The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-29
News OF Authors and Forthcoming
Books.

Longfeuow is spending the summer at his
Nahant colts ge.
Mrs. st we has already sent to the printer
large ins ments of her new work, which is to
be sort OF chronicle of old.time folks in New
England village, nifty or sixty years ago. Some
OF the characters are said to be as gTaphlcaliy
depicted as those in Uncle Toms Cabin"
Miss Crane, who made such decided sue
cess some years ago with Emily Chester has
new novel in press called Opportunity"
HOLMES is busy on the remaining chapters
of his "Guardian Angel" which is to be pub
lshed in book form in November. A very hand
some sum has been paid to him by an English
publisher fer advanced sheets, and the novel
will appear in London the same day it is issued
complete in Boston.
Owen Meredith has sent over the proof
sheets of his new volume OF poems to his Ame-
rlcan publishers.
Browning is putting the last polish on his new
Romance in Verse, having hidden himself away
In little French hamlet for that purpose. He
promises his London and Boston publishers to
be ready tor them in October.
Emerson, whose recent volume of poems,
MAY Day and Other Pieces" has not lessened
but rather increased his lame as q poet, Is
getting ready tor course of lectures to be read
IN Boston some time this year. The lectures
will be mainly those read in a day course last
year, and Will be repeated as an evening course
by request.
Whittier, who has been spending good
many summer days by the sea this month, gives
no sign OF new volume, but his "SnoW Bound"
anu HIS 1tnJ On lne beaCn" nave Dy LnlS
time reached sale together of over fifty thou
sand. The illustrated "SnoW Boundn will be
the gift book of the year. All the drawings are
authenuc, each one depicting real scene in the
poem.
Edmund Quincy is sending the last forms of
MS latners Memoir to press
-Farton is among the Vermont hills, indting
more papers tor the Atlantic Monthtg. HIS next
contribution will appear in the October number,
ana is an eloquenG appeal Tor an international
copyright.
-Bayard Taylor is visiting his friends in
Hermany this summer, but spends some OF his
% %.lne I'D literary work. He is translaung Goethe's
Fsusp' amid the scenes OF that great poem,
and drawing inspiration for his work from the
authors own country. Taylor is also engaged
on on series OF papers called "The By-Ways OF
shortly.
DR.. Hayes, the Arctic discoverer is in New
port, busy over his new story for Olty YOltnO
po'eS called Cast Away in the Coldn
Lowell spends his vacation at home this
year among the groves of Elmwood.
mr. Hale, who has taken front rank as
tHtory teller, will follow up mis- "Mau Without q
NountrS" and "My Double" with other good
teaSeS,, yaaHSsS, uuflns the coming months, for the
,,-Hgginson is rowing his summer boat IN
newport waters.
.hL.r b. Read has been breathing Name air
S,ls s month, on the coast of YORK. Ae sails toi
% %no5e IL lew weeks, from which city he Wll
'enu nome pictures and poems worth having.
-Maithew ArnOlds "New POemsn have beer
ptfinteg, and Will, we preauue be published II
"IeW Gays on this side of tile Atlantic.
rsMI.DIekens Is collecting ior the "DiamOn(
Euluon" OF his works sever rticles hlthert'