New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-11


ing citizens of London Paris or New-York; but
| by correspondence with the Boards OF Trade
| of smaller towns the rewards of literary en-
| deavor might be largely augmented for writer's
| OF up-to-date fiction.
New fields for authorship are constantly
being disclosed. The publishers of Arthur
| Henry's 1.-The House in the Woods tell OF
| touchingly practical illustration of the authors
! power To charm the people about whom he
writes Picture TO yourself party Of hardy
| mountaineers axes shoulders, throngins the
| doorway of Mr. Henry's Catskill home and
| pleading to be allowed 10 earn copy Of his book
| by days labor. What vista Of opportunity 1t
| opens up 10 hungry and homeless city authors
| to write about their favorite restaurateurs and
| lodging house keepers.
Grace Greylock Niles author OF "Bog-Trot-
ting for Orchids" &C.. p. Putnams Sons). is
planning for a trip next season 10 study the
orchids that grow I'm the swamps of the Rocky
Mountains. Miss Niles believes that fondness
| for poetry and folklore is not inconsistent with
the pursuit of scientific investigation. and says
that she regards Legendary association as oil
on the troubled waves Of Latin derivatives"
She finds II entertaining she wanders through
| the fields and forests to hail the flowers by
their names. and TO call up appropriate bits OF
| history that take her back TO ancient Greece or
| Rome in the days Of Pny.
The shortage OF the supply OF the right, sort
| Of young men TO fill the pulpits Of the churches
to-day was the subject OF conference recently
held at Union Theological Seminary. New-York.
The Rev DR.. Charles Cuthbert Hall. DR. William
r Richards. DR.. Josiah Strong Mr.. Robert Speer.
with others prominent IN church circles, took
-, hag,
put in book form. and will be published by
the Fleming II. RevelI Company under the title,
The Work and Opportunities Of the Ministry"
In this age OF sovenly newspaper and novel
writing-not that there are not many blessed
exceptions-the publication Of a number of
Charles Lambs Essays OF Ella" Uhirty-three.
to be exacD and four OF his best critical essays.
in volume suitable for classroom use. is well
come sign Of a reawakened interest in good
reading and good writing 1t Is 10 be feared
that most of those whose style offends us In the
daily press and in the fiction of the day will
have TO work out their own salvation or damna-
ton. But the book is available for those who
are to come after. and is excellently we'll adapt
ed for all readers who wish TO become acquaint-
ed with the author to their own advantage.
The collection. issued by CHM & Co. in their
STANDARD English Classics Series" has been
selected and edited by George Armstrong Wau-
chope. professor of English In South Carolina
University The text follows the authors or
biography. punctuation and capitalization. and
is taken from the earliest publications and
editions. There is a sympathetic introduction.
and the notes are good
A good story is just good when II is a
year old as when IT comes fresh from the press,
and for people who don't mind waiting. or who
do mind spending 81 30 for a novel which
can he read in evening, the paper COW
cred reprint at 20 cents comes real boon.
That these people form a large class OF the
reading community is attested by the excellent
sales of the Macmillan Paper Novel Series, of
which six numbers have already been issued.
SO far there has been no apparent attempt TO
work off dead stock" All the titles have been
good sellers" in their day and achieving
| renewed popularity In their cheaper form. They
are Owen Wister's The Nirginian," Merwn-
| Websters Calumet X" James Lane Aliens
The Choir Invisible" Marion C.awford's The
| Heart Of Rome" Gertrude Atherton's The
| Conqueror." and Egerton Castles THE Pride of
| Jennico." Next weeks issue will be The
Crisis" by Winston Churchill
1t was in 1851 that the story OF The Master
| Thief appeared in "Blackwood's Magazine"
II
brought out the first edition of his Popular
Tales from the Morse The vitality of these
stories is attested by the fact that in 1904,
| nearly fifty years later, new edition has Just
i been issued simultaneously In Edinburgh by
| David Douglas and in New-York bv @. z. Put
| MANS Sons. The book. apart from the interest
in these tales that have down to us
| through the ages from our Aryan ancestors,
| possesses especial value in the 135-page intro
| duction by Sir George Webbe Dasent, in which
| he goes into a learned yet fascinating compare
| tive study of the folklore OF various countries.
The present edition contains also a biographical
| sketch OF the translator author. by his son,
| Arthur Irwin Dasent, who tells how his father
| found time amid the multifarious duties OF
| associate editor OF the "Thunderer' to make
| his careful and scholarly Investigations.
| IF wishes were horses beggars would ride
| but pending that Utopian period those OF who
/ are not content with the facilities afforded by
the transportation corporations must pay for our
steeds and for the vehicles We ride In Some
idea OF the extent TO which the carriage industry
| has grown In this country may be gathered from
| the handsome and imposing volume issued by
| The Carriage Monthly its April and for
tieth anniversary number. An effort has been
made in this number 10 give historical review
| of the development OF the trade in the United
States. One especially interesting fact is 10 be
| cialization- The carriage builder to-day no