New-York tribune., 1903-03-07

hetuUeen this and mere monetary history. The
agitation for the free coinage OF silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 borders both departments.
and is included In the discussion.
Opinions differ among publishers as to the
ADVANTAGES OF booming one Of an authors
books by reference to another. This pracuce
is frequent and not difficult to compreneno'
The familiar sight of earlier and inferior work
selling because of the success OF an autnoF
more creditable and later performance Is no
great matter for congratulation so far as the
reading public is concerned nor is 1t one Tor
which it deserves any particular commisera-
ton. Curiosity holds the balance in such cases.
There is a general disposition to assume that
the author who has been heretofore inglorious,
IL not mute has been parting with unap-
preciated Miltonic masterpieces FOR the MIS-
toric Is. AS a matter fact. the first wide
hearing of an author does not necessarily I'M
ply a previous neglect Even things worth
reading must have a beginning. But besides
this retroactive stimulation Of sales there Is
an influence exerted upon publication by the
degree of an authors success. Some puohshers
believe that if author has written oooh
which is meeting popular approval II IS pest
to hold back any new book OF his which may
be ready until the sales Of the earlier one begin
to show signs Of sackening Then, and not
before will they issue the well announced
successor Other publishers think that this
method is most unwise. They would not wait
for the. fire to sink into embers before piling
nm the next log Feed the flames steadily"
might be their motto BY this system one sue
cessful book is started close on the heels or
another like a second section OF an express
in times of heavy railroad travel. The contrast
is somewhat like that between the OLD 1ash-
foned bombardment and the CALLING intensity
of the rapid-ffre attack. But neither method
contemplates a period of rest for the produc-
ing writer. Needless prodigdlity among luh-
bermen soon exhausts their supply. Perhaps
the effect on a literature has resemDlahces 10
the devastation of the forests
"The Blue Goose" is the titre chosen by Frank
T. Mason. author of a book called ITO the End
NJ the Trail" for a story Of conditions in the
Western mining camps of to-day. The situa-
tions and characters made familiar by Bret
Harte have passed from the scene to consid-
crab, degree. making way for the new condi-
tions of organized labor. Mr. Mason. VINO was
himself a mine superintendent for number OF
years, has turned his experience to account to
draw picture of the posture Of affairs at the
present time. The plot Of his novel reaches
climax in strike riot.
Religion for All Mankind" is the title chosen
by the Rev. Charles Voysey for a series of his
discourse9 which he is publishing through Long
mans, Green & Co. The subtitle declares that
the sermons are based on facts which are never
In dispute"
A book which is intended to convey an ade-
Quate sketch Of the advance Of the Russian En-
pire. especially in the Siberian colonies and the
settlements In the far Eastern provinces Of
Mongolia and Manchurla, is set forth by the
Macmillan Company in Writ GerTare's Greater
Russia" The opening of new stores of wealth
and the means employed to exploit them. the
men controlling this development and the open
ings for foreign enterprise and capital are de-
scribed. The work Is illustrated.
John Percyheld. the Anatomy Of Cheerful
ness" ss the title OF love story by c. Hanford
Henderson, the author Of 'Educst.ou and the