New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-29

A history Of submarine warfare, the literature
Of which is comprised in a meagre photography.
has been prepared by Henry c. Fyfe, and will
be published in this country by E. P. Dutton &
Co. Submarine Warfare, Past, Present and
Future" is the title chosen. Mr.. Fyfe consid-
ers that this branch of warfare is destined to
have great development in the not distant fut
He cites interesting instance of one of
the earliest recorded submarine undertakings
When Xerxes was advancing to the invasion of
Greece. an expert diver was employed against
him. The diver and his daughter. who also
trained in the art, out to the Persian
ships in a storm, and diving, cast off the cables
from the anchors. with the result that many of
the vessels were driven ashore and wrecked. A
nearer approach to modern methods is the fol-
lowing:
The Baltic during the early Middle Ages was
infested with pirates that a Swedish force
was sent against them. The Swedish admiral
observing that the pirate vessels lay at anchor
In the bay. sent divers from his own ships to
make holes in their bottoms. The following day
he engaged them. In this action the leaks
made by this novel submarine attack proved so
serious that the pirates were defeated and their
power annihilated.
Charles Scribner's Sons announce the publica-
ton of Dr. Edward w. Scriptures Elements
of Experimental Phonetics" among the Yale BIZ
centennial publications. DR.. Scripture is as
.
and has attempted TO describe the methods of
the new science and summarize the results SO
far obtained. The first part of the book is de-
voted to speech curves, the methods of OBJ
tanning them by talking machines, the methods
Of analysis, and the deductions concerning vocal
sounds that have been made from them. The
second part discusses the organ of hearing, the
psychology Of speech perception. the association
of speech ideas and experimental results thai
physiology OF the vocal organs is considered il
third part, the phenomenon of breathing, the
action Of the larynx, and so forth. The nature
of novels and diphthongs melody of speech
rhythmic action and verse rhythm are also
touched upon.
Mr.. Arthur Morrison will have a new story
OF low life in London published in the fall
called "A Hole in the Wall" Mr.. Morrison'i
'Tales of Mean Streets" appeared seven years
ago. More recently his Child of the Jago'
did much toward the wiping out of one of the
worst slums in London. The new book will BIZ
published in this country early in September
by Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
The American sometimes speaks of his owr
method Of advertising preposterous and bane
full, but when he compares it with the conserva
tive way of the English he calls the latter, witt
no little contempt, ABOVE all Things, al
yertising is the life blood OF magazine, and III
starting English edition of THE Worlds
Work Doubleday. Page & Co. met the spectre
of English conservatism. They had planned t.
overcome il by novel method. They have en-
gagged an English advertising expert, Rivingtor
Shill, 10 come to this country and study oul
ways and then return to London and apply
them TO the magazine. In this way they hope to
have American ideas carried out without max
ing the London edition un-English.
The stories in "A House Party" published
anonymously by Small, Maynard & Co., and
made the subject OF a guessing contest have
been relieved from their founding condition and
assigned TO their respective parents, as follows:
THE Angel of the Lord" George w. Cable.
"Artemisia's Mirror" Bertha Runkle; Aunt
Nancy's Annuity" Frank r. Stockton; THE
Broken Story" Ruth McEnery Stuart; "Daw-
sons Dilemma" John Kendrick Bangs; THE
Fairy Godmother," Mrs. Burton Harrison; "A
Family Tradition" Paul Leicester Ford; THE
Green Bowl" Sarah Orne Jewett; 1.-The Mes
senger," Octave Thanet; Mother" Owen Wis
ter; The Red Oxen of Bonval," Charles c. D.
Roberts: "A Surrender" Robert Grant The
prize offered for the detection and apprehension
of the lost authors none of the horde of self
constituted detectives attained. Mrs. Horace
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