New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-13

Gsrtrude Stein is ABOUT 10 make bea
slbut Is . novelist with Three Lives,
vhieh the John Lane Company. VIII
,ubljsh next week. THE form OF this
rovel is quite new" the publisher In
forms US; il is also IAN important
rork Of art, native and genuine ex-
,r,ssIon OF the authors temperament,
n her way Of seeing the world" IL ls
ssfs TO predict at least success oil
curiosity for Miss Stems Three
Lives"
Books at Auction.
III. miscellaneous collection Of books
10 Be sold b. the Anderson Auction
Company on Tuesday afternoon OF next
v.sk includes some interesting ana
,,,rce New York City items, among
tsem copy of the first guide Of the
,ity ever published, "The Picture cf
Nav York; or, The Travellers Guide
Tsroueh the Commercial Metropolis OF
y, United States" by A Gentleman
n This City OR. Samuel L. MitchelD.
ri, hook. issued in 1907, has a curious
R,srary association, for II is well
srovn that il suggested to Washington
living his burlesque, "Knickerbocker
History" The copy to be sold on Tues
dy afternoon is also noteworthy re-
,,S., II contains the extremely rare
ioldsg map, which has been missing
from the stray copies that have turned
m daring the last ten years.
War Brides"
Marion Craig Wentworth's war play
s,,t nrinted in the February Gen
,-ry land since produced by Nazimova,
;srnounced in book form by the
Century Company for publication next
y,;Ssv On the same day this firm
viii issue James Lane Aliens new
,ovsl "Tbe Sword of Youth" "Blilles
Vo,ber" by Mary ]. H. Shrine, the
,T,lnr n "Bedesman T." European
poiira systems" by Raymond b. EOS
Sek and "A Russian Comedy. OF hr
,ors" by George KEENAN,, volume OF
,rus stories dealing with underground
Russia. the police and spy system ana
famous arrests and escapes.
Revolution and Fiction.
"The French Revolution and Eng
bsh Fiction" is the title of a BOOK Dy
Alene Gregory, announced By the Put,
Mans. This monograph offers detailed
consideration Of phase in the history
Of the English novel which has hitherto
been touched upon only incidentally
that division Of fiction, namely, IN
which the political idealism OF the
French Revolution found its fullest
English expression. The novels OF
Goodwin. HOlcroft and their circle are
discussed as a means to fuller under.
standing Of the radical thought OF
their time, and contrasted with the po-
Iton Of their opponents as repre-
,tnted in number Of snti-Revoluuon-
try novels. Other forms of radicallsm
are considered as they are found re-
feeled In the popular fiction OF the
period. A chapter is devoted 20 novels
expressing the early feminism asso-
sis;ed with Mary Wollstonecraft:
throughout the book the early mover
Of purpose is treated, not as a liter
iry curiosity, but as means OF gam,
Ing q truer insight into the life and
thought Of a significant historian
period.
The american Whitaker's."
An American edition Of that long
established work of reference, whit.
tker's Almanac" has just been issued
BY Doubleday, Page e. Co. Thls
American Whitaker's" contains 5000
indexed entries concerning the trade,
population, government, education,
tle, OF the United Statesp in addition
70 the comprehensive statistics OF Tor
tgn nations for which the almanac
las always been noted,
S'sndes on Goethe.
Dr. George Brandes has just com
|, leted big work on Goethe, which Is
seseribed as a companion piece 70 his
hnous study Of Shakespeare. The new
ssek has already been translated into
nglish, and will, no doubt, find an
american publisher.
ran.Americanism."
This is the title Of new work by
riSiessor Roland G. Usher. the author
an-Germanism" It's subtitle
. Yates that il is "a forecast Of the in
"iable clash between the United
saies and Europe's victor" The book
sal appear in March.
hollands Defence by Inundation.
L. "War Time and Peace in Hol-
sas.' by J. w. Robertson Scott, there
"a description Of the country's de-
the. BY inundation, Of which so much
s been said, but Of which so little
really known. After describing the
ntet Line" which is some seventy
nes long and from seven to eight
-''es wide, the author continues;
Toe FIRST thing to be said about
NE hooding is that IL is carefully
restricted in area. This is done by
means Of specially built sluices
1hd dikes. and a most carefully
sorked out system Of running on
ne water The object is 70 obtain
uniform depth of eighteen inches.
4 MAT makes the inundation ef-
ltetiye is that il is not at oil q
.sse OF opposing q big, flooded
a.sadow 10 the advance Of an army.
al the land in Holland-at any
n 'ste, in the part with which we are
i seneerned at presents full OF
saehes, little canals, bigger canals
z ahe large canals. Obviously, then
& us impossible 10 wade through
4 f'et and a half Of water covering