New-York tribune., 1904-10-16
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
The new novels of the season-and the list Is
seriously lengthened every week-wil include
THE Wedding of the Lady of LOvel" by Miss
story Is called Sisters" The title of the new
military novel by the author OF Life in a Little
Garrison Town" has not as yet been disclosed
Mr Kipling would better look TO his laurels
one of the native newspapers OF India, the Ma
ratha" has been urging those of it's readers who
educated to take to the writing OF rOmances
which will interpret the East 10 the West with
authority KipIing, II adds, has no qualification
for the task. his Indian characters being utterly
unreal-mere Pigments OF his fertile imagination
This is portentous indeed
The new translation Of TOlstoy's complete
works which Professor Wiener. OF Harvard is
making and which will be published In twenty
four volumes. is to include various writings by
the Russian author not hitherto put into Eng
llsh. y full biography of TolstOy will form part
OF the scheme, there will be a comprehensive
photography and the editor is framing also an
alphabetical concordance 20 his authors inn
portant ideas. this matter promising 10 fill
about hundred pages There viii be numerous
illustrations In this edition drawn by Ameri-
can and foreign artists and reproduced In pho
togravures and etchings-
In a daintiIy printed little pamphlet Just issued
by HouEhton. Mifilin & Co. a list is given OF the
works which have thus far appeared in the
| special series Of Riverside Press Editions" to
which we have referred from time 10 time and
announcements of some books I'm the same
series are made "CeFtaiue SoEets by Sir Philip
Sidney is the title OF the small volume which
IS 10 appear this month. In November the
"Georgics' of Virgil. translated by Mr. J. w.
Mackai. will be brought cut In n tall thin
tayo. and for December the publishers have in
IrCss a translation OF Bocc1cclos Life of Dante,
translated by Philip Henry Wicksteed and print
ed in Quarto. Other volumes are IN preparation
for the coming year.
Mr.. 8. r. Crockett has IN press book called
I "RaideTlaud." In which he describes the region
he has already made familiar in his novels. lie
thus announces the character OF the work:
My business IS with the Galloway Of brown bent
ana red heather, OF green knowc and gray. snarled
OF Jewellers and lovcmaking Of seamew ana whaup.
ana IN paf ular ana especial It concerns the Gallo
way oi certain dreamy long legged Gallant "ho.
with star In his hand ana whans OF soda-scone
few ~ It's fas,ncsses nexpIoreG in his uahaitcred
boyhood OF twenty-five years ago.
The Illustrations viii be reproductions OF pen
sketches made by Mr. Joseph Penneu who has
gradually made himself one OF the most popu-
lar of modern Typographical" artists
| When the news was made public the other
day that the long looked for official life OF Lord
Beaconsneld would be written by Mr. w T.
MOnypenny, OF THE London Times" and would
be published by that journal IL was everywhere
| assumed that the appearance OF the book would
| not be seriously delayed. But Il is stated
that so many private and public papers have to
| fields letters are scattered among many
people. that II win be at least three years be-
fore the life Is printed II Is said also by the
way that Mr.. Monypenny only undertook the
work after IL had been refused by several OF the
| leading public men Of the day. notably Lord
| Curzon and Mr.. George Wyndham. 1t appears
that at one time there was possibility of
curing Sir Michael Hicks Beach the editor
OF the memoir. -Four persons are mentioned
as the only survivors Of Lord BeacOnsfield's time
who can claim TO have enjoyed his intimate
acquaintance. They are the Duke of Rutland.
Lord Rotschiid. Lord Dunsandle and Mr.. Al
gernon Turnor.
Another OF NJ WallszewskPs books on the
salient figures in Russian history is TO appear in
English Lady Mary Lloyd has been translating
his Ivan the Terrible" the latest of his mono
graphs, which are always picturesquely written.
The work is said to cast much light the
| labOrs of those who began the making OF mod
! ern Russia
Dodd. Mead Co. have just published Max
Pemberton's new novel. Beatrice OF Venice"
story of the NapoleOnic era An odd anecdOte is
told OF an experience which befeu the author
when he was writing this book For long time
he searched in vain for some contemporary &C.
count of Napoeon's transactions with the Vene-
tian Senate. Making his usual inquiry In a sec
ond hand book shop he was assured by the
proprietor that no such book existed. A moment
later Mr.. PembertOn stumbled over a packing
| case full OF old pamphlets. and the first one he
picked up was a publication OF 1904 dealing with
| the very subject In which he interested