New-York tribune., 1902-08-03

lie collections of which the like could not \.
bought for money. What / am speaking abou,
is the drain that America is continually maxim.
upon privately owned literary treasures.
Asked whether any of English coIectorv
competed in the American Saierooms. he said.
Not often. Let a book unique manu-
script once cross the Atlantic. and We are nor
likely to see II again
Mrs. John Oliver Hobbies" Craigie's new
novel. Love and the Soul Hunters is to be-
brought out in September. 1t is a long Storv
and il is said that the leading personages are
connected with the world of finance and the
Mrs. Craigie will make her appearance as an
| essayist in an August magazine 'kalliste in
Exile is the title of her paper on the Greek
heroine in modern fiction
Mr. BENJAMIN Kidd author of Principles or
Western Civilization" has gone to South Africa
to make economic studies there. His latest work
has been done for the Encyclopedia Britain
nica'' One of his articles deals with the appli-
cation of the doctrine of evolution to society
| The house of Henry Holt & Co. is preparing
| to bring out an important uniform series Of
standard historical novels Among the volumes
| and Harold" Scott's ''IyanhOe' and Quentin
Durward" Charles Reades The Cloister and
the Hearth Dickegss Tale CIT Of Two Cities
| Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. Cooper's Spy"
! Thackeray's Henry EsmOnd" and Georgs
/ EIiOt's ''ROmola-
| IT is possible that these will be followed by
! KingsIey's Westward Ho!" De Figny's Gina
Mars" Miss POrter's Scottish Chiefs" Schef-
| feT's ''Ekkehard," Bulwer's "Rienzi'' Thaek-
eray's ''Virginians." Flaubert'S SalammbO-
| Ebers's Egyptian Princess" and "Carda." VIC
! tor Hugo's "Ninety-Three." and many Others
| Entroductions will deal with the historical re-
Iations of the works and give some notion Of the
authors. The publishers say that SO far as
practicable the series viii present a somewhat
| systematic general view of history
| Writing OF Dickens in a volume just published
Frederick Goodall. the artist, says that at the
| first Academy banquet. after the death OF Mac
! iise Dickens responded to the toast of Litera-
| ture' When he spoke of the loss of his dear
| friend deathIike stiffness came over the great
! roono T shall never forget it. Mine were not
the only eyes filed with tears The speech had
! such an effect upon the whole company that by
common consent Immediately 1T was ended all
rose from their seats. and no other speech was
heard that evening. / never witnessed such
scene before or since at the Royal Academy"
| Commenting upon the style in which certain
| reprints of classics have been produced, Mr.
| Andrew Carnegie says (aS quoted IN Inc Lon
don starr that he considers IL "a reflection
upon the author to spend money upon binding
| II is reported that Miss Mary Johnston. the
author of ITO Have and to Hold, is writing
another book
| A poem by Byron. beginning
TIE kiss. dear maid thy lip has left,
| Shall never part from mine.
v-os presented by the publisher Murray TO the
coronation bazaar. He believed ths1t II had never
| been published. but it has just been found IN
" 1S.,i ,-oI11r7a of ..The Musical Library. dc-
| coInuanied by music written by MendeIssJhn-
The MARQUIS De Galnnet intends that the Proht
from, the "reminiscences he is writing shaI oe
| - -, tho moor The volume IS to be pub
Iiehed after his death but ne has iately con-
scented TO give some extracts TO the P47c
I,bifa he lives The large sum offered Tor these
cvtr.cfs viii also be applied TO the relief OF the
poor.
- ;.- rorord of his walks and con-