New-York tribune., 1905-11-21
MISCELL4NY.

Rome is to have a new monument, one erected
ia the name and fame of Dante. The statue Of
the poet will be placed on Monte Mario looking
down upon the city from across the Tfber In
giving this news The Academy" says:
The spot is appropriate, for the road from Vierbo
passes over the hill and this route much fre-
a member of an embassy sent from Florence to
fact 10 which he alludes in the Paradise tcahto
Non 89F 25sr, s52 gfPts Fo.ssf6o sRsP5a 'l0n'emao
Montemalo being the name Of the hI in Da3tes ante,
cay F5ilI and oonsidered that the world cannot
contain many views OF such m!ngea fS ofsutS au f
nous pine .,,t..
MID evening hues along the P55Tf5 6orison iine
which was saved from destruction by Sir George
Beaumont who paid The the RropeIotf pro IT GI enbrace 70 cd it.
found t. with the sky behind it, more beantlfHi @ ~
5aa3 fos 69sbv Se NAV 1 have s9gsesfed to Matthew
Arnold his lines on the tree IN Ihyrs!s
The Macmillan Company is making delight
fully rapid progress in printing its edition de
luxe of the complete works Of Mr.. Maurice
Hewlett Only last week We recorded the ap-
pearance of the second of the ten volumes. and
now the third. containing the Little Novels OF
italy" is at hand We were tempted TO hnger
over THE Forest Lovers and "Richard-Tea-
and-Nay'' when they came out in this edition. but
il is even harder to avoid rereading the present
volume Mr Hewlett has never done anything
better than three at least Of the five stories IN
it-"Madonna of the Peach Tree The Duchess
of Mona and The Judgment of Borso," and II
he never surpasses them he will still be sure of
remembrance. Indeed, these short stories regis
ter his highwater mark For dramatic point
for color, for picturesqueness. for character and
for original power they are among the best
things done anywhere in time.
IEsop. the fabulist, is to be honored with
new. modern edition by Moffat, Yard & Co..
I'D to date in Typography and illustrations, but
with the same old fables. There viii be an in
troduction by Elisabeth Luther Cary, since, as
nearly a generation has passed without fresh
edition of the book, the ancient sage may re-
,rire introducing to the boys and girls who
have meantime been born and learned to read.
There will also be thirty-fve illustrations by J.
NJ Conde, sixteen in colors and nineteen line
drawings.
Eugene Wood finds that authorship brings
material returns. IN his book of rural sketches,
..Rack Home" he refers to certain faVorIte
arr,Ies of his boyhood. and now a lumberman IN
Oreqon writes to say that if Mr. Wood will
send his address to the one given above, the
writer of this will send him sample OF the
kind of apple that makes MN Qlipple ~ IIe
mouth. In other words sample of old fash
ioned Rambos. and I am no autograph f1end'
either Yours truly. P. S.-Native Of
pennsylvania; age, sixty-one."
Book collectors will rejoice to hear that Dodd'
Mead & Co. have published the fourth and
last volume of Mr.. Luther S. Livingston's "Auc-
+ion Prices of Books This compilation, we may
7o+e again covers the period from the COM
rnencement of English Book Prices Current" in
1885 and that of american Book Prices Cur
ror+, in 1894 1t also includes references to
,rrnortant sales of much earlier date, and car
RS the record down TO 1904 Packed with in
formation to be got at nowhere else with the
same convenience this is, in the fullest sense
an Indispensable work Of reference Mr.. Liv-
fngston has done his work not only with thor
oughness but with discriInina tion-if he knows
What TO nut in he also knows what to leave
: ort-and the publishers have given his book
perfect form. Typography and paper leave
nothing to be desired, and the binding is just
what II ought to be. cover calculated TO stand
! wear and tear.