St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-03
LITERARY GOSSIP.
Late Announcements of New Nov
els and RiOgraDhies

els and Biographies.
A sister Of Olive Schreiner, author Of
The Story of an African Farm" has
taken to literature, combining herself to
writing temperance works.
A work of more than ordinary interest
will be made Of the material which
Howe and her sister, Florence Howe
Hall, are now shaping for The Life of
Laura Bridgman," the famous deaf and
blind mute. The work will contain an
account OF Miss Brdgman's education
by DIR. Samuel G.. Howe, her intellect
ual and spiritual development and ex-
tracts from series of journals and diaries
which she kept. A number of unpub-
lished letters from Charles Dickens,
Charles Sumner, LOngfellOW and others
will be feature. The book will Incl
markabe methods employed by DR..
Howe in the development of his Won
derfu) pupil. 1t is not expected that the
work will be ready for some time, oW-
ing TO the labor involved.
Palmer COx's holiday book for this
year will be called 'COmical Yarns"
1t is a question whether Mr.. Cox re-
tainS his strength as an illustrator when
he departs from his inimitable Brown
les"
Margaret DeIand's "Florida Days"
promises to be one of the best selling OF
the more modest holiday books.
The Railway" book of the Scribners
is 10 be brought out in November.
George W. Cable seems happieSt when
he is busiest. IL am at present at work
on a new novel," he writes, allowing
only the reading of proof of two forth
coming books and imperative CORE
spondence to interrupt me. | shall
presently, however, L suppose, be much
interrupted by the opening seasons
platform engagements"
Piracy has indeed fallen into bad
ways. A recent unauthorized edition.
of ''Treasure Island" has upon the title
page the name of Richard Louis Ste
phenson" as its author.
The opening chapters of Miss Schrei-
ner'S new novel have reached the hands
of her American publishers. The story
will probably be ready for publication
III December.
The Arena is the title Of & monthly to
be issued in Boston. The first number
will appear Dec. /. 1t will be devoted
to the discussion of the leading social
and political issues, and the publishers
expect tonumber among its contributors
the ableSt thinkers of the present time.
Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER will contrib
ute an article on Trend of Religious
Thought in German" and FL. O. Pente-
cost. of the Twentieth Century, an ar
ticle on Capital Punishment' for the
first issue. Other leading writer's are
also to be heard from in season for the
first number of the proposed magazine.
Its form and general character of make
up will be similar to the North Ameri-
can ReVieW.-BOstOn Herald, Sept. 20,
1889.
The GLOBE has received from W. J.
Dyer & Bro, Nos. 14S and $50 Third
street, two excellent pieces of music,
viz: LA Hazelle." a schottische. by
Josephine Grow, and Mother Song"
lullaby, the words and music by Jose
phine Grow.
If you want to make your friends
pretty Christmas gifts. send to Keppler
IL ScEwarZmann. publishers of Puck,
New York City, for their novel and at
tractive volume called "In the 400 and
Out" by Charles Jay Taylor. 1t is q
gem and will be JOY forever.