New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-01
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk About Things Present
and to Come.

Current Il GGE A0OUt Il37lgS FTeSent
and to Come.
Andy Adams. the author OF THE Log OF
Cowboy and "a Texas Matchmaker" will COM
IIete his "triIogy of the cattle by the publica
ton early this month Of his new book, THE
Outlet" to be issued by Houghton. Mifnin &
Co. Tom Quirk is again the hero; and. as in
the previous volumes he told the story Of the
cattle on the drive and the range. so now
he relates his experiences in finding a market
for herd. The book will be illustrated with
drawings by E. Boyd Smith. printed in tint.
The books published this week by the Mac
milan Company include William Aspenwall
Bradley's biography Of William Cullen Bryant;
THE American Thoroughbred," by Mr.. Charles
e. Trevathen, new volume in the American
Sportsman's Library; three new volumes In the
Pocket Classics Series, 1.-THE Story Of the HAD
THE Story OF the Odyssey and Quentin Dur
ward; Mrs. Danes Defence" the we'll known
play by Henry Arthur Jones. and a corrected
edition Of Goodwin's de Corona
The Illinois Woman's Press Association re-
Gently held a kermess in Chicago to raise a
fund to establish home for the benefit OF needy
press women. One feature was the sale OF books
donated by American authors. each volume bear
ing the autograph Of the donor and in many
instances some appropriate sentiment Among
the authors represented were Gertrude Anterior.
Lillian Bell. Robert W. Chambers. Margaret
Horton Potter. Ruth McEnery Stuart. Margaret
E. Sangster and Mary E. wilkins Freeman.
Mark Twain sent copy of tom Sawyer with
the inscription, The difference between lie
and a cat is that a cat has only nine lives"
novelette, by Booth Harrington is announced
for spring publication by Mcclure. Phillips &
Co. 1t will bear the title Of THE Beautiful
Lady" and is stated to be AN almost whimsical
tale Of young impetuous love-" the scenes of
which are laid in Paris. Venice and Rome.
Three novels promised for early appearance
by Henry Holt & Co. are The Belted Seas" by
Arthur Cotton. in which the hero. an American
sea captain, has many amusing adventures in
strange places; THE House OF the Black Ring"
by Fred Lewis Pattee. described as a weird and
picturesque story of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
and The Millbank Case by George Dyre Ell
bridge. detective story. the scenes Of which are
laid largely in Maine.
Although President Roosevelt has not in
dulged in unofficial authorship since he became
Chief Magistrate of the United States the de-
mand for his books still continues. according
to a report received from the Century Com
pany. The Strenuous Life" has been printed
eleven times. editions of Ranch Life
have been issued since it was put into it's
popular edition. and there is steady call for
his Hero Tales, the thirteenth edition Of which
has recently gone to press.
Joseph c. Lincoln is about to follow up his
novel. "Cap'n Fri" with another story Of
Cape Cod life The government charts locate a
too generous half of the wrecks that have
CURED on the cape during the last twenty
years off the Chatham sioa;a--Chatham being
lh1 "Orhann" OF "Car... Eri the total number
...-cI nting to owe ave aar and forty. MI
Lincolns new book ~. deal more with the
saving Of vessels and carEoes than with the
life saving service
H. B. Marriott Watson claims to be the lit
erary discoverer Of J. NJ Barrie and OF H. c.
Wells He says that II h who induced
Barrie to publish his first book Better Dead
ard elaborated with him In his first play.
Richard Savage" brought out in 1892 In
regard 10 his Other discovery. Mr.. Watson de-
clares that it was on ~ Introduction and so
licitation that the late " Henley. when
Editor OF The st. James's Gazette" took up
Mr.. Wells and printed his articles and exploited
his stories Messrs. Barrie and Watson are
yet to be heard from Mr.. asnley is dead
The Sunny Side OF the Street the recolIec-
lions and observations OF Marshall P. Wilder.
which nave been appearing serially in The
New-YCrk Tribune Sunday Magazine Supple
ment will be published in book form early in
May by Funk & Wagnals. with all the original
illustrations
The photographic art has found new express
sion in the publication this week by z. P. Dutton
& Co. Of a Dictionary of Battles" Thomas
Benfeld Harbottle. the author and compiler
has collected the statistics and written brief ac-
counts Of the worlds great battles from the
earliest date to the present time, and arranged
them alphabetically for ready reference. The
battles" ii should be understood. are those be-
tween contendng armies and not Of the heroes
Of the P. r
Robert Kitchens seems somewhat disturbed in
went into the desert to make study OF local
color for his novel. The Garden of Allah" He
is so moved indeed, as to make "a positive de-
NAL" BY this he does not intend TO have II
understood that he invented his desert and i'm
agined his oasis. but that for many years he
was familiar with the oasis and with that sec
ton Of the desert which lies about H. The
fascination OF this strange region got hold OF
him. and he returned again and again making
many excursions into il with Arab companions.
sleeping in the lonely travellers house or
bordJs. spending his evenings in the native
caf6a and dancing hoYsas and Uoalripo htD,s.lS