New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-07
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

Montague Howard is publishing elaborate
book through the Scribners. entitled "Old Lon
don Silver: It's History, Its Makers and Itc
Marks" More than 90 per cent of all the silver
in England, It is said. has always been fashioned
in London. The author has qualified himself to
speak the subject by long experience as
buyer of old silver for firm In this city. He
has also had the assistance of his father. who
has made special study of the subject. 1t has
been the authors pleasure also to pursue some
original investigat ions into obscure or doubtful
points that have arisen in studying the previous
literature of old silver. The volume opens with
a history of the Siversmiths' act. Many of the
goldsmiths of the time distinguished men,
even Lord Mayors of London some Of them. A
chapter frauds has been prepared with espe
cial care Some two hundred pages are given
up to the tables of makers marks and hall
marks. The hall marks have been in for
five or six centuries, and make positive and ex-
act knowledge possible. The book is illustrated.
and contains many facsmes.
Articles by Charles Hemstreet on the literary
associations of this city are to be published in
volume designed for the Christmas season by
the Putnams. The articles have been revised
and enlarged. Mr.. Hemstreet takes the literary
figures that have been identified with the city,
and traces the traditions that have grown about
them ana their work. The volume, which Is
illustrated, is entitled Literary New-York: Its
Landmarks and Associations
DR. Horace Howard Furness received odd
gift upon his seventeen birthday. Monday. from
his friend Dr. Paul Haupt professor of Hebrew
at Johns Hopkins. The Hebrew scholar adj
dressed the Shakespeare authority In the cunei-
form characters of old Assyria. The paper en-
which the message written made to
look as near as possible like the cracked surface
of a clay tablet In translation the message
reads as follows:
To my lord. Horacu. Huwariu. the Of
FURNISH, the Philadelphia; thy servant Paul,
son of Ha-uptu the Batimorean: A hearty,
hearty greeting to my lord on this suspicious
day, the day of All Souls, when three score and
ten years since thou vast born in the City of
Brotherly Love, on this day may the great gods
be propitiOus to my lord; length of days, health
OF mind and body, may they grant to my lord!
My wife and little daughter pray for the life OF
my lord May thy heart ever be of good cheer
May the spirit of the Prince of all writers that
ever lived in the land Britannia protect the life
of his great priest and keep thee whole. For
whatsoever. for the end of days. may the good
thou has done live after thee. written in books
not in water, May the tooth Of time never gnaw
the works of thy hands, May thy labors of
the end of days full of the milk of kindness, the
helper Of all his friends! Nebo. the Scribe of the
Universe, hath joyfully looked on thy deeds and
decreed thou not of age, but for all
times
Written in the city Of Baltimuru, which is in
the land OF Mariah on the first day of the elev-
enth month in the year of our Lord, 1903.