New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-15

,es II is called "A Small Boy and
",hers" and ii deals with his own
..udbood and that of his brother Will
80, lanes. The Scribners will pub
lsh il.
c,;,ioisino a Beginner
Archibald Forbes. the war CORE
ocdent. is credited with a tactful and
so,pful bit Of criticism offered to Gill
nor, Parker when that novelist was a
.outh. Forbes looked at the stories
..,ich the budding author offered
parker" he said. you have the best
.orsction Of titles | have ever known"
The Young man tore up his manu-
scripts and began again.
Literary Wife.
II is interesting to note that the wife
=. the clever novelist, II. dc We're STAG
roole-whose story of Greek life. The
s,reet Of the Flute Player" has just
hsen published by Duffield-has also
entered the field of fiction. 1t is said
If her book, Monte Carlo" that it is
that rarest thing in fiction, witty
novel by witty woman
On French History.
Collectors may like to know that the
late Lord Craufords library is particu
arly rich in oil kinds of printed mat
tor ON the French Revolution and the
Napoleonic era. Its owner applied him
self particularly in recent years 10 the
,eouisition of this material, adding
greatly 10 The mass of books on French
history which his father before him
had collected. The library at Haigh
Hall has occupied not only the original
space allotted TO it, but has filled many
other large rooms, and even the family
nortraits have been driven from the
Corridors into the bedrooms.
The Westfeld Chemist.
The work in the chemistry OF foods
which Professor l.. b. Allyn, OF the
Normal School. OF Westfield. Mass, has
been doing has excited much interest
throughout the country, and other
communities and other schools are
moved 10 emulation of his methods IN
the matter of securing pure food.
CHM & Co. are accordingly just puo-
fishing Professor Allyn's modest book.
entitled Elementary Applied Chem
istry."
Not the Same.
They are telling in England a pleas
ant little story about Mr. George Moore.
who is not, it must be admitted, With
out a large opinion of himself. ION,
Nr. Moore" exclaimed with effusion
charming French lady 10 whom he had
lust been. introduced, Il do love your
melodies, Perhaps Tom Moore would
have objected as vehemently as George
Moore would have liked 10 do.
Thought Papers
What are Thought papers? What
ever they may be. they form, we are
told, part of a forthcoming volume by
the novelist. Miss Elizabeth Robins, a
Volume which bears the title Of way
Stations" Articles on traVel are IN
GUIDED in the book.
American History.
4 new volume in the series OF oris-
inal narratives Of American history
'Tbe Journal Of bankers and Sluyter'
is announced by the Scribners. other
yoh,nes, i'm the historical line when
they will produce this spring are the
collection Of the letters OF General
Meade. Mrs. Reginald de Koven's Life
Of John Paul Jones" and Mrs. NJ. q.
Missionary Explorers
Among the American Indians.
Some New Novels.
Two nov novels arc coming from
the Macmillan press. These are MI
Robert HerTick's story, "One Woman >
Life and Mr.. S. II. Crocketts Patsy
Biography and Journals.
Mr.. George Treyelyan's biography OF
John Bright will be published in Octo-
BEL Of this year. The promised
journals OF Sir Charles Dixie will prob
ably not appear for some time, the Ia
Dor OF preparing them having been
found to be very great.
III. Golden State.
A book entitled California. An Eng
lshman's Impressions Of the Golden
State" will be published soon in Lon
don, and will possibly be reprinted here.
Its author is Mr.. A. 7. Johnson,
South American Study.
Young Senior Garcia-Calderon, OF
Peru, has written what is described an
an historical sketch and psychological
analysis OF the discordant republics Oh
Central and South America, and Mon
sieur (now PresidenD Poincare mas
contributed a preface to the volume
An English version is announced.
Why Robert Burns Sang
Lord Rosebery has written preface
Tor new edition Of Burns's poenls-a
preface in which he asks his reader
10 TRY and reconstruct Burns as ne
Vas:
\ peasant born IN a cottage That no
sanitary Inspector In these days Wouid
so.erate for moment; Struggling WIN
desperate effort against pauperisin' az
most In vain: snatching at scraps -.
EARNING In the intervals OF toii, az
We're, with his teeth; a heavy, silent lad
proud OF his ploughing. All OF a sudden
.thOut preface or warning, ne oredno