New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
LITERARY NOTES.

crawford a Play" Marguerite MeringtoH
..,-,.+,zotior Of Mrs Gaskell's novel, is now
n,blisbed IN book form by Fox, DufheIo &
n, &C has already been noted In thes9 co.'s
nns II was. however. first printed In the
,osAs If q well known magazine Tor women
ar6 baleted COMPARISON of the two versions
b-nes 70 light the interesting fact that IN Jus
sa-4a, notification Il was subject 70 drastic eol-
-oriaI censorship The degrading scene "here
the ladies' Of Crawford indulge in branded -
reaches was for example. ruthlessly exclsed py
me self-constituted guardian Of public morals;
-. the publishers Of the book have not hest
,ated 70 restore such offending and democrat
,zfng portions and 10 bring out the drama IN
unexpuTgated form.
yhe first novel that HenTyk Sienkiewicz mas
written since 1900 IS to be issued next week in
this country by Little. Brown & Co.. IN an
English translation by jeremiah Curtin The
title Of the story is "On the Field OF Glory"
and the scenes are laid IN Poland, during the
reign Of King John Sobieski. Just prior 10 the
Turkish invasion in 1882 Mr. sienkiewicz. It
viii be remembered. was recently awarded the
Nobel literary prize Of nearly $4,000.
Another Nobel prize, that awarded 10 Baroness
Won suttner for her influence IN behalf of uni
versal peace IS doubtless responsible for the
announcement by a c McClurg & Co.. Of
new edition Of her book Ground Arms ("Die
Wafen Nieder'), which has been for some time
out OF print The volume will be brought out.
IN inexpensive form. early in February.
Mr.. Hall Game Il appears is dislusoned on
The subject OF the money making powers OF
play He has counted up everythng-time,
labor etc.-which his play, The Prodigal Son.
cost him. and he has arrived at the conclusion
that he is 5000 out Of pocket It is perhaps
100 much 10 hope that Mr.. Game will be dis
outraged 10 the point OF retiring into idlencss.
a work OF sociological interest. TO be published
shortly by the Baker s. Taylor Company, is The
Country Town-A Study OF Rural Evolution"
by Wilbur Z. Anderson OF Exeter, N. H, with
az introduction by DR.. Josiah Strong. Mr.. An
oerson traces the deterioration of the country
town which began with the Introduction Of
machinery and the new Industrial order, and
points out the extent Of rural depletion. He
tAsn shows the Vitality Of many towns and the
recovery which they have made laying espe
cial emphasis on the fact that the deserted
to the city for greater prosperity. The author
hen suggests the remedies which ne believes
VII prove efecJual FOR the salvation of rural
settlements
The John Lane Company is bringing out in
mis- country Albert F Calvert's Moorish Re
hains in Spain" in which the author, after a
oFlef record OF the Arabian conquest of the
4Oerian Peninsula, gives an account of the Ma
Aonetan architecture and decoration brought
mo Spain by the invaders The author con-
Lles MS attention 10 the Moorish art OF Cor
soSa' Toledo and Seville. Illustrating the text
viz some hundreds Of diagrams and black and
wife pictures, and eighty color plates. It is
y Use the authors own words 'in the collec-
N1 o. illustrations rather than merely in the
'@kn word that he has sought 10 do jus
S the subject-Working not without hope,
vi Eih a vast consciousness of the fact that
@mer by camera nor brush, nor By the pen.
a one reflect the effects obtained by the
A''fsh masters Of the Middle Ages"
Inc '1ntellectuaIs' OF Russian Jewry in Amer
are the subject Of a novel written by Henry
n5ffnan. Of Philadelphia. which is TO be pub
-Aneo Immediately by The Grafton Press. The
s'oFy is called 'Worshippers" and depicts the
leans aspirations and life Of the educated
~ loealistic immigrants and refugees who
lave been the leading spirits in the Russian
.e'o'uuonary movement. and who have come
:" america full of the same enthusiasm for lib
and progress. which their restless natures
lions
. me twentieth Century Home" the magazine
"ohlen. started not long ago by John Bris-
"aiker, formerly the publisher Of The
"opoitan Magazine" is 10 be issued in the
= ''e as periodical of general interest under
;, name Of Dc Twentieth Century Magazine "
:. iH ne published in Irvington, n Y, from
building previously occupied by The Coo
.Opoiiian," and VIII be sold for five cents a
~ Ia = published announcement Mr.. Walker