The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-14
CURRENT LIrERAruRE

The author of "Tarara-boom-de-av,"
the new song which has succeeded
.'McGinty,. was a member of an
American minstrel troupe.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps contributes
one of her best stories. entitled Twelve
Yards of Roses" to the Easter double
number of the Youths Companion;
Elizabeth w. Bellamy a story called
Easter Lilies" Justin Mccarthy a
paper on 'sThe Irish Peasant" while
Rev. Lyman Abbott, d. D., tells of his
boyhood.
The nature of the northern part of the
new British empire that Mr. Cecil
Rhodes is establishing in South Africa Is
well desert ed in an article in the
Review of Reviews for April, entitled
with MIR. Rhodes Through Mashona-
land" 1t is an account of long journey
inland that AIr. Rhodes, the premieg of
Cape Colony, has just taken to inspect
the wonderful new gold fields, over
which there is SO great an excitement.
The article is illustrated with several
portraits, including full page picture OF
''Mr. Rhodes at Home"
The April number Of Romance" con-
tains seventeen complete stories of the
highest character aud iveliest interest.
A remarkable proportion of famous
writers figure among their authors. 1t
is theory of this periodical that the
genius OF every great writer should be
made to contribute to the good of the
race, and there is a striking exemplifica-
ton of the theory in this issue. The
world would be the gamer if much that
Emile lola has written were expunged
from literature, bet it would be a pity to
lose ''Povarina," the exquisite fairy tale
from his pen which is here given. Here,
too, are specimens OF the best short-story
work of Charles Dickens, Guy de Maui
PEASANT, Maurice Lefevre, Paul Arene,
Erckinann-Chatrian, Emilio Pardo Ba-
Fan, Grant Allen and others.
'Harmonized Melodies" is the name
of new volume of songs published by
L. Trifet, 40S Washington street, Boston,
Mass. 1t is a collection OF 400 of the
best of the new and old songs and bal
lads which have attained more than a
mere passing popularity, and the vocal
and instrumental parts, all complete,
are given with the words, the arrange
ment having been made especially for
the volume by Charles ID. Blake, the
Boston composer. In the list are num-
Der of copyright songs, never before
found in a miscellaneous collection, for
which the publisher paid large sums of
money to obtain the right to incorporate
them into his book. The volume, which
is sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of
60 cents board covers, 81, is one of the
most noteworthy music compilations
issued.
Margaret Z. Sangster has written a
poem, Easter Dawn, for the next num-
Der of Harper's Bazaar, published April
10. 1t will be handsomely illustrated
by Alice Barber Stephens.
Harper & Brothers have Just published:
A Capillary Crime and Other Stories, by
+. d. Millet; Tales of time and place,
by Grace King; Van Bibber and Others,
by Richard Harding Davis; Concerning
all of Us. by Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson; The Kansas Conflict, by ex-Gover-
nor Charles Robinson; The House Com
by Agnes Bailey Ormsbee; and
Everbody's Pocket Encyclopedia. They
also have ready new and revised editions
of William Blacks Princess of Thule,
and Thomas Hardy's very successful
story, Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
The Worthington company announces
"Felix Lauzbergs Expiration by Ossip
Schubin, author of "Asbein," the great
musical novel. Translated by Elise l..
Lathrop. The new novel from the pen
Of Ossip Schubin, the leading novelist of
his country, is unquestionably the most
of recent publications. The
scene of this powerful story is laid in
Vienna and describes gifted, handsome
young man of good family, splendid at
tainments ana high purposes. All his
good intentions, however, are brought
to naught by sudden wave of passion
his overpowering love for the beautiful
Spanish dancer, Juanita, the reigning
queen of the ballet, the adored Of the
ieunesse doree. Great sorrow comes
upon him later on in life, after his mar
rage to a charming but rather frivolous
young lady, as a consequence to his
former great passion and to one act of
guilt done in a moment of weakness. 1t
is story wonderfully well told, pro
interesting, full of clever OBJ
servations and presenting dazzling
pictures of society life in the city on the
beautiful blue Danube.
Messrs. G. p. Patnam's Sons add TO
their previous announcements the fol
lowing: "8laterialism and the Modern
of the Nervous System" by
William H. Thompson. u. d.. professor
IF materia medica and diseases of the
nervous system in the medical college Of
New York. This volume will be illus
.rated, comprises the material revised,
with some additions) of two lectures re-
GENTLY delivered by the author before
Columbia college. and at the McGil!