New-York tribune., 1903-02-23


published by Harper & Bros. later in the spring
as The Kaisers Speeches. The volume viii
contain the important speeches delivered o!
the Emperor during his reign and number OF
observations made before his accession Mr.
Schierbrand has been in close touch with Ger
man national affairs for many years, and is IN
tirnately acquainted with many members OF the
Reichstag.
Lester F Ward author of Outlines Of Sociol-
ogy" publishes. through the Macmillan Conn
pany a treatise the origin and spontaneous
DEVELOPMENT OF society," which he calls Pure
Sociology" He divides his discussion unoer the
heads ~Taxis," Genesis and 'Telesis, dealing
with method, social origins and the factor OF
intelligence.
The opinion that there is noenew thing under
the sun is contradicted by an announcement re-
Gently received. We were informed conhdentai-
" that a certain young novelist had concoc'eo
q plot which was entirely new" AS the booh
has not appeared as vet from the press, we are
forced 10 suspend judgment; hut it is hard 10
slIppre IS all doubt. New material will constant
" come TO hs nd with new conditions The nov
elis+ who prepares Ior his task by subscribing
"a = newspaper clipping agency for all items
descriptive Of some special feature of current
life such. say. automobile accidents or
watered stock manipulations. no doubt viii PRIDE
himself on being much abreast OF the times
But these things Of the surface the body
beneath shows less variation. There may be
many varieties of wate- lilies in different ponds,
but all the ponds presumably will be made or
water And aImos- all the plots that sell by
the thousands to-day are. elementally at least,
TWO or three thousand years old Such extrava-
gance of statement as this hint of an entirely
new plot" is fit make the judicious catch
their breath.
Professor Emory r. johnson. of the Univer
saty of Pennsylvania viii contribute volume
10 Appletons' Business Series on American
Railway transportation
An American edition Of Muir and Ritchie's
-Bacteriology'' edited and revised by Norman
MacLoud Harris professor in Johns Hopkins
University, is issued this week by the Macmillan
Company. The authors. Robert Muir and James
Ritchie, are professors of pathology in the Uni
1rersity Of Glasgow and lecturers the same
subject at oxford. The revision by DR.. Harris
includes an American photography, and many
new Illustrations Of plates and apparatus.
"Bagsbys Daughter" a novel by Bessie and
Marie Van Worst, published by Harper & Bros,
is about TO appear seriaIly in the Paris Temps"
The Putnans are add three new volumes
20 their SERIES Our European Neighbors"
Danish Life in Town and Country" is the work
Of j Brochner. F. H. E Palmer has written the
book on Austria and Lucy Mary Jane Garnett
that on Turkey
1t appears that the author of The Road
r7ender" known as Michael Fairless," was a
woman. Fairless one Of the authors Chris
tian names. She spent a large part of her short
life working among the poor and wrote rec
ord of personal experience. It was only in 1900
-alyi- adv rayaO of
the illness which untitled her for her usual
work The last part Of her book, which por-
trays her actual experiences in Chelsea and
Sussex, written in physical disability and
pain The authors own poverty was voluntary,
and in accord with her rather Franciscan atd-
tude toward the world
John W. Foster. speaking of his book, Amer
lean Diplomacy which Boughton, Miffiin & Co
issued last week says that he has the more
cheerfully undertaken the task from convic-
zion that a narrative Of that intercourse would
reflect great credit upon bis country, and in the
hope that it might stimulate the patriotism Of
its citizens and lead them to ready sup
port Of their government ii the discharge Of
its difficult and enlarged responsibilities"
Gouverneur Morris. the author Of Aladdin
o'Brien." when asked recently why he did not
dranarize his book, replied: Because can't,
and also because don't think the book is suita-
ble for q play Mr.. Morris said he did not be-
neve in authors dramauzing their own novels
-If play Is TO be made out Of book" he said,
~the who writes the play ought to be a
bigger man than the author. Shakespeare gath
cred stories. improved them, and then made
them into plays. The only way 10 dramatic
novel, playwright said not long ago, is for
the dramatist to read the book and then forget
all about it"
Professor W. B. Cairns, OF the University of
Wisconsin. has in preparation for publication
by the Putnams in the fal Brief History of
American Literature" planned for college
courses.
In the latter part of next month Charles
Scrfhners Sons Will publish a collection Of
stories by Miss Josephine Dodge Daskam, IN
der the title Of Middle Age Love Stories" "a
Reversion 70 Type and Julia the Apostate" are
two of the stories Of which there are to be seven
in all.
Mrs Gertrude Atherton will publish the re-
suits Of her study for her novel, The Conquer
or" in a volume to be issued by the Macmillan
Company, containing "A Few OF Hamilton's
Letters" The selection is made with the pur-
pose Of making much material not included in
biographies the regular collection, accessible
TO many readers. The famous Andre letter is
included. also a copy of the deed Of separa-
tion Of Hamitons grandparents. the Fawcetts,
copied from the records of Nevis. The letter
which Mrs. Atherton discovered at Copenhagen.
describing the tornado which is incorporated in
the novel here appears for the first time.
Miss Mary Johnston. author of ITO Have and
To Hold & a a Nassau n