New-York tribune., 1906-10-17
Literary Ves~s and Crf1ic;en

praisinS nor e0aims our names am 91F nsTina-
W. eity. at other times Il seems at AT umes think 1t
said once .onlI T5llihg & to obscurty LORD Tennyson
tfSy the agtSor fhn M The But Breeds h eSs morn re
register an opinion on biz isuicu9n @ Is SIM
enough he is chieSva as IS possible Naturally
critic and the edtoIs5, os own reputation Blf the
ta tfSstoT-tske different view Till fFJc and the best
Judge or be Judged # fhe s Individual whether he
theme that matters 's not the verdict but the
,,se, are siao to hear that the late n Seton
Merrinan's sister, who uses the ~ -
. ". 4aAentyre," is to publish in .erta r,.io,,5.
u FOItaire' a kind of companion ,,o1,,r,. - -,
On the famous Frenchman That vor,, g.
popular than scholarly, but we recall - es
-, 0ie' entertaining MISCELLANY The new
DOCK Is presumably to be rnada nv 80 -.
o'9@Ss which we have seen in one of the Er,,1ist
s0NiileS- Ihey We're written in the sarna 1iob.
44N ahecootic style of the authors Life of voI-
anu they should go well between covers
Mr.. Albert stickney. author ., "A r..
PUBIC and other books on public questions has
'eceauy written volume which under the
Iue OF Organized Democracy" was nph-
lIsheo last Saturday by Houghton. N1if4in &.
~ f1ls thesis Is that Americans are free in
name only. and practically slaves 10 "tbe
his view OF our present condition
. that party government" means governroant
the election machine; that the election ma
Sl-He ,I means government by money. and that we
nave accordingly achieved not democracy br+
plutocracy. The author. fortunately does not
'tinA our case hopeless. and suggests definite
Ideas for reform of what he regards az tho ,-a
vailing conditions
The suggestion made by Mr. Henry Arthur
1ohes' OF which note was made in this column
recently that playwrights should publish their
"orks IN book form, is to be acted upon by Mr.
Bronson Howard, whose new play Kate: A
comedy" is to be issued Immediately by the
Harpers The drama will not receive a stage
production until next year It deals with
the modern marriage question in an international
setting In preparing the reading version Mr.
howard has incorporated the conventional stage
directions with the text
Lord stanmore's life Of |Sidney Herbert: Lord
Hernert OF Lea" in two volumes, is TO be
puohshed shortly in this country by E P. Dut-
ron & Co The same house announces for early
issue MI z. G. Gardners The King Of
Court Poets" treatise on the life work and
times Of Ariosto; Rene Huchon's George Crabbe
and His Times and DR.. Fredrik NieIsen's His
tory OF the Papacy in the XIXth Century" in
TWO volumes Dr. Nielsen is the Bishop Of AL
borg, and was formerly professor of eccIesias-
tical history IN the University OF Copenhagen.
The book has been translated under the direction
Of Arthur James Mason. D. D. Canon OF Can
terbury.
DR.. T. Mitchell Prudens book. "On the Great
American Plateau" which the Putnams are pub
fishing, is the result OF many months of wander
ing among the canyons and buttes in the land OF
the Cliff Dwellsrs and OF their successors the
red men Of to-day. The volume is illustrated
with a map and numerous photographs and sew
eral original drawings by Mr. Edward Leaning
story of the honeymoon of French noble
and his bride. who followed him to camp. writ
ten by Valentine Hawtrey. and entitled "a Ro-
nance Of Old Wars" is on the fall announcement
list of Henry Holt & Company.
Ponttus PLATE appears to be having a lit
erary vogue. Two publishing houses are IS
suing novels IN which his name appears IN
the title The Funk & wagnalls Company IS
bringing out a volume by William Schuyler
entitled Under PontiGs Plate" and Fenno
& Co are publishing THE Court of Plate" by
an anonymous author, Of whom. however. It is
gratifying to learn that he 'fs no novice and
knows how TO handle delicate subjects"
Robert E Knowles, the author Of "St Cuth-
berts" has written q new novel entitled "The
Undertow," TO be published by the Fleming
H. Reveu Company in a few days The story
is described as mot problem novel" but
"a strong depletion Of the old struggle between
lofty aspirations and the drawback OF the
senses" The scenes are laid on both sides of
the Atlantic, and the hero is a young minister.
A s Barnes & Co. have just issued, as
volumes sixteen and seventeen Of The Trail
Makers Series of early American expeditions,
vovaees and discoveries, THE Voyages and
Explorations Of Samuel de Champlain" 1904
1616 and Purchass version of Champlain's
voyage Of 1908. The English version Of that
portion of ChArnplain's own final edition of his
works which relates TO his explorations has
been translated by Annie Nettleton Bourne
and edited with notes and Introduction by Ed
ward Gaylord Bourne. professor of history at
vale University, especially for this series, The
onIv other English translation Of the 'Voy-
ages" was issued privately by the Prince So
cierv Of New England. which has refused its
consent TO have the volume reissued in popular
form.
Fx-Presfdent Cleveland in his just published
hook Fishing and Shooting Sketches (The
Outing Publishing Company dlversihes ms ac-
counts OF his sporting adventures with many
weighty philosophical reflections such as:
The unstrenuous philosophical fishing fraternity
as r,ors for humanity than the strenuous people
Fishing stories are oI1s with nothing killed than
10 feel the weight OF mean pnsporlsinanli!kEe E @ aGt
.iaI L,siness Of contented labor and or healtnful
r1nderation in the pursuit OF WeaIth IN TINS oenlo
81 a lsres share Of the time which has been de-
1d 10 the coucoctiOns o. trusts ana business CCIi-
s-sTfo1s has been spent in hShlns-
--5-e biggest fish always lost
It-tsbernIen necessarily see ard 90 WonderIui
.t,ttr@s II those not members OF the frateTnlty