New-York tribune., 1903-02-09

ons ,ar,sd store Of manuscripts at hand III
eyer that threatened uniform edition in Enghsh
Of the Russians works is given to the worio 'he
capacities Of existing libraries VIII nave 10 pe
enlarged
,sare,koush while approaching Tolstoy's
senius and achievements. contends In MS re-
GENTLY published volume the novelist that his
,,h;,on+rronic renunciations are superficial. Ig-
,or;ne the use made of his property, he is never
tbe,ess extremely comfortable under the care Of
his wife.
T. is true that his study is plain, but it is
adapted for working purposes. eNcellently ven,
tilated, very quiet and very renneo. SpeSiai
Vegetarian dishes are served at his table. but
his wife has succeeded in making them so appe-
tizinr and varied that they are in reality more
choice than dishes OF meat. toistoy areSs a., S Is
ter gray flannel. very SOFT and warm ana IA
summer loose cool blouses OF a peculiar cut,
Everything is made to sit on MN coHlIortaolS
and easily The countess cares for him like an
untiring nurse, and only leaves him for niue
while at a time. AS for many years sne mas
studied u1inutely the habits Of her husband, she
can see directly he leaves the study from ms
mere look how he has got on with his WORK anu
what hunor he is in. II he wants anything
conied she at once LAYS aside all the work OF
which her HANDS are always full, and by the pre-
scribed time the copy Is carefully written out oy
her hand and laid her husbands writing
ia Bile More than this. in the careful hands OF
his wife Tolstoy's money has steadily increased
and he is now a very wealthy HAL
John NJ Gould. Of the Suffolk CMass) bar
has annotated the twenty-five legal arguments
of Webster which have been included In the
National Edition" of his writings, now In
preparatio by Little. Brown & Co
THE American Cotton Industry: Study Of
Works and Workers is the title Of a book an
nounced for early publication by Charles Serb
ner,s Sons. 1t is the result of thorough in
parts of the land by an Englishman aiming to
gather information for British use. The papers
couposing the book were contributed by I. NJ
Young the author to THE Manchester Guar
dian Elijah Helm, secretary to the Manchester
Chamber OF Commerce. writes an introduction
Marie Van Worst has been asked what her
motive was IN writing UP the conditions she
pictures In her forthcoming book, ''The Woman
Who Tolls" She says:
Since the articles In "Everybody's'' came out
! am constantly asked What Is your moti'e'
/ am more than anxious to reply TO this in some
public way The true artist and poruayer or
life admits no motive when he writes poem @ or OF
paints a picture or draws a design. Ine IN
vestigation that has followed in The Woman
Who Tolls" So far as l am concerned, was IN
spired by my desire to see and know the woman
OF the People from and upon her own plane.
wished If possible to describe her truthfulIy
for the world to This was my original idea
The motive, the moral, the solving or proO4enhs,
I leave to the reader as he runs.
If the figure of the Woman of the Mllls can
awaken one spark of interest arouse one effort
IN her behalf make to beat one pulse OF human
feeling for her sake. / shall feel that my de-
scription of her has not been in vain
Human Destiny in the Light of Revelation
is the title chosen by John F. Weir for his dis
cussion OF questions OF Biblical revelations. 1t
will be published about the last of the month by
Houghton, Miff1in & Co.
Mcclure Phillips & Co. will publish in the
course of the month volume of selections from
the discourses of DR.. Felix Adler. under the
title Life and Destiny