New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-20
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

speare I'm Stratford lane recalls 10 an
Englishman Rare Ben's own statement
II loved the man." he wrote, land 40
honor his memory on this side idola''y
as much as any"
In the Sierra.
No one knows the Yosemite region pet
ter than Mr.. John Muir; he has loveo II
and lived in it for many years, lho
early days of his acquaintance Win II
are described In volume which tho
Houghton Mifin Company will soon
publish. This book. entitled MY F1rst
Summer in the Sierra" contains MS
diary Of the summer Of 1859
Remedies for Industrial Depression.
industrial Depressions" is the title OF
a volume by Mr.. George II. Hull. which
the Frederick A. Stokes Company VIII
bring out in the autumn. 1t presents an
analysis OF causes, classification and
practical remedy. We are told that MI
Hull SHOWS how. II proper statistics
were gathered and quickly disseminated
and the business world were educated TO
a knowledge OF their meaning. the course
Of trade could be steadied and calami-
ties avoided"
Literary Daughters Of Authors.
The blooming forth as an author OF
Miss Egerton Castle. the daughter OF the
novelists. Egerton and Agnes Castle. has
already been recorded in this column.
Another bit Of news concerns the ap-
nroach,ne publication Of the first novel
Of this young lady's cousin. Miss Blum
deI,-who is the daughter Of the novelist
known as M. E Francis" Mrs. Blum
de,, and Mrs. Egerton Castle are sisters.
The Sportophyte.
"The sportophyte: A British Journal
n, botanical Humor" ia the title or
.inv periodical Of twenty-four pages
which has gone into second volume
and which has become supporting IN
it's first year. One Of its quaint anec-
dotes "a OF the farmer who. 10 the IN
formation that The experiment stations
for plant breeding were searching Tor
new plants on his behalf. cheerfully re-
snonded: Well what ! want Is FOR
them 10 breed fat peas which won't raii
of the knife as I eat EN-"
CUNNINGHAM Was Truthful.
Poor Peter Cunningham was not
forger-that, We must believe IS isc'
established by Mr. Ernest Law in his
orst published book Some Supposed
Shakespeare Forgeries." He has ex-
am,ned the two Books ~ Revels OF the
time NJ James I. which are In the British
Public Record ONCE. and has proved the
genuineness OF the entries ~ 10 when
certain Of shakespeare's plays were frst
produced. These entries have for years
been believed to be the forged inter
rotations Of Cunningham or OF john
Pawn Collier. The authorities have per-
mitted Mr.. Law to examine the manu-
script books infinitely. and he called "a
his assistance not only skilled literary
investigators but scientific experts.
Microscopic scrutiny Of the manuscripts
was made and chemical tests applied to
the ink. Each authority, working sep
arately. came TO the same conclusion
that there was no forgery whatever, that
the records were absolutely genuine.
Cunningham's memory may now be alb
solved by the American Shakespearians
who have credited the accusation Of
forgery.
An American Author Abroad.
Mrs. Anne Warner French. having at
tended to the publication here of her new
intends to live in the future. 81 am GO
ing to make n home for my father. my
children and myself in England" she said
on the eve Of sailing. Il simply must
move TO a country where 7 can afford
10 live. I can get three days Of travel
and sightseeing for fifty dollars In Eu-
rope. and that amount would scarcely
paw for new hat in the United States. y
A Wallace Letter.
Those emotional young readers who
still weep over THE Scottish Chiefs
may ike 70 know that there is in exist
ence in the German state Of Lubbock a
letter from the veritabls hand Of Sir
William Wallace. 1t was to Lubbock
that Wallace appealed for help 70 crush
the forces of the English King The
letter. OF which Lubbock Is very proud. Is
| to be shown at the forthcoming Scot
fish National Exhibition.
A Love for Incompetence.
An English translation Of NJ Emile Pa
guets book, The Cult Of Incompetence, "
is TO be published soon. NJ. Faguet
argues that democracy not only tends
TO produce incompetence but has n real
love for it-and that a democracy will
always suspect men Of ability OF desiring
to govern II. not as II wishes TO be
governed, but I'm accordance with their
own ideas This does not seem reason
able, but democracy can take care OF
itself. in spite OF paradox. There are
many kinds OF unreason-we have even
heard n gravely stated that the copy
right laws which deprived an authors
family of his property took their rise in
the jealousy felt by small minds when
contemplating great ones.
Real Persons in Novels.
That Mr.. Wells In his latest novel has
introduced living personages in public
life is still claimed. though the author
denies that allegation. Now It is said
Thy Mr. c. X. Shorter that Mr.. Arnold
Bennett has put into his amusing story.
The Card" portrait Of the Duchess Of