New-York tribune., 1906-09-23

appear IN the biography Of the French sculptor.
now in preparation.
The Conquest of Bread" is the title OF
Prince krapOtkine's forthcoming book. The
inequalities.
The volume in which Mr.. Henry James is ar
ranging the papers in which he summed up his
recent impressions Of his native country is TO
be called The American Scene'-not a particu-
IarIy engaging title 1t will be brought out
during the coming season, and will doubtless
evoke from its authors adorers the usual chorus
OF JOY There is nothing more certain than that
their pleasure would be dampened by demand
that they should interpret the chapters they
acclaim.
We to welcome by and by some hitherto
unpublished letters from the pen of Thackeray.
They were addressed 10 that IOvabIe man and
charming essayist. the late DR.. John Brown, OF
Edinburgh, and they are 10 be included in q
volume of the cOrresp pondence left by the Scotch
man Many American readers still cherish DIR.
Browns essays, reprinted many years ago IN
Boston, and containing among other delightful
things his Marjorie Fleming" The volume
coin. who through faith subdued kingdoms
and wrought righteousness"
a new book about Charles Stuart the second
of that name is to be published soon. 1t will de-
scribe the young kings wanderings exile
in Germany and in Flanders, in those out-at-
elbow days before he came To his own" Tho
author is Miss Eva Scott, who brought out last
year volume on the earlier adventures OF
Charles.
The only descendant Of Byron in existence
is Lady Ada Mary MiIbanke, Baroness
wentworth in her own right She was the only
child of the late Earl of Loveldce- She is known
as Lady Mary never having used the name Of
Ada, inherited from her grandmother. Byron's
daughter. Her mother. who was before her mar
riage Miss Fanny HerOt. remarkably beau
tiful girl. died when her child very young.
Lady Wentworth is one Of the two Roman Cath
q E,nglan1-fhat Is a say
esses in their own right. She is in her thirties.
She has published a little book of unmpOrtant
verse commemorative of her friendships with
children.
Lady Byron was apparently not altogether for
tunate in her sOn-in-law the first Lord Lovelacc.
There is extant letter from her TO a relative in
which she mentions some unkind and unreasOn-
able behavior of his after his wife's death
There stiH lives one man who saw Sir Walter
Scott in flesh. Several people who remem-
bered him have departed this lie within few
years. Their recollection Of him was he ap-
peared in his later Gays, q man prtmaturely old.
with scanty gray hair, white. paincd looking
face and an infrmty in one Of his legs.
Miss Helen Zimmern has lived twenty years in
Italy, and has put into her forthcoming book.
Italy of the Italians the results Of her OBJ
servations and studies. Her cndeavCr has been.
it IS said to estimate the influence Of the South
ern kingdom upon the world of European
thought. its share in the progress OF the mod
ern movement and the distinctive impulses and
aspirations Of the people.
The issue of the first volume ot the new edi-
tiOn of Mrs Gaskelrs works reminds one OF
her countrymen of the fact that the lfeliEc and
| VivaciOus conversation of her novels not
more sprightly than her own:
She had an amusing antipathy 10 the custom.
then frequent in serious households, of improving
the hours after candles were brought by the read
ing aloud II some informing book. Not least IN the
tranquil drawing rooms OF Crawford was this good
old custom observed and occasion enf0-cei.
To withstand il required strong VIII and
irresistible flow of compensatory discourse. Mrs
GaSktll fully equal TO these demands, bat she
did GiSiain the aid OF a fellow cO1Sp.r1tor-
some favored Molly Gibson perhaps to whom she
played the part Of the kindliest q Lady Iar-
ricts- Now, Mary" she is reported 70 have On
joined upon such ally. from whose lips we have
il. they robed themselves for a CraniGrt
evening party; now, Mary. If any one proposes
reading aloud don't agree!' Ana perhaps Miss
Matte and tie HoEOUrab!e MIR. Ja1aiesol fret,ed
n it;le at their gUeSts's preference Of her o--1
spontaneous periods to Or. Johusun's. But they
had their cOnpensatiOns, for she Eldcc them i'm
mortal
''The Pilgrims Way has been chosen ~ Mr..
QuilIcr-COuCh the title Of his new anthology
Of verse dealing with various aspects Of tho
inner life Of man. IL is stated that his scIec-
tion has been guided by the double test OF high
literary quality and genuine religious or etaica.
tone