The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-02

the Care Of Good Hope, leaving behind the man
userips of story. Tho Golden Hope: . Ro
nance of the Deep
Father Didon has just returned from Palestine,
where he has collected materials for work il
reply to NJ. Remains ''Vie de Jesus"
A new novel by 1ir. James Payn, 1.-THE Heir of
the Ages, dealing with literary life in London,
will be published serially in the London Illus
trated News.
Much light will be thrown upon the career of
Thomas Hood by new volame entitled ''Hood
In Scotland, which gives many details about his
residence at Dundee.
Harpers have added to the Franklin-square
Library First Person Singular a new novel by
David Christie Murray, which has been running
as a serial IN the Bazaar.
Nine Christine Missions first contribution to
literature will be a prose essay, under the title
OF "A Music Lesson which will see the light In
the Youths Companion.
Marion Crawford, who is residing at Naples, is
very busy writing the conclusion to his novel,
'Phe Tale of a Lonely Parish" The story will
be published in February
A second copy of Charts Lambs story of
Beauty and the Beast" has turned up in Eng
land, and will be sold at auction this week. 1t
is thought probable now that this little story
will be reprinted in volume form.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt has for some time
been engaged on history of the war with Mex
a strictly scientific point of view The work
will extend to three volumes, and the first of
them will be published about a year hence by q.
p. Putnam's Sons.
1t is officially announced that A. J. Johnson
d Co., of New York. the we'll known publishers
have brought out revised edition of their great
enclopadia in eight volumes, at an expense OF
over $50, 600. The new edition has forty editors
and is the latest and most reliable work of
the kind published.
Besides Mrs. Lynn Unions story of Pastor
Carew Millionaire. and AIiser." Harper's Bazaar
will have for the first half of 1886 new serial,
entitled 1.-THE Heir Of the Ages" from the versa
tile pen of James Payn. During the same
period Harper's Weekly will publish Mr. Thomas
Hardy's serial tale Of ''The Mayor Of Caster
bridge"
Ben Hur has already come to be recognized
as one of the classics Its popularity is steadily
on the increase, and the demand fer it is SO
great that it is almost always on the press The
authorities of the University of Netre Dame,
Ind, paid it the honor this session of placing 1t
first on the list of books to be read to the stu
dents in the refeetory.
Professor Smith, of Columbia College, has
written the preface for Mr.. Charles loves his
torcal biography of Prince Bismarck, which
Messrs Cassell & Co. will publish early next week.
This work will be in two volumes. and is the first
attempt yet made to supply the English reading
public with complete historical sketch of the
Only 500 copies have been printed of the Hon.
George w. Schuylers Colonial New York.
Philip Schuyler and His Family" There are
two Volumes handsomely bound in vellum
CLOTH They are the outcome of eight years of
work, and had their origin in the study by Mr.
Schuyler of the genealogy of his own family.
From this he was led to the larger work.
In one of the new letters from Emerson to Car
lyle occurs the following passage, which shows
once more the light estimate Emerson placed
upon himself poet: "Pity me, oh strong
man! | am of puny constitution half made
up, and as / from childhood know-not poet
but lover of poetry and poets and merely serv-
ing as a writer in this empty America, before
the arrival of the poets"
Pope Leo XIII is an expert Latin versifer,
and has just presented Prince Bismarck. through
the German ambassador at Rome, with an ele-
gantly- bound copy Of his latest volume of poems.
''Novissima Leonis XIII, Pont. Max. Carmina.'
Long before his elevation to the chair of St
Peter Cardinal Pecci was known as one of the
best classical scholars in Italy. and his poems
are said to show such mastery of Latin that
quite modern turns of thought are shown to
have obtained classical tinge.