New-York tribune., 1909-03-20
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
fO Come.
to Come.

The English translation Of M Anstole france
biography Of Joan OF Arc will not appear 1or
some weeks to come. The translation was m
ished and was in type when NJ France arrived
at the conclusion that his work neeaed re-
vision. It is stated that many OF the reFisiohs
were the result of the translators discovery OIL
discrepancies and wrong references we may
add that perhaps the publication Of Mr.. Lang
book on the Maid had something TO DO with NJ
Frances procedure.
.'7-ha Roysf End" the novel which the late
Henry HarIand left unfinished. was completed
by his wife It comes to-day from the press OF
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Mr Harry De Windts volume Of reminis-
eences, which has Just appeared. tells the Story
of "a restless life" He vas left "eathy
orphan at fourteen and soon began to show
signs of taste for adventure. His first ofhcial
position was that Of aide-de-camp TO his sisters
husband. Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah Of SaraWak
II was after that that Mr.. De Windt went 10
Cambridge. He tells many anecdotes-amons
them one of that evergreen officer, the late Al
nniral Sir Henry Keppel, in the days when ne
was young lieutenant in Malta It Is said
that the youth driving a crowded coach TO
a picnic in the interior of the island. "A joeu-
lar young gunnery officer on the coach worried
threw the reins over the horses heads, took off
the brake. and said: IF you want TO get killed
I'm your man Before 1t had gone far. the
coach vas overturned. but fortunately nobody
was fatally hurt and there were no ladies on it.
As Mr. De windt says, if there had been. the
little Admiral would certainty not have re-
sorted 10 such extreme measures. being too gall
liant for that"
IJY,rvo
in English translatons have been added to the
fourteen which Little. Brown & Co. have for
some time offered to purchasers. These recent
issues include the History Of a Crime" Ma
poeon the Little two volumes of mis- poems
and three of his dramatic works. All in
uniform shape and are published in two diff
ferent editions. the Library Edition" and the
Handy Edition"
One of the curious features Of the April num-
ber Of The Century is 10 be the account by
Robert Lincoln Of how Edwin Booth. the brother
Of his fathers murderer. once saved bis life
when the Presidents boy.
Professor George E. woodberry's revised and
enlarged biography Of Edgar Allan Poe will he
published week by the Houghton Mif1in
Company. Many letters have been added
Miss Braddon CMrs MAXWELL appears to be
returning to the literary industry OF her youth.
She is about TO bring out another new story.
Americans: Criticism and an Appreca-
ton" is the title OF book which is on the press
in England. The author. Mr.. Alexander Francis.
has based the work series of letters which
he contributed last year To the London Times"
collection OF interesting "reminiscences to the
current "BIackwood" Here is a passage on
Marshal MacMahon
He had reputation for making bunders Of
speech due 10 forgetfulness or confusion of mind
heard him ask Sir Charles ElHce If he had come
from 81. Petersburg expressly for these manceu-
tive of this peculiarly. two of which I remember
government had been defeated IN the Chamber by
a majority OF one, he said: II only Knew VINO
fore Inspecting the Military College at St. Cyr he
was told that one or the students vas ma man OF
led rather difficult life among the other students
9eS on ic81" o saw ' fsw Words Of to
him The Marshal promised to do 50, and. stop
ping opposite him in the ranks. said: "Nous etes
ie negre. nest &c pas?' .Oul. Monsieur le Mare
de retire
Mrs Gertrude Atherton's new novel is to be
published by the Macmillan Company this spring
Her heroine is an opera singer and the scene
moves between America and Bavaria, Munich
being the foreign city in which part OF the
drama Is played
The second and concluding volume of the new
edition of the "Poetical Works of Giles Fletcher
and Phineas Fletcher is TO be issued by |
the Cambridge University Press. Professor
Boas the editor of these volumes, has been in
vestfsatins the question OF Giles Fletehers au-
thorship OF "Brittain's Ida" which has been |
ascrfbed 20 Spenser, and in the light of the new
knowledge he has acquired in preparing this |
edition he declares that Fletcher was in truth |
the author Of the work. He has therefore In |
cIuded It as an appendix in the second volume.
very Iovabe side Of the late Constant |
CooueIin is revealed In Mr.. J. y. RaphaeIs |
charming article on the actor in The Fortnight |
Iv Review" The writer went on a beautiful |
spring day to see the "Maison des Comediens," |
had established |
foaueln was playing country squire that morn
not have been I'm the surprised II he had pro-
juced samples o. from his pocket insisted |
on my proddng pigs. The place is beautiful one:
river and old trees The home itself split up |
into little private residences. and the old and
ba ve forgotten it. mentioned this, and COquelin
smiled v uhinsically. "Mais eydemment." he said. !
st,Injd sorIid troubles that have brought us here
We are artists, and must live The life Of comfort
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