New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
Captain Mahan's new book, soon to be ex-
pected will bear the title of Naval AdminStra-
| ton and Warfare" Little, Brown & Co are the
| publishers.
| Henry Holt & Co are publishing Angelo Neu-
| mann's Personal Recolections of Wagner" It
| was Neumann who carried an opera company
| through Germany. Holland Belgium. Austria,
| Italy. England and Russia, giving performances
| of Wagner's works at time when the great
| composers popularity needed just such slim
| illus.
Moffat. Yard & Co announce a new novel by
| John Luther Long, entitled "Felice." The scene
| Is laid in Philadelphia.
| The etchings. mezzotints and Autographs Of
Mr.. Frank Short held in high regard by
the announcement that Mr. E. F. Strange has
compiled catalogue of them. In this will be
| printed number of important letters by RUS
| kin
The effects of the Tnqusition in Spain and
Portugal upon the Jews studied by Mr.. FL
kan Nathan Adler, in forthcoming volume,
called Auto a-fe and Jew" In it he gives a
chronological list of nearly two thousand burn
| ings in Spain and Portugal and in their Ameri-
can and Indian colonies from the time of the
establishment of the Holy Office TO the early
| part Of the nineteenth century
T Y Crowen & Co are bringing out gift
book which should prove very attractive. 1t is
| 4 new edition of ThOreau's Cape Cod pro-
fusely illustrated with photographs by Mr.. Cliff
ton Johnson. This gentleman has shown great
| aptitude in the of the camera for the EN-.
belliShInent of books.
| Mr.. Theron w Haight. Wisconsin lever Of
| letters, is engaged upon delightful undertake
| ing. He is preparing edition of THE Divine
| Weeks Of Joshua Sylvester, a contemporary Of
| Shakespeare's, whose austere verse long since
fell into neglect but who had qualities justify
ing rfN Ta1 of in m
| The next volume in the English Men If Let
ters'' series is TO be devoted to William Morris.
The author is Mr. Alfred Noyes, better known
clever young poet than as writer OF
prose. Judging from the spirit of his work he
ought to make a good biographer of Morris.
The Macmillan Company VIII publish the book.
Several books of memoirs figure in the autumn
| list of Charles Scribner's Sons. Conspicuous
among them is Mr.. Clement Sherter's Life and
Letters of the Brontes.' This is described in
the subtitle as being an attempt to present a
full and final record of the lives of Charlotte,
Emily and Anna Bronte from the biographies
OF Mrs. Gaskell and others and from numerous
manuscripts and letters hitherto unpublished.
Charles Egbert Craddocks new novel soon
| coming from the press Of the Houghton- Nj iftiir5
Company, is called THE Fair Mississippian.'7
1t is story Of life on a cotton plantation.
1t is good news that Mr.. Andrew Lang will
| soon publish a work, THE Maid of France"
| relating the lie ana Oeatn OF Jeanne u arc liz
| il he has endeaVOred TO throw light oIi
| certain obscure parts of her history and to
refute many old and new imputatons against
| her intelligence and greatness. OF course he
will pay his compliments TO NJ. Anatole France.
| and it will be surprising if his book does not
| turn out to be kind Of counterbast to the
study recently published by that author. Mr..
| Lang's book will be awaited with keen interest.
| He is a careful and dispassionate judge OF evil
| dence, and at the same time, as his writings
Mary Stuart have shown. he weigh his
! torical case" with no less sympathy than i'm
Partially.
| The mountaineering expedition in Africa made
| by the Duke of the AbruZZi is TO be cOmmem-
Grated in volume soon to be published. The
| title is long "RuenzOTi: An Account of
| the Expedition of H. r. II. Prince Luigi Amedeo
| of Savoy, Duke of AbruZZ, to the Snow Ranges
| Situated Between the Equatorial Lakes of Cent
| trail Africa The narrative is written by FippG
| de Filippo, and the duke provides Il preface.