New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-30

his first ride took up the study of the mechan-
| ism and construction of various cars and pur-
sued il with great thoroughness. 1t will be
Interesting to Americans to know that the car
in which he took his first ride, the car which
he first bought and the car that he at present
owns were AZ at American manufacture
John Lane announces the qualification of three
novels: THE Manitoban." by HenrT Il. Bash
ford author of Tommy Wideawake." a romance
OF rough and ready frontier life: Helen of
TROY n Y" by wilfred Scarborough Jackson
author of Nine Points of the Law" humorous
story not too greatly hampered by probabilities;
and "A New Paolo and Francesca" by Annie E.
Roldsworth. author of The Years That the Lo-
Gust Hath Eaten
The meteoric and mysterious Princess Cath
crime Radziwill has written a book entitled My
Recollections." which has aroused considerable
interest abroad and is just published here by
James Pott s. Co. The princess has known
many notable personages and has met with
many exciting adventures, of the most dis
astrous of which was her Imprisonment in
South Africa after her quarrel with Cecil
Rhodes.
There is often considerable doubt to what
the last words of any dying person have been
They not always particularly significant
even when the sufferer is In full possession of
his senses, but where man or woman of note
is involved there is always the desire on the
part of admirers and partisans to have some
last phrase to remember, some last message to
cherish; So when the dead hero has departed
neglecting or unable to do what is expected of
him, there is usually ready to supply
the omission with apt epigram tender
word. 1t was well. accordingly. that when
Frederic Rowland Marvin put forth his volume,
just published by the Fleming II. Revell Com
pany on The Last Words of Distinguished
Men and Women" he slipped the qualify
ing phrase real and traditional into the title
Whether real or traditional the collection is
interesting if not particularly cheerful one. and
where there is a well defined doubt to the
authenticity of the remark there is at least gen
orally the satisfaction of feeling that tho words
are at least characteristic what the reputed
author might have said or would have liked to
have said With each selection the editor gives
a short descriptive biographical note, either
original or an extract from the works of some
other writer.
Anaxagoras would be the patron saint of
schoolboys if they OF the dying
words of that iustrious philosopher. Give the
boys holiday he exclaimed
Ralph Connors new book. THE Prospector."
Fleming H. RevelI Company. is story Of the
same rugged Northwest that he described in
THE Sky Pilot" and in BLACK Rock" In pri-
waite life Mr.. Conner is the Rev. Charles w. Cor
don, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Two volumes of the American Crisis Biog-
raphes have already been issued by the pub
fishers. George w. Jacobs & Co, of Phadel-
phia. The first, on Abraham Lincoln is by
the series the second, on Thomas H. Benton"
is by Joseph NJ. Rogers. Among the other vol
umes in preparation William T. Sherman"
by Edward Robins: John c. Calhoun" by Gall
lard Hunt; Alexander Stephens" by Louis
Pendleton; Frederick Douglass" by Booker T.
Washington: William H. Seward" by Edward
Everett Hale. jr.. and Judah P. Benjamin." by
Pierce Butler.
Some people do not like cats. The cats can
get very well without their friendship, for
those who do like them generally make UP in
the warmth of their affection for the neglect of
the unapprecative. Sarah E. Trueblood. she
shows in her book. Cats by the Way" is a true
cat lover. She has owned. befriended and met
casually many toms, tabbies and kittens. She
born and brought up in log house in
Southern Indiana, where she attracted
large feline encourage. When she began to
the cats she knew. and continued to do so when
she moved into red brick house with white
trimmings in Philadelphia The stories in her
book truly stories Of real cats.
James Bull Naylor. author of Ralph Mar
lowe" has written book for boys, entitled
The Cabin in the Big Woods, just issued by
the Saalfeld Publishing Company. There
cavern and mystery in it, and hunting ad-
ventures that will appeal TO lovers of healthy
outdoor life.
Elizabeth Barrett Brownng's "Sonnets from
the Portuguese" is announced by II. NJ. Cald
well & Co, of Boston. in edition with borders,
initial letters and design drawn by
Adrian ]. Iorio. There is also original from
tspiece, in photogravure. by Marcel The prip-
cipal edition is limited TO thousand impress
sions, and there is a special letter edition Of
twenty-six copies, bound IN parchment full
crushed levant
Whether she lisped in numbers not, the
numbers seem to come. Lucy Hamilton Warner,
author of Five Little Finger Stories" and
-Four Little Elves" has written another numer-