New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-03
ROCKS And AUTHORS.
c.o--snt Talk About Things Pres
ent and to Come.

Pa ii, win contain photoSraVure portrait
,,t.s O'NeiI as the heroine. Mr.. Aldrlch is
- have drawn Judith as woman tull OF
e'.a-,ess mercy and refinement who is com
~ nv religious fervor to do deed of great
daring
,,,onos OF the serious illness OF General Lew
+be sale q his ''Ben-Hur' is reported
- constantly increasing. although 1t is now
10 fo,,- years since 1t was first published
80 F4arpers Il has now reached total OF
u one million copies The royalties from
t,o,, and from she play have made General
wallace a rich man.
-. 12s,-rnond Macauey, who has contrib
~ Interesting Illustrations for the Nc
I.,rr.-pbuI,ps edition of Poe's tales. issued un-
~ title of Monsieur Dupin.' is probably
,,,ou-n bv his cartoons made four or
a-s ago for various New-York daily
nv previous to his taking UP the work OF
.oo,ist Nj Macauley had many Vocatlons'
49osrrtne as a drug clerk, he was successVely
s,enoqrapher. a bookkeeper, decorator IN q
-,stcb factory. an actor. law STUDENT a news
-.sne- man and an editorial writer
A special cover design was necessary Tor the
.a,,ion If Iafcadio Hearns last book Japan;
A, Attenpt at interpretation sent 10 that
oo,,r-r, This was because the ornament on the
-eq,,lsr co,-er happened 10 be identical with the
7-r,reror,s rersoral crest. In sending IT'S order
10 the Macmillan Company. an American DOCK
.7~r7 IN To1.3 wrote: IF you wouId only make
these ornaments with fifteen or seventeen petals
-hera would be no objection, but sixteen makes
- an exact copy Of the imperial crest We had
,ha same trouble with Menpe's book on Japan
n Color and were hauled up by the police
-. -oe+efqna has his summer studio in
The tower" on his estate in Angouleme. The
tower. quaint old structure, has been restored,
and IS said TO be an odd tumble Of Turkish rugs,
japanese hangings, American furniture, old
brass shells from the South Seas. faiences from
Brittany and other quaint curios. A glass bal
couy has been made into a library and gives
BEAUTIFUL view over the Angoulene country.
Professor James Rowland Angel head Of the
department Of experimental psychology IN the
University Of Chicago has written a new text
book on the subject, which is announced for
early publication by Henry Holt & Co.
American women physicians are receiving rec
ignition abroad. Two volumes Of Margaret E.
sangster's 'TWoman's Home Library" published
BY A s. Barnes & Co.-"Beauty Through Hy-
gene," by Dr.. Emma Z. Walker, and The
Mothers Manual by DR. Emelyn l. Coolidge
are TO be issued in England.
Thomas Dixon, jr. has completed his new
novel. The Clansman." which viii be published
by Doubleday, Page & Co. on January IA. The
Story deals with the Ku Klux Khan in the South
IN reconstruction days. The early scenes Of the
story are laid in Washington during the time
when Thaddeus Stevens practically held the
feins Of government.
Benjamin Disraeli IS to be the central figure in
novel announced for publication next spring
by A c. McClurg & Co, Chicago the work Of
author, who. perhaps discreetIy, fails TO
veal his identity. Whether the romantic career
O. the late Earl Of Beaconsfeld will gain any,
thing in interest by being dressed up with ffcti-
tous incident, Of course remains TO be seen. and
IN the mean time may respectfully be doubted.
William Collier IS 10 have q new play, a farce
70 be called THE War Correspondent" as soon
as it is finished by Richard Harding Davis, who
has returned from the Far East and has gone
10 his home in Marion. Mass. for the purpose
of writing it.
volume entitled Imperial Vienna: An Ac-
count Of It's History. Traditions and Arts"
by A 5. Leyetus, has just been published by
john Lane Il tells the story Of the Austrian
capital throughout its different stages of devel-
opnent 10 the present day. dwelling mainly on
It's more romantic and episode associations. It
contains IN the neighborhood Of one hundred
and fifty illustrations by Erwin Puchiner, mostly
Of fun page size from sketches in charcoal pen
cl, pen and ink and wash
Life in Sing Sing is the title Of book just
published by the Bobbs-M Merrill Company. 1t is
written by NO, 1900" the founder and first
editor Of The Star Of Hope the monthly paper
Issued by the convicts. a gentleman who, we
are informed and can readily believe. had an
unusual opportunity" 10 observe the peculiar
He Of the great pathological institution on the
Hudson
4 fac-simile reprint Of the rare first edition Of
17acon's Essays" from the copy now IN the
hflusA Museum, is to be made by Dodd Mead
Co. and published in this country In a one
Fo-oIne limited edition. The date OF the first
eI'lon IS 1881. and no copy of it is known to be
- 1Aiieflca- The reprint viii be as near the size
= 'he original work as possible
= new monthly publication. to be entitled
ar and Life IS TO be started in New-York
us month, under the editorship of J. NJ BowIes
% l'se Is stated 10 be TO offer TO the public
., - - month digest Of current happenings
'.SUc world" so edited and selected
7'-15I me magazine ineligible and use
1-1' great majority Of the American pub
nave neither the opportunity nor the
-, ~ 0eFole more than q limited time TO
-e7s' OF the worlds artistic progress"