New-York tribune., 1903-04-25

In our magazines the spectrum Is apparently
roins backward and will have to be followed
through the ultimate confines Of the Invisible
spectrurn to complete the circuit. for having
had THE Yellow Book we are now prornlseo
the appearance Of THE Red Book the pro-
tectors OF the former may have chosen the
middle Of the field with the thought that well
begun was In itself half done. The region OF
the greatest wave length has now been sought
for title. though the fiction that VIII appear
in this magazine is to be short. 1t will be pub
lished in Chicago by Trumbull White. cor
resnondent of Chicago newspapers whose ex-
nerience has taken him to the late seat OF war
in the West Indies, to Mexico with William T.
Curtis and to Russia and the East. The first
and current issue Of The Red Book" has among
its contributors Morgan Robertson. Elizabeth
Phipps Train, w. A Fraser. General Charles
King, Cy Warnan and Rene Rache.
Trfboulet. who shared with Brusquet the
honor of being Jester at the court Of Francis L
of France appears in Frederic S. Isham's
'T-nder the Rose" novel which the Bobbs-
Merrill Company is publishing. Mr.. lsham
uses many of the sayings attributed to the
1nocking TribouIet in the old chronicles. ana
where the testers wisdom will serve the pur-
poses of the tale novelist could hardly do bet
ter: "for what says Quna palus? Better Witty
fool than foolish wit" But which gum
apalus was himself r.nains unknown: and. as
Mrs Harris might say. he was not speaking by
the book at the time
Charles Goodrich whiting. associate editor or
1.-The Springfield Republican, issues this week.
through John Lane his miscellany OF rambling
ESSAYS and verse called Walks in New-Eng-
land"
Croclett has written another story Of
historical adventure which is to be published
by Mcclure Phillips & Co. called "Flower-o'-
the-Corn," after girl in Marborough's camp in
Flanders who. in company with the author.
controls the destinies Of the young lieutenant
hero Besides the Duke OF Marlborough. Nine. de
Maintenon. and thus. quite needless to say.
Louis XIV are among the historic figures that
figure in Mr.. Crockett's tale.
The Harpers have Just finished printing
book by Cyrus Townsend Brady. called THE
Bishop" Mr. Brady began his theological
studies after he had resigned from the navy
and was engaged in railroad work. He entered
the Episcopal ministry in 1883. and later be-
came Archdeacon OF Kansas. The bishop In his
latest story is OF q Western type.
That man standing over there" said a news
paper correspondent OF admired friend and
fellow journalist at political convention some
years ago. "cen talk Arabic" "Humph. said
the practical companion at his elbow. 'it would
do him more good in this convention II he could
talk Irish" The Philadelphia journalist still
talks Arabic reads 1t and writes 1t daily for a
pleasurab BILE practice. and is. indeed now one or
the small group OF the worlds foreign Arabic
scholars But, possibly because the suggestion
never reached his ears. he has neglected the
strange tongue that current among the an
cestors OF many of our administrators We do
not know that Mrs. Honor Walsh, journalist
Of Philadelphia and formerly OF st. Louis. talks,
reads writer Arabic. But We are told that she
has begun the study Gaelic with the purpose
Of writing q book CT Irish folk tales. We assume
this will be written. at least translated. into
her native English. But her pubshers-Dana
Estes & Co.-leave US this to infer. This fail.
before this books appearance. they Will issue
for her THE Story Book House" The title
refers to a rambling old Colonial mar nsion in
Virginia. So many Virginia mansions OF this
attractive sort find their way into our story
books that the name is fairly generic. But
here 1t has. is less frequent. to do with chill
dren, successive generations Of them. growing
up in an atmosphere of the good. old fashioned