New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-14
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Telk of Things Present
and to Come.

Tho late Ellis Yarnall, of Philadelphia
go, ,,,orostlng collection Of letters
.,.,,,.,,,o1 between himself and Lord
Colerjdec. whom ne first met many YEAR
before the Englishman became Chiei
Justice and with whom he maintained a
ON odd ,.,ried correspondence. These
,o,tor, .ra on the point Of publication BY
Macmillan under the title 81 forty
Years Of Friendship" II VIII he re-
,,,.rbercd that Mr.. Yarnall was the au-
thor Of a volume called "WordsWorth
and the Coleridgcs"
Portraits Of Dante.
The volume bearing the above title
viii be brought from the riverside Press
next week. II is published for the Lon
don Medici Society in an edition OF l,o"
comics. half OF which will be available IN
this country. IT has eight Illustrations
in color and thirty-four I'm monochrome.
Benjamin Swift"
Among the visiting English novelists
inst now is MIR. W. i. Paterson, whose
novel Nancy Noon" published here
some years ago, awakened curiosity ana
interest. Since then Mr.. Paterson mas
published many books and has discarded
the pseudonvine Benjamin Swift, which
ne used at first. IT is possible we are
told, that he will write a sequel TO his
last novel, "The Old Dance Master.
He is at present in Boston and Is gather
ing American impressions. Perhaps he
will make use of them some day.
Georges CIemenceaus Book.
The study Of South American lie
which was lately completed by the for
mcr Prime Minister Of France is 10 be
published in this country by the Put
mans. IT is picturesque volume deal
ing not only with governments and in
stitutions but with the people Of the
Southern republics 1t is entitled South
America To-day"
Mary Johnston's New Novel
Miss Johnston is at work upon a new
novel which IS to bear the rather odd
title of Cease Firing" This. following
upon her book The Long Roll" com
pletes her story Of the Civil War.
An Illustration.
Professor John s. Bassett whose biog-
raphy of Andrew Jackson is coming
from the Doubleday-Page Press, is
quoted as telling characteristic anec-
dote in Illustration Of the irresistible
craze for naval expansion in Europe. To
a comment upon the possible realization
Of the unwisdom Of building another
S12,OO0OO0 ship like the unfortunate
Libertt Professor Bassett answered:
I think you are wrong. When ] lived in
North Carolina ! heard Of a farmer who
was 80 poor he could not buy shoes for ms
children. but ne always kept two fine dogs.
Frequently his crops did not pay him out
of debt at the end of the year but he al
ways had the dogs. Finally a nelghoOr put
out strychnine and the dogs died. Then the
community thought the man would do bet
ter by his family, but a fortnight later he
had four dogs. Within two years you VIII
see the Liberte replaced by two battleships
costing $ioOlp0 each.
Thomas Hardy. Playwright.
Mr.. Hardy has just been dramatic
ing his Wessex story, The Three Way
farers," and his play is To be produced
at Dorchester next month
More stcrne.
1t would seem to the reader that quite
enough had been written about Lau-
renee Sterne, but that has not been The
opinion Of Mr.. Lewis Melville. and IN
two large volumes entitled THE Life
and Letters Of Laurence Sterne" he will
attempt to show that his opinion is JUS
titled. Sterne. il is said, is still "A power
full influence in France, where the Sen
timental Journey" is still constantly
quoted. 1t has appeared there in no less
than seventy different editions. Twenty
five editions of "Tristram Shandy' are
available there, as are also three differ
ent editions Of Sterne's complete works
Nine. Desbcrdes -Valmore's Letters.
\ mass of the correspondence Of Mar
celinc Desbordes-V almore. the French
poet has lately been discovered and will
be published at once. Her son, who died
at seventy-two about twenty years ago.
had collected the letters and intended to
publish them, but he neglected To men
ton them i'm his will, and they fell into
the hands Of his servant. She gave them
away to a person who. while ignorant Of
their value, happily preserved them.
Miss CoreIIi's Verse.
This industrious novelist is about to
challenge her critics with a volume Of
verse-a book which bears the simple
title of Poems"
A Study by Henry Adams.
4 memoir by Henry Adams Of the late
George Cabot Lodge is coming from the
Riverside Press. There will appear at
the same time a collection. in two vol
umes, Of Mr.. Lodges Poems and
Dramas" The poet who died at thirty.
left a goodIy body Of verse.
Tripoli.
The war between Italy and Turkey
naturally promotes an interest in the
region which is more particularly the
seat of all the trouble. Readers VINO
want to know more about Tripoli will
find an abundance Of Information in
THE Gateway to the Sahara" Mr.
Charles W. Furlong's book, which the
Scrlbners published some time ago. IT
well describes the country and its people,
their relation to North African politics,
and I'm fact, every phase Of the subject.