New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-14
BOOKS and AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

CUTT6HI Il dLE or IHlngS PTeSent
and to Come.
When Henry Wysham Lanier, of the firm of
Doubleday, Page 6, Co.. finished the manuscript
of his Romance Of Piscator." he signed it Henry
Wysham and submitted it to Henry Holt & Co..
who accepted it and have just published it. Mr.
Lanier comes naturally by his literary talent
through his father. the late Sidney Lanier, the
poet
George Parker Winship has translated and
edited for the Trail Makers Series "a. S. Barnes
& Coz The Journey Of Coronado" which de-
scrbes the first exploration Of the West, from
the City of Mexico to the Buffalo Plains of
Kansas and Nebraska in 1540-'42. and the dis
covery to the world of the great region whose
acquisition by the United States is now being
commemorated in ST. Louis
Florence Brooks Whtehouse gathered the
material for her new novel, The Effendi"
which Little, Brown &, Co. have brought out
during a winter spent in Egypt, where also was
laid the scene of her former novel, 1.-The God
of Things" Mrs. Whitehouse lives in Port
land, Me- and has written several plays which
have had local representation and in which she
has always acted. 1.-THE Efendi" begins with
the siege of Khartoum and the death of Cor
don, and closes with the retribution that Eng
land exacted from the Arabs
The amateur reciter doubtless has his place
In the economy of nature, if not. has been
held by many in that of society AT all events,
he exists and he recites and sometimes he even
receives sufficient encoura cement from the
misguided to become a professional elocution-
list and to demand and to receive money for his
ministrations. Recognizing the fact, doubtless
ATr parftu ,NF IN,
the City Of London School, has conferred a
benefit on both the reciter and his hearers by
collecting in a not too large volume a selection
Of poetical writings especially adapted 10 oral
rendition under the title of THE Reciters
Treasury of Verse" In his effort to include as
much new material possible, the compiler
has necessarily been hampered by the restric-
lions of copyright. but the whole the collec-
ton reflects creditably his judgment 1t
opens with introductory essay The Art
Of Speaking" L. P. Dutton & Co. are the
American publishers.
Little. Brown e Co. are the American pub
fishers Of E. Phillips Oppenheims latest novel,
Anna, the Adventures" The heroine is a
young woman who allows a baronet to propose
to her under the impression that she is her
sister Mr. Oppenhem is the young author
who jumped into notice in this country rather
suddenly last year with three novels In his
"A Prince of Sinners he stole a march on
Joseph Chamberlain by attempting to show. in
the guise of fiction. that the salvation of the
British workingman is dependent upon the
restoration of a protective tariff.
The first of the american Crisis Biog-
raphies." which DR. Ellis p. Oberholtzer is edit
ing for George W. Jacobs & Co, of Philadelphia
will appear early next autumn. There will he
about twenty-five volumes in the series. An
effort has been made to make IL impartial by
assigning Southern subjects TO Southern writ
ers and by treating the Civil War not as
rebellion. but simply as a great event in the
history Of the nation
The popularity Of Kate Douglas Virgins
"Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm" is attested by
the publishers announcement that they have al
ready sold $4,000 copies in this country and
Great Britain and that every week since last
November it has stood first or second on the list
OF books most in demand at the New-York
Public Library. The author has just sailed for
Scotland and viii spend n month more in
Edinburgh.
The latest contribution to Napoleonic liter
allure is the opening instalment. in two vol
umes of n comprehensive military history Of
Napoleon by Lieutenant Colonel Theodore a.
Dodge, L. s a. Tetired). which HOuEhton.
Mfin &, co. are bringing OUT as a part of
Colonel Dodse's History Of the Origin and
Growth of the Art OF War" The author has
been living abroad. where he has had ready
hand all necessary sources Of information and
has been able personally to visit the battle
fields where were fought out the great conflicts
he describes and analyses. The two volumes
contain over a hundred maps and charts. $50
portraits. including fourteen of Napoleon. and
many cuts of uniforms and arms.
Herbert r. Turner & Co. the publishers of
the English translation of the Japanese story,
'Nami-Ko." have received applications for per
mission to publish the English version in Japan.
1t is probably the first case record where
there has been a demand for the publication OF
Il translation in the country of the original. In
this the clearness and literalness Of the
translation make it available for use as a text
book
Lovers of country life can draw moral from
the story of DIR. John w. Streeter. author of
The Fat Of the Land Broken in health from
overwOrk, he gave up his profession and took to
farming. where he soon regained his strength !
and wrote his book to induce others suffering
from the strain and stress of city life to follow
his example. With singular inconsistency, then |
or perhaps to prove the permanence of the cure |
he re-entered professional life and pursued his |
calling with much energy that in a few
months he fell Ill again. and has now returned |
to his farm for keeps
In view Of passing events in the Far East the |
paragraph from Writ Gerrares book |
Greater Russia" is of timely interest: !