New-York tribune., 1908-01-11

that the new edition is twice the size Of the first
one.
A direct descendant Of Mistress Ann Brad
street one who. Ike that Colonial dame. was
writer of verse. has just died. in the person OF
Susan Hartley SWEET. Short stories also MISS
SWEET produced; but she win be remembered by
most readers as the author Of such musical
verses these:
When the scarlet cardinal tells
Her dream the dragon fly,
And the lazy breeze makes a nest IN the eie0S'
1t is July.
When the tangled cobweb pulls
The &c. eornowers oy taii cap fsdn awrg: WY the wall
To bow to the butterfly
1t is July.
When the heat like mist veil floats
And the silver note note in m the stTeamlet's throat
Has softened almost to sigh
II is July
When the hours are so still that tirne
Forgets them and lets them lie
Meath petals pink till the night stars wink
''' suns It IS July
That excellent writer and sincere lover of
books. Mr. A. W. Pollard. has just brought out
volume entitled Books in the House'-a
volume full of good sense and Of reverence for
the delightful subject He does not give much
attention to bindings-it is the book that is TO
be read that interests him. not the book that is
to be admired through glass He condemns by
the way the use of glass fronts for bookcases;
and these cases he recommends. should not be
more than eight feet in height, as in the
ascending heat of the room the volumes on
higher shelves would suffer. The best way OF
preserving books from deterioration, he OBJ
serves. is to take them down from their shelves
occasionally Every book the shelves he
adds lis the better for the slight stir caused. II
even single volume is taken out and replaced
Letters to the Family is the title OF the
volume into which Mr. Rudyard kipiins pro-
poses to gather the articles he is writing on his
experiences during his recent tour in Canada
It is not stated whether his present journey
to South Africa will result in a similar series.
Senior Galdos is bringing out two historical
novels-two more Of those Episodes Naclo-
males" which seem 10 be dear to the heart OF
the Snanish novelist One treats of the time,
we are told when Spain in search OF
king. a search that led ultimately to so serious
a consequence as the Franco-Pruss1an war;
the other eliminates in the ASSASSINATION Oh
Prim GaIdos is also bringing out play The
Brigands."
Miss Anne Sedgwick's clever novel. "A Foun-
tain Sealed has had. under thestitle OF Valerie
J-pton" a con nsiderable success in England Mr
Henry James," says the London Chronicle
"is the only other living author who could
have written Valerie Upton and there viii be
not a few readers who will be glad that he
did not write it. It is wholly satisfying as II
is"
Bielschowsky's biography of Goethe turned into
b1-E Erofes A Cooper Will SQOTIly
be available in complete form The Putnams
are about to bring out the third and conclud-
ing volume Of the translation
Among forthcoming American books of fiction
Macmillan announces Mr.. CrawfOrd's sequel to
Fair Margaret: Mr.. Jack Londons soclahstic
story The Iron Heel; Mr.. Robert Herrlck 5
story of matrimony, Together" and celiectioA
of short stories, Tales of the Months by the
author Of The Garden of Commuters Wlfe -
otherwise Mrs. Wright
Tennvson's own notes to his early poems will
he found in the just-published reprint of those
noen1s which are now out of copyright. Here
&c a massage referring TO an epic written in his
early teens: Il used to compose sixty or sew
antv lines all at once and shout them about
the fields as I Ieapt over the hedges 1 never
felt so inspired though. of course, the poem was
not worth preserving and into the fire II went
BY way of general advice he says; knowledge
shone knoll-let him who reads me always read
these voweIs long" On the question OF pia-
giarism the poet wrote in annotating his line.
land at their feet the crocus brake like fire
q will answer for it that no modern poet can
write a single line put among the tnnumerable
authors of the world you will somewhere md
a striking paralIelism. 1t is the imaginative
man who thinks everything borrowed
Mr. ". De Morgan's new novel, somehow
Good" is to be published next month. \
strange occurrence in the "Twopenny Tube Is
said 10 set the wheels of the plot in motion.
The aims and beliefs of the Socialists. It Is
understood, are clearly defined IN Mr.. H q.
WelIs's forthcoming book. New Worlds for
Old" He presents the principles upon which a
Socialist believes the reconstruction of society
should GO Another book on the same subject
is Mr.. Robert Hunters description Of the move
u7ent and it's propagandists in Europe. This
book under the title Of The SOCIALISTS al
omit he