New-York tribune., 1918-10-26
With Pen and Press
What, the Authors and Publish.
ers Are Doing

Scrgius NJ. TrufanoF, the Mad Monk,
lllodor,' has returned to Russia with
his family and is engaged in aiding in
the rehabilitation Of that country. He
writes to his publishers, the Century
Company, in an optimistic tone, and
urges all Russians here to come home
and help him redeem the land from
Hunfsh spoliation.
Little, Brown & Co. will publish next
week Out of the silences," a new
novel by Mary f. Waller; new West
ern novel by B. NJ. Bower; Lillian
Writings "The Golden Road" vol
umc OF "reminiscences; Lord Dunsany's
"Talcs Of War;" and r. w. Burgess's
Happy Jack" a volume Of animal
stories.
"a Red Triangle Girl in France" is
an anonymous story of Y. NJ. C. A. work
in France from the press of the George
H. Doran Company.
The Century Company is bringing
out "Tales From a Dugout," a new vol
ume by Arthur Guy Empey, author OF
cover the Top"
Captain Frederick Stuart Greene,
editor OF "Thc Grim Thirteen" which
Dodd. Mead g. Co. recently published
has been promoted TO major for gal
lantly leading the I'd Battalion of the
302d New York Engineers at the Aire
and Grandpre.
Gabriel Wells announces an auto
graph edition of the works OF Booth
Harrington, in twelve volumes.
Henry living Dodge's patriotic book
"Thc Yellow Dog" published by Harper
& Bros, has just made its advent in
the movies"
A. G. McClurg & Co. will this fall
publish a new edition OF that invaluable
work of reference. "Granger's Index
listing poems from Chaucer to Vachel
Lindsay"
Sergeant Preston Gibson, author of
"Battering the Boche," has won COM
mission as lieutenant. Lieutenant Glib
son was one of the first Americans to
was twice cited Cor bravery and re-
ceiYed the French Cross Of -War. He
returned to this country, refused a
| commission in the Signal Corps, and
enlisted as q private in the Marine
Corps. He was assigned to recruiting
duty and broke all records. gaining
5000 volunteers in thirteen days. He
is descendant of Patrick Henry, a son
of the late Senator Gibson, and nephew
of Chief Justice White.
Now! Now! Now! Here's the howl
INCEST Of all the library howlcrs, vera
ciously reported in "Thc Cleveland
Plain Dcalcr.' A girl entered the pub
lie library and asked for a book Of
which she could tell neither name nor
suthor. But it was "about young
man who was brought up by monks y
The patient librarian tried her with
The Cloister and the Hearth" No.
"Ihe Monks of Malabar." No, no.
"Friar Tuck" No, no, no. "Monasterv
Bells" On. dear no. Then. in mo-
ment of wild inspiration: "Tarzan of
the Apes Why, OF course.
The inspiring announcement is made
that f. p. Button &; Co. are about to
publish a new novel by V. Blasco
theme of which is the dastardly raw
ages of German U-boats in the Medi-
terranean. 1t will be translated by
Mrs. Charlotte Brewster Jordan. who
made the fine English rendering of tho
great Spanish romancer's -Four Horse
men of the Apocalypse"-one of the
truest works of genius this century has
thus far seen.
D: Appleton & Co. will publish next
week Professor John Bach McMaster's
history of "The United States in the
World War;; Joseph c. Lincoln's new
Tape Coz yarn, "shavingsv: Natalie
Ilncoln,s mystery story, The Three
novel, ''The Laughing Girl"
p. P. Dutton & Co. will next week
publish The Garden of Survival" AL
gernon Blackwood's mystical romance
Of love after death.
Bernard Malls translation of Jean
-Hassart' The Secret Press in Bel
g'uln' Will be published in an .Ameri-
nnt