New-York tribune., 1906-07-14
BOOKS and AUTHORS.
Current Talk about Things Present
and to Come.

anu Inc IedchinEs OF Dante" both pObNSNe0
by Houghton. Mif1ln & Co.
The most ambitious work that Mrs Wharton
has undertaken since the publication OF THE
House of Mirth" is novelette,. entitled NINE. |
de Treymes" which will be printed In It's en- |
tirety In the August "Scribner's." II deals with
the social conditions in an old Partisan family
into which young American girl has married.
Henry w. Nevinson, the English war corre- |
spondent. and author of "a Modern Slavery"
has written personal narrative of the Russian
crisis as he was privileged TO observe 1T in
Moscow. Kief, Odessa, Warsaw and other towns
where the revolutionary spirit was most violently
displayed during the winter and spring OF 1900
'06. The volume, which will bear the title The
Dawn in Russia" will be brought out immediate
ly by the Harpers. The book will be illustrated
with reproductions of suppressed Russian po-
litical cartoons some of them printed In colors.
Richard Burton's poetical drama. "Rahab,"
published recently by Henry Holt & Co. is likely
TO receive stage production during the coming
winter.
Miriam Nicholson, author of "In the Bishops
Carriage has entered quite different field or
fiction in writing her new story. Anthony over
man." which will be published by Doubleday.
Page & Co. on August i. The scene is laid in
with the love of an ideaiist for q woman who is
his direct antithesis. Although the psychological
element is largely in evidence. the novel is said
to abound IN incident and action
Public Opinion has been purchased by Funk
& wagnaTs. and has been merged with ''The
Literary Digest the first number OF the con-
solidated periodical appearing this week.
Retirement to Sabine farm is the dream OF
so many literary workers that the experience Of
a writer who has recently made the expert |
ment may not be without It's lesson. Arthur
Stringer author of 1.-THE Wire Tappers" has
fruit farm in Ontario where ne appears to find
gentleman farming" more pleasant than prof
table He is. however, at no loss TO find the !
reason why he cannot compete with his profess
sional farmer neighbors. e'T sell what can't
eat" he explains, "and they eat what they can't
SELL"
Another author to combine horticulture with
literary endeavor is Frederick Upham Adams. |
who has lately purchased orange grove and |
sugar cane plantation in the Ceballos dis
trict of Central Cuba. 80
Charles Battell Loomis will soon have new |
book the market Cheer Up" will be the |
title of the volume. which the author of Cheer
full Americans" is now preparing for his pub |
and the last comma marked in. Mr.. Loomis will
sail for England to visit Jerome X, Jerome.
with whom he gave series of readings through |
the United States last winter. ~, s.-.~
The late L. F.-Austin has something TO say In |
his points of View issued from the Bodley |
Head, New York. by the John; Lane Company. |
upon the spelling reform movement which has
enlisted the enthusiastic services of Professor
Brander Matthews "He is fond" says Mr.. Aus
tin. "of dwelling the advantages Of the short
cut. on simplifcations bitterly opposed by lin
guistlc Tories Are we linguistic Tories IL we
decline TO write crisises as the plural OF crisis?
Mr.. Matthews admits that the word has an un-
pleasant, kissing sound. He taunts the people |
who, II they dared, would like to write omnibi. |
should like TO write omnibi, but It is too late. |
I acquiesce gracefully in the Of onnbuses, |
but rather than yield to buses win shed the
last drop OF my blood. Perhaps Mr.. Matthews
has lectured at Columbia University on the |
felicitous embellshment of our mother tongue |
by the celebrated song ''E Dunno Where % |
Are II is a pleasant illustration OF one OF his |
principles, but how does 1t harmonize with |
crisises?''
When Daniel H. Burnham hrst.put forth his
plans for a more beautiful San Francisco, an
authoritative statement from him was printed
in 1.-THE Craftsman under the title OF, Build |
ing a New City" AT that time the article was |
prophetic and the plans were merely tentative |
The destruction of the city has given a vital In
terest TO the ideas OF the architect. which the
editors have recognized by reprlnting the paper |
in the current number of the magazine to-
gether with the illustrations, showing the en- /
tire scheme OF rebuilding. and also with maps
Of the city before and after"
Three English authors in the religious field |
are to be in America this summer and next
fall. DR.. G. Campbell Morgan win occupy the |
pulpit at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian |
Church. New York. in addition 10 his North
field work: DR.. w. L. watknson is to lecture |
at various seminaries and churches in the Mid |
die and Eastern States, and Gipsy Smith, the
evangelist will lecture at conferences. assem-
bles and churches on wider tour:
The sermons on the Ten Commandments by |
the late Rev. e. A. Washburn. sometime rec
tor OF Calvary Church. New York. have been |
brought out in edition by Thomas Whit |
aker. with the title ''The Social Laws of God" |
A new portrait OF DIR. Horace Howard Fur |
ness, the well known Shakespearian scholar, has |
lately been completed by Joseph de Camp. and |
will be hung in the gallery of national por-
traiture OF the Pennsylvania Academy. The |
picture is three-quarter length. showing DIR. |
E'lrness seated at his desk In his library, which |
contains his unique collection OF the various |
editions OF tho plays OF Shakespeare. portraits. |
busts, death masks and relics pertaining 20
Shakespearian study. In tho portrait DR.. Fur
brilliant crimson academic gown.
The Rev William E. Addiss Hebrew Religion
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