New-York tribune., 1904-10-02

Mr. Andrew Carnegie IS once more to come
before the public as an author. He has written
little volume on James iasea Mas 'He termi1ating
the Famous Scots" SERIES which Is lssueu III
this country by the Scribnera
Dodd Mead &. Co. will publish among their
autumn books the third and last volume OF
Mr Saintsbury's History OF Criticism It's
predecessors have, with all their fauiIs Oh a. ~
added much TO his repute. for they emoooy an
Invaluable record of the subject But the ne"
volume should make even more divertlng reau- a.
ing for il win deal with the modern pesdU9, ~
which the art OF criticism has been Woh1er @ @
5eveloped Mr.. Saintsbury on men IKE Saihte
Beuve and Arnold is bound to be plquahI' at
least
Fiona Macleod has a new book in press. and
as usual the announcement has proVOAe3 mo- moi
tban one allusion to the impossibility or ideh-
tifying this conspicuous figure in the latter @ uay
celtic movement with anybody persOHHaIIy H
known TO the commentators on literary Things:
Wbereupon she sends to The Daily Telegraph
note bearing no address and running as foi-
lows:
win you permit me to say that as there ism, is no
10 maintain and have right 20 aSK ~ booinp o1
book "The Winged Destiny" and OF its prede r,esy
cessors, there is neither necG&SSey & i nu honor me
by quoting my name. nor in the lmpuTaIon I Fjana
am any other than-Yours very uuS' F'o''A
Macleod
Another volume is soon TO appear In the the OK
ford History of Music, issuing from the Clar9n- f
don press II deals with "The Nlennese re
Rod" and the author Is Mr.. w. H. Hado"'
When Professor YORK Powell died he LEFT n
good deal OF literary material behind him. IN
Tho share Of letters and addresses, or or papers
3Iinted in periodicals now rare. His executors
have planned to make a book OF th.se "IitiIIh9; ;
With Drefatory memoir. IL Will be welcomed
bv readers interested in scholarship and by me
vide circle OF professional men TO whom Po~eli
1.as one OF the friendliest and most Ael9tul ne
ures in English university lie
Tho second volume OF Mime. Adams rcminis-
cences, which the Appletons VIII soon PuS
ush. win cover the period in the authors Ire
from about 1863 to lSGJ. In 1t Nine Ad.tih
viii speak OF her early married days anu tleI
first appearance in literature, and VIII give her
recollections OF Merimce. TIMERS I'ilhe' hen1L' '
Wagner Michelet, Berlioz, Saintc-BeuVe' Meyer
beer Lamartne and other famous men "hoh
she counted among her friends anu acqu'I4AI-
auces.
The publication OF books relating TO old Italian
life continues apace. NoVelIsts and the writer's
of picturesque historical papers have beeh uis-
covering what rich material lies In the ahHtls
Of the Peninsula, and they are exploiting II WIN
great assduity The lIarperS are issuing a booh
by christopher Hare called The Most lllustrlous
Ladies of the Italian Renaissance" in which
the reader IS introduced to such characters as
I.ucrczia and Clarce de Medici. Isabella and
Beatrice d'Este. LucreZia Borgia. and many
others. In fact, il is claimed that the volume
gives complete picture Of the Italian courts
of the l., naissance period.
Miss Dora Greenwell McChesney whose Crom-
wellian story, "COrnet Strong of Ireton's Horse,
is favorably remembered. is bringing out a new
novel OF the time Of Charles H. Yesterdays
Tomorrow" it will be called. Mrs. Hugh
Fraser's forthcoming volume of short stories
The shaking of the sword viii possess a GER
tain timeliness. All Of the five tales in the book
treat of Japanese life
The biography Of George Frederick Watts is
TO be written by Mr.. NJ H. Spelman That
faciIe writer who for years the editor Of
The Magazine of Art" and wrote the official
history of Punch" is very well qualified TO deal
with Watts and his works. His book WILL Of
course contain many Illustrations.
At the time of William Ernest Henley's death
il was UNDERSTOOD that the Tudor TranslatiOns
which he had edited from the beginning would
be discontinued after the publication of the
English Bible and kind OF memorial volume
the exact character of which was not disclosed
Now it is stated that he wished the series TO be
carried on. and that Mr.. Mutt, the publisher
has undertaken the task. He will soon issue
volumes XXXIX and XII Of the series. printing
in them The Arte of Warre." written first in
Italian by Nicholas MachlaVell and set forth in
Englishe by Peter Whitehorne, Student I'm
Graies lime. 1860" With this will be given
two other transations from Machiavelli THE
Florentine HistOrie' O595). and THE Prince"
OGGl). Mr.. Henry Gust, M. p. writes the in
PRODUCTION Further volumes in prepara-
tion for issue next year.
HOLMAN HUNTS FIRST PORTRAIT