New-York tribune., 1910-10-22
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

60OhO AMI NJ
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.
The collectors of books on Napoleon
and there are enough Of these 10 ac-
count for a goOdly edition OF aHhost
any volume-wiI find among the pup
! locations Of the opening season d "ofk
/ by Mr.. Norwood Young that mas
| promising title It is called The Growth
OF Napoleon A Study of Environment
For nearly thirty years MI IHhothS
I Cole has been going slowly throuBh Iiie
great galleries of Italy. Holland Del
gum. England. Spain and France max
/ ing the wood engravings from famous
pictures which during that period nave
been appearing in THE Century Mag
azine." There have been, all told nearly
three hundred Of these blocks or MS
Now he has returned TO this country
and. continuing in the service or tle
same periodical has started series OF
engravings from paintings IN American
collections In the November number ne
belonging to Mr.. r A r. Widencr.
The London Times has offered To
the public a now feature which must
have aroused mingled feelings IN lis
older. more conservative readers. This
is the 'Wonan's Supplement" which 1t
purposes to issue every SATURDAY The
frst number contained articles on such
subjects As The Weaker Sex. The
Spinster Influence in Education. Bring
ing out q Daughter The Country
Cottage woman and Country House
Breakfasts
Henry Holt 4 60 rtu issue early
next month The Toll Of ths Arctic
seas b. Deltus NJ Edwards The pur-
pose Of this book is 70 give 2 conpre-
hensive narrative Of all the struggles
that have been made BY adTsnturers IN
the Far North, much of the dramatic
material employed being drawn from
hitherto unpublished accounts by actual
participants IN arctic exploration some
! thrilling and even tragic stories are EN-
bodied in the book.
Later Poems" bv John Z Tabb, 4
dainty booklet bearing the imprint OF
! Mitchell Kennerley, contains an inter
esting collection Of those brief bits Of
verse in which the author expressed
robust devotional sentiment and
wholesome human tenderness. He had
/ a gift for the terse but delicate state
ment Of ingenious and sometimes
/ charming ideas. Here is an excellent
| specimen Of his thought and style:
/ AT THE EBB TIDE.
Q Marshes that remain
In anguish dumb
Till over you again
The waters come.
So must my life abide
In silent pain.
TIL Love, the truant tide,
Come back again
Miss Agnes c. Laut, who has written
/ to good purpose on Western subjects. is
/ issuing through Moffat, Yard q Co. a
new novel in which spirited action is set
against her favorite background. Free
/ hooters of the Wilderness is its title,
and its theme is that conflict Of inter
ests which has recently received so much
attention in the political world.
Won seidlitz's History of Japanese
/ Color Prints" is appearing in transla-
, tion published by the j. B. Lippincott
, Company A number Of colored plates
are among the Illustrations
I Those who heard the readings OF
} Charles Dickens in this country will no
doubt feel a certain interest in the
promised lecture tour here Of his eldest
surviving son. Mr. Alfred TennysOn
/ Dickens one lecture is all his stock.
and he calls it My Fathers Life and
! Works" He relates many anecdotes OF
J the novelist's home life. some Of which,
! we may hope are fresh
/ They say that NJ. Jules CIaretie. the
/ famous Claretie is about 10 retire from
( his post as director general of the
! Comedie Francaise. II is said. more
over that he Will become the dramatic
critic of the Paris journal" succeeding
the late Catulle Mendes.
/ 1t appears that the title of Mr.. Thomas
! Hardv's first attempt at fiction was The
/ Poor Man and the Lady" 1t was sub
mitted in 1868 To Mr.. Alexander Mac
| milan. and was accepted for publica-
! tion. IT was never published however.
and is never likely To be. having been
/ suppressed al Mr.. Hardy's own request.
/ Sir Arthur Conan DOYLE has been
! lecturing on the Romance of Medi-
cine" d subject which permitted him to
| deal in many picturesque details of the
| diseases Of famous persons. He pointed