New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-01

ton IS brought out IN TINS country by ChafleS
SCribners Sons
Among the new editions which are always
coming from the press we have nowadays an
occasional continuation" Agnes StriCkIand's
Queens" will be reprinted this winter consi1-
eraby augmented. Miss Alice Greenwood.
working under the advice Of Or Ward one Of
the editors of the Cambridge Modern History"
has set about adding to the well known work
biographies of the wives Of the Georges and
William " She viii also include memoir Of
Queen Victoria Another classic to be extended
in this is Sir Edward Creasv's Fifteen
Decisive Battles of the World" The author
terminated his work with an account of Water
loo, The Harpers publish a edition with
additional narratives treating of the battles Of
quebec Yorktown, Nicksburg. Gettysburg Sc
dan. Manila Bay, Santiago and Tsu-Shina-
Abiding. a short time ago. TO the settlement
Of the Book War in London, ventured to
sert that further discussion nevertheless
probable. Evidently It is coming without delay
Writing in THE Sphere" MI c X Shorter who
claims to know something about yybat vent on
at 4 recent meeting Of the Publishers Associa-
ton held behind locked and bolted doors. de-
clares that the real fighting is about to begin"
He continues as follows:
The fighting in the future is to be between
the publishers and the booksellers. The arrange
possible in the future for net books to be sold
of the quarrei-aIIows non-net books to be sold
second hand after three months. and this ar
ranEement scarcely squares with the booksellers
ideals
the literature which has gathered around the
mystery OF the Man in the Iron Mask-IargeIv
to the deepening of that mystery-has unearthei
evidence when. as interpreted IN his forthcon-
ing book promises to yield interesting reading.
He will have none OF the hypothesis that the
famous prisoner was the child of Anne of Aus
tria and Cardinal Mazarin- He aims instead,
to identify the prisoner with a parsonage who
was at once the sou Of an English King mem
her of the Society OF Jesus, agent of the
French government and tipster on Newmarket
Heath,
The lady who writes over the name Of IS G.
TaIIentyre." a sister of that clever novelist the
late II. Seton Merrinan, has published several
very readable books on French celebrities OF
the eighteenth century She now has in press
. biography Of Mirabeau-
The Rev. P. H. Ditchfeld, in a book on The
Oldtme Farson. has some aTnuSIng ahecdoIej
early one morning heard some one In the house
singing Rock Of Ages
At the breakfast table he remarked how sRseetly
.!ha iL vas cook The bishop expressed pleasure
Rock of Ages To- boil the eggs said tn chill:
three verses for soft boiled. five for hard
A movement has been started to secure q
memorial to the late ChurtOu Collins. The gen
eraI public is not invited t. subscribe The idea
of the organizers Is that fund should be raised
simply by the scholars old students and trends
According to the amount subscribed the memo
rial will take the form of a scholarship or prize
for En- lSh Greek literature The fund VIII
be closed on January !. 1909 Subscriptions
NAV be sent to Mrs Arthur BoUtwood, B!edlow~
Buckinghamshire-
The publication of Mr.. Hall Gaines auto
biography. with its numerous stories Of Kos,
sett recalls to a writer in The Pail Mall Gas
zette" this quaint tale;
Meredith and Rcssetti TO take MP house -
eethar but occurred to the former to 20 ami SO
what the house Ike first He arrived n noon
Rossett was up But On the table was hs
hreakfast-sjX eggs many slices 81 bacon
The rppast had waiting some time. The eGgs
Ia+fnc bacon. RGssctti in in n dressing Gown;
otherwise ne had got 0ut &C he'd II TX
down. and ''iavOure5 the pat Ike an ogre Mere
9th sent him q check for the quarters rent 1HXt
day hut he and the poet never kept house together
Rajah Brooke is one Of the most picturesque
figures in the history Of English adventure The
tale Of his extraordinary work in the East IL
presently TO be r@toId in a History of Sarawak
Under It's Two White RajahS. The book has
been written in collaboration by the Rev s
Barring Gould and Mr.. {. a. BaTpfyIde, formerly
Resident Of SaraWak
MI Henry Taylor Parker the musical critic
Of The Boston TRANSCRIPT is preparing a book
on The Opera Since Wa-Ter.' He VIII bring
the subject down to the Ire'+aut day. including
in his survey such cOmpDrcE3 as Strauss, Hum
perdinck Mascagni, PucCn nj Debussy and Char
rentfgr Hf hook viii BE- plUlIEI.l Ey Henry