New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-16
ROCKS And AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

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to Come
The ..Recollections, Literary and Personal"
,,,on which Mr.. Stoddard was engaged Of late,
iii he n,bI;sbed by A S. Barnes & Co. E. c.
c+s5roan sunplies an introduction, and selection
has been made among Mr.. Stoddard's treasures
~ nortraits and autographs to be reproduced in
illustration.
Miss Christabel Coleridge says that the Life
and Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge' is the
first literary work which she has ever done
without the help Of Miss Yonge's sympathy ana
criticism The two were friends for many
years and Miss Yonge had expressed desire
that if her life were written Miss Coieridge
should do it. The first third of the book now
ever, is photographed, and brings the story
down to the subjects fifteenth year. when she
began the intercourse with John heple' MS
wife and his sister, which brought conscious
influence into her life. There are nine portralts
in photogravure, showing Miss Yonge at dlfer-
ent ages The Macmillan Company are the pub
fishers.
ssThe Life and Letters of Brooke Foss West
colt" is published by the Macmillan Company
in two volumes. consisting largely OF MS let
ters The Bishop of Durham was man OF
profound learning and of quiet but earnest re-
ligious zeal The book affords picture OF the
picturesque conservative phases of British life
w A Frazer author of ''Mooswa," q collec-
ton of short stories dealing with the ways OF
Canadian game, and a racing story, Ihorough-
breds." has arranged with Charles Scrloners
Sons to issue collection of short stories of race
track material and also a novel laid in the
Northwest in an environment Of none too doclie
Indians. The title of the novel will be Blood
Lilies"
Canada and Australia practically indie
pendent commonwealth, holding their own par
liarneTrfs, enacting their own tariffs. MAINTAIN
ing their own armies, and discharg1ng all the
functions of independent countries, except IN
the exercise of ultimate sovereignty The
strength of the British Empire lies largely In
this great measure of home government which
its important component parts enjoy. The
contrast with the condition of the American
colonies before the resistance to the Crown is
more than obvious. But from time TO time an
observer makes himself heard who. seeing plain
ly the dignity and power Of the separate Eng
lish dominions and the growth Of the colonies
that broke away, overlooks this important diff
ference in the two situations. He will argue
that if Canada were independent, this and that
benefit would result; that Australia must soon'
by sheer force of circumstances, be a sovereign
host who neglects to note the loyalty, the de-
votion even. of these dominions to the central
rule and their pride in being of the parts
of a vast empire. John R Dos Passos, in his
book, published by the Putnams. THE Anglo
Saxon Century" argues that Canada should be
incorporated with the United States, because
otherwise it might be an obstacle TO the entente
between this country and England To be sure,
Canada would not, in his plan be Withdrawing
all her allegiance from the Crown, because he
would have all the English speaking people
united in one compact against the rest OF the
world. Clash of arms is to be avoided by the
establishment of an international supreme court,
with full jurisdiction to finally determine all
disputes which may hereafter arise between US.
Have you the left shoe OF my grandfathers
hired mann" NO. but 1 have seen your cousins
sisters niece descending from q bus" This sort
Of irrelevance clings to the tradition Of gram
mars Henry Holt & Co. publishing book
Of Easy French" which avoids hackneyed seiec-
tions and examples. While selecting simple ex-
amples the editors have chosen them from good
authors. The book will contain vocabulary
and exercises, and is the work of DR.. Victor E.
Francois of the University Of Michigan and
Professor F. Geroud, Of Gerard College.
The Maine Historical Society is contemplating
the erection of a library building on the OLD
wadsworth Longfellow estate In Portland The
VIII of Longfellow's sister, Mrs Pierce, left the
estate with a condition making this a require
ment- A nephew of the poet. Alexander Wads-
worth Longfellow, of Boston. has been engaged
as architect Fourteen thousand dollars is on
hand or pledged. The library Will be SO placed
not to break the vista OF the garden through
the central hall Of the old house, which runs
from front TO rear in the good old fashion
John Lane announces addition to the Vale
Press series in Michael Fields Julia Donna"
The Vale Press has already included number
of Michael Fields plates. Fair Rosamund."
THE World at Auction" THE Race Of Leaves"
Charles Ricketts, has designed and cut on wood
the decorations OF the present volume. The book
is printed IN two colors.
For the last four thousand years the
Chinese have had a faculty for amusing them
selves with trying to find ou- how many de-
signs can be evolved with various combinations
of small triangular pieces of board.