New-York tribune., 1910-07-24

! The work has been undertaken by Mr. (. Boyd
Smith the illustrator of a edition OF
Robinson Crusoe." The book will be pub
! 1ished here by Holt
Mr.. G. K Chesterton has entered upon a new
! literary field in series of detective stories
/ Strange to say. his hero is not a Sherlock
! Holmes a LecOq, but gentle little parish
priest who uses his knowledge of human nature
gained in his religious work to unravel n1ys-
terious crimes which have baff1ed the police
These stories, which are to be first published in
serial FORM to begin with entitled The
Innocence of Father Brown"
Mr.. ". ]. Lockes new novel. Simon tho
Jester" is said to be one of the notable sue
cesses of the present publishing here
Within fortnight after publication the issue
/ of second large edition found to be neces-
Sary.
| The late DR.. Furnvall. it is said. used to tell
an odd story about Wordsworth. When
with two other youths in the town and saw,
entering a publishing shop. a gentleman
pointed out Wordsworth There was enough
curiosity or hero worship in the three young
men to induce them to await the outer steps
| the exit Of the poet When at last he arrived
at the door he evidently much angered.
and said Indignantly to the publisher. who had
followed him to the door. Yes, they're pub
crown. MI -: half a CROWN what
would Wordsworth say to-day" the modern
! commentator eXciain:S.
The ceremony of the cremation of DR. Furni-
Wallis body is described by The Manchestet
gathered about saw the coffin with its load Of
flowers placed upon the bronze table in the
! high bare room Music sounded from the loft
! the Funeral March of Chopln-and when X
| ceased there silence for a few moments.
Then a lever touched and the coffin slid
away from sight behind the little doors That was
| all. There was service. not a word spoken or
Gung and the ceremony lasted ten minutes.
Learned fellow students of the old scholar were
| there. there deputaton from the Work
| ing Mems College. and members of most of his
societies. Young men and young women who
! he
| Along one side of the room there was bank os
wrcaths, nd beyond them through an opening
one looked into green garden.
Both French and English versions ara to be
| gwen in the forthcoming volume of Nine
Yvette Guilbert's "Reminiscences The
terial will include critical estimate by an
| English writer of Nine. Guilberts work n
/ comedy.
| IF the seventy-year- ar-old Thomas Hardy does
rot care for a title he does not refuse the deco
ration of the Order of Merit decoration which
pleased George Meredith. BY and by there Will
De a less tangible order of merit to be awarded
| between the two authors Which has been the
| more remarkable student and eXpositor of hui
man nature, Meredith Hardy? It is not
| question for debating societies. but for the
honest and competent critic.
! Professor A J. Morrison the editor OF John
! Davis's Travels of Four Years and a Half in
/ the United States. 179S-1S02" has translated
German book of the eighteenth century which
| has even more interest for American readers
This is DR. Johann David SchoepfS 'Reisc
durch einige der Mittern und sudlichen verei-
niGten Nordamericanischen Staaten, 1888,
Erangen 1888" The author surgeon il
the German division of the British army. After
the establishment of peace he left New York
. intent on travel in the new country, and spent
ten months in examination Of the coast states
/ concluding his journey at st. Augustine. His
two volumes sometimes said 70 turniSh
the best statement Of their kind for the period
Immediately following the Revolution d..
/ Schoepf Il trained observer and did much
good work in the study of North American
geology. ichthyology met@oroiosy. etc Ihe
translation is to be sold ny subscription
\ new novel by Miss Alice Brown is 70 bs
published in the autumn H. tbe HousiIjon NlIfftn
Company. II is said to concern the social amDI-
tions. the intellectual development and the
marital complications OF John WnteTbourue !
Family.
II is stated that the authorship of the Latin
romance. Nova Sol lyma '-actFihuted 20 Milton
by the Rev. Walter Begley--is to be r-Ncated
/ at once II contemp 1rary OF Milton at
( Cambridge who produced tie work
New letters from the pens of Dickens AMI
! Cruikshank To appear in the forthcoming
study By Mr. :. NJ. Ellis. nt w ilIiam EiarriAon
/ Ainsworth and His Friends" OF Dickenss let
. tcrs least. IL must be sa,d that they are
always interesting ana genefaiy amusing