New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-10
LITERARY NOTES.

A volume dealing with the history Of prosodi-
! cal criticism in England and America during the
! last two hundred years is coming from the press
| of Henry Provide. The author is T. s Omond
and the title of the work is English Metrists OF
! The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
The first volume in the Large Print Edition.
/ of standard works which the DOubleday-Page
'.Wutherng Heights The rest of the Bronte
novels will follow, and we also called upon 10
welcome Charles ReadeS charming novel, Love
Me Little, Love Me Long" The edition is in
tended for the comfort of readers whose sight Is
defective and the experiment ought TO be sue
cessful one.
| Among the foreign art books in prospect is lie
Musee dart" containing survey of the artistic
movements during the nineteenth century.
81 am now tired of writing novels says Mrs
Stannard. otherwise John Strange Winter. She
has written ninety-six of themi
Those who have felt the fascination of the
heapcd-up possessions of the Carnavalet Museum
! in Paris will look with interest for book pre-
pared by its custodian, NJ. Georges Cain. 1t Is
entitled 'PrOmenades dams Paris" and it escorts
the reader through Paris old and new 1t is to
have many lIlustrauons-som of them taken. no
] doubt from the quaint old paintings of Paris
streets squares and buildings which, as all visi-
tors will remember, hang in the entrance corr1-
dor of the museum.
| "Nimrod's Wife is the title of the forthcom-
! ing book in which Mrs. Thompson Seton will de-
scribe various out-of door expeditions with her
husband Like her first book, "a Woman Ten
derfoot" it offers valuable practical suggestions
to other women who propose to brave the dam
gers of wildwood and mountain Experiences
in Western America and in Norway are described
by Mrs. Seton.
An edition Of BoswelPs Life Of Johnson"
which is soon to appear in London is novel IN
that it is to be copiously and handsomely Illus
trated. Besides twelve photographers repreSe Mt
ing the most famous personages of the john
sonian period in England. it will have four hun
dred less elaborate Illustrations These will in
clude not only portraits but views OF places
title pages of books and facsimiles of autographs
The work is to be brought out at first in monthly
parts and then in book form
The original American publishers Henry Holt
& Coz of Mr.. A. c. BensOn's book, The Memoirs
priced edition uniform In SIZE ana plndIhS Vim
the American editions of those clever BOOKS
THE Upton Letters and Prom college, VIM
dow
Another book on the unhappy Queen OF Scots!
Mr. Samuel Cowan IAN enthusiastic student OF
Mary's story has written in THE Last Days OF
Mary STUART" a volume which is SAID TO contain
much that viii be new to all readers. The ma
terial is largely drawn from the diary Of the
Queens physician
We learn, by the way, from Herr F. A Dress
ler's recently published book Moltke. that the
famous soldier greatly interested in the
history and personality of Mary Stuart
He particularly admired the portraits, he say OF
her face. ne thought that history had ,wronsed
her She was an unfortunate woman, in his opIn-
ion. who suffered terribly from the faults OF
her youth, and he agreed with Schiller ueal1lel~
| OF her.
A new publication OF the Library OF Congress
is the careful Index to Portraits Contained IN
Books and Periodicals." The publication we arc
told is the result OF cooperative labor, the
matter being contributed by several institutions
dgested supplemented and edited under the di-
r,-tion and at the expense Of the publishing
board Of the American Library Association, and
published and distributed by the government
authorities The role OF the library is thus
merely that OF publisher. II does not assume
the responsibility. and il cannot assume the
credit OF either authorship editorship.
The publishing board began in 1897 to col
lcct material for an index to portraits in peri