New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

to Come.
Thomas Bailey Adrich, who has been spend
ing some weeks at his country home in Ponka-
pog Mass has gone to Saranac, in the Adiron-
dacks Under the title "Ponkapog Papers he
will publish book Of essays IN the fall Among
other studies it will contain estimate of
Robert Herrick.
John Williamson has drawn several tllustra-
tions for the edition of "The Life and Surprls-
ing Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe" which the
Macmillan Company is issuing. The frontis-
piece shows Crusoe seated in his cave, wearing
his coat of goatskns and surrounded by his
odd family of pets and strange array of imple-
ments.
Professor Steiner, whose book called "Tostoy
the Man is to be published by The Outlook
Company. holds chair at Grinnen College, and
is familiar with all Slav and Russian topics.
He spent several months at Moscow at Yas-
maya Polyana, where Tolstoy lives, and talked
with the peasants of the neighborhood about
his life. He made himself familiar also with the
Tolstoy circle at Moscow, and got the views of
Tolstoy's influence held by important officials
in church and government. The book will be
illustrated from paintings by Pasternak, Rus
sian artist and personal friend of the subject.
On the HTSI OF next DOnLn 1QOIldS DlAOH Will
issue through Doubleday, Page & Co., new
novel, called The One Woman" In this book
Mr.. Dixon has chosen to show that the power of
love has been much affected by the tendency in
the thought of the time toward socialism. He
describes socialism as a deadly force, working
injury upon home life and the character of citi-
zenship.
1t used to be thought that the worst spot in
the world which hack horse could choose for
spending the remainder of his veXed days
was Naples. But people come back from Naples
now with tales of Improvement better fed
horses and kindlier ways; and to judge from the
manner in which Frederic S. Isham has been
taking up the cudges in letter to Paris pa
per the storm centre seems to have shifted to
that capital
l have seen many dumb animals drawing
divers vehicles in different countries-the dog in
Holland. the dCnkev and the goat in Italy, the
COW in Germany, the mule in South Africa
but in land have 1 witnessed cruelty so re-
voting that displayed by the drivers of cabs
in Paris. 1t is snap, lash all day, and crack
pound all night. am aware reply viii be made
that there is more crack and snap than pound
and lash, but l have had visible evidence to the
contrary. Personally, 1 always tell driver he'll
get no fee if he touches a whip That works
well for the moment. but as soon is out
of the cab the man grabs the implement of tort
ure and makes up for lost time upon the poor
bundle of bones. Paris is a fantastic inferno
for horses the one relief is that day When worn
out they taken to the butchers and killed
Then tie Frenchmen put the pieces in their
bouillOn and complain because the meat is
tough
The man who writes under the pen name Of
"Orme Agnus" and whose novel called Sarah
TuIdon; Woman Who Had Her Way" is
being issued by Little. Brown & Co. is an Eng
lishman. He published his first book Countess
Petrovski." In 1895 it was romance of po-
liticaI intrigue. Love in Our Village" and
Jan Oxber" followed. This latest book is the
story of an English peasant girl, and by its end
ing suggests the probability of a sequel.
A. Arkeil- -Hardwick has collected considerable
information about two African tribes which are
little known and whose origin remains still un-
cleared in the record he publishes through Long
mans Green & Co. of expedition through
Kikuyu to Gala Land, in East Equatorial
Africa, under the title of An Ivory Trader in
North Kenia.' Besides his account of the Rem
dill and the Burkeneji. he sets forth the diff
cuIties experienced in the present day in gather
ing ivory
The New-Amsterdam Book Company is issu-
ing a volume by the father of Edmund Gosse
P. H. Gosse, called The Romance Of Natural
History"
Gilbert Holland Montague published last week
through the Harpers the results OF his study Of
the Standard Oil corporation which he had be-
gun while holding the Ricardo scholarship in
economies at Harvard University. The volume
traces the history OF me corporation from its
beginning, in 1860, when Mr. Rockefeller began
refining petroleum at Cleveland, until its
control. in 1878. Of 90 pes cent of the oil busi-