New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-20
PUBLISHERS NEWS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I ush thlS week. Mr. KING literary career
has been a curious one. The author of a
number of novels Of only average popular
appeal, he suddenly turned to anonymity,
and won his first great success with the
opening chapters Of The Inner Shrine"
at the beginning of Its serial publication
in "Harper's Magazine" The authorship
of this story anG its successors was
ascribed TO many American and English
| novelists before the mystery was cleared
up by those on the inside of bookish mat
tiers.
JOHN MAsEFIELD's new volume OF
poems, salt Water Ballads" is one OF
the weeks notable publications. Mase-
field is at his best when singing Of the
sea. lie knows IL and loves IT, The book
is issued by the Macmillan Company.
THE BROKEN HALO, Florence l..
Barclays new novel. is announced by the
Messrs. Putnam for publication early in
the fall
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGGS Me
moirs of Prima Donna" are TO bear the
imprint of G. +. Putnams Sons when
they are issued in book form. some time
next month.
FRENCH FICTION is likely TO be bet
ter represented on the publishers autumn
lists than for some years past. The
Messrs. Scribner announce a translation
OF volume OF tales of French family
life at its truest and best by Reno Bazin,
The Marriage Of Mile. Gimel. and Other
Stories; that old campagner. George
| Ohnet. is TO be represented by an English
version Of THE Eagles Talon story
OF the Napoleonic era CPutnamJ; Duified
& CO. have in preparation a new novel by
Henri Bordeaux. Footprints Beneath
the Snow" and from the John Lane Com
pany comes Marcelle Tinayres Made
leine at Her Mirror"
MAURICE HEWLETT is represented
among the weeks new books. "Bendish,"
as his latest novel is called. is a story OF
late Georgian days. which turns upon the
Identity OF the handsome and talented
young peer whose name II bears. The
Messrs. scribner have Just issued the
book
THE ATTEMPTS TO reconciliate science
and religion continue TO multiply. In Dr.
Newman Smyth's Constructive Natural
Theology" (Scribner) the conviction is *
pressed that "the modern sciences not
only reopen old problems Of philosophy
but also afford fresh and rich material
for religious thought" Sir Oliver Lodge
whose recent speech before the British
Association has been so widely reported.
wrote some years ago what may be called
a catechism for the guidance OF those who
would combine the best of religious and
scientific beliefs The Substance Of
Faith Allied with Science" is the title OF
this book. published in this country by
Harper & Bros.
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE" will be the
ninth Of Oliver Huckels metric transla-
tons Of the texts OF Wagner's music
dramas It will Ne issued in time for the
holidays by Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
THE BRITISH representative at Wash
ington during the fateful period Of our
Civil War was Lord Lyons, and his ex-
periences and observations in that POSI-
ton are OF peculiar interest 10 Americans.
AS British Ambassador at Paris he saw
the fan OF the Empire and went through
the siege His life Of diplomacy is de-
scribed in two forthcoming volumes by
Lord Newton. Longmans, Green co.
will publish this work. and will also bring
out the Hon. Evan Charteriss biography
Of the fsmous Duke. Butcher" Cumber-
land.
THE STORY OF HARVARD" by
Arthur Stanwood Pier. announced for
early publication by Little. Brown Co.,
Boston. Will tell in a relatively brief form
the history Of the founding OF Harvard
College. its early days, its ANCIENT Gus
toms and tradition, with pen pictures of
the able men who have presided over its
destinies. together with an account Of It's
student life at the present time. Mr.. Pier
is a Harvard graduate. class Of 80 The
Illustrations are from pencil drawings OF
the famous landmarks OF the university
by Vernon Howe Bailey.
FREDERICK TREVOR HILLS third
novel dealing with the law Of the land IS
announced by the Century Company. II
is called THE Thirteenth Juror. The
hook should be welcome to readers Of
Mr.. Hills two preceding novels The
Law and Exceptions which deals with
civil law. and 1.-THE Accomplice," which
presents the inner facts OF criminal
trial
SHAKESPEARE AS a PLAY
WRIGHT" by Professor Brander Mat
tbews, is one Of the most timely OF the
Scribner announcements for fall publica-
ton. This will be Shakespeare's great
season on the American stage; we shall
see and hear him in relation 10 our own
time; Professor Matthews will take us
back 10 the theatre, the actors and the
audiences Of Elizabethan. days.
HELEN HUNT JACKSON'S Ramona"
Of which ninety-four editions have been
issued since its original publication In
1884. will be brought out in tourists edi-
ton this autumn. with an explanatory IN
PRODUCTION of the genesis OF the novel by
a. G. Woman. together with illusua-
tions from photographs OF the actual
scenes OF the story in Southern Califor-
MIA.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY VIII
publish next Saturday Letters and Rec
objections Of Alexander Agassiz,' by
George II. Agassiz: ~ Confederate GIFTS
Diary" by Sarah Morgan Dawson; the
Country of Sir Walter Scott" by Charles
{ Olcott: Wonderful Escapes by Ameri-
cans" from Indian times to our own day,
~, william Stone Booth; Lincoln and
slavery" by Albert b. Pillsbury; Ihe
Significance of Art" by Eleanor II. Row
land. young Working Girls a summary