New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-29
BOOKS and AUTHORS.
Current Talk about Things Present
and to Come.

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california. 'Isidro'; The Children OF Good Fort
,,ne" SD essay in morals by DR.. c. Hanford
henderson author OF John Percyheld"; The
SHOES That Danced. and other POEMS" by Anna
J4smpstead Branch; Volume II, completing the
,.luable work on the recent discoveries at THE
arare HarRum." edited by Professor Charles
Traldstein and a Riverside Press edition. limit
"A 70 900 numbered copies. of "Sion's Sonets,"
nv Francis ouarles. This is the ''periphrase''
~ tbe song OF Solomon. made by the author OF
the "Emblems" The text OF the present print
snr Is taken from the edition OF 1850, which
ives & more consistent and slightly more
7,ode-n reading than that OF 1925; but several
obvious errors in the later edition have been cor
r,cted from the 1925 edition. and an interesting
sssioation, which was omitted in 1850. has been
restored from the original quartO
Several new novels viii be brought out insNay
.ns June BY the MacmiIlans. Among these IS
"a long promised. ana several times postponed,
story by Charles Egbert Craddock CAfiss Muir
srse) entitled The Storm Centre" which Is said
70 deal with the peaceful arts OF love n Civil War
ZINES. Another novel IS Foxcroft Davis's story
{. washington society and politics. TO be called
mrs DARRELL: and other titles are The House
Of cards" by Major John Heigh; "sturrnsee,''
& story by the anonymous author Of "Caludre,"
which introduces some OF the characters Of the
former book; ana The Toll OF the Bush"
r4ory OF New-Zealand nfe by William satehen.
An snterprising Il unasthetic. bookseller OF
Atlents. Ca has touched the top notch OF liter
srv advertising n his efforts 10 secure wide
circulation Of Mrs. Humphry Wards latest
-,vsl in bis city. He sent out engraved invita-
lions 10 his patrons inviting them TO be present
:. The Marriage Of William Ashe." 10 take
mace in one OF his shop windows on a certain
-,o-ninc. A crowd gathered that blocked the
erect ana both sidewalks. and at the appointed
hour the curtains IL the window were drawn
ssde. revealing an attempt 10 reproduce. n a
ssbleau Of wax figures. the wedding ceremony
- William Ashe and Lady Kitty. the figures be-
sne copied es closely possible from Albert
eterners's illustrations. The merchSnt got In a
ltle side line Of advertising for his other wares
nv filing another window with an array Of
LADY Kitty's wedding presents" which ap-
vesred 10 consist Principally OF books and sta
tionsry. with the prices somewhat ostentstiously
displayed
MS iTkelv that A z. Housman. whose verses
have appeared from time TO time IN 'McCIures
Warszine" win find himself in wide demand as
a rnarazine poet by canny publishers when II De-
comes generally known that he refuses TO put a
rr,se on his lyrical output When his book OF
not only declined 10 copyright It. but returned
cbeok sent 10 him by NIcClure's which had re-
r-srted some OF the contents with permission
Informing the editors that II have never taken
money for any Of my verses" This remarkable
author is professor OF Latin in University Col
leae London. whether his unmercenary con-
duct IS due 10 his pure love OF art and desire
10 leave his muse untramnaelled, or arises from
conviction Of the irpossiblity Of receiving
a-r-T f1u& h
conceives 10 be the real value OF his work is
stlu matter OF conjecture.
The Appletons seem 70 be devoting themselves
especially 70 the exploitation Of American au-
thors Only two volumes on their spring list
bear the names OF foreignevs-''dy Poor Rela-
tons" stories OF Dutch peasant life by Maarten
Martens. and 'Longbarrow Hail." a novel OF
English country life by Theodore Wilson.
The second volume IN the Bobbs-3Ie Com
rany's Pocket Book Series IS a story by Anna
katherine Green, entitled The Amethyst Box"
The fact that DR.. s. Weir AIitcheIPs new novel,
Constance Prescott" has followed so closely
On The heels Of his Youth OF washington"
would seem 10 suggest that DR.. Mitchell is be-
coming as rapid and prolific a writer An
drew Lang or Dr.. Cyrus Brady. This however,
is not the case, II appears. DR.. Mitchell has
actually been working on his latest story for
more than three years. IN which time he has re-
written II no fewer than three times. The manu-
script was put into type for the first time two
years ago, and a single set Of page proofs was
struck OF on large sheets and bound up for the
author. He worked for A year on these proofs.
end made 50 many alterations that il was found
% Be cheaper to reset the book entirely than to
attempt 10 make the corrections with the nee
essary overrunning and remake-up.
A book which promises 10 be full OF personal
anecdote and Renaissance Of interesting people
Is the volume entitled Talks in Library with
Laurence Hutton" by Isobel Moore. which the
Putnams are about TO publish. Mr. Hutton had
q VIDE and intimate acquaintance with all sorts
Of notabities. literary. artistic and theatrical.
and his library was filed with fascinating
collection Of portraits. autograph letters. menus.
inscribed books, rlaybills and such like memo
rabfia Miss Moore spent many hours in this
library with its owner who talked 70 her spon-
taneously and Familiarity about these various
objects and the associations and people connect
81 with them. These talks Miss Moore wrote
down and put IN literary form. Her manuscript
was read and revised by Mr.. Hutton shortly be-
fore his death. and the book accordingly stands
his last word 10 the public and his friends
Mrs hugh Fraser. author Of a Diplomats
Wife in Japan" is about TO publish through
Henry Holt & Co, a novel Of japanese life. It
win be called a Maid Of Japan" AS the wife
OF the British Minister TO the court Of the
Mikado. the author gained her knowledge OF the
japanese during residence OF several years in
Toxic
II IS said that Thomas Dixon. who was