New-York tribune., 1903-01-31

T Edgar Pemberton author of THE kendals
and ELLEN Terry and Her Sisters will be pup
lished by Dodd Mead & Co. in the course OF the
spring.
Horses Nine" is the title under which Charles
Scribner's Sons will issue a collection or SEVEN
Frord's stories Saddle horses. carriage horses
draught horses. circus horses and hre truck
horses are some of the sorts which he portrays-
A favorite theme of the authors is the fate
which befalls horses of high standing wheh
their fortunes change and their habits and tastes
remain the same. The heroes OF these 'aleS
are Skipper. Chieftain. Pacha, Barnacies' Black
Eagle. Calico. Old Silver, Blue Blazes and Bon
fire The book is illustrated.
II the translator has his difficulties. he can
revenge himself at times by turning the tables
on his readers In the translation Of Pierre
Lofts last DAYS of Pekir," which Little.
Brown & CO. have issued. the description OF
the international occupation Of the fort at
Ning-Hia contains this paragraph:
The flags of the seven allied nations float
there together arranged in alpha betica! order'
al the end of long poles guarded by plcketS-
Austria France Germany, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan. Russia.
We get the mental picture Of the f1uttering bits
OF color against the sky. the red stripes OF
Austria broken with green, the French tricolor,
the black and the red Of the Kaiser, the cross
bars of Britain. the upright green and red OF
Italy the round red ball of the little japanese
empire. the standard of the Bear-and then
sudden doubt assails and we mutter Won
derfngly alpha betical?' Surely, this was writ
ten in French. The irony Of the alphabet would
then have given first place to the arch enemy of
France Then not having the French version
before U.s. we fall to wondering whether Lott
whether the nations adopted the French Ian
guage as the tongue of diplomacy and treaties
Otherwise, what opportunity for military
wrangle! Alphabetical, yes; but In German
we can fancy the commander of one column
saving with the idea of flying the colors, thus:
Germany England, France Italy. Japan, Aus
tria Russia. And then picture the objection Of
the sturdy alert japanese; as all our readers
know, the alpha betical arrangement in his Ian
suage would be-but let not grow pedantic.
The Frederick J. Quinby Company of Boston,
announces a complete translation, in uniform
edition, of the works of Paul de Kock, the
French novelist whose name was a name to con-
jure with among thousands of readers half
century ago. This edition will embrace all of
his novels and tales. The work of translation
has been accomplished by Mary Hanford Ford,
who has had considera BILE experience in such
undertakings. A critical and biographical in
PRODUCTION will be supplied by NJ. Jules CIaretie,
who knew De Kock, and was, indeed, warmly
attached to him. Good press work will be Law
ished upon the edition. which the publishers
aim at making the standard in English
L. c. Page & Co, of Boston, have published
book by Katherine Bingham, called THE Phila-
delphians, AS Seen by NewYork Woman"
About March - Dodd. Mead & Co. will bring
out novel by Josiah Flynt, dealing with crimi-
nal life TO be called ''The Redemption of Rod
erick Clowd."
Little Brown & Co. will bring out in the
spring novel by Anna Chaplin Ray, who
has been mainly known for girls books called
''The Dominant Strain The story sets forth a
profftless attempt to reform man who has in
herited an appetite for drink after marriage.
The late Julian Ralph had prepared a num-
ber of articles for "Harpers Magazine which
are to appear in the course of the ensuing year.
One entitled ''The American Tyrol," will be
published in the issue of the magazine for
March Another describes a trip through New
England made by Mr. Ralph in company with a
tin pedler He had recently made trip to the
remote regions of Kentucky. The arttcie writ
ten on this subject will be illustrated by his son.
Lester Ralph.
This years issue will mark the twenty-ffth
anniversary of 'AppIetons Dictionary Of New
York" A special effort is being made to have
its revision notable. and to increase its scope
where the material warrants it. The publication
was originally made in imitation of the Die
tionary of London" issued by the son Of Charles
Dickens.
The second volume of the Rev. ]. Gurnhill's
book The Morals of Suicide" is issued by
Longmans, Green & Co. this week. 1t contains
a summary of reviews and later statistics and
an Essay Personality
Churchill Williams's story, which the Lothrop
Publishing Company announce under the title
THE Captain" is built about the personality of
pains in his research, and aims to present a
faithful and impressive picture of the leader.
The Macmillan Company has in preparation
a new novel by Mrs. Nancy Huston Banks. the
scene of which is laid in another corner of the
Kentucky country.
A story of the White Mountain country of
seventy-hve years ago. having It's central In
terest in the tragedy known as the ''WfIey
Slide" has been written by G. FRANKLIN Wiley
A native of the neighborhood, and bearing the
same name as the family which was suddenly
wiped out by the catastrophe. Mr.. Wiley has
had easy access to the oldest inhabitants. who
bava eyolyed a number of legends and a deal