New-York tribune., 1910-08-13


ments and that he has rectifled and ex-
piained by new research much in the life
of Chatterton as at present known.
1t would seem that Lord Ronald
Covers two volumes on THE Tower OF
London" would, for a quarter of q CEN
tury at least, sufficiently proclaim the
history of that ancient building. So do
rot think the London publishers, and an
illustrated volume by Mr.. r. Davey bear
ing the same title is to be brought out
immediately
An illustrated quarto volume on Afri-
can Mimetie Butterflies is announced by
the Oxford University Press. 1t de-
scribes the principal known instances of
mimetic resemblance in the rhopalocera
Of the Ethiopian region; and the author,
Mr.. H. Eltringham, has added an ex-
ranation Of the Mtillerian and Batesian
theories of ninicry and an account OF
the evidences on which these theories
are based The illustrations include ten
eolored plates and a map.
Several books by American naturalists
are to be republished this season in Lon
don. Among these are Mr.. w. H.
Wright's THE Black Bear and Mr. and
Mrs Beebe's Our Search for a Wilder
ness
Mr.. w. D. Howels is about to publish,
through the firm of Harper & Brothers. a
book to which he has given the title of
My Mark Twain He tells therein
many anecdotes of the man whose friend
he was for half a lifetime. and not a few
of these will be new to the reader.
The belief that Byron relieved his mind
of a bitter phrase relative to Barabbas,
publisher, still exists in spite of many
refuta tiOns, and that eminent member of
the guild, Mr.. John Murray, writes thus
concerning 1t to Notes and Queries:
There is no reference in Byron's poems
to BarabbaS and publisher. The story
ran that Byron gave my grandfather
Bible, and that my grandfather was
much touched by this evidence of the
poets religious feFvor until on turning
verse of st. Johns Gospel, Chap. xviii
the 'robber' changed into publisher
The joke was perpetrated by Thomas
Campbell on another publisher; neither
Byron nor my grandfather had any part
in it. I have i'll my library Byrons
Bible and there is no mark or notch in 1t
of any kind. Byron, however, did drink
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bookseller
The Shakespeare folios which formerly
belonged to the late Bishop Gett have
just been sold for S14.6SO. At the sale
of the Bishops library. two years ago,
his son bought in these folios for S19,-
30. This is considerable drop In
va lue
Two volumes in the Modern Criminal
Science Series" which will be published
here by Little, Brown & Co, will be is
sued this autumn The first will be Pro-
fessor Hans Grosss Criminal Psychol-
ogy'' The distinguished author has sup
piled special preface for American
readers, and Professor Jastrow. of the
University Of Wisconsin. has provided
an Introduction. The work has been
translated by Or. II. NJ. kallen, of Har-
ward The second volume of the series
will be study of Modern Theories of
Criminality" by the Spanish criminoo-
gist, c. +. de Quiros. In this case also
the author has prepared a preface for
American readers. The translation has
been made by DR.. A. de Salvio. of North
western University. and Mr.. w. W.
committee of the American Institute of
Criminal Law and Criminology. has fur
nished an introduction. Other volumes
of the series which will appear in the
dies" by Cesare Lombroso; Criminal
Sociology by Enrico Ferri, professor of
criminal law and procedure in the Uni
versity of Romer THE NATURALIZATION
professor of comparative law in the Uni
versity of Paris; Penal Philosophy by
Gabriel Tarde, late magistrate in
Picardy. France; "Criminality and Eco
doctor of law of the University of Am
sterdam; ''Criminology," by Rafaelle
Garofalo, late president of the Court of
Appeals of Naples, and Crime and It's
of Cologne.