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NEW-YORK TRIBUNE lUXST/HATED SUPPLEMENT.

LITERARY NOTES.

An English paper says that Rudyard Kipling

Is to press hi* suit against the l-umains.

The Macmillana will be the English publishers

mKt autumn of Mr. John Morl.y's "Life of

o raw* II," which has been running as a serialin "The Century Magazine."

Mr Theodore Watts- 1Minion calls his remi-niscences "The Old Familiar Faces." He is re-vising Ihe proofs of this work and of his newn< vel so carefully that neither may be ready

for fall publication. A popular edition of"Aylwin" has lately boeii announced in London.

"In America," says the London 'outlook."the harmless, necessary publishers' reader ap-

pears to tie largely a woman." This is a mis-

take Th« re are unite as many, if not many

more men readers. The paragraph goes on in

the jauntj fashion .hat English paragraphlstslike to assume in discussing American literary

affairs a fashion, by the way. that helps toemphasize their blunders: "That is to say.

American publishers write to you like this:•< iur r< ader has just reported on . and speaks

very highly of it from a literary point of view,

though she doubts if the book would have avery large sale.'" As a matter of fact the

feminine pronoun is practically never used in

busin \u25a0\u25a0 of this kind. As a rule publishers try

to keep the Identity of their readers a secret

from the authors of manuscripts \oluntanly

Bubmitted. "In England," says the same writer,

"w< know there is still a handful or so of menpublishers' readers left, though in a certain

house which shall be nameless, the 'rough read-ing1 is understood to be done by the typewriter

uirl Probably women are very Qne Judges <>r

fiction. They" know what they like, and as the

flctionists 1 public is mainly a feminine one, thepublisher mi^ht perhaps do worse than

ta a few choice lady read, rs.1 Ifthese re-marks are founded on fact, they may explainWhy -c many worthless books are issued from

the English press.

The importa.it announcement comes from

England that Mr. Hall Cain£s new novel wfflbe called "The Eternal City." Miss Marie

CorelU who by the way, greatly resembtes Mr.Caine,'and whose work is just about as im-

portant, willaiso devote to Home several-r-hap-

tcrs of her forthcoming novel. "The Master

Christian." Stories of the fabulous prices re-vived by these geniuses for their new bookshave already been started in London. During

the next Tew months we shall hear them echoed

and re-echoed.

Dr William Harry, the English Catholic priest,

whose latest novel. "Arden Massiter." is having

a wide reading, has turned his attention to his-

torical writing, and has arranged to bring- out;l book entitled "The Papal Monarchy from

ry the Great to Boniface Vlll."

Mr. William Heinemann has brought out in

London Mr. Stephen Crane's two stories,"George's Mother" and "Map^ie." inone volume,

und< :• the title of "Bowery Tales."

"LR TRAVAIL," BY ANDRE D'HOUDAIN.Croup surmounting the Palais dts invalidcs to the right of the Pont Alexandre 111.

"A happy point was made by counsel in de-fending a bookseller at Bow-st. the other dayin a case where an English translation of "TheHeptameron' was the cause of offence," says awriter In "The London Morninc Post.""

'Do you consider "Tom Jones" an improper

book?' the police witness for the prosecution

was asked.''I do." was his reply."Are you aware," said the defendant's coun-

sel, thai the novel in question was written by

a former chief magistrate of this court?""

A writer in "Macmillan'P Magazine," in dis-cussing recent editions of (Gilbert White's wellknown book. The Natural History of Sel-bome," notes that though scarcely a plant oranimal mentioned in it is familiar in this coun-try it has enjoyed as lorn; and as great a popu-larity with American a.s with English readers.

Th- sixpenny edition of "Tess of the d'Urber-villes," which the Harpers s< me time ago ar-

i to bring out in England, seems to bereviving the interest which this remarkable book

I on us lir.st appearance.

ii. \u25a0\u25a0••j-t Spencer, whose health is now said tobe excellent, has beer, revising his "First Prin-ciples" for the new edition to appear In theautumn. His changes, however, have beenlargely verbal The substance of the work re-

practicall) unchan

Mr. Richard Whiteing, author of "No. .">. Johnwill have a new book ready in the

autumn for publication in England and in thisc< iintry,

WATER CURE IX GERM \SY.

Bremen letter in The Chicago Record.In no other country has hydropathy reached

such a state of perfection as in Germany. Al-most everything is cured, or attempted to becured, by water. Besides the numerous water-Ing places, plain and fashionable, there aredozens of water cure Institutions throughout theempire, and suffering mankind is crowding allof them. The University of Berlin has recog-nized the Importance of this branch of medicineand decided upon erecting from October nexta special chair for hydrotherapy, which will beoccupied by Dr. Briefer, or Berlin. At the Char-it6. well known also in the United States, ar-rangements have been made for classes wherethe professor's theories will find practical appli-cation.

. When incandescent lamps were made withcarbonised bamboo filaments it was impossiblet.i get them of uniform resistance throughout.

>uit was that, when a current was sentthrough the lamp, the filament glowed morebrishtly In some spots than In others, and ineider to make i!ie resistance unifoiments had to be "treated." This treatmen con-sisted ill Hit1•Mllleil,-;l !l>;!•. ica fl>>'H g \u25a0

bulb and then sending current through the fila-ment. The parrs that glowed brightest, 1. • ..

liat were of too hi--;h resistance, had car-bon deposited on them more rapidty than on

.ier portions, which brought tlto a uniform resistance throughout.

Filaments are now manufactured from cellu-lose by means of the squirting process, and

a no difficulty in making them ol uniformresistance, but the treatment is still continued,not because it is necessary to secure 111resistance, but because it has been found thatthe hard coating "f graphitic carbon given totii-' filament by this process greatly Improves itslight giving properties. The untreatedradiates its heat much more readily than thetreated, hence a givin amount of power ex-pended in the lamp will cause the treated car-b.>n to attain a higher temperature than th«*untreated, and the efficiency o( the lamy isthereby improv. d.

IKCANDESrgST LAMP FILAMESTB*

Prom Science and Industry.

The inner edges of the nests are woven withlight sticks, cornstalks, pieces of cloth and driedseaweed.

The ftshhawk lives to a good age. On oneof the eastern Rhode Islond headlands a Mr.Anthony tells of an incident that happenedtwenty years ago near his home, A ma!e fish-hawk was brought to the ground by a sun inthe hands of a boy. Mr. Aruhony cared for thewounded bird in his barn, picking out grains ofsh"t and stopping the flow of Mood. All :he timethe hawk fought him with its uninjured wing.In a month's time the wound ha*!healed, and the I\u25a0i rihad becomeIt would not eat anything but tis'n. however.The wounded wing >* is stiff when the bird wasgiven Its I id the peculiarity of thissnif wing is Mr. Anthonyin a bird that ! cates near hi-* home. He is c>n-tident that it is the bird that was wounded nearhis home twenty years ag>>.

TWO GROUPS OF STATUES ALONG THE

QUAYS AT THE EXPOSITION.

Paris. July G.—Surmounting the "pans coup--s"

which, in the half palaces that occupy the Es-planade dcs Invalides, join the facades ak-r.j

the quays with the galleries extending towardthe Hotel dcs Invalides, are groups of sculpturerising between pyramidal spires, and facing t!^;pylones of the Punt Aiexandre 111. Standing' inthe bridge, to the right 13 "Le Travail.' by A^-dre d'Houdain; to the left. "La France Ac-cuvillant les Nations." by E, Peynot.

To begin with France, the sculptor has rep-resented a central figure opening her arms ingracious welcome to four figures below, sym-bolizing Europe, America, Asia and Africa. Thefigure of France is refined and courtly. Thesiig'nt inclination of the shapely form is in har-mony with the cliarmins. spontaneous outturn-Ing of the palms. Europe, advancing to herright, is scarce her inferior; she is clad in adainty ball gown, with her hair piled high enher head. Behind her is America

—an Indian,

with grinning upturned face! The progress ofscience, the march of civilization, the discoveries.inventions, improvements of America, are rep-resented by the Incian in pristine guilelessness.

Cven the clothes and headgear from European

firms that annually tind their way across theseas are merely indicated by a buffalo hide anda bur.. of turkey feathers. This tamed savage

adds a picturesque touch to the group: also, itfulfils the conception of what it pleases someEuropeans to call "American barbarity." But itis amusing to see the country from which Ku-rope has derived most of its modern comfortsclassed witn unexplored wilds and decadentraces. The nude figureof Asia, a girlofJapanesetype, is indolently graceful, whereas the negro

that represents Africa is of rugged strength.The other group represents industrial France

holding out a protecting arm over her children—

the porter, the silk weaver and the smith. Thereis a quiet dignity, an earnestness, about th«gefigures, which give them a lasting value ov»rtheir opposite neighbors. Though France J3greeting her guests, the hour willcome for part-ing; but before the greeting work was andafter parting work will be. and industry willcontinue to protect it. The grouping of thesefigures is particularly happy, since both sculp-tors were hampered by an injudicious order.The central figure was in each case to be at leas:two metres higher in stature than the four in-ures about the -ii

TRANCE IS ALLEGORY.

INGENUITY AND STRKNGTH OF THE BIRD IN

PROVIDING MATERIALS FOR IT.

Prom Forest and Stream.The genius displayed by Qahhawks in nest

building time Is often wonderful, leadiisons to suspect thai th<; mechanical calculationsof the bird are equal to those of the a

human being. The hawks frequent fongroves fringing the wai rs of Narragan.se 11 Bayt" obtain material for building new nests andrepairing old ones. Rotten limbs of trees highover one's head are beard snapping andcracking.

This snapping of sticks is caused by fish-hawks. Mechanically they examine andoff the limbs bj sheer force, somethingunique in the character of bii Is A hawk flyingabout wheels short on its wings, having selecteda decayed stick that is suitable, on son i .tree. Something after the fashion of tent peg-ging the hawk charges past and just above thebough. Just a- he is pa limb, with

lexterity he hooks his claws upon it. andwithout Btopping in his flight, and with wingsflapping furiously enough, bang g"is the reportof the breaking of the rotten limb Itriumphantly the Feathered wond r carries tothe nesl the stick, sometimes four inches indiameter and tour and one-half feet long. Although as a rule the birds break off the limbsat the Rrsi attempt, they have been seen to trythe operation on the same stick two and threetunes before being successful. In case the stickis not broken off the firs! time, they ci.. not loosetheir hold, but unceasingly Sap their broadwind's In the air. exhausting every measuretoward accomplishing their purpose.

Ordinarily their bodies are not -<> heavy as b>iause one to suspect that thej could >.r"e.ik offsuch st"ut pieces of boughs, but the momentumcarried in their Iliuhl as they hook >>n to theliinli without Plopping almost invariably causesihnr en" >rta to kx crowned with success. Theloud snapping noise of the breaking "f treebranches by the hawks would lead a person notaccustomed to their habits to BUppose that anelephant was running amuck through the forest.<h' about four fee) in width and of a compactstructure the n sts can withstand the fury of

storms. The fabric Is so woven andbound crisscross fashion that cases have i nknown of th \u25a0 nests remaining intact even afterthe wind felled the tree or pole and threw then si violentlj to the ground. A severe stormblew down a fishhawkN nesl at Warren a yearago, leaving tie ,;. t bottom up. it was dis-coveri I day*: later with three youngdead bird- inside. Being Imprisoned, they haduiid of humce7>

THE OSPRETS XEST.

sence, both legs having been cut off, a pockethandkerchief being tied around one of his poorwounded legs. This man probably had beenthrough several hospital* and each time sentoil again in rag's."

Mr. Alfred Sutro, a writer practically un-known In this country, is attracting a good dealof critical notice in Kn^land on account of hisplay, "The Cave of Illusion," which Grant lUch-ards has brought out. with an Introduction byMaurice Maeterlinck.

One of thi mosl Interesting features of the last: \u25a0 "The Anglo-Saxon Review" is Lad}

Iph <!hur rhill's "I> 1 ters fiom a HospitalThey show that Lady Randolph has thecourage ol her views and does not hesitate to

riticism of the British Government whereto be v. hole: onie. "When." she

says, "one thinks nf the thousands and thou-sands that have been spenl In clothing for thehospitals, nol only by the Government, but byprivate Individuals, it seems incredible that thesick \u25a0 nd wounded should be allowed to leave ahospital, to be drafted to another, or to a hos-pital ship, in the tattered garments they camewith, brought in straight from the battlefield.Isaw with my own eyes, among a party ofwounded who were being Irai From atug to tin Maine and the Nubia, a man whosekhaki trousers were eoni?pi«»"H>ii3 by their ab-

< ml of th«- English reviewers says frankly thatMrs. Craigie's "School for Saints" is a disap-pointing k. The novelist, however, seems to' ' xceptional success in her treatment<\u25a0; Lh< chai v i-r oi IIsraeli.

i - reported that Mr. George Bernard Shawthinks of making a visit to this country nextwinter.

'\u25a0'!'• :\u25a0 i'.fs latest piece of work," says "TheLondon Chronicle," "is an article of some ten

md unrds on 'Patriotism and Govern-v ni

'It will shortly l"- published in English

b> the Free Age Press, "i Maldon, Rssex, thewhich deals in England with all the

nevt writings of Tolstoi. We are also to haveooklets by him. selected From recentletters and unpublished material in the

<;.!• <;' his English representative, Mr. Tchert-koff. Tolstoi is now giving the finishing touchesto his volume, 'The New Slavery,1 which is an

ilnation of the position of the workers."

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