New-York tribune., 1903-05-23


Arnold Bennett author OF Anna of the rive
Towns" has placed Eve plays Julia Nelson
has accepted two. Cyril Maude is to produce tiie
third entitled The Postmistress Chaiies
Frohman has the fourth, draTnatLzatlon o1
Eden Phnlpotts's The Children Of the Mlst'
and the fifth was written for Allen Aymes"orth-
r-5e- 1be title "a Soldier Of Conscience"
memorial volume Of the late Edward T. Clarh' %
BROOKLYN. is announced from The Eagle press
Mrs Clark contributes brief oiograpnlcai
sketch. and two poems composed in his honor
are 10 be included Abstracts Of the addresses
delivered at his funeral and tributes paid TO
him in newspapers and in private letters. WIN
a portrait, complete the material.
The current number Of Field and Fancy" con-
tains an article on the "Clevedon Toy Spanlel
Kennels by Lillian c. Noeran- The kennels
are the property of Mrs. H. z. Jenkins king
Rail" contributes a discussion Of the so-called
Ilewelin setter. which he says until the year
1878 was not in existence
The latest addition TO the American Sports
mans Library which the Macmillan Company Is
issuing is coming from the press in the shape OF
Charles F. Holders volume on Big Cane
Fishes" The author has had ample experience
81 hooking and landing tarpon, tuna, BLACK sea
bass and fish that weigh much more tran ne
has any ambition TO himself He has good hsh
stories to tell. and the nature Of his treatise
ought to give them the stamp Of veracity that
was sought by legislation lately in a Western
State regarding the tales OF fishermen The
illustrator Of the volume. Charles F. W. Miei9tz.
has angled for game fish himself, and bears out
the ideas Of his author.
In anv other age il might seem early days to
be writing history OF Texas, but as in every
department Of life, have evolved ways or
saving time in making history. George P. Car
rsson professor IL the University Of Texas, mas
had an interesting field, and in many ways a
fresh one. in adding volume to the American
Commonwealth Series Dc blished by Houghton,
Mifiin & Co. He divides his account as Caesar
divided GauL In the first part he describes the
struggle for possession between France ana
Spain. That was not case for the signing
chorus
II ever. ever. ever we get back to Spain.
We viii never never, never cross the seas again
But Spain would seem to have played the
part OF middleman for the United States in more
than one case in that region of the globe, ana
the wrestling Of the domain from Mexico natu-
rally forms the second part Of these conmenta-
ries. With two third parts Of whole it is easy
TO deduce the third.
A curious bookplate comes to notice in an
eighteenth century edition Of Ovid: FastoruIn,
De Trlstibus. De Ponto. printed by Aldus in 1903.
This volume. which is included in the lists re-
ceived from wnrrid IL voynich London, is the
third of q series which is seldom found together.
The bookplate was apparently designed to take
the fancy of some one with an eye for livery
detail II is composed Of two copper plates
The central one represents a blazon left blank
TO be filed up with the owners coat Of arms.
srd has border engraved in the Lyonese style
Of the first part Of the sixteenth century. NOW
for the detail: Among other motives" appear
two monkeys playing the fiddle. two satyrs. an
assortment Of serpents and gryphons. various
heads of angels, e goat. two squirrels all inter-
laced with floral ornaments on dark back
ground This may have seemed too suggestive
Of the vision Of Peter TO permit Of its being ap-
propriated without irreverence by any mere
owner Of q library. Another interesting item on
this list is rare copy. dated 1902, Of book
which Hazltt has taken pains TO describe, called
"a Hermetican Banquet Drest by spagiricall
Cook for the better Preservation Of the Micro
cosme." A copy OF the edition Of tie Life OF
l4csop bearing the imprint ''Manfredus de
Monteferrato Venice. Nov. 1493.' is book Of
great rarity. The title page is full page
woodcut- 41sop is seated debating his COM
plete works to q scribe, while in the border there
is g bloody encounter gong on between men on
horseback ID afoot Various scenes in Hsop's
life are represented with the characters all clad
tn Venetian costume OF the day. There are
twenty-three other woodcuts in the text occupy
lag half page more
In view Of a reported announcement from
London that q certain New-York publishing
house had secured a contract for bringing out
all the forthcoming work OF Joseph Conrad
author OF Youth" and other stories. other pub
fishers with unpublished manuscript and con-
tracts on hand are being heard from. Mcclure.
Phillips & Co. caH attention to the fact that
they are TO bring out this fall volume Of Mr.
Conrads work. under the title "Falk and
Two Other NcveIettes" and that in the spring
this viii be followed by a novel to be called
Romance" After that it seems. according to
the same source. that Mr.. Conrad's next out
put is TO be a novel of seafaring life for which
he had selected the title The Rescue forget
ting that this had already been used name
Whatever It may be called. assured that
these same publishers will bring It out, and
they fnd IL epportune to note that a recent in
tervieV, in which the head Of the same pub
fishing house was quoted IS having arranged for
al the future WL-k Of c. D. Gibson and George
Ade was followed by the announcement Of
Gibson book from the press Of Scribners and
from their own press OF book by Ade. It is
suggested the quota tions may be a1niss II may
be ventured as q possibility that there is some
difference Of understanding rs TO the word
future"
The Wizard Of OF has been up to his old tricks
again The committee Of the Chicago Principals'