New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-02
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

An interesting sale Will take place in Montreal
April 8, when the collection of books and manu-
scripts owned by rhe late Hon. l. r. Mason.
Of Terrebonne. historian. politician and member
OF the Canadian Senate. will be dispersed. The
collection includes number OF valuable manu-
scripts bearing upon the early history OF Can
ada, and It is said that a determined effort will
be made to bring these to New-York Among
the interesting numbers that will be offered are
four hundred lots of pamphlets and brochures
relating to the political and religious history Of
Quebec, eleven hundred volumes OF "Canadiana,"
including first edition of Champlains ''Voy-
age de la Nouvelle France" and complete set
OF Maximillin Bibaud's historical works; and n
manuscript collection Of letters by Hugh Finlay.
the Postmaster General for British North Amer
lea in 1875. who was also general factotum to
several governors at Quebec.
DR.. Emil Reich's lectures in which were
traced the facts and tendencies that have con-
tributed. since 1856 to the development OF
present political conditions in Europe, have
been extended into book and published by the
Macmillans with the title of Foundations Of
Modern Europe"
The latest catalogue that has reached us from
the shop of wilfrid NJ. Voynich. the London
bookseller. contains some interesting numbers
in first and rare editions OF old books of travel.
history medicine and philology. Among the
more noteworthy offerings are first edition of
the celebrated "Hakluyts Voyages" with the
insertion of account of Sir Francis Drake S
voyage into the South Seas. insertion found
IN few copies; n rare first edition of the 1898
Historical Collection of the Most Memorable
Accidents and Tragical Massacres of France .;
q first edition of Robert Tafts translation of
| Ar.osto's "Satyres" printed in London in 1GOS.
ard a copy of the second book printed by Stem
{ daei, the "Summa Theologe" of Thomas
| Auuinas. The catalogue also enumerates sew
eral editions OF the Index Librorum Prohibit
| tum," and a number Of old works China and
| Japan, including Gonzalez de Mendoza's His
tory of China" of the earliest books printed
| in Europe containing Chinese characters.
In his book The Standard of Pronunciation
| in English" Professor Lounsbury gives much
| announcement to those who fear their pro-
nunciation is not all 1t ought TO be. He recalls
the case Of an aged minister. whose pronuncia-
ton had been corrected by friend quoting
| from Websters Dictionary. The old clergyman
| at once became indignant. What right has
| Webster to dictate my pronunciation" he de-
| manded He is one of my parishoners. and
ought to take his pronunciation from me. not
| mine from him."
Some curiosity has been manifested in the per-
sonaIity of the Rev j. E. Scott. whose In
Famine Land" recently published by Harper
A. Bros contained such vivid description
of the great Indian famine Of 1S99-19O0 Mr..
| Scott has for years been a missionary OF the
| Methodist Church. He was born near Steuben-
Vile, Ohio. in 1851. and began his career as a
teacher at the age of eighteen. In 1873 he went
| to India to engage in mission work. He was