New-York tribune., 1904-10-08
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk about Things Present
and to Come.


| TO-DAY by Houghton Mifiin & Co.. the author
Edith Rickert. did not get her local color from
| a car window while speeding along the nlgh-
vavs in an automobile OF more original and
/ investigating turn Of mind, she doEned an oio
frock ami. purchasing a supply OF COMBS,
needles thread and other notions uarnpeo
1 through rural England from village to village
/ dfsnosine OF her stock 20 the wives Of farmers
and peasauts. and it Is 20 be hoped. paying
her way. Miss Rickert is a Vassar girl, and mas
/ also studied at the University Of Chicago one
has written a number OF short stories but this
is her first novel
Kenvon Cox's first book is issued this week oy
Fox. Dufield & CO. The well known artist ana
critic has devoted his energies to the "rluhs
and Illustration OF notable work which ne cans
Mixed Beasts" a nonsense book OF uflha'uIN'
history. designed for the amusement OF y0uns
people of all ages. Mr. Cox is at present {"
gaged on some elaborate decorative WORK tor
the Minnesota State Capitol
Interest IN Corea, stimulated by the develop
rnents Of the war in the Far East mas Ieo tle
Scrfbners to bring out a new eoluOH "a
lam Elliot Grihls's authoritative "ofA'
the Hermit Nation" The book appeaIeu o.
inalIy twenty-five years ago. anu 4
through six editions. In the present 'N -
enth. edition the author has added ioui -
. chapters bringing IuS Ai-9NNA'
down to 1904.
James Jeffrey Roche has written a"oeneS
humorous novel, The Sorrows OF sap Su'
will be issued next week by the HarpeiS
his first book since his story her A@1ese;
King" and tells OF the troubles '-.N' -
oriental monarch with suPerhulty OF WIVES
I m. hooL will contain a number OF alleged quo
..to,s fror, vyorks of Eastern lore, OF when tne
following is given as sample s-.,,v
II children were before their paren{s to
pie t." "Gg.g gs1s.: &c 6y St an experienced Egg.
Alice Ha1an Rice the author Of Mrs Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch" and "Lovey Mary Is 70
begin new serial In the December Century. Il
will tell the story OF little scotch ooy ""o
sbins as a stowaway from Glasgow and brings
nm IN Kentucky There is a suggestion mere
that he. too may find his way to Cabbage Fatch
Naa-+en Martens. the author OF "Dorothea'
lately published by the Appletons, and OF many
I other novels related recently an anecdote OF MS
boynood days. when he was spending the sum-
rner al Barbizon. the home OF Jean FrahSO'S
NilIet The future novelist. who was about ten
years old at the time. vas sitting on gate
most watching doghght. The participants were
his landlords dog and a neighbor's in which the
stranger was eventually killed Young Martens
C-ss 80 excited at the tragic outcome that he fell
o4 his perch on TOP Of the animals. Just as the
neighbor's wife rushed out Of her house across
the road. and accused the boy OF killing her dos-
The old woman saw the marks OF the teeth on
her dogs throat and then glanced snspielous'y
AZ the little foreigner. Come here, htue ooy'
she called out and show me your teeth! S1t
thew didn't fit" Nj Martens hastens 10 e@-
ulain when he tells the story
Tudor Jenks who was for many years on the
editorial r;an OF st Nicholas" has written the
first volume In A 5. Barness new series OF
Lives OF Great Writer'S. under the title OF
IN the DAYS OF chaucer." to which Hamilton
Wright Mabie has contributed an introduction
--o ~ clark who claims 20 be the frst
woman book publisher in the world is about to
issue = novel by Dwight Tnton. entitled Ny
/ raav Laughter" Beng a woman. as well as
publisher. Miss CLARK has discovered a reason
! for being especially interested tn this volume.
/ in the fact that she Is a lineal DESCENDANT OF
one Of the conspicuous characters in the story
/ Joseph Warren the hero Of Bunker HiLL
| Grace Constant Lounsbery, whose play
.'I.'Escarpolette.' is to be acted this season at
! sara Beruhardts theatre, has written an Eng
fish blank verse drama. ''Denlah." just published
! tv the scott-Thaw Company. French version
/ VIII shortly be given at the OdSon. In Paris
| Miss Lounsbery IS also the author OK An Iseu4t
! Idyl," published here four years ago.
Pastor Wagner has made a very pleasant
/ impression on the audiences which nave been
/ privileged TO listen 20 him at the few Informal
! talks he has given since arriving IN the Chlleu
! States. The appearance Of the apostle OF the
/ sirnple life has agreeably surprised those who
4 have known him only through his photographs
( His features arc rather heavy. and when seen
/ IN renose as in his pictures convey the impress
sion OF a severe somewhat foroiddlng coun-
4 tenance. The real face is quite the opposite
always smiling, cheerful and bright eyed Ihls
week he has been attending the peace confer
ence in Boston, to which he is delegate Mon
day he goes to Rochester for two days thence
"a Syracuse or the l1th. and so. on series
OF "one night stands to Pittsburg. swaTthmore'
! Pottstown. Philadelphia Erie. Elyria Cleve-
land Oberlin Columbus and Indianapolis. nm
ishing the month with three days visit in
Chicago.
The Grafton Press has issued cheap edition
OF was Hael, the Book of Toasts." by Edithe
Lea Chase and Captain E. p. French. U. S. A.
presumably for the use Of those who are com
peued to drink their toasts in beer instead of in
champagne. The volume is bound in tan buck
ram, with a miniature stein" attached to the
book mark
Wilbur D. Nesbit, author Of the book of
poems, The Trail to Boylard." just issued by
the Bobbs- Merrill Company, comes Of an old
Scotch Covenanter family. that always spelled
it's name Nisbet. until it immigrated to Ameri-
ca When Mr. Nesbit was writing the
/ rseudonyme Josh Wink on The Baltimore
/ American" some OF his verses were so good
! that the editor told him to sign his own name
! 70 them. So the young author determined to