New-York tribune., 1912-03-02
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

IDe HrSt NUMBER OF new HIcntteCtural
Journal. THE Architectural Quarterly OF
Harvard University" will be published
this month. It's purpose is TO present in
easily accessible form important work by
students. special lectures delivered I'm the
school and contributions by members of
the teaching staff and graduates. The
principal article In the first number will
be an illustrated paper on Architectural
Acoustics" by Professor w. e. Sabine.
with a practical discussion Of o number
Of recent theatres lecture halls and
chtVches Among the contributors to
early issues will he Cass Gilbert. late
president Of the Architectural Institute
Of New York. and Professors Duquesns
and II. L. Warren. The periodical Is
published by Harvard University.
Professor Matthew's Short Stories.
IL Is several years since Brander
Matthews published his last book of tic
ton A volume OF short stories of his,
"Vistas OF New York." is issued this
week by Harper & Bros. As the title
indicates. the book is a companion to his
earlier "Vignettes OF Manhattan"
Plantation Ballads.
John A. Lomax. of the University Of
Texas, tho compiler OF we'll known
volume OF Cowboy Ballads" has In the
press Of Doubleday, Page & Co. vol
ume of plantation Ballads" containing
the real negro songs that have been
handed down from generation to genera
ton In this country since the earliest
days of slavery. Mr.. Lomax. who has
just been elected president OF the Ameri-
can Folklore Society, has refrained
from editing" either the songs or the
music, giving them in their original
form.
Meredith Nicholson.
The Houghton Mifflin Company are to
be the publishers of Meredith Nicholson's
new novel. "A Hoosier Chronicle" 1t Is
described as "a story Of life and politics
In a typical American state. in which
the influence OF n woman is keenly Ielt
throughout" The book will be issued on
March 10.
Fine Bindings.
At their New York offices. No. IL East
10th street, the Houghton Mifiiin Com
pany will exhibit during the coming
week collection of some forty fine bind
ings executed by Miss l.. Averill Cole, OF
Boston. The books themselves as well
baI Of int
them being the "Simonean Stevenson"
in eleven volumes, "commemoratng the
friendship OF Robert Louis Stevenson
and Jules Slmonean, Of Monterey" each
volume having on its fyleaf an auto
graph inscription from the author. A
twelfth volume contains collection
of vensoniana-letters, manuscripts,
photographs, drawings, etchings etc.
This edition, now the property Of a San
Francisco bibliophile. is bound in olive
green levant with medallion I'm dyed
leather, representing a detail of the
Monterey coast. There are, further, a
copy of Shelley's translation Of Plato's
Banquet" In full gray levant, with in
laid Greek design in shades of soft
green; Sidneys "Certaine Sonets," In full
cream levant, with inlaid borders in old
rose and green; Haultain's Mystery of
Golf" In full green pigskin, fooled and
inlaid; four copies OF Josephine Preston
Peabodys "Piper," and the Marcus
Aurelius with which Miss Cole won the
first prize at the international exhibition
Of arts and crafts at Brussels In 1905.
She is pupil OF Louis Jacobs. of that
city, and has been In charge OF the de-
signing and decoration Of fine bindings
at the Riverside Press since 1908.
Tho Parisienne.
The Putnams have ready u volume on
THE Modern Parisienne." by Octave
Uzanne. author OF Fashions in Paris"
etc. NJ. Uzanne maintains that to-day
the Parisienne is in many respects a diff
ferent type from that studied by Balzac.
and he analyses the present day woman
In every rank, environment and occupa
tion. Tho Baroness Won Hutton con-
tributes an introduction.
Fosazzaro's Literary Remains.
posthumous work of Signor Fosaz-
zsro is to he published in italy this
month. 1t will include, IL is said. several
chapters of an unfinished novel and a
collection Of letters intended to demon
strste the orthodoxy Of tho author OF
III Santo."