New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
With Pen and Press
Current Activities of Authors
and Publishers


w. l.. Georges novel, Blind Alley"
which Little, Brown & Co. will publish
next month, di5sccts the attitudes and
actions Of an English family during the
war
Edgar Rice Burroughs's Jungle
Tales of Tarzan,' the sixth of the ape
man series, is published this week by
A. c. McClurg & Go. Mr. Burroughs
has settled in California on an estate
which he calls Tarzana.
Doubleday, Page g. Go. will publish
the following books on April f2 "Thc
Crickct,' by Marjorie Benton Cooke;
"Above the Battlcs.' by G. H. A.
Andre, translated from the French by
Mrs. Philip Duncan Wilson; "Birds Of q
Fcathcr,' by Marcel Nadaud, translated
from the French by Florence Converse;
"Ihc Years Between" Il new book Of
pocms, by Rudyard KiplinR, and "Thc
Arrow Of Gold,' by Joseph Conrad
The Century Company announces for
pub 'nation in April: "Pckpg Dust"
by Elcn N. La Motto, vivid, intimate
sketches of life III China to-day; "Iyc
Como to Stay" by Mary Heaton Worse.
love story of Greenwich Village, and
Grcndon, a novel which is said to have
all manner Of fun with efficiency sys-
tens, caste systems, social service sys-
tens and tho like
During the first week in April Moffat,
Yard & Co. Will publish in book form
Rita Wellman's story Of Jewish Gentle
marriage, 1.-The Gentle Wife" recently
presented at Broadway theatre by
Arthur Hopkins. MofFat, Yard & Co.
will also publish "The Story Of Yer
sailles," pertinent, compact chronicle,
illustrated, Of the seat of the great
peace conference 1t is by Francis
Lorlng Payne.
Small, Maynard g. Co. are publish
ing a new volume of poems, "Victory,"
celebrated by thirty eight American
poets, brought together by William
Stanley Bralthwaite; Keep Off the
Grass" book of rare American wit
and humor, rejecting the funny aspects
ism, by George Allan England; and
Barney Oldfeld's Book for the Motor
ist," practical book for the motorist,
illustrated from drawings and photo
graphs, by Barney Oldfeld himself.
Readers of DR.. s. Hall Youngs
alaska Days with John Muir" and
"The Kondikc Clam will be bound
to welcome a third volume of personal
experiences and adventures of the vet
eran missionary. DR.. Young's new
book, which the Revell Company Will
shortl y publish, is entitled advent
ures in Alaska
The American Sunday School Union
issues a reminder of its offer under
the John c. Green Fund of liberal
prizes for MSS. OF the best books on
f7b, ~ ,,itV apJ MnJor,, I,oIuS+r., orJ
on Everyday Herosm. The MSS. must
be submitted on or before December l
next.
Vicente Blasco Ibanez at the age of
only tifty-two has written and pub
lished more than score of novels,
several books Of travels and history
of the world war.
A book with very remarkable ap-
peal in it and very timely in view Of
the labor troubles with which England
is threatened is published this week
by +. F. Dutton & Co. 1t is called
"Tumblefold," and in it Joseph Whit
taker relates in the first person stories
of. the youth of five boys in an Eng
lish town on the edge of the Black
Country. Ben Tillett, labor member
of Parliament writes an introduction
in which he says that this book is the
SWtttcSl Huliidll tpNUHcNt l IuVc ever
heard of, or read"
Captain Eddie Rckenbacker, the
famous American ace, who is to speak
at the Metropolitan Opera House next
Tuesday evening on the work of his
HAT in the Ring" squadron, will pub
lish month hence through the Fred
erick A. Stokes Company notable
book on "Fighting the Flying Circus"
The author and illustrator of "Dere
Mable" and "That's Me All Over,
Mabel" arc members Of the 9th Div-
sion, which New York has just been
welcoming
"A New Study of English Poetry"
by Henry Newbolt, which E. P. Dutton
Il Co. announce for early publication,
will have exceptional interest for all
who are taking part, IS writer's or
readers, in the vigorous growth of
poeticai literatursin the United States.
Several of the dozen essays which COM
prise the book were given as lectures
before cultured English audiences on
important occasions. Among the sub
jects treated arc "Poctry and Person
atty" Poetry and poltics," "poets
and Their Friends" "Futurism and
Form In Poetry" "Pootry and Educa-
tion" and "The Poet and His Audi