New-York tribune., 1905-05-27
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk about Things Pres
ent and to Come.

Accomplicer is a New-York lawyer. who has
utilized in his novel the knowledge of criminal
law that has come to him in his practice.
fellow lawyer who knows of Mr. Hills dual in
terests found him the other day in the Bar
Association reading adverse opinion of the
court in one of his cases well, what is it
to-day" he inquired, jestingly, law or fc-
tion?" 'I think it's felton," Mr.. Hill answered.
hopefully But I won't know for certain until
my appeal is decided"
The publication of Edwin Lefevze's clever
story Of Wall Street 1.-The Goldon Flood" has
had one unexpected result in deluging the au-
thor with a flood by means golden. of
respondence from all manner of cranks with
the alchemist's bee in their bonnets One OF
them writes:
Of gold being impossible as have succeedet after
from common earth; also. having partially
ceeded in transmitting iron and silver into the
sand dollars. p S.-Treat this letter conf
dentiaIly.
And another. whose liberality has strangely
enriched neither the public nor himself. bravely
asserts:
You are writing nearer truth than you are per-
haps aware, In July and September 1903, gave
TO the world the general facts governing the trans.
copper and silver into gold
Even while the story was appearing serially
In 'McClures Magazine the publishers were
visited by young man who desired TO look
over the back numbers for a recipe for making
gold. which he confidently expected to find in
them The search for the philosophers stone
seems to go on under the electric light as per-
sistently as in the dark ages.
The Baroness Bettina Won Hutten is at present
visit to the United States Her latest
novel. Its fifth large
edition.
From time immemortal It has been woman's
inalienable privilege to change her mind, with
without provocation. And comes one
Charles D. Stewart who says it is a physical or,
rather, mental, impossbity. Bill, the I'M
caught hero of his THE Fugitive Blacksmith"
presumably voicng the authors philosophy, lays
it down law. In the words of his mouthpiece,
Stumpy:
Bill said afterward-and don't know how true
It is but he ought to know because he took enough
Hd He says they oH think they ca and nd ha
when they want it changed they have to look at
other Persen. and it is that that changes It And
mind can aHc chanEe Itself and that S he osa onans
his wits, it's because he put in
place where he could really try 1t.
This sounds very wise. and it may be true, but
we are willing to stake regulations that
women will go changing their minds Just the
same. or think they doing so. and man will
not be able to tell the difference
The Putnams will have ready volume
of Addresses of Frederic R Coudert" with a
biographical Introduction by Paul Fuller. Mr..
Coudert in his lifetime president Of the
Manhattan Club. the Bar Association of the
City Of New-York and the United States Catho-
lie Historical Society. He was member of the
1Iala pOJ116 6ar CJoTT 1icciO M
counsel for the United States before the Inter
national Behring Sea Commission in Paris. He
made many notable speeches on many notable
occasions. and famed for his wit and grace
as an after dinner orator.
Many devices for booming the circulation OF
dropping volumes under the eye Of the
literary paragrapher, but for frankness and
originality the following statement in Sauce
Piquante," the literary organ" Of a we'll
known publishing house. carries off the palm:
One of the sick selling best novels Of the year in
the United States is The Lady OF Cawnpore." by
Frank Vincent and Albert Edmund Lancaster;
from the publishers. Funk & Wagnalls Company.
John Lana, of the Bodley Head, who has
| been here for several weeks in the interest Of
his New-York house. and. it is to be hoped.
| making liberal arrangements with American
authors. sailed for London last "Wednesday.
Paul Bercy. B. l., L. D.. author of the Bercy
series Of French text books, has collaborated
with Georges Castegnier. B-es-L.. B-es-S, in
preparing a Simple Grammaire Franchise
which is said to contain many novel and original
features. The volume is published by William
r. Jenkins
The evils Of 'frenzied finance" as expounded
by Thomas w. Lawson in "Everybody's Mag
azine" have undoubtedly awakened the public
to a sense Of dangers past present and to
come, and SO have picturesquely served useful
purpose That their publication has not been
without it's baneful influence is attested by
the appearance of a small volume entitled, ME
and Lawson" in which a gentleman named
Richard Webb seeks reflected notoriety and
profit by a burlesque of the Boston spectators
methods and style. The book relates the sup
posed experiences of Humpty Hotfoot.
ubiquitous messenger boy employed by Mr..
Lawson. and his little run In with Frenzied
Copper, Amalgamated Gas and Scrambled OIL"
It is a vulgar, ineffective effort that misses
a fine opportunity to be clever and amusing.
Pl lofessor Angelo Heilprin is now engaged In
the preparation of an entirely edition of
that standard work of reference, "Lippincott's
Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World" which is
expected to be ready in the autumn. Professor
Hellprin is no mere closet geographer. He has
accompanied Peary on one of his expeditions to
the Arctic, and personally explored the crater of
these active services in the cause Of science he
was recently created "Of1cier d'Acadenie" by
the French Minister of Public Instruction ard
Fine Arts.