New-York tribune., 1903-04-04


The translation by D. P. Chase. first published
in Oxford in 1S47, has been revised and is here
issued in two volume form The A. Vessels
Company announces. also. that Bacon's Essays"
is in preparation. to be issued in a smaller
form. Size has been standard for
philosophical ideas. and classification prob
ably is implied A third series IS about to be
started, beginning with Jesses Charles the Sec
ond" and Cunningham's STORY of Nell Gwynne."
AS Doran observes in his English Stage" Mis-
tress Nell spoke prologues with wonderful eff
feet; fact which makes her a fitting subject
for the beginning Of a series. The Cavalier King
was even moro attached to the actress than she
to him. and they are hardly to be separated
But just what the informing purpose of this
third series is to be- whether its direction will
be mainly historical OF picturesque and anec-
dotaI, its projectors neglect to say.
w B. Lawson, the English financial writer
and economist, who has published study OF
American Industrial Problems" through Nc
Clure Phillips & Co. has had considerable op-
pOrtunitv to observe conditions in this country
through residence here OF some years. and an
acquaintance with railroad men, bankers and
politicians. He has returned to England anu
takes an outside view Of the situation His aim
has been to state conditions as clearly and as
| much without prejudice as possible; to forecast
likely developments, to point out possible PIT
falls and to sound warnings. He goes at some
extent into the trust problem the trade union
difficulties and the question Of currency.
Cutclife Hyne furnishes example Of wan
derlust'' hardly surpassed by many writer's OF
fiction, however keen their pursuit OF mate
rial" This itinerant novelist. if the expression
may be allowed. makes point Of covering at
least ten thousand miles OF new ground every
year. It is obvious, on a planet that Is only
twenty-five thousand miles in circumference at
the equator that there is a limit to the new ten
thousand mile trips mortal man can take
yearly It would be a pity II so enterprtsing
writer should outlive his ability to find ne"
worlds 70 write about. The Macmillan Company
Will publish a story by this modern Alex
ander in the coming autumn. The novel taxes
its title "McTodd," from character areaoy
familiar TO Mr.. Hynes readers in his Advent
ures Of Captain Kettle"
The history and significance of the Non-Juror
movement in the life Of the English Church
has not received the last word as yet by any
means. The announcement of Smith, Elder q
Co and Thomas Whitaker that a new discus
sion of this subject by Canon Overton. OF Lin
coin. will soon come from the press is inter-
esting.
The Rev John Harrington Edwards, a re-
tired pastor of Brooklyn, has published a dis
cussion of what he takes TO be a relation be-
tween the laws of music and the design or the
universe in volume he calls God and Music
He believes that in the aesthetic charm of music
there is So strong a semblance to matters divine
as to make the relationship worthy of careful
| consideration The argument grows out of the
belief that the being and disposition Of God are
| clearly intimated and illustrated in the ele-
ments Of music. The book does not attempt to
cover the whole territory Of theological sesthet-
| les but is limited to that part which is found
| in the art and exact science Of music. The au-
| thor believes that the elaborate mathematics Of
| music the frame of rigid laws which give sta
biIity and universally to the system Of sweet
sounds but are nevertheless plastic and obedt-
ent to the inspiration Of the composer. indicate
| a mathematical mind the origin of the
| acoustic universe.
! The practical utility Of music healing
| agent of many diseases, especially Of the brain
and nerves, is treated in one chapter.
Pett Ridge author Of "Erb" a London labor
| story recently issued by the Appletons, is a man
| Of rnethodcaI habits. Every morning he writes
| in his rooms in the heart of London, and every
| afternoon goes down into Kent to visit his
Young nephew. Every evening, when free from
| engagements, he wanders in London streets try
ing 10 find places he is not already acquainted
with and people he has not seen DeIore- ne Fe-
| Gently remarked in lecture that the descrip-
tive writer who wanted TO gain bread should
take loaf"
William Burton's History and Description Of
English Porcelain" which has been issued in
England is included among the spring an
rouncements Of A. Vessels Company. The book
is designed to be useful to both collectors and
manufacturers Being illustrated with coored
plates furnishing a survey of examples Of the
lest period It may have more recondite use
fulness The farmer who observed a cOnserva-
tive bicycIist trundling his machine up q steep
hill, and remarked that he calculated as how
that was good way to ride wheel was with
in the limits of his deduction, not greatly in
error. Some fanciers of porcelain, by no means
uninteIigent or uninformed. have to be content
TO house their collections within the covers Of a
few chosen volumes.
Eleanor Gates has said that her novel The
Biography Of a Prairie Girl" was the outgrowth
of a shorter story she had previously written.
Mrs. Tuly has made deliberate attempt to
give a picture Of conditions of life on West
ern farms and ranches, particularly as they
affect the young, and in consequence takes her
story with much seriousness. Speaking of its
purpose and inception, she said recently:
It was a gradual growth. I sent the story
"Badgy" to THE Century Magazine" year
that I write book telling the experiences Of
the prairie girl and the story Of those who
helped the conquest of the Northwest.
The purpose of the book is to give picture
OF farm life in Dakota during the '10s. / do
not exaggerate the sombre side of prairie life.
nor do L eXaggerate its joys L believe that
the country child grows old sooner than the city
child because the country child oftener does
manual labor of heavy kind when he or she is