New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-21
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.
The American owners Of the first VOL
ume Of Lord Wolseleys Life Of MARI
borough" cannot hope to have announcer
The author, who has reached his eighth
eth year, is not we'll and feels that ne
can never complete the work. IL Is
nitv for II promised to be a most val
VA BILE military biography.
Mr. Hardy's Mournfulness.
Mr.. Thomas Hardy, who recently re-
ceived the gold medal OF the Royai 9o-
ciety OF Literature, tempered the pleas
ures Of the occasion by jeremiah OH
the appalling increase every day IN
slipshod writing that would not nave
heen tolerated for one moment a nun
dred wears ago" Hurried descriptive
reporting in the newspapers, he FEARS
"a responsible for this, and then, OF
course. he proceeds to blame the in1u-
ence of American journals. MiIilohs
have been learning to read, he mourns'
but few have been learning to discrim-
mate.
Autumn Fiction.
MANY works Of fiction are announced
for publication by the F. A. Stokes COM
nonv. There are, for example, MIS-
Flora Annie Steel's king Errant''
Story of life in India based on the ca
reer Of the first Of the great moguiS'
Robert HaIifax's The Whistling Wom-
an" a realistic tale; Richard Dehan
"Retween Two Thieves" an emotional
story Of the Crimean period; Miss Glas-
re,Ts Lifted Masks,"a group or snort
stories: Miss Harraden's story OF an en-
hezzIer. out of the Wreck l RISE anu
Miss Neff's story of a robber captured
nv a feminine officer, who gives tlIle
~ the volume, Miss Wealthy, Deputy
Sheriff" There should be noted also
sIiss c. stockleys book, THE Price or
a Rose"
| The Princes Book.
The German Crown Princes forthcom-
ing book hath a most portentous title
rotbing Iess than STRAY Leaves from
the Diary Of n Lover OF the Chase ana
the True Sport Of Hunting, TO Whom
Nature. the Mighty and Lovely Is the
Never-faling Spring Of Beauty and JOY
ir Life" The prince is said to deprecate
the notion that his work has literary
merits.
Sidney CoIvin May Write.
Sir Sidney Colvin is retiring from the
office Of Keeper Of the Prints and Draw
ings in the British Museum, which ne
has filled for twenty-eight years, and IL
Is thought that he may presently in
dulge in writing-possibly about his be-
loved "R. L. S."
VerIaine's Widow.
The woman who rashly married the
dissipated French poet Verlaine In the
absurd hope of retaining him Is ABOUT
10 publish her "reminiscences. For d
while after the marriage she seemed TO
have succeeded; but after the appear
apce upon the scene Of that other un-
pleasant versiher. Arthur RiIabaud, tho
former drinking habits Of the man re-
turned and the happiness OF the welded
pair departed. After the divorce Nine
ysrIsIne married again happily enough
and II is strange whim when mas
taken her to publish an account OF her
first marriage.
Itch
Mr.. Bernard Capes has written ne"
novel called Jessie Bailey, ana MI
Ford MADDOX Hueffer one entitled The
PanAp., Mr.. Edward Booth has finished
nova, which is-to be published under
tho title Of The Cliff End" and MIS-
Cotes Sara jeanette Duncan Is Orihs-
ing ont one called The Consort
Tho Spanish Scholars Regret
The distinguished Spanish scholar
senor Menendez Pelayo, whose death
was lately announced, Is described az
"the incarnation OF Brownings Gram"
marian" He had for a year an III"
durable internal complaint, but day
after day, worked for hours IN his
library. At last his doctor warned him
that the end was near, and besoughE
him TO go to bed. Then he submitted
only murmuring in protest, How sad 10
die when l have so much 10 learn He
had lately been busy in editing the writ
ings Of Lope de Vega.
Our German Critic.
Baron Ernst Won Wolzagen's book,
"Der Dichter in DollarlCa materials