New-York tribune., 1906-12-01
Current Talk about Things Present
and to Come.


Thomas Hardy is a justice Of the peace and
Il is said that his English country neighnors
think more highly of him In that capacity than
.s a dramatic poet He probably consoles him
self with the thought that Sir Walter Scott was
held in greater esteem In his county by reason
of the shrievalty which he held for many years
than for his fame q novelist
With the publication of four or five vol
urnes next week Houghton, Mif7n & Co VIII
practically complete their list of new books for
the fall and holiday trade Among the titles
sttu 70 be issued are The Life and Letters OF
Iafcadio Hearn." by Mrs, Elizabeth Bisland
John sherman by the Hon. Theodore f. Bur
ton. in the American Statesmen" series; Atone
ment in Literature and Life by DIR. Charles A
Dinsnore and Christ and the Human Race
o. DR. Charles Cuthbert Hail. president OF
UnioE Theological Seminary. These volumes
and the others brought out by the same house
may be seen az the book room lately opened
by Houghton. Mif1in & CO. at No IS Firth
avenue, where some interesting examples OF me
book bindings are also on exhibition.
Mrs Elsie Clews Parsonss much discussed
book, The Family" has. it appears. an unsus-
pected twin Mrs Helen Bosanquet. an Enghsh-
woman. and the wife of Bernard BosanqueI
professor of moral philosophy at st. Andrew s.
the sans title though not, It is reported, with
the same startling suggestions.
II IS pleasant 10 meet IN a book, so
generally sppreciative a traveller and kindly a
critic as NJ. CHI Euard, whose clever volume,
New York Com1ne Je TAi vue" has just come
TO Us from Paris NJ Huard visited New York
last spring and made many clever pen draw
ings Of the buildings. the streets and typical
ha IN
illustrate running commentary on his expert
ences and observations His temper IS delight
ful. his discourse witty. and his structures when
he makes them. usually well deserved. He
falls into remarkably few errors the most no
ticeable being that Of taking the general gather
ing rooms Of the Bowery lodging houses. which
he viewed at night from the elevated train as
being clubs frequented by union worknen We
fear, too, that he imposed upon by the
friendly policeman who told him as a personal
oXpertence the auecdote OF the Jewish second
hand clothing merchant who begged the officer
who was about 10 shoot at a thief escaping
with unpaid-for overcost, Shoot him in
the pants. not in the coat: it's SIS goot as new
The manuscript of Lucas Malet's" new novel,
The Far Horizon" has recently been received
by Dodd, Mead & Co., who viii postpone its
publication until after the holidays-unttl Janu-
airy u, TO be exact. This is the first long story
that Mrs. St. Leger Harrison has written since
"Sir Richard Calmady" appeared five years ago.
A new story Of Ristori is told by Mrs
Tryphosa Bates Batcheller In her book
"Glimpses of Italian Court Life" just published
by Doubleday. Page & Co. The anecdote was
related to the author by the distinguished
actress as the most memorable occurrence in
her life. The incident happened in Madrid.
As she drove to the theatre one evening she
heard the solemn tolling of bell by monk on
3S"l.- IFar yrlo had stared 70 attack his SER
;-eaut. had been condemned 10 Die a nu1nner or
,agee ',Is5e Io ttnfed and npIore her 10 try to
secure a pardon The actress went TO the royal
hox and made an impassioued plea FOR mercy.
ii iegftd As the nablic vas becoming impatient she
then and there for pen and paper, and aVing
signed the act of pardon. said to Ristori: There!
At least one tragedy is we'll ended Keep this pen,
CONVENT A few moments afterwaId, when she
sPpead gp3a 5 @ Se gs rsonn5e6 fro a
Of the house: the name Of the Queen alternatin
she said. for / would not accept for myself the
gratitude of the public. but heard the Queen dis
it is she~it is she
THE King Of Gee-whizz," just published by
the Bobbs- Merrill Company is the result Of a
tripartite collaboration by three gentlemen. with
view TO the production OF "a modern fairy tale
. with real fairies for real children The prose
NJ part of the text IS contributed by Mr.. Emerson
Hough. the lyrics are by Mr. Wilbur Nesbit and
the illustrations by Mr. 0. f. Cesare, a Western
newspaper artist
The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hillis's book. "A
Mans Value TO Society is to be translated into
japanese
Mr. James Montgomery Flagg. who is as
facile with his pen with his pencil. and
equally amusing with both, has answered, IN
e large variety Of instances, the question that
so often greatly perple1es other people-of what
some people find sufficiently attractive IN each
other to induce them 20 hitch up" for life.
Why They Married" lately brought out by
Life Publishing Company, is a collection of
illustrated verses. or drawings with captions in
verse for the invention and execution of which
Mr.. Flagg is solely responsible. He penetrates
the hidden springs Of real imagined compat-
ability with a keenly satirical insight as in the
Of
SPORTSi
He thought abe was wealthy; she thought he was
Not thinking each other a CRATER
They found out that between them there wasn't a
60 they laughed and lived happily after.