New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-16

Hawthorne centenary celebration at Cohcoru'
and has written the biographical introduction
to Motley's Rise OF the Dutch Republic" which
the Macmillan Company has Just brought out In
a new three volume edition in their York LII
brary.
The automobile which had so pleasant an IN
PRODUCTION into literature through the medium
Of THE Lightning Conductor, is making ltseh
felt IN a more serious way through the publica-
ton by the Harpers OF Rudolf Krauses work
on Starters and Regulators for electric motors
and generators The book is a translation from
the German. and Is the only treatise on the
subject printed in English. 1t contains
ninety-eight illustrations and an index. and is
an advanced work, a general knowledge OF gen.
orators and motors by the reader having been
assumed by the author.
Writers who complain of lack OF inspiration
and the difficulty OF concentrating their minds
their work when not in the mood might
try the method adopted by Ford Maddox Huef-
fer. co-author with Joseph Conrad Of 'Ro-
nance" Mr.. Huener has modestly given out
TO the press. through the medium OF friend.
that he always writes standing with a tame
duckling fast asleep between his feet What
he does when the tame duckling grows UP or
wakes up which must happen oftener. he I'M
fortunately omits to state, perhaps leaving It
for material for another literary note" Mr..
Hueffer has certain knship with the pre-
Raphaelite circle. and perhaps the tame duck
ling has some quaint symbolism that is not APP
parent to the phlistine, who would derive moro
inspiration If ii inside OF him in process Of
digestion rather than asleep between his feet
Ion Perdicaris, IN letter to A. ]. Dawson,
author OF Hidden Mamma" a romance of
Morocco, expresses his regret that he did not
have the pleasure OF Mr.. Dawson's company
on the occasion Of his recent visit 10 Raisuli
He writes:
for DS you missed
But Mr.. Perdicaris is no novice with the pen
himself. and perhaps will be moved later to re-
cord his own impressions.
James Montgomery Flagg. whose little vol
ume of illustrated limericks. entitled "Tomfool-
cry recently noticed in these columns is
on the art stan OF Judge" He has studied at
the Art Students League In New-You- under
Victor Marco in Paris. and under Hubert Her
komer in London. He is twenty-seven years
old, and has been married five years to a daugh-
ter of s. T. Mccormick. OF St Louis. lie is
spending the summer in Europe.
Mrs. Voynich. the author OF "Olive Latham"
Jack Raymond" and The GadHy." is OF Irish
IN London schools. later spending several years
on the Continent Her full name is Ethel
Lillian Voynich. and her maiden name was
Boole. She IS now thirty-flve years OF age. Her
husband. Wilfrid Michael Voynich. is a native
of Lithuania, in Russian Poland. who was ar
rested in 1885 for participation in the Polish
national movement, kept without trial in War
and Eastern Siberia. escaped in 1890 and
fed 10 England. Her own life has been singu-
larry free from startling Incidents, IN spite OF
the Intense character OF her novels. They
live in an old-fashioned house in Soho where
| they have gathered extraordinary collec-
ton OF manuscripts and books. Shortly after
settling in England, Mr. Voynich. at the in
stance OF DR.. Garnett, OF the British Museum,
took up the study of the history OF books and
has made it the main object of his life. From a
small beginning he has built up a worldwide
reputation a collector OF rare books many OF
which he gathers from old monastic institu-
tons in out OF the way places. His shop is a
little museum IN itself.
DR.. S. Weir Mitchers THE Youth of Wash
ington. Told IN the Form of an Autobiography"
which is running serially In the Century
Magazine" will be published in two editions in
the fall by the Century Company. One edition
will be limited TO five hundred copies.
Rudyard Kiplng will have a new short story
in the August number of ''Scribners Magazine"
the first piece OF short fiction shat he has pub
lished for a long time. II is entitled They"
and is described being highly imaginative
somewhat in the manner of his THE Brush
wood Boy"
French Classics for English Readers is the
title of a new series which the Putnams have
in preparation for next winter. 1t will be edited
by Professor Adolphe Cohn. and DR.. Curtis He'd
guages and literature in Columbia University.
The design of the series is to meet the need Of
the many who interested In French liter
AZURE. and desire to know it directly but who
cannot easily read it's authors in the original
Six volumes are in immediate preparation. as
follows: One volume each Of Rabelais Mon
taigne. Beaumarchais and George Sand and
two volumes Of Moliere. Each work will be In
troduced by biographical and critical essay by
| an authority, giving an adequate account Of the
authors life, writings and place in literary his
| tory. The introduction TO Moiere will be writ
| ten by Professor Brander Matthews. who has
made a lifelong study of Molieres work
| The coming political campaign renders timely
| the little volume just issued by Robert Grier
| Cooke with the title of 1.-THE Roosevelt Doc
trine." Within its fewer than two hundred
| pages the compiler. E, f. Garrison has coll
lected the personal utterances of the President
| on various matters of vital interest arranged
| for reference in their logical sequence In all.
| there are twenty topics treated comprising
a brief summary OF the principles of American
citizenship and government