The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-21
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Miss Blanche Willis Howard, author of One
Summer, has completed another novel called
From Over the Sea, which will shortly be pub
lished by Osgood.
Roberts Brothers announce Hetty's Strange
History, by the author of Mercy Phlbrick's
Choice, as the next volume in the No Mama
series, and new story by E. E. Hale called
G. T. T.
A name familiar to old buyers of books re-
appears in the book-trade with the formation
of the firm of Derby Brothers, New York.
The partners, Frank and Charles Derby,
are both sons of j. @. Derby, of the old firm
of Derby & Jackson. The first book to have
the imprint of the new firm will be still another
Habberton book, in which that prolific author
collects more of his character sketches and
Western Stories under the title of Some Folks.
Lee & Shepard have nearly ready Mr.. Miggs
in Danbury, and Other Sketches, Mr.. Baley's
new book, and new edition Of his Life in
Danbury. Theifrm will also publish soon Pro-
fessor Dolbeare's The Telephone; an Account
OF the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism
and Sound as involved in its Action, with Di.
rections for making SpeakingyT Telephone.
Besant's French Humorists, will be issued
in new edition by Roberts Bios, uniform
with Hamerton's books.
Mr.. Maurice Thompson, who contributed
papers on bow-shooting to the July numbers
both of Scribner's and Harper's monthlies,
seems to have started a new or revived an old
m ania. Many letters have come both to the
Scribner editors and TO himself from new en-
thusiasts. He writes: 81 am literally over
whelmed with letters; they come in piles from
far and near, from high aud low. am sud-
denly dreaded by P. o. clerks. Seriously, am
amazed at the mighty interest manifested.
Even Capt. H. Fl. Talbot whom mentioned in
a foot note, has been assailed with all sorts of
letters OF the same tenor of those 1 receive
Mr.. Thompson will reply to many of these in.
Quires in the Home and Society department of
Scribner's for September, and will contribnte
an entirely fresh illustrated article on the SUBJ
ject to future number OF the same magazine.
Mr.. Thompson adds that a shooting match will
soon take place between his bow team (of
Crawfordville, Indiana) and a crack rifle
teamp'
THE Wonder World" book of fairy lore
promised last winter, has been delayed by the
long illness of one of its authors, (Margery
Deane) of Newport, but is now completely fin
ished, and G. P. Putnam's Sons of New York
will bring it out in the handsomest shape for
the fall trade, and make it one of their leading
holiday books. The book contains stories from
the Chinese, French. German, Hebrew, Hindu
stani, Hungarian, Irish, italian, Japanese, Rus
sian, Swedish and Turkish, all of them new in
English, and finely illustrated. The Japanese
story is contributed by Prof. Grifis, author of
the "Mikado's Empire" Mrs. Marie Pabke of
Springfield and Mrs. Ptman are the compil.
ers.
j.. R. Osgood s. Co. will publish in the
fall the book on American colleges which.
Mr.. Charles f. Richardson, literary editor of
the Independent. and Mr. II. AIClarke, one of
the editors of the "Harvard Book" have had in
preparation for some time. Tweuty-four lead
ing and representative colleges. including West
Point and the Naval Academy will be described
each with the aid at least of one heliotype illus
tration, Harvard and Yale each having five or
six The number Of plates is thus likely to
reach sixty.