New-York tribune., 1908-11-21
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
rs,-ert TAX of Things Present
nud to Come.

xt successful historical novels Of recent years.
- ,iaetceuth edition IS be brought out
.,s IN this, by the way. is preface devoted
=. sxnisnations concerning matters in which il
- heen complained that the author was mis-
e.ser another book Of the period. The Lady
- tie Decoration" has Just gone to its
~.zi-tieth printing"
There are some amusing stories Of London So
,sstv n Just published book, "Piccadilly to
PAL Mail" Many OF them concern "the new
p,,tccrscy-" and unsPzrns IN tone Here is
) tafs O. q ball TO *hich half the guests were
ss,fted hy devious methods.
-aan vas aecosted by LADY He said with a
ies- al oeg zour PARDON, nat &c not fai3k f,,
Here is another story in similar vein:
sorne vears ago an eminent pe-sonaze accepted
- e5gEssres . dinner With certain millionaire
3 thsf tire eorparstively unlnoTEn The first
size anseauairted With BIS host would wait til
eo--s one eise who could introduce him. lin
esrea n the hall The second was in the same
Tredicsment. were tie third fourth. ffth, and
re eminent personage' himself Upon the dileIn.
being explained 70 him he ehee-tly said orr
know him
The old social ideal it is recalled. was that
r. the clever Lord Houghtoa- who Is quoted
Is saying that ''the highest condition Of social
happiness would consist in being known by
everywhere and going nowhere"
The hero 81 the new story by the author Of
Ms Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" Is de-
scrlbed as kind of Colonel Sellers. anniable
-e-son absorbed in schemes which continually
rgme 20 nsught. The opening chapter Of this
so-v entitled Mr. OPP" viii be printed in the
rszt number Of s~Ths Century"
so-ae letters. hitherto unpublished. from the
Nh o. Sir Walter Scott. given TO the world
n fhe pages OF the current ~Blaekwood." They
s-e addressed 70 Mrs. CIephane, the widow Of
Genera Douglas Clephane. and 10 her daughter.
general Clephane had appointed Scott guardian
70 his children, and these letters were written
nsr-ly on business and partly as friendly CORE
ypon6ence. They have been preserved in the
family of Lord Northampton. who Is the grand
son or Margaret Clephane. one Of Scott's wards
As reEs rds The wavcrley Novels Sir Walter kept
h.s authorship much secret from these dear
friends as from the outside world. He wrote 10
Miss Ciephane in 1916:
Ill take care . that you get eroos T95-tgI and m
a-4-sS- = nl.is-is 81 q ~ = ~ 90. T5ts
ve vii with onl> oe the author OF
"Vzverie,--- They cal il Tales az my Landlord.
sEF &tF lpt laughed 20 n''sL ms sol9e 5lllr ~
parts q t7e second tale The hrst Is n7llT'Ao
s7o ] t3inE ia by1 t'c second opens rev ground
s~E 19SzesseS z~es4 re-er Of ,l17'o- and "a mos
SHrh least Is the opinion of ali here and III
T.cn5on- vHo arc raadder about ii than about any
rr11E remember.
record Of san Franctsoos old Chinatown
-k-ov-n al over the world ana happily gone out
- existenCe-is corning from the press Of Mof
sst Tsrd 4 Co II : collection Of views taken
by -he Western photographer. Mr. Arnold GeTithe,
he course Of the patient efforts Of three years
-rs negatives we're al he saved in the great
sa-thoushe which destroyed his possessions
onlv four essays by The late Alice Freeman
Palmer WIFE ever appear in prin-- They are 10
be found in the volume entitled '"The Teacher"
vhich contains besides these some matter from
-ae pen of her husband. Professor q 4 Palmer I
M-z PaIuler's papers are entitled Why Go 70
college Three Types of womeu's Colleges"
Progress in Won1ens Education and "Perma-
nsnt Results Of the Worlds Fair"
paper in The Pal Mall Magazine" on the
famous Amherst Library is full ot interesting
details We note that the earliest binding IN
tne whole collection is one executed in white
6ee-skin At F4aughmond Abbey about the year
1901. = great many royal bindings are 10 be
SOUND in the library. beginning with the volume
presented 70 Henry VII by Abbot Tslip Of west /
-instsr There are also such other rarities as
Edward vI's own copy Of an Ordinal. the
book about King Alfred by Archbishop Parker, !
bo1ad by his own binder expressly for Queen 4.
Elizsbetn- and that Queens copy Of q
Cics-c with her mother Anne Foleyns device /
~ The sides. TIE dedication copy Of Buchsnan's (
Psalms 70 James " Of Scotland with gold seHae
ground and the Scottish lion shield in the centre
snd ether books that belonged 70 this monarch /
after he became James I OF England" There /
ere ether treasures equally interesting:
u7eszcholy feeling clings TO the book that be I
lanEsE 10 Her. Prince cf Wales: but what
eoTls q pathos ernanates from his brother King 4.
silver e11b~oidered cover Hith is gorEeous roysi
rshsf. In connection win this msTcyTed monarch
INST reutiou tie series of rare original ed /
asrsry To return 70 the bindings. there Is an +.
s-ss---~ bound Tor Charles II when he was only +
81 hand the end: James rs dedication i
corT of the -Acadeny q A-IzeTe 81 V.lch .fSrs l1
--S ce@la ef:E = S,-si series concludes with two /
srev -asIu5 books. Ccr Queen Anne arc the .
0,he- FOR Kong George Of the French olIlgjilHs.
r1t 5oue for Louis XIII and snqLhsI 20, mn mn
-ler-ioneS II would be Rossinie 70 enter lnt.
- sfo~1 which might be connecieq VIZ t
rs-- be woven araumd the one 7tlcn mistress
Nsry Ferrsr MADE with be- eNr FAY hangs HANGS ns II le
istor - Vsl6esso's 6evout treatise
The revised edition Of Or. 4 \ Hudson : 4
gtzaespea-e is coming from the press of 0inn
Z Co four PLAYS having thus far been ISSUED
This edition revised by Professors z, g Back !
and 4 : George has these features:
! new text. based directly upon that of The
Tua se+e Of notes al the foot - the PAGE lLe /
s~ 5rsfse columns. giving all the more M
ras-- -evreI y-arIants i 0usrtos and follos VIII
o. ~r---,er+ 50 tFa- the student CT teacher may
- -5--~e the hafanee Of evidence ia the case
= dspated readings; tle second dee ing VIII ~ ion
trsftge csr1nnent and brief phioioelc--l eA'-3--
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