New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28

heroine an
Engiishman owning a great country estate. The
| story shows the contrasts in the lives of the
rich and the poor in rural England.
| Portraits of Mr.. Henry James would appear
to be rare. At all events, reproductions OF them
are not often vouchsafed to the public. For
years the only portrait available was a photo
| graph that was taken a long time ago, and Mr.
| Rothenstein's admirable drawing has been very
seldom seen in the periodicals. Recently. how
ever, the publication of The Wings of the
Dove" has brought out portrait which. if not
new is certainly unfamiliar This is the por-
| trait by Mrs Anna Lea Merritt, which We re-
| produce to-day. 1t is interesting, and. We should
| Judge from the reproduction, q clever piece of
| painting.
M. Camille ILLUMINATION is bringing out a new
work on volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
| Frank r Stockton had some interesting ex-
periences in the way of alligator hunting IN
Florida and left paper describing them This
| is soon to appear in st Nicholas
There is to be a new edition of Sir Thomas
More,s "TTtopia - the editor being that compe-
| tent person Mr. Churton Collins. He is writing
an introduction for this edition. and he IS also
engaged upon edition Of the works OF Robert
Greene, a dramatist whose career was as vile
as his pen clever. Only five OF Greenes
many plays survive-the rest found slow De
struction in the cupboards of theatres or were
burned up in the great fire OF London But
PLAYS aside most people remember Greene Dy
that delicious song beginning:
Like TO Diana in her summer weed,
Girt with d crimson robe of brightest dye
Goes fair Samela-"
Earl Russell. who, as all men know. lately
spent some time in Jail. occupied his enIorced
leisure in the composition of instructive ESSAYS
These he is about to publish in a volume under
the title of Lay sermons
The much talked Of "commercialization' and
"vulgarzation'' of literature do not appear 10 ne
making any progress in these days, ana groaiia
from faint hearts are not in order. Divers
successes" of recent date are dead as nalI IN
door" and the most expansive magazine eQ-l'r
has no use for their writer's MEANWHILE I-rle
is q strong demand for books OF serious F1iIue
That reminds us that any body VINO wants 4
copy of the forthcoming facsinle issue u ING
First Folio Shakespeare must WitcH lIe duCtig
rooms of the future; all the copies nave a'i1~NS
been taken up
Marparet l. Woods an EnglishwOman. VINO
has shown real power, and a nigh lInaSlhi!l'1
i'm both prose and verse. is writing poetc>!
play 1t Is called The Princess OF HanoEtr,
and its heroine is that unhappy Sophlt 10, OtIVI
of CeIla at whose door Count hOnlgSiliFck was
slain. and whose husband became king Ge'Ise
1 OF England
Mr. Stephen Phillips never gets anything 5ut
the frankest truthfuIness from The SATURDAY
Review" Its latest characterization Of MIN IS
the poet of mediocrity-" There IS no injustice
in that
The author Of The Green CarnatiOn" is bring
ing out a new novel the story Of an impression
a hi. Youth who after some sOrrowfuI experI-
erces is saved from cyniCiSm by the influence
of one whose intellect he had been inclined 10
despiSe-''
The biography of the late Robert Buchanan.
,,r;tter hv Miss JAY his SSter-in-laW. IS netiIly
ready for publication We are told that II VII
contain details OF the episode when so rOu@VI
1,nrIish authors against the young ScotchIIan
INC production OF unsigned article on "--1L
10 scnr.i as the feshIy school Of poetry