New-York tribune., 1902-03-15
NOTES FROM LONDON.
.,rzsr NEWS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF
ENGLISH PUBLISHERS.

LATEST NEWS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF
ENGLISH PUBLISHERS.
...-svbt. 1902: BY The Tribuns AssodationO
rs,..,al to The Tribune by French cabel
London March a.
while many books have been held over until
,,,,,ron on account Of the public interest in
-, coronation, the year is not likely to De
a-ksbIe for literary surprises. The project
's aaD. Is exciting the liveliest interest among
L,,.,srs is Lord woseleys memoirs. This
PI,-,s "a not more than half finished, and is
,,,,elv TO appear this year. Lord Wolseley
H =, excellent literary adviser. who is con-
- - every turn, and the memoirs will con-
%. military commentaries and political refec-
= - the highest interest, while the story OF
- .,,sn.fnl service will rival in interest Lord
-,,nerts's record of forty-one years in India
- Wolseley is more disputatieus, and not
,1,.,y N mass over in silence the many burning
nusstions Of English military history.
,.,,ss Bryce is revising the biographical and
-, napers he has published in various
-.-Foaiesls in recent years. and the collection
,u ,,rlude three volumes of essays. The first
M contain critical papers on Lord Beacons-
ga and other leaders in politics and letters. and
iii he published in the autumn by Macmillan.
nd the series will be rapidly completed. Mr..
T3-yoe will probably supply additional chapters
g. agrhe American Commonwealth" but is not
vkeIy TO take up the new policies OF expansion
.,5 colonial empire with precipitate haste, al
.houeb he has recently been making journeys to
nTerico and the West Indies.
Macmillan will publish in the autumn the
o.sc,ai diary OF the recent imperial tour, with
..,t Nv Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace and IL
,rstrations by Chevalier De Marteno. Pritch-
,ra,s Patagonia" illustrated by Millais, has
hssn purchased for publication by Appleton IN
.hs autumn. Among the books reserved for
..,,v publication Fisher Unwin has an excel
,srt translation OF Villaris Barbarian Invasion
- Ttalv" in two volumes. This learned work
ss,ls with the rise OF natIonalities on the ruins
~ the ancient world wherein the predominance
r., single civilization has been recognized. The
s.ye is luminous and the treatment of the sub
,sc philosophical A new life OF Captain John
BROWN. with an unbiased account Of bleeding
Kansas and Harpers Ferry, will be Issued by
the same press next month. the proof sheets
disclosing sympathetic treatment and avoidance
Of controversial points. Crabbe Ruskin, Hobbies
and Richardson are among the subjects OF lit
e-ary biography promised in the summer and
autumn The revival Of the poetic drama under
the leadership OF Stephen Phillips may impart
a greatly needed stimulant TO English writers
but novelists Of the first rank are tempted to
reIinquish the labors of romance writing for
the easier and more profitable work for the
stage One Of the most successful writers in
both fields admits that a play can be finished
without drudgery In the course of a few weeks
whereas many months required for the
production Of a work Of fiction with a good
short style OF dialogue. Among the novels with
historical coloring promised for the summer or
autumn are Arthur Paterson's The Kings
Agent" a story OF the Marlborough period:
Mrs. stepney Rswson's "Journeyman Love-"
romance Of the time OF Louis Philippe, and
Sydney Grier's Prince OF the Captivity" Err
nest Vizetely is making book on the originals
of Bluebeard as found in various nteratures.
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