The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-07-12
LITERARY NOTES.

Funk waenalls, the New York publishers, Tues
day issued the new book, George Eliot's Poetry
and Other Studles,r by Rose Elizabeth Cleveland,
sister of the President on Monday It was published
IN London, In order TO secure the English copyright.
II bears the imprint OF the nrm and their London
house, No "a Fleet street To all appearance Ia
an English book. After II had been regularly en-
tered al Statloners' Hail. London, Messrs Funk
waenas were notified OF the fact by cable Al
though they had announced Monday aa the day OF
pubicatlon Miss CevelaDd's book would not, never
theless, have been issued In New YORK had not the
other side suii,cicni interest was manifested in
,he new book In England to cause large orders
IIpr In mis- cour 20 1e given gSen , hy srsh nocksellers
book. People were curious to see the urst pub
llshed writings OF a mistress OF the White ncnsc
SO numerous were the orders thM the number Of
the original edition was twice doubled. Thc pub
lics demand was large, ana number Of frus OK
orders are from New york Boston and Chicago
come next with nearly equal orders; Philadelphia
Is third, and washington fourth. Orders have come
IN IRON all parts OF the country. Miss Cleveland
| receives handsome royalty for her book, and the
profits are likely to amount to considerable sum-
she was very particular about the work, correcting
the proofs herself and making many changcs-morc
than authors ordinarily make The greater part OF
vigorously il not rapidly dashed on some "oie Of L,
however, shows marks OF studied aud careful work
manship and was less easily written. Most Of the
changes made are in the choice OF shorter words
more vigorous expressions. There Is a manifest de-
slre exhlped TO make the writing tersc possl-
bic.
II IL not dlnlcult to recognize In" A Little rpsart
the novel by MIR. William II. RdcIng, published yes
tcrday, number Of wcll-known Boston literary peo.
pie. The dinner on Ladies' Night at the "Sylus
cre somySnr ~ e opsnng nt cdspsrs ana e
Of wears since Is thus alluded to: "a souvenir was
placed before each guest, and according to the Gus
tom OF the club-which, though Its members are not
Egyptologists, has q roll OF papyrus and stylus for
It's embems 1t was souvenir Of the land Of Anubs.
" was little mummy ease, and when II opened
fresh rose was found lying Within like tender
memory which has survived the stroke OF death"
Hcnty Ganneit, In the North american Repfe,r.
asks; "Are we to become Afrcanizede" and seems
to settle rather satisfactorily the question first raised
by Cable and Toureee as TO the necessity Of taking
some immediate and radical steps In the matter.
His figures set at rest the hasy assertion made by
these two authors that the negro was gaining IN
numbers upon the whites. The only decennial pc
Rod since 100 In which the blacks have gained upon
the whites was between 1900 and 1910. when the
slave trade was still In continuance. Since that time
It has never none even though the civil War de-
stroyed nearly half million Of the best and most
vrile males.
The Punams have just issued In their Travellers
Series three volumes OF standard value and interest
"Tent Life in Siberla,' by George KEENAN,; "A
I.adys Life In the Rocky Mountains by Isabella l.,
son. These three volumes have enjoyed deserved
popularity In more expensive form, and are now
placed within the reach of larger yet not less ap-
prectattve class of readers by simply replacing the
cloth binding by strong paper covers.
A vast amount of entertaining and Instructive read
ing matter for fifteen cents la contained In the sixty
or more pages of Cdsseus Family Magazine
Among the noteworthy articles Is Carl Blinds scc-
ond paper on Dr. Schliemann's Discoveries at Tir-
gus Hay Asthma: Its Rational Treatment" by n
Family Doctor; T" A Glimpse OF New York and Gen.
trail Park, and Flemish Lace and Lace Makers
Count Paul Vasllis "The World Of London :"
{" La Soclete de Londrcs y makes its appearance In
Harpet's Handy Series, and forms companion
| study for preceding volume In the same series
London society," noticed day or two since 10 IL
collection OF disjoined scraps of personal history
mingled with personal opinion ami criticism, and il
| interesting, but unsatisfactory.
The English Illustrated Magazine, Issued by
Messrs, Macmillan Co., New York, has In the July
number the address the "Art Of Acting delivered
by Mr. Henry Irving at Harvard University. II Is
accompanied by portrait Of MIR. Irving from pho
| tograph by Mr.. Mayal
The Washington correspondent of the Boston
Budget says that Kate Chase Spragues friends here
recognize her as the original Of Howellss heroine In
"1ndian Summer"