New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-24
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

hooks dealing with women Will be
found in the approaching sale of the
,hird part of the remarkable HUH
library There is an amusing Cur
,sine Lecture" printed in 1887. hold
INC admonitions addressed to her
goodman by a count-! farmers wife,
~ soldiers wife to her lieutenant.
by a country gentlewoman TO her
squire. and concluding with an in
;mitable Lecture read by a Queen to
her soveraigne Lord and King An
other volume holds s. Gosson's Q595)
"Ouippes for upstart newfangled
rentlewomen" and an attack On the
p-ide Of vainglorious woman and her
delight in "fantastical forreigne toyes."
CAPTAIN Scott's Diary.
captain Scott's diary. which is to be
mhIished in October. will he accom-
panied by a great quantity of remark
able Illustrations, reproductions Of the
photographs taken during the sadly
ended expedition. Three Of its twelve
PARTS are devoted TO the tragic dash
back from the Pole.
Mr.. Wels's Terms.
Into the business arrangements of
popular author the public has no right
TO inquire. but when that lucky per
son frankly describes them the reader
NAV take a decorous interest in his
statement. cr. II. G. Wells, in let
ter 10 The Author" referring to his
agreements with his publishers. says:
never pay for advertisement or cor
rectiOns. never allow an agency clause IN
my agreements 81 generally don't 10 busi-
ness through agents. always take - per
cent pom a 8 shilling book. always exact
a BIZ cheque on account OF royalues
rather larger than what is caused by the
certain sales. always reserve the rlsht 70
publish a cheap edition AZ less than 10
pence al the end OF two years, and never
suffer 70 for y clause.
He mentions also that he draws mp
his own agreements with his publisher
who. by the way. as a matter Of cour-
tesy. gives him unlimited free copies.
He adds:
III an author is really worth while
publishing. he can get these terms
from any decent publishing house. and
wish we could make some agreement
among authors to hold the publishers
generally at this level
0pp.nheir's New Novel.
Mr.. Z. Phillips Oppenheim's new
novel. Mr.. Laxworthy's Adventures"
has lust come from the press. and
there is a prospect that during MS
present holiday in France he Will
write some more Laxworthy stories.
He is quoted by the London Book
man" as protesting that he does not
write his stories but let's them grow
Two or three people in a crowded
restaurant may arouse my interest and
the atmosphere is compelling" he says.
Il start weaving a story round them
the circumstances and the people
gradually develop as / dictate to my
secretary the thoughts they evoke.
But first OF all ! must have a congenial
atmosphere-the rest is easy"
an Twos"
Mr.. F. T. Sabin, the London dealer
who paid f6, $50 for the 5I1 Browning
love letters in the recent much talked
about auction. has been explaining
how ne might dispose Of these souNe-
Mrs. He would prefer to sell them
in one lot, but he also remarks that
they can be sold in twos-one or hers,
perhaps. with his reply" This is. In
ffn vnFfaRflV
and too utterly sweet.
The Suffering Librarian.
A library authority. the author OF
an article in THE Library Journal
complains OF the questions which the
reference librarian is called upon to
answer. Some of the optimistic IN
quirers. she declares, seem 10 expect
not only to have the cup of knowledge
filed for them and held to their lips'
but want to be patted on the back
while they swallow. Particularly eX-
ssperating are the children who are
sent TO ask unreasonable questions or
librarians. II is a waste Of time. she
says, to look up subjects beyond the
eh!lds grasp subjects that he is inca
pable Of dealing with properly. Rea-
sons why the republic will endure:
Which has Influenced the world more
deeply man or woman? What is
mind? Where is mind? When Is
mind?"
An Egyptian Romance.
A new novel by Mr.. and Mrs g. ~
williamson is 10 appear in the autumn
II Is story Of Egypt-the fruit OF
Journey made on the Nile during the
past winter. There are no more m
uefaiigable writer's than these. ana
Few probably as prosperous. Most 81
their novels are written in beautitui
house in Southern France. Mrs. VIII
iainson was Alice Livingston and WAS
porn near Poughkeepsie; her husband,
an English journalist was the founder
OF the London weekly, Black ana
White" and the author OF a biography
OF Carlyle.
The Mvsee Plsntin.
An artistic and valuable work,
history Of the famous Plantin publish
Ing house ~ the couoptaapfb cppfury.