
Duff. whose Anthology of Victorian Poetry IS
published in this country by the DuttGas. lives
now chiefly in and near London, but he Is the
head of one branch of family long established
in Scotland. He is Oxford graduate of 1870.
and for thirty years represented English
constituency in the House of Commons. taking
a special interest in Indian affairs by sort Of
heritage from his father, who was an Indian
soldier and dipIOmatist- In 1881 he was ap-
pointed Governor OF Madras. where ne spent five
busy years. on his return to England, believing
that Mr. GladStOneS position on the irish queS-
ton made further success for the party iuE
possible, he turned aside from political Efe and
devoted himself To the geographical and his
10 literature. He is the author OF many boo rs;
several on British and European politics, and
one on Ernest Renan, whom Sir MOuntStuart had
known long and we'll. From lS91 TO 1901 he
published L, volumes of Notes from a Diary.
two appearing each year. and coming down from
January. 1851, To the end of December lN9l-
These deal almost entirely with the lighter side
of life, avoiding politics and administrator.
He intends TO publish two volumes more Sepa-
rate from the Notes from Diary" and deal
ing partly with his official life in India and
partly with things and persons. political and
non political. connected with his English life.