New-York tribune., 1903-03-30

4 49,, .r. FD-ancaN Pcwslrs THE House On the
xsus.o- which IL described combintnS the
rharnrter4sricx Of Q detective story a-ia TO
nance: and Annie FIfTt's story called "A GIT
az Ideas" In this tale an author whose manu-
nc-.u.s meet general rejection opens an once
- .h. sa.I,nx of ideas to established writer's
s,,s t,acoroos a much read author by proxy.
u,--, Robertss 'aTramp's Handbook" which
John Lane has issued. is illustrated from pen
ana Ink sketches by William Pascoe, some OF
zp4Ech serve es diagrams for the proper htcneS
sor sent-pitching and 50 forth time s601e o.
ths opeuing of flowers shows . convenient way
70 get the time Of day on the road; oniy 1ne
hours fron 10 e. NJ to p. n. are without tneF
sppronraate flower tinaekeeper. snort RocAou-
asrvt tE included of Romany and travellers cant
xsts Dou9lsx WtxEtn is on the way to Eng
land where It Is her custom to spend the epitne
and summer. The Baroness Won Hutten auS0OR
of .41r,r Lady of the Beeches." is also sailing
In the fourth volume of the writings ol Ed
vard FITZGERALD. which che Macmillan COM
psuy issued last week volume CT 1e''eAe'
there is an interesting reference to the expeFi-
Y.eat OF q university production OF GreeA p'0''
and the possibility that the suggestion may "A'e
come originally from the translator oi Ine
RUbafyaI- He writes tF SudLteS AAAO~
under date December 20 GSS2). as follows:
You may have read somewhere OF an lA A'aS az
At our Cambridge over here. Thirty years ae3
6i6 tel the Greek professor now Master OF
Trinity) Have Greek tragedy IN ~nst s - 20
cfs1tiv Important to stir up the 'Dons" Coweh
spvtted me to see and hear AJAX put T. re.
mained here, content TO snuH az AT IL I'm 0nd on
- tbe very day that AJAX Fretted ais houE uii
the stage my two old housekeepers were Hz ceie
hra.fnr their fftieth golden wedding over
6offIe or port wine in an adjoining ROOM thougn
IN that happy catastrophe 1 did not rur rtilef
5oin-
7-ns Macmillan Company has lately added to
fbe saTenrIe Classics" Crabbe's poem called
.sThe Borough" The pencil drawing OF the au-
thor by Sir Francis Chantrey. r. A. Wnich
hanks in the National Portrait Gallery. has been
reproduced as frontispece-
The Putnans have decided to extend the WORK
done in Edgar Mayhem Bacon's Hudson AlVer
from Ocean to Source" and Frederick 3. OeIen-
bsugh's Romance Of the Colorado River iflto
n series to be called THE Rivers OF Nor'n
America. Historic and Picturesque" The next
volume will be devoted to the Connecticut H1Ver'
and has been undertaken by Edwin Monroe
rsscon. who Will spend the summer in gather
ing material along its course The book VIII
be published in the winter
p putton & Co. will tegin series Of auto
ntosraphies with that Of Cellini, translated py
Anne MacDonnen. Hans Andersens VIII fol-
low shortly after and the series, OF course VIII
not lack material
. The War Journals Of the Prussian Field
Marshal Count Won Blumenthal referring TO
The Austrian and French campaigns, are TO be
] r,uhlisbe6 by Loagmars, Green Co. Tney
were written 10 serve notes for further me-
snoirs and do not therefore, aim to be complete.
They present nevertheless, a picture OF the
daily work and thought Of the famous chief OF
STAFF in stirring times. and have many personal
touches
The titles Of the two novelettes and the short
sst,,yv which are included IN the New Volume
Of Stories" by Zack published by the Scribners,
sre The Roman Road story of an English
manor house and its inmates; THE Beiance';
and The Thoughty Ones" the tale of the youth
Of two boys
Professor Simon Newcomb, whose "Reninis-
cences Of an Astronomer is promised for pub
ncation next autumn. has been elected president
Of the Congress OF Scholars which will assemble
at St Louis in September, 1904. in connection
with the exposition. The vice-presidents are
Professor Albion Small. Of Chicago, and Pro-
fessoT Hugo Nunsterberg. OF Harvard
With Macdonald in Uganda" is the title Of q
description by Major Herbert Austin, member
Of the expedition against the mutiny Of the
Soudanese troops, which Longmans, Green q
Co. are publishing The expedition is described
from beginning to end and the hope is expressed
that it may serve to remove many Of the erro-
neous impressions which exist as to the outbreak
Of the mutiny. The book is illustrated
The list OF characters in Percy Mackaye's play
IN verse written around Chaucer as the leading
Part which has just been published by the
Macmillan Company under the title 1.-The Can
terbury Pilgrims" is quite long 1t is divided
into two parts those characters which taken
from the Canterbury Tales and those which are
not In the first there are thirty men and four
women, and in the second fourteen and
three women.
Houghtor. Midiin & Co. issued translation OF
Etienne Pivert de Senancour's "Obermanns Let
ters 70 Friend" in q limited edition in October,
1901, that the advertisement OF a different
publisher setting forth another edition of these
letters TOW fo- the first time presented in
English is trihe Inaccurate The translation
Of the earlier edition was made by Miss Jessie
Peabody rockingham. who had already trans
lated the Journal of Maurice de Guern-
selection Of the letters was given, not the en-
dire work which ts bulky. The edition was in
two volumes.
Albert e Galistin's monograph On Aubrey
Beardsey's Art'' is to be published on April /
By Godfrey A. s. Wleners, at the sign OF the