The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-19

made hit because he has been to some un-
known end of the earth and had returned to civ
llization with bookful of notes that, worked up
clumsily, made very readable yarns. Kipling
knows all about life and death in India and has
the skill to present his facts and fancies with
artistic finish. Still the question remains, Will
he, after rising like a rocket, come down like
the stick? Time, that old rascal who holds so
many secrets, can alone tell
a new edition, revised and enlarged, with new
Illustrations, of the popular juvenile books of
Grace Greenwood is announced by the United
States Book Company, New York. History of
My Pets" with It's admirable lessons of sym
pathy for ANIMALS, has appeared, and will be fol-
lowed by "Stories of My Childhood" and "Stories
of Many Lands" AS Max O'Rell SAYS: Love
and sympathy for children must be a sponta-
neous outgrowth of the gay and tender Ameri-
can character. Mrs Burnett, of Little Lord
Fauntleroy' fame; the late Louisia Alcott, author
of Little Women and Mrs. Lippincott, better
known as Grace Greenwood will for ages to
come fascinate the whole of the Englsh-speal-
ing juvenile world"
Wortbington Company announce for immedi-
ate publication "Asbein: From the Life of Vir-
tuoso." By Ossip Schubin, translated by Elise t.
Lathrop, and illustrated with photogravures
This is musical novel, interesting to all lovers
of music. 1t introduces under the name Boris
Lensky the great artist and composer Anton
Rubinsten, his life, genius, and faults, and gives
true account of his romantic courtship and
marriage to Il Russian princess, his concert tour
in America, and the production of several i'm
portant musical compositions in Europe The
author is a personal friend of the Rubinstens,
and tits supposed wrote the book asa warning to
him.
Mr.. +. G. Atwood, the widey-known cartoon
ist, begins his permanent connection with the
Chicago America in its issue of October Is. In
clever, instructive cartoon he represents Ma
poleon Mckinley driving away the commerce of
the world, while forty centuries look down upon
the performance with amazement. Mr.. Att
woods cartoons will alternate with Others by
Frank L. w. Bellew, (ChipD who has also been
engaged to draw regularly for Americd an ar
rangement which will add strength and variety
to its cartoon department.
"The Old Meeting House," by Rev. A. NJ. Col
ton, is announced for immediate publication by
Worthington & Co., New York. The book is said
to be full of intellectual fire and fun, treating on
great variety of subjects, in the richest vein of
humor and occasionally bubbling over with
laughter. 1t is picture of New England life,
manners, customs, peculiarities, and idosyncra-
ses from ancient times down to the present.
II is known that the lieuteuants of Mr.. Stanley
were prohibited by their agreements on joining
the expedition from publishing any account of
their travel until elk months after the issue of
expired, and we may expect in couple of
months or so to have batch of books on various
aspects of the expedition.
Among the recent paper-bound stories issued
by j. S. Ogilvie, New York, are Her Mad Love-"
psychological novel of to-day by Gerald Carl
ton, and "A Forced Marriage" by Frederick w.
Pearson. They are for sale at Brentano's.
L. B. Peterson & Brothers have issued in
paper-bound edition novel by Cara Camera
bearing the suggestive title. "Sifting Matri-
mony." 1t is fairly interesting story well told.
a new edition of CoyDe Fletcher's successful
Virginia story, me and Chummy" has been
issued by the Sterling Publishing Company of
this city.
Funeral OF DR.. e. Tucker Blake.
The funeral of DR.. e. Tucker Blake took
place yesterday afternoon from the chapel in
Oak Hill Cemetery, and was attended by
large number of leading residents. The service
of the dead of the Episcopal Church was read
by the Rev. DR.. Stewart, who took occasion to
pay beautiful tribute to the dead. DR.. Tucker
Blake was well known in this city, and years
ago was regarded as one of the wits of the coun-
try and one of the best after dinner takers of
the South. He was a great frequenter of news
paper offices, and was a decided favorite with
the fraternity. A story is told of him that will
bear repetition here. Joe Blackburn had just
entered Congress and was comparatively un-
known, and the pen. pushers had considerable
difficulty in keeping track of his three initials.
One night DR.. Blake was sitting in the Office of
a paper when something came up about
Blackburn's name 'Hang it, what is his name
anyway?'' exclaimed the scribe. 'Why let me
show you how to remember t." said Dr. Blake.
"You see it is j. G. s. Blackburn so make it
read Joseph Coming Senator Blackburn" This
was pretty good forecast for man entirely
unknown to fame, except in his own district.
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