New-York tribune., 1903-07-06


~. immediate success of Cousin Kate" at the
usvn,arket is a fresh proof that turgid problem
-,sys reeting with immortality not wanted
.s that wholesome comedy brightly written
a-ouns a simple theme is one Of the safest in
,,sstments for the box Office
.-oong the new art shows, Mr. Gould's car
..o,s at the Continental Gallery drawing
.e-baps the largest throng of spectators. and
-, ana good entertainment, and ordinarily go
s,,o,. the room a second time. Mr.. Gould is ex-
-.,,aa as a draughtsman by Mr. Sambourne, Mr..
11o-4rsdge. Mr. Phil May and other artists OF
.T3,nch |" but In drollery and comic spirit he is
,+bout a rival in the caricature of the day.
This collection includes fifty tinted drawings
,u,,s+rating "Froissart's Modern Chronicles" and
- eighty cartoons for THE Westminster Ga
,e+.e,, on current politics. The F,roissart pict-
,-os recently described in one of my letters,
- n fs only necessary to commend them again
az admirable examples Of good natured, whim-
,.eeI earieatuFe. The cartoons cover nine
,,,o,fbs Of English politics, from the Education
conflict to Mr. Chamberlain's ZoliVereln pro-
.a,e and are enjoyed with equal zest by
Tror,es and Liberals-and that is satisfactory
80. ~ the essential truthfulness of the work.
-. oo,1ection does not include 1.-THE Zoliverein
,-11,o,,sI,," 4" with Mr. Chamberlain kicking out
.-i,b nbenomenai energy and keeping a tight
~ ,,nop the 'yailer'' girl, Mr.. Balfour, who is
so,,,rp with her skirts and shrinking from the
s,rl;ns maze That iHinitable cartoon was
,,-or,ntIv purchased for a private collection as
= ,,asterpieee of modern earicature. Mr. Cham
terIain and MT BalfouF are, however, the chier
feures in the pictorial procession as one jour
,,svs around this room, and the comieal aspects
- .teir noliticai adventures are admirably de-
,,i-tes Sir John Teaniel was non-partisan IN MS
Sav hit he never succeeded in suppressing his
,6n,iration for Mr. Gladstone and his contempt
for Lord Beaconsfeid; and Mr. Gould discrim-
,,a.ss nossibv unconsciously, between Mr..
Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour. invariably exag-
versting the robust traits of the one and be-
,.+.T,re the feminine qualities of the other. But
he makes good fun of each and is never malig-
,s,t The ZoIlverein champions have all the
hest oaricaturists against them. for Punch" has
not KENT an open mind the proteetienist re-
,dyal hut has Joined The Westminster Ga
zette" in pictorial assaults upon it.
Ingenious advertising is one of the best re-
sources Of the modern, wideawake puoIlsher'
and Mr.. John Lane is one of the masters Of the
srt He recently called attention to a mys-
.erious manuscript which had been left at his
of7ee without name or address, and requested
the author 10 come forward and sign con-
+ract for early publication Paragraphs about
she historical novel in a red box followed one
another and the publishers search for the IN
known author became a matter OF public
rotoriety GIimpses of the manuscript were
offered TO the curious, and the literary para
graphers gossiped pleasantly about the local
color and sustained action of story which had
.r,pressed the publisher and his adviser; but the
writer remained obstinately in the background
and declined to disclose his identity and come 10
an agreement respecting royalties. AS last re-
source Mr. Lane has named the day for COM
,nitting the manuscript TO the printers hands,
and challenged the author to appear at The Bod
lev Head under penalty of submitting his
claims for remuneration to the arbitration of the
presidents of the Society of Authors and the
Publishers Association. Nothing more in
genious in the way of literary advertising has
been done since Mr. John Murray, initiating the
T4orstian natrons dancing with the wanton
sa+vrs introduced IAN English Woman's Love
Letters to a morbidly sentimental public. The
new historical novel will probably be published
without a contract for royalties. and, since Mr..
Lane has an eye for local color" each copy VIII
be inclosed in a red box with gilt interroga-
ton mark on the side; and the services OF the
arbitrators are not likely to be required-unless
the sales fall off 1. n r