New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr Maurice Hewlett has been active of late,
and will have more than volume out this
season. One Will be given to The STOPPING
Lady" which has been appearing in The Book
man" and the other will contain the story which
has been printed in "Putnams Monthly" The
Countess of Picpus." Mr. Hewlett is now COM
House"
Some months ago Mr. Frederic Harrison pub
ushed his Greed Of a Laynan' book treating
Of religious. philosophical and social matters
The Macmians viii presently issue another
Philosophy Of Commonsense" and later Mr.
Harrison will make two more volumes devoted
TO controversial essays and criticisms and dis
cussions on social and economic questions
From the Harpers who publish the novels of
Thomas Hardy, we have received an anecdote
relating 10 the purchase Of the land on which
he built his home in Dorsetshire. II seems that
the site belonged 10 the Prince Of Wales. and
there was little hope Of securing il But ii so
CHANGED that the application was placed before
the prince himself tnovy Edward VID and he
was much interested IN II. Is this Thomas
Hardy. the writer? he asked. And. on being
told that II was. he directed that the piece Of
| land be sold to him We must do all We can
to please such an admirable writer as Thomas
Hardy. he said"
Mrs Henry Dudency from whom we do not
recall having had a new book in some little time,
has in press novel called The Orchard Thief"
The title comes from phrase in the first chap
ter. concerning one Of the men in the tale. "fIe
robbed emotional orchards and like all orchard
thieves he would some day get hirching.' The
scene Of the novel is laid in village rejoicing
in the romantic name Of Finny Fotta6e.
When Dr.. Fircts and Professor Laurence
made volume Of the late Lord Actons 'LeCt-
urcs Modern History some months ago,
they promised some further collections OF his
writings. Ihey now announce TWO OF these.
The History Of Freedom and other Essays
and Historical Essays and Studies" In these
VIII ae found such subjects as the Massacre OF
ST. Bartholomew. the IHqusitiOn, the divorce Of
Henry VIII. the BorgIs. the American Civil
War the French Revolution and the careers OF
TaIleyrand and Cayour To these volumes viii
career Another volume containing his Let
ures on the French Revolution" viii complete
the record Of his work a 4 professor AZ Cam
bridge. and the editors VIII introduce it with an
essay on that phase Of his activity.
The indefatlgabIe Dr. Emil Reich is starting
Western Nations from 5000 +. c. to 1900 A. D.
AS to the plan Of the book. which is to be pub
lished in several volumes. the author says:
At basis Of all that happened in the history
Of WSer9 m 1 q rhr adt Is wbe6 sefes e a4i
one another. created multitude OF particulat
general facts. each Of which has conditions, de
st!ternent Of these three features of given gen.
eraI fact, ] Try to discover the real cause. thai
psytLoIoeical motive Underlying each of the gem
cral facts as its prime cause
The late jeremiah Curtin, who came 10 I'd
tious Of the novels of the Polish author Sien-
kiewicz. was occupied in his last years with an
historical study Of the NongOiS- In the hrSt
volume Of the work entitled The NonGols; \
History" which iitti". Brown x Co VIII pub
lish the fall. the narrative is brought down TO
the early part Of the ffteerth century. sec
ond volume Russia Under the Mongols' wiz
be published next year.
Under the title Of Tho children and the Pict-
urcs" Lady Tennant is bringing out an art book
which ought TO take good place in the juvcnilia
Of the season In II she leads her children
through the collection Of pictures formed by thu
late Sir Charles Tenant, and Of course. for TIL
many other youngsters into whose hands thu
book will fan. there many reproductions
from these paintings
The late Mr. Cuuringharne- Graham. wife OF
the member of Parliament, LETT in manuscript q
IL ife of Santa Teresa This IS soon 10 he
printed We wonder, by the way. Why Mr.. Gun
ninghamc-t iraham's writings have not been
made retter known in this country He Is an
orieina! man of letters. and though sometimes
DIT eccentric IN his work hc is never duh
In THE Life and Times Of stephen iiiggj0soa.'
lust published by Houghtou. Mitlin d Co.
Colonel T w Higginson has written 4 G:ogTt'-
ply OF his grandfather. who was meTnb"r or
the Continental Congress in 1913 and ono of the
founders Of the American navy. The BOOK gives
not only the portrait OF an individual, but. Ia
the background gIimpSes of the social, polltiti
and commercial New England Cf his tine.