The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-08
GoOK9 AND AurH0hs.

The new Riverhde Press edition nf Boo.
cacoio's- lie Of Dante translated by hilir
WlcEsteed consisting Of ESQ numbered
copies. was all subscribed for on publica.
ton. This translation of the Italian bog
raPher who was born during DaAte's life
time and who lived when there still ex'
isied store Of anecdote and personal
"reminiscences concerning the poet, no, avail
able 10 later writer's. is now published IN
its entirety for the first time. The book IS
beautifully made no OF hand made paper
printed on hand presses with specially
designed type and attractiyoly bound In
/ half Italian parchment. As the translator
has endaayored TO retain something OF
the oolloquial charm and special flavor
OF Bocoaccios style, 80 the publishers have
attempted to reproduce the distinctive
beauty characteristic Of Old time book
| printing and binding.
Lady Penelope Morley Robertss new
! heroine, has taken herself and her eight
suitors into a second edition In America.
In England this romance OF present day
English society is said to be the second
largest seller for the month
Elizabeth Lee Sheppard who wrote Boss
the popular book published by Brentano,
Is known professionally as Odete Tyler
aud is the wife of R. D. Mclean OF the
-Adrea' company. Mr.. Mclean in private
life is NJ. r. S. Sheppard
Justin Huntly McCarthy's novel The
Dryad. which Is announced among the Har-
per's March publications, Is fanciiul tale
of the court OF the Duke Of Athens. the hero
inc being beautiful nymph Of the woods
the last OF the inlmortals who goes out INTO
the world to seek her lover, and encounters
many unexpected and entertaining ex-
perienoes.
The publication OF DR.. Weir MitchelPs
new novel 80 closely following the authors
seventy-hfth birthday. attracts attention
to the fact that our American authors have
been and are to-day long lived class Dr,
Holmes attained the age Of IS. Whittier and
Harriet Beecher Stowe died at "a; Bryant at
SO; Emerson at rs; Irving at 70; l'ongfellow
at u.s. or authors still living and with one
or two exceptions actively at work Juila
Ward Howe will be So in May; Edward
Everett Hale is So, Moncure Conway 10 ~;
Mark Twain Is % and William s Howelis
will be es this March, Holmes and Whittier
both did some OF their best work after Is,
DR.. Osler TO the contrary Notwithstanding
William Cowper Prime, who died re-
Gently at an advanced age, Is perhaps best
known as the author Of charming little
volume of outdoor life entitled 4 Go
Fishing which was written before the
nature cult had created literature OF its
own. and has since become classic. MI
Prime was also collector Of coins. medals
and seals. and his New York house was
vertable museum Of jiniim pottery Tho
first authoritative books on these subjects
were written by him
The current number OF the Bookmon
has a new story of George AIDE, the author
OF Fables in Slang and "The College
Widow which bears repeating. Some
one asked the author whore he got his sense
of huInor Mr.. Ado thought sthe matter
over a moment and said: Il guess I get 1t
from dad. You see. dad once went out and
settled down in little Indiana town OF
few thousand inhabitants. After while
he started a bank. He capitalized it at
SIS 900 and called 1t The National Bank Of
North America
An important new book announced for
spring publication is entitled THE Yellow
War and bears on its title page the pseu-
donym 20 which oonceals the Identity
OF its author-e man who bad unusual
opportunities because OF his personal and
political Importance which gave him the
right to be at the front free from the
restrictions that were imposed upon regular
Newspaper correspondents, The volume
Is made up Of dramatic sketches dealing
with the personal and roms ntlo side Of
the Russo-Japanese War, and takes the
reader into the trenches to witness, not
how the great hattalons mannuvred.
but how the little brown men and the
bearded Cossacks fought
The first chapter which Ia what might be
called the overture to Prof William Benjamin
Smiths new book The Color Line, was
written at single sitting and az fever heat.
A society Interested in sociological problems
asked Prof Smith TO give them an address
Sitting down at in the evening the author
began to outline his main ideas on the race
question The whole matter had so com
petely shaped Itself in his mind that he
W rote uninterruptedly until in the morn
ing. when the first chapter of his book as
it now stands was completed Taking the
main points OF this chapter. the author
elaborated them into the book which is
now raising 20 much discussion on the
race question
The Golden Flood Edwin lie Fevre's
new Wall Street story will be published
the 18th Of March Mr. lie Fevre. whose
knowledge OF the Street Is SO intimate
and extensive, has developed a strikingly
original mystery Of the money market in this
tale which puzzles the reader to the very
conclusion. The smiling and secretive
young man who throws the great captains
Of finance into CONSERVATION by the vast
quantities Of bullion he deposits and takes
advantage Of the terror Of the financiers
he bafies, is a new and intensely interesting
type.
Edgerton r. Young. author Of books
on Indians and Indian life In the West and
Northwest, lie leoturing in England. He