New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-30

squalid Districts"
Another volume in the beautiful Goupn series
of historical monographs is being written by NJ
Frederic Mason. 1t will treat of Napoleon and
his son, and will be- like all of it's predecessors,
sumptuously Illustrated.
a collection of selected drawings by Phil May
was in the press at the time of his death and
will be published in the coming season.
NJ. Jules Verne has recOnsidered his decision.
mentioned in The Tribune last Sunday. AGAINST
submitting to an operation for cataract his
countless readers will hope that the operation
may be successful, and that he may feel en-
couraged to resume his literary Iators.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward has instituted in Blooms
bury Vacation School for the children Of the
poor One feature of the enterprise is the tell
ing OF stories to the children. in pleasant gar
den adjoining the Passmore Edwards Settle
ment in Tavistock Place. ut all arose" Mrs
Ward has explained TO an interviewer, ''Out OF
an article read in 'Harper's Magazine a little
more than year ago The article described
the Vacation School of New-York in so attrac-
tive q way that we made up our minds to try
the experiment here. We succeeded in making
arrangements before the summer vacation OF
last year. and the result was entirely success
ful then that the opening or our school here for
the present vacation was quite inevitable" The
little girls are taught to make dresses for dolls
The children are instructed IN the COlOrIng OF
outlined pictures, they are taught to cOOF. and
to handle the tools of the carpenter There are
swimming classes, there are nature studies, and
of course, the school is provided with a library.
Speaking of her work, Mrs. Ward said
What we hope to see. some time. is the or
ganizatiOn of a London League of Play for the
capturing of the chidren's playtime- should
like to evening play centres established in
every district of London. with superintendent
of Fairgrounds in all the parks and many open
spaces during the summer holidays. / regard
this the natural complement of the school
education the children are already receiving.
and as of equal Importance. There is reason to
hope that result of the success of our school
here will be some action on the part OF the new
wiz
in vacation schools in other parts OF London
before very long.
Application for relief was recently made to a
West London magistrate by cook who had
tried to abandon pastry for poetry Some of his
verses were read in court, and he was promptly
advised to return to his pots and pans.
NJ Mayer. Of Paris. is authority for the state
ment that the total of NapoleOnic books, pOr-
traits and views known TO collectors exceeds
Lightweight thousand
a Man of Kent" writing in THE British
Weekly" says that he thinks it may be taken
for certain that the author Of The MS in the
Red Box" is the Rev. ]. \. Hamilton. Con-
gregationaI minister of Penzance-
Count ToIstoys pamphlet. Thou Shalt Not
KILL was considered by the Provincial Court
Of LeipSc the other day and condemned for
leze majesty and all copies that the officers OK
the court can lay hands upon to be de-
strOyed. The work is pronounced TO be an insult
sode. find it stated in an English Journal
that. while TOlstOy is in no sense a popular
writer. his works have wider circulation than
those of any living author. At the close OF
1902 his books had been printed in fOrty-hve
different languages and dialects His first ap-
preciatOrS, curiOuSly enough. were the Greeks
The first Greek translation of his work was pub
lshed in 1870. and during the following thirty
years eighteen Greek TRANSACTIONS were printed
In the Russian photography of p. DragOnon
there appear one hundred and thirty Czech
TRANSACTIONS. close on a hundred SeTvian and
eighty Bulgarian. Last of all come Portuguese
and Rumanian TRANSACTIONS.
Miss Una l. Silberrad's next novel. which is
now in press, will appear under the title OF
"PetrOniIla." Miss ThorneycrOft FOWer'S place
and Power will be published in very short
time. Mr.. CrawfOrd's forthcoming romance is TO
be chiefly concerned with the life of Rome
Mr.. James Gardner is editing new edition OF
the Pastor Letters to be published in six vol
umeS. 1t will contain six hundred more letters
than appeared in the original five volume edition
of 1IS1-1S23.
Two new volumes of travel figure in the au-
tumn lists. DIR. Sven Hedin will bring out his
account of his adventures in Central Asia and
Thibet. 1t is said that it will be large book,
with many striking illustrations. Mr Douglas
Freshfeld has written a book on a journey
which he made among the Himalayas.
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