Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-11

Of verse, heretofore published oaly 10
Eagisnd aud non entirely our Of print
HIS collaboration with Blanche Willis
Howard IA the novel a fellose ana
his WIFE, has made be name tanil-
Tar 10 American readers
ION the Racks novel. by William
the diamond Buttsn," IS announced
TINS 10 one OF Mr.. Hudson's lively oe-
teetiye stories. Ii is full of action aud
exciting incident. Ii begins by hiding
the dead oody of q man IN the streets
or New York and the hunt for his muir
derer. TIE plot 10 most Ingenious and
10 worked out 10 entirely new Ines
"in s,eawsr Chair. and Other Ship
board storles," BY Robsrt Barr Luke
sharp, will soon be issued in Csssell's
Sunshine series. Mr.. Robert Barr is
the latest, bot not the least. OF AmeTi-
can huniorlsts. lie won his spurs on
the Detroit Free Press. TO which be
contributed as Luke Sharp" and nov
be Is IN England associated with the
youngest of English humorists. Jerome
n. jerome, IN the edito1shlp OF The
Idler.
In view OF the abusive dispatch con-
eernlng tho German emperor aud
Poultney Bigelow, cablet by Edmund
Yates from London, Mcssra. Charles l..
Webster Il Co. desire to call special at
tention TO Mr.. Bgeiow's aele defense
OF his old playmate, coon 10 be Issued
ia their Fiction, Fact and Fancy
Series as "The German Emperor aud
HIS Eastern Neighbors."
+ The American Academy of Political
and Social Science has lately published
! u monograph ny Professor Charles De-
Garnio on Ethical framing IN the
| Public Schools" II is an argument 10
show that the public school can be
made a profitable factor in the moral
| development of the scholars, not neces-
sarily by religious instruction in the
| the school and the careful instruction
in literature. history. economies and
social and political science.
The April Arena is rich in able,
thoughtful papers. Its table OF con-
| tents is as varied as 1t Is inviting, as
will be noted from the following:
Vital Statistics of the Negro," by
Frederick l.. Hoffman. "The Money
| Question" by the Hon. John Davis, III.
L. ''Folapuk. the World Language"
by Alfred Post. 1.-THE Speaker in Eng
land and America" by Henry George,
Jr. Rational Views of Heaven aud
HE'LL" by the Rev. George ST. Clair.
'The Farmers Alliance aud its Lead
ers," by Annie l.. Diggs illustrated by
two fuli-page portraits and fonr smaller
! photogravures). "Pontifex NJ 'ximus,"
toy w. ID. McCrackan. "a Remarkable
Psychical Experience" by Louise
| Chandler Moulton. "How Uncle Not
toway Squashed the Indictment" a
southern character sketch, by Will
Alien Dromgoole. Part w of "A
Spoil of Office" by Hamlin Garland.
Two Hours in the Social Cellar" by
i. o. Flower.
Selected poems. By Walt Whitman.
Fiction. Fact, and Fancy Series" ed
tied 10y Arthur Stedman. New York
Charles l.. Webster Co. Cloth, 70 cents.
This edition of Mr.. Whitman's poems
is, on his part, q concession to friend.
ship. lie has not abandoned his posi-
ton, but has yielded to urgent request.
Several eclectic editions of Leaves OF
Grass" have been issued in England
and Scotland. most of them with his
balf-wiilIng consent. Here, where he
can assert his rights, he never has per.
mitted one such to appear.
Fourteen years ago q book was pub
lished which caused an instant sensa
ton among the reading public. and
made its authoress,s young Brooklyn
girl, one of the foremost of LIVING
American writers. That book wa.
"The Leavenworth Case" and since
writing it Anna Katherine Green ha.
been preparing her literary methodi
for a story. "Cynthia Wakeham'i
Money" which, she believes, will ever
exceed "The Leavenworth Case II
popularity. and which began in the
New York Ledger's Es.ter number
dated April 9.
The April issue of the Art Inter
change contains many suggestions anl
designs. both in color and in black ano
white. that are suitable for the dccora
ton OF Easter eggs, cards. etc. A very
charming color supplement shows thu
head Of a sweet little girl in q cowl
the Little Frlar, as she is called, is des
tined to be very popular young lady
A second color supplement- shows Pan
sizes, and third is filled with q charm
ing arrangement of Butterflies. Their,
arc besides black and white supple
ments, filled with beautiful designs TO
China painting and embroidery. A
particularly pretty pattern is the Ital
ian Renaissance-embroi design
which shows cherubs' heads.