New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-09
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.


informed that in preparing this photography
the editor OF the reprint Mr.. George B. Ives.
has found much material Of exceptional value
In the Montaigne collection recently purchased
for the Harvard Library by Mr.. James H. HYDE
and which was the property or the late Ffo1eS-
sor Ferdinand Bochcr. AS a result or his IN
vestigations, Mr.. Ives declares that he now mas
absolutely accurate descriptions OF almost All
of the important editions" and Is confident that
his list viii include some mention OF nearly
every French edition His researches in the
Bocher collection have also enabled him TO
check and correct the Payen Montague b1ol-
! ography to the excellence Of which he pays
! high tribute. Although Dr. Payens Notice
/ BibliographiQue" compiled for the volume
! devoted to Montaigne IN the Pantheon Lite
| raire SO long ago as 1886. Mr.. Ives does not
hesitate to affirm that 1t Is the only bloIl-
ography of the essays making any pretence to
| completeness that has ever been published
| This third volume will complete the reprint
| which is one of the Riverside Press series OF
limited editions. Only $50 copies Will be for
sale.
Writers OF verse and short stories will doubt
! less be gladdened by the information that The
! Metropolitan Magazine" is out with prize offers
! amounting to $1,000 It is announced that for
the best original story Of seven thousand words
in length. $500 Will be paid; for the second BEST
| $500 For the best original story of Ave thou
sand words. 5000 viii be paid; for the second
| best, $500. For the best original poem not ex-
ceedng thirty-six lines. 5000 viii be paid" Tho
qualities that will count are Originality OF idea
ceverness OF construction and brilliancy Of do
ton" This competition will close March l.
Under the title Cruising in the Caribbean
with a Camera" Dodd. Mead & Co. have pub
Hshed a lecture delivered at the New-York
| Yacht Club last May by its former commodore,
! Arson Phelps Stokes. The lecture was illus
! trated by stereopticon views some Of which are
| reproduced In this volume. Mr.. Stokes visited
| many Caribbean ports during this cruise which
lasted from January %. 1903. to April II. 1908.
| and in succnct but comprehensive fashion he
| details the interesting things that he saw and
| the Impressions he received. The present dis
! turbed condition OF affairs in San Domingo
| gives the little volume marked degree OF time
| Illness. and II IS worth noting that Mr.. Stokes
| makes an instructive II brief comparison OF con-
| ditions in Jamaica. Hayti and San Domingo
! greatly to the advantage of the first named ISL
and. Included in this book is a description OF
the globular naval battery invented by Mr..
| Stokes. with diagrams calculating It's mechan-
! Ism.
That Gelett Burgess is a holder Of real estate
| in France will be news to many OF his friends
| It appears, however that during q recent trip
abroad he became acquainted with the fact that
| a small estate in the southern provinces was on
the market at bargain counter rates: that. in
| deed. he could become the joyous owner of it for
the OF $40. Mr.. Burgess went saw and was
| conquered The estate n pine covered HILL
surrounded by olive orchards and fig trees.
| Moreover, It concealed dozens OF Roman sar-
cophag. These Mr.. Burgess intends to excavgte
this winter. He has named his fantastic pur-
chase Ii Trouveoux. which is the P-ovencaI for
Treasure Trove.
The Macmillan Company announces for pub
licaton this month Volumes II and " OF the
illustrated History OF English Literature" by
Messrs. Garrett and Gosse. The publication of
these volumes will complete the work. the pre-
ceding volumes OF which have been reviewed by
The Tribune.
OF interest to lawyers is the announcement by
| Little, Brown G. Co. that they intend to publish
Immediately a edition OF the American
Law Of Landlord and Tenant by John N. Tay-
lor. revised and edited by Henry f. Boswell II
Will be the ninth edition Of this work. The same
firm will also publish Immediately a new edition
OF Parsons's Law of Contracts" edited by John
NJ. Gould. 1t is stated that this edition will con-
tain references to six thousand OF the very latest
authorities
A useful addition to the Scientific American
Series" published by Mum & Co. is the late
George NJ Hopkins's Home Mechanics for
Amateurs" AS the title implies. the object Of
the book is to assist and stimulate the amateur
mechanic. ans to give him suggestions for pass
ing profitable we'll pleasant hours In his
workshop. The late Mr.. Hopkins was an ex-
pert mechanic. who spent many evenings ex-
| perimenting at home in q well equipped work.
| shop and laboratory, and the present volume
details the results OF such experiments made
during his leisure hours. Some of the articles
have already the light Of day in the col
! umns of The Scientific American" but much
| of the material herein included has not been
| published hitherto. The book may be commend
ed for its practicaIity and suggestiveness and
will be found to appeal to boy readers almost
l much as to older amateur mechanics 1t ts
literally illustrated.
The recently issued Part VI of Doubleday.
Page Co.'S 1.-THE Poultry Book" is devoted to
. special information for the selecting caring for
! rearing and handling OF all varieties OF game
fowl. The work will be completed In thirty-six
colored parts. containing LOO pages with up-
ward of eight hundred illustrations
Bibliophes will be Interested in the news
that Mcclure. Phillips & Co promise a special
: autograph edition of Henry Harand's new
book, MY Friend Prospero." It is stated that
this edition, which will be limited to five hun
dred copies, Will be bound in Japan veIlum with
geld decorative stamp and will have, in addi-
ton 10 a photogravure portrait of the author a
frontispiece in color by Louis Loeb.
: A volume decidedly difficult to place in any
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