New-York tribune., 1902-01-25

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| The success of Lucas Malet's "Sir Richard
Calmady" has revived interest in her earlier
novel, Colonel Enderby's Wife" published oy
D. Appleton G. Co., who first introduced her 10
American readers
Although only in its fourth year, the first
edition of Mr. Ernest Thompson Setons nrst
animal book, wild Animals Have Known
is already sought for by collectors. Last autumn
copies OF it brought ST. and now $40 is ofered-
The first edition consisted of only three thou-
sand copies; since that issued it has been
reprinted fourteen times, and is now in its looth
thousand
| Colonel William Byrd recently had sent him.
| in care of his publishers letter from young
woman of Lexington, Va, who respectfully IN
vited his attention in preparing authors manu-
scripts in the most approved manner; she being
| ready to give special to spelling and
| punctuation. and inclosing testimonials as 10
| her ability in this regard. Those matters were
| not so definitely fixed by usage when the genlal
| Virginia gentleman wrote, between 1o'4 ana
| 1744. and his style closely followed by the
| printer in the volume of his works recently
| published by Doubleday, Page & Co. For MS
would be amanuensis the publishers are said to
| have received this reply:
| Westover. on Paradise River. in the State of
| the Immortals, Ye 15Ith Year after Death.
| My Dear Madam: 1t was as pleasing as it was
surprising 10 receive your courteous proposal TO
| prepare my Writings for the printer. and espe-
| cially your kind Promise to make sure of the
| spelling But. alas! If my Writings nave not
| vet seen the type can l fatter myself that they
| will ever be read? 1t may he that some Cen
tleman of Quality & Good Fellowship in Vir-
| ginla yet hold Traditions of me- hug the hope
| that they 90. But it gives the most poignant
Joy. my dear Madam. to learn that my poor
! Writings are remembered by one of your gentle
sex & especially by one so accomplished in good
| spelling yourself. Grateful is the remem-
| brance of ones Countrywoman-so long after
| the period of earthly Gallantry is passed; for
even across the Centuries l can feel the tingle
of Woman's Applause and 1 am thankful to
| God, Dear Madam, that long period OF
| Death has not wholly chang'd me in this re-
spect For your courtesy | am greatly Be
| holden and it will be a Death-long Regret that
| I am denyed the Pleasure of profitng by it,
But alas! my poor Writings must remain
poor they were Writ. & as for my poorer Self
| I have the honor. my Dear Madam, to be
| Your most Humbt and Most Obt. Sert.,
| VIM. BYRD. late of Westover. Virginia.
THE Animal Book will follow "The Insect
Book" and THE Butterfly Book" in the
| Nature Library of Doubleday, Page & Co. 1t
will be devoted to mammals, and will be the
| work of several collabora tors 1t will be illus
trated by colored plates and reproductions of
photographs from living animals by such mas
tiers of the art Wallhan and Carlin. AT
about the time will appear Food and
| Game Fishes" by Barton W. Evermann and
David Starr Jordan. illustrated by photographs
| Of live fishes in their natural haunts by Dug
more.
Those who remember E. r. Benson's "Dodo'
will be interested IN the promise OF literary
sensation" in a new novel that he has ready for
publication. and that. it is said. will throw
| strong light upon the smart set" in London to-
day 1t will bear the odd title of Scarlet and
| Hyssop." and D. Appleton & Co. will publish it
! in this country.
| Somehow 1t seems a little difficult TO believe
| that Russian boys are so much like other boys
| to read boys books but probably they are.
| for the Harpers have received application for
permission to translate Kirk Munroe's books
into Russian.
| There is now a prospect that Professor Joseph
Wright's great English Dialect Dictionary will
| be completed before the end of 1905. Four of
| the volumes have already been printed; volume
/ V will be finished next November. Volume VI
will complete the alphabet. and will contain the
supplement the photography OF the many thou
sands OF books specially excepted for the die
! tionary and a comprehensive comparative gram
mar OF all the dialects treated historically.
Mrs w. X Clifford is her dramatizer.
| She has taken her story, "A Long Duel" and
! made "a serious comedy in four acts" of it.
/ which John Lane is on the point of bringing out.
In a few weeks the Scribners will publish DR..
| Robert Rainys book, entitled THE Ancient
| Catholic Church." which will be the ninth in the
| international Theological Library" The period
covered is from the end of the first century
down to A. D. 451, and the book traces the de-
velopment of doctrine and the growth of the
ascetic and monastic tendencies.
| The title of Cyrus Townsend Brady's novel
| "Barbarossa." will be changed to "Hohenzol-
| lern" when the Century Company publishes Il
as book in few weeks. Prince Henrys visit
will make Hohenzollern a popular name Just
| then.
The February Critic Will have an article by
Henry James on. the late Mr.. Arthur Bronson,
the friend of Browning 10 whom he dedicated
some of his later poems; the second article on
THE Great Reviews Of the World" is by TIL.
BENTON and is devoted to the Revue des Deux
Mondes," and there is the first instalment of a
serial story by Joseph Conrad called THE
Typhoon."
Doubtless the recent stirring events in China
have called forth the publication of the letters
and diary of Major General G.. Allgood. under
the title of THE China War of 1S60'' General
Allgood. then d lieutenant. served in the forces
under Chinese Gordon at that time. The book is
a large oblong volume. with many maps and
handsome Photographic reproductions and is |
ready for publication by Longmans. Green & Co |
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.