New-York tribune., 1903-01-27

Wolcott lie Clear Beard. who has gone TO the
Philippines TO serve supervisor OF iariae
Province. has completed arrangements for the
publication Of a novel which he has lately writ
ten He is the son Of William Holbrook Beard
the animal painter. In his profession OF engi-
neering he has spent considerable time IN AT
IONA upon irrigation work. and there gathered
material which he found useful in a number OF
stories which he has contributed to magazines.
In 1895 he was first lieutenant of the list United
states Volunteer Engineers. In 1899 he pub
lished q book called Sands and Cactus Since
that time n fas been travelling
Among q score OF books which Houghton. Mif-
fin & Co. are making ready for spring puolics-
tion they announce several new novels. ans
Daughter First" is the title of story by Arthur
Sherburne Hardy which draws upon house
party and the New-York money market for Its
considerations II will be published in May. In
april a new story by Alice Brown viii appear
called The Mannerings." Two books or ncuoh
efe 10 be ready next month. one series OF
<lecen stories by Guy Wetmore CaryL enlueo
..Znt and Other Parisians." and the other
novel by Margaret Doyle Jackson, called a
Daughter Of the Pit The pit in this instance IS
NOT that OF the Stock Exchange. but Of a Ian
cashire colliery. A story of deep sea hshern1en'
Cam simeon's Store" by George S. Wasson'
viii appear ia April
In biography the same firm Will pubIsh re-
,ised issue of Professor woodberry's life OF Poe
which appeared in 1884, in the American Men OF
Letters Series. So much material about Poe has
since come to hand that this revision swells me
book 10 two volumes. They are announced Tor
Max A new study Of Whittier by Professor
George r. Carpenter is also forthcoming IN
addition to John ". Fosters review OF ''An1eri-
can Diplomacy in the Orient and William E.
Cirifis's Young Peoples History Of Holland.
nov volume in the American Commonwealth
Series is announced by George P. Garrison on
the history of Texas. Alexander Pope has been
added 10 the Cambridge poets. The volume is
edited by II. W Boyntoi. In March an anthol-
or- cf The Poets of Transcendentalism,' edited
lor George ". Cooke. will be ready. Forty-two
authors OF that period Of American literature
viii he represented
The Mount Pleasant Press. Of Harrisours'
Penn is furnishing the studies of flowers and
scenes of nature for Country Life in America
This printing plant has a reputation for
its photographs Of flowers and careful reproduc-
lions J. Horace Mcfarland, who directs the
nlant. inherited business Of printing hort-
cultural catalogues. and has developed il with
more artistic aims. He sends trained pho
tographers to Florida and California and other
parts of the cou-sry to take various species in
their natural state
We have been asked whether the structure Of
A E w Masons -Four Feathers" and GouVer-
ueur Norris's Aladdin O'Brien" portends a new
development in the plot of novels II Is re-
marked that in each Of these books there are
TWO heroes and no villain There is belief OF
some standing that every Well ordered novel
used to require one full fiedged villain 4 ten
dency to attempt novelty in this matter by
making the villain the hero Of the tale does
not lack examples. Perhaps the truth is that
neither a hero villain is essential to sus
tanning interest if some conflict of purpose can
he had in other ways. Did not Aristotle himself
1d1ise that the hero, in order TO be tolera bic.
snould not he made absolutely heroic?