New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-20

| their creations and enjoy complaining that theS
| are frequently worsted In one OF MIS- warn
| addresses at the Passmore Edwards 0et'ieiiieil
| she outlined her own experiences:
! Time passes, and every scheme in which tneFe
is a germ of life develops in ways some eXpecte1
some uneA pect ed. and makes its own CHARACTER
IT is fike-if may take an Illustration from my
own trade-it is like a character in novel. Inc
story teller plans ii in this way or IN that lou
scribble down your first sheet OF paper suGh
and such incidents. Your hero is 10 enc pduIS
or to end well. Marriage bells there shaiI Ger,
tainiy be!--on that last far on page VI IL you
are in a sterner mood, you see all the FORCES Vi
the pit unclaimed about your poor puppets ~
shipwreck-a railway accident-some new as
/ ease with a long name-you write 1t down il!eA
orally But then you begin your work ana
after a little while, as your grip tlshtehs' as
vour characters come out Of the mist they pc
DIN to make themselves to shape their own
story Your idea remains. If 1t had any virtue
often one looks back with strange thrlil TO see
how near the thought Of the end has oeeh 10
the thought of the beginning. But on the way
it has taken to itself score OF fresh Iorihs anu
developments.
Fsoericke 6, Tafel have issued a little hand
book on the treatment of dogs in sickness Inc
compilation is the work of E. P. Anshutz. Inc
text has also been revised by Dr. James l. Kent
Directions for homeopathic doses In cure OF d
variety of troubles which dogs are heir to are
given with a brief materia medica several
familiar paintings are reproduced in illustration
This small volume should prove a convenience
tn owners of dogs and medicine chests
Mr. p Belfort Bax completes his study of
THE Social Side of the Reformation In Ger
MANY with third volume devoted to the 'Rise
and Fall of the Anabaptists." The book Is
among the recent importations of the Macmillan
Company
Fl. L. Wilson'S novel, 1.-THE Spenders," has
been dramatized by Edward Rose for William
n Crane who will produce the play in this city
in September.
An interesting book Of Photographic views,
well reproduced, of scenes in the Danish west
Indies st. Thomas, St Croix and ST John' mas
been prepared by DR.. Charles Edwin Taylor as
a timely reminder of the beauties ana ao-
vantages of these island possessions winch
have recently been the subject of negotiations
between this country and Denmark. The SYM
nathfes of the writer evidently in favor or
the sale, although he is careful to express the
thought that the Danish rule has been uni
forrnIv pleasant and benefcent The COM
mercal condition Of a colony once eAuao'-
dinarily prosperous now leaves much 10 De
desired and American capital and enterprise
are looked to as the needed stimulant Inc op-
position TO the sale in Denmark has brought
things to a standstil, unless the report Oh 'ne
commission that has recently returned home
the deadlock The photographs are due 10 MI
Glare F. Taylor who accompanied the scienuhc
narties which ascended Mont Pelee ana Id
souffriere in the capacity Of photographer
Miss Lillian Bell published through the Har-
pers yesterday a novel called The Do"ase'
Countess and the American Girl" which oealS
with strained domestic situations 1olo"lns up0A
an international marriage.
When Mrs Toulnin Smith. or. as she is better
known Mrs. L. T. Meade, was q little glfl she
showed the story telling faculty, which mas leo
to the output of many novels her sraiu-
mother one summer day discovered her IN the
field adjoining a country rectory, in Ireland
where they were at the time seated under a
wild rose hedge, and sobbing bitterly
INV dear child said the old lady "hat
is the matter? Have you hurt yourself my
darling?''
ooh no I'm not hurt, not exactly" an
s1vered the youngster, trying to control the con-
vulsive heaving OF her grief
Then what is wrong. my dear?'
II am crying about Herbert.
.sJerbert?" asked the old lady. puzzled. "anc
pray who is HERBERT"
"A little boy I am making up the an
swer
Mrs. Meade does not remember now who Her
bert was and what rendered him so pathetic,
b,,+ she recalls as though it yesterday the
poignant sorrow that his misadventures caused
her
study of Napoleon has become as certain as
death. and a little more so than taxes, which to
some extent may be sworn off. Frederic Mas
| sons Napoleon. Lover and Husband is the
latest in the field. 1t is issued by the Werner
Company, and is analysis Of the influence OF
JosfDhine upon the affairs of empire
Lee Sterns Holden has prepared a biography
of Robert Quincy Beer, an Ohio publisher VINO
died some thirty years ago, and who maintained
a reputation as something of wit in his day.
The book is now going through the press or
Holden & Co and will probably appear in
the first week in July. 1t will be illustrated
and will contain sketches of many educators
men Of letters. publishers and humorists of Mr.
Beers acquaintance. which was wide one
Little. Brown & Co. have issued "Ashnont's
Kennel Diseases a book on the proper care
and treatment of dogs, by DR.. ]. Frank
| Perry. The pen name under which DR..
Perry has written on these subjects for many
! wears was the name of the kennels which he
formerly owned Kennel Secrets his
latest volume previously. He graduated
! from the Harvard Medical School in 1873.
- o. Jones and How He Earned His Living
| is the title of a story for boys by R. S. Warren
Bell which the Macmillan Company has
| Gently imported.
| of ms to nd