The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-11
LITERATURE.

Mrs. Oliphant is engaged on a topogra
phical account of Edinburgh.
A memoir of Richard Henry Lee is being
prepared by his great grandson, G. H. Lee
of Leesburg, Va.
CLEOPATRA; being an account of the fal
and vengeance of Harmachis (the roya
Egyptian), as set forth by his own hand
BY Rider Haggard. Chicago and New
York: Rand, McNally & Co.
Mr.. Make, of the British museum, has
discovered some printing in Polish, which
is the earliest known specimen of work Of
that kind. 1t is hymn addressed to the
Virgin Mary, and was sung by Polish
troops before going into battle.
Mr. William O'Brien, MP, has not been
idle since his soiOurn in prison. He has
occupied his time by writing a novel or
which he has given the title when we
Are Through" 1t is a picture Of social
life, not concerned with politics
The second part of Mr.. George o. Sell
hamers ''History of the American Thea
tre' is nearly ready. 1t bears the little
"Dnring the Revolution and After" The
( third and last part is in preparation, with
the title Last Years OF the eighteenth
Century"
DIR. Hugo Wincl1ler has in press in Lon
don an important work on the early MS
IOrY Oh the ancient lDudDlbdHbS VI 4flCoopO-
tomia, entitled "Untersuchungen EUR Alt
orientalischen Geschichte," in which he ar
riyes at some new and important conclu-
sions. Among the texts published in this
work are revised copies of the ''Babylonlan
Canon and of the Chronicle eff Naboni-
dus.
Mrs. John Sherwood, author of "a
Transplanted Rose" and Manners and
Social Usages.'' has been decorated with
of 4 Apo n
honor conferred by the French minister of
public instruction on persons who have
distinguished themselves in literary pur-
suits. 1t is said to be the first time the
decoration has been conferred upon an
American woman.
The following is list of some of the prin-
cipal new books which may be looked for
in the autumn publishing season: J. B.
Du Chaillu, 1.-The Viking Age" w. j.
''Our Vlceregal Life in India" Life of
Harriet Beecher Stowe;" j. Cotter Mort
son, COLLECTED Essays with preface by
John Morley; G. Scharf, PORTRAITS of
Mary Queen of Scots;' Spencer Walpole,
Life Of Lord John Russell"
Two 'gift books'' which are likely to be
very popular, will appear in London
shortly One is FAIRY Book, edited by
Mr.. Andrew Lang, and illustrated by Mr..
the birthday book idea, which after so long
a success is now pretty well exhausted.
This is ''Book of Wedding Days" with
nearly one hundred illustrations by Mr..
Walter Crane 1t is to be dedicated-in a
poem by the Earl of ROsslyn-to the Prin-
cess of Wales.
It is said that Mr.. J. F. Farmer, the com
piler of "Americanisms-Old and New is
making a slang dictionary, which, both
by its comprehensiveness and by its his
torical treatment, is intended to supersede
all previous works of the kind. 1t is de-
scribed as dictionary of the heterodOx
speech of all classes, from the middle of the
sixteenth century to the present time. The
unwritten colloquialisIus of society. and the
jargon ofsportsmen, of criminals, of artists,
of workmen, and of professional men will
all be given.
The unities have been preserved in
bringing out cleopatra" at this season,
when the mercury is bubbling around the
hundred point and there hasn't been re-
freshing rain for these many weeks. The
book has been published in various shapes
and forms, which indicates its popularity,
and now it comes as No. 10l of the Globe
Library And let the critics and the fas-
tidious say what they will regarding
it, the story will be read and enjoyed, for
while it is somewhat broad and suggestive
in places, it is vigorously written and the
characters are artistically drawn, while
the scenes are well portrayed. All of
HaCgard's stories are made pleasing by
their satisfactory termination, "Cleopo-
ira" being no exception to the authors
happy rule.