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said Go be wittly written. It will be set in large
type and printed on fine paper with red-line
border
Mr.. George Parsons Lathron's forthcoming
stories for children are dedicated to his nieees
Hildegard and Imogen Hawthorne-the daugh-
tiers of Julian Hawthorne.
Under Bayard's Banner" by Henry Firth
tCassell q Co. J, is animated story Of adventure
and knightly deeds in the days of the famous
Bayard. the Chevalier sans peur ct sans re-
proche.
1t win interest the admirers of Mrs. Emma d.
e. n Southworth to know that she considers
her latest work, ''Fhe Lady of the Ile' Peter
sons, Phlladeiphial. as the most singular romance
she has ever written.
Mrs. Lanetry is credited with having writ
ten, or begun to write. novel dealing with En-
glish life In this country and in London. She
hopes to publish it simultaneously in London
and America early in November.
Lippincott's Magazine will make new de-
parture IN the November issue. Instead of Civ
ing novels in sections, it will give in each num-
Der complete novel Of popular length. The
novel for the November number will be "Brul-
tons Bayou by John Habberton.
Mr. Will Montgomery Clemens, says the Lit
erary World is engaged upon a biography of
Mark Twain. He has three books ready for the
press-viz.: ''1he Life and Times of John
Brown" THE Nemesis of Passion" novel, and
Literary Secrets" all to appear soon-
combination of firms will issue shortly by
subscription reprint of the Encyclopedias
Britannica" at probably 50 or So so per volume.
in cloth bindings The formal will be slightly
smaller, but each volume will contain word for
word the same matter on each page as the
original.
Probably no American woman living has seen
more of the men and the events that have made
history during the present century than Mrs.
Jessie Benton Fremont. Her new book, Sou
venrs OF My Time" in press with D. Lothrop q
CO., is sure to take a permanent place in the
literature of memoirs" and 'recollections.'
"Bost6n literary circles are pleasantly antici-
pating," says the Traveller, "what will probably
be the last work to come from the pen of Miss
Elizabeth T. Peabody, the venerable philan-
thropist. The contemplated volume Is series
of sketches which the author has named Last
Evening with Allston. and Other PAPERS" AL
though over eighty years of age. and although
deprived of her eyesight Miss Peabody still en-
ploys herself at literary work, promptly answer
ing a large correspondence from unknown
friends living in all parts of the country
While Francois Victor Hugo was making his
translation of Shakespeare, his father silenced
his stormy voice of France for awhile. and be-
guiled portion of his exile by long and profound
musings upon all the questions that pertain to
literary art and literary history. These refec-
tons naturally clustered about the translation
in which he was deeply interested. Starting
from Shakespeare, he swiftly traverses the
whole realm of literary history and seeks to
point out and to characterize the inmortals whose
works will abide. Eschylus is to him the
Shakespeare of antiquity. and to Eschylus he
accordingly devotes nearly as much space as to
Shakespeare The work is conceived in mere
belletristic spirit: ITO treat these questions"
Hugo says. lis to explain the mission of art; to
treat these questions is to explain the duty of
human thought toward man" Gathering up all
his judgments and impressions concerning the
great books and the great authors of ancient
and modern times. he binds them together in
this gltterng sheaf: the Offering of the weird
Titan" of France to his Olympian master. This
great work will soon be presented to American
readers, in an English translation of exceptional
excellence, prepared by Melville Anderson,
professor of English literature, Purdue Univer-
sity.