New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-27

and his whimsical pages will be more COM
paniOnab bic than ever when one can carry them
around in the pocket and read them at old
moments He is meant for perusal in this
| casual fashion
Professor J. F. bingham has made a coIlec-
ton Of passages from MASTERPIECES OF italian
literature which Mr.. Henry Provide viii soon
publish. The anthology has been printed ia
Italian at the Barbera Press. in Florence. 10
is intended mainly for the use OF students who
can read the language with ease. a bioliog-
raphy Of each author is given, together with q
biographical sketch Of his career. AL the notes
and biographies are in Italian.
In such leisure as his duties in Egypt have
left to him. Lord Cromer has written a volume
of para phrases and TRANSACTIONS from the 6re'S
Anthology. II will be published within the next
few weeks.
Mr. Frederic Harrison. who has written
preat daaI on grave themes has been trying his
hand at the writing of a romance This, MS
first novel. viii soon be begun in the pass oI
The Fortnightly Review. II IS entitled me
aphano. The Crusade Of the Tenth Century and
we are told that it deals with the tragic career
Of NfcephOrus PhOcas. who succeeded Conslan-
tine PorphyrOgenitus and ROmanus III as en-
peror. This monarch, who had hurled BACK l,'
half a century the NIussulman invasion. was Ut
tfmateIv murdered in his bed by his own Wi-,
/ TheOphanO and john LdmlSces' her IoNeI' us
successor on the throne. John m turn was SN'-
ceeded by Basil H. the slayer Of the BuiSafIli3-
All these historic persOnages appear m tht F'-
nance which covers one of the most brilliant
periods Of Byzantine Chivalry. nearly century
and a half earlier than the Latin crusade Of the
eleventh century.
Most readers Of Keats give little thought 70
the political elements which contributed 10 the
development of his genius. In an lhlIonu' -
written for n edition Of the poems. Mr..
Laurence Binyon points out that Keats belonged
to the period of the French Revolution anu
maintains that his work was Influenced ~ th1t
event
THE History OF the British and Foreign Bible
Society" which Mr.. Canton is presently 70
publish, will have a special interest for ad-
mirers of a certain noted author. IL IS SAID
that the book will contain great deaI or ne"
material concerning George Borrow and his re-
latiOns with the society.
Titled personages in Europe have always been.
as the Duke of Wellington pat It, much tN-
posed to authors" Countless members Of the
writing tribe consider themselves justlil.L in
sending copies Of their precious works 20 tn'~5
seated in high but unprotected places. a droI
illustration of what this practice sonetlh"s
leads to is afforded in the following advertise
Their Maiesties the King and queen and their
ROYAL Hlghnesses the Prince and Princess 81
Wales the Duke Of COnnaught. the Princess
Christian. the Princess Beatrice, the Princess
Iouise the crown Prince of Germany. and the
Duke of COburS have accepted, with various
phrases of appreciation copies OF MT
with the coercion by Prussia of the smaller Ger
man states in 1S66 and the evolution Of the Ger
man Empire in lStO
NJ Maurice NaeterlinclS is enthusiastic in his
admiration of the automobile. Exploring some OF
the mysteries Of his own machine the other day.
with the aid of candle. he caused an expo
sion 10 occur which almost blinded him.
A biography Of Or. John Brown. the author
of ..Rab and His Friends was nearly COM
pleted by a lifelong intimate of his, the late Dr.
John TAYLOR Brown, at the time of his death
The ma uuscript has recently been arranged and
edited by a nephew of the biCgrapher, and viii
soon be published. Fuskin, Thackeray, Lord
Jeffrey and other celebrities will figure IN the
narrative
Mr. IL c. Wells has two new books coming
from the press One Will consist or the papers
ON Mankind in the Making which have been
running in The FOrtnightly Review" and viii
from a companion volume OF his "Antclpd-
TONS The other is a work OF hctlon entLl4ed
Twelve Stories and a Dream
For n new edition OF The -Four Georges
Mr. George Meredith has written a brief intro
ductiCn In it he discusses the art and the per
sOnality of Thackeray.