St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17

Sir Richard Weston, who for thirty
two years served Henry VIII. The
only son of the founder was involved in
the fate of Anne Boleyn.
The Tudor sovereigns frequently WIS.,
| tied the house, which is interesting, not
only historically, but as being In many
ways unique in English architecture.
being combination of Italian renais-
Sance with Tudor perpendicular, and 1t
is constructed entirely of terra Gotta,
without any stone. 1t contains some
contemporary painted glass, tapestries
and carvings, minutely described In the
present work. which is prOfusely illus
trated from original etchings, plans,
architectural drawings, fac-similes OF
documents, pedigrees. and chrome
Photographic reproductions OF the ar
moral windows.
Mr.. Howell's new novel, 1.-The World
of Chance" will soon be published in
book form by Harper 81 Bros. The same
publishers have nearly ready 1.-The Phi
losophy of Singing" by Miss Clara K.
Rogers; Primary Convictions" by the
bishop of Derry and Raphoe; HoratiO
Bridges "Recollections of Nathaniel
hawthorne" with portraits. and Justin
McCarthy's new novel, 1.-The Dictator"
1.-The Queens Prime Minister'S" a biOg-
raphy of ''fhe Earl of Aberdeen" by
his SON, Sir Arthur Gordon. ''Shandon
Bells" will be the next volume of their
revised library edition of Blacks novels.
Macmillan IL Co., New York. have
reached american Notes" and 'Pict-
ures from Italy" in their revival of the
original cheap edition of Charles Dick
ems works. The two are printed in
the same clear, handsome text and
bound in the same flexible, attractive
manner with former volumes, and con-
tain the original illustrations and bio
graphical and photographed introduce
ton by the authors son and namesake.
The series is valuable and attractive
one.
Francis P. Harper, New York, an
nounceS new edition Of the History
Of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark,
the account by those famous travellers
of the first overland journey by white
men to the Pacific, made by them at the
beginning of the century through terri
tory now of the states OF Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington. The editor is
Prof. Elliott Coues, OF the Smithsonian
institution, and formerly OF the army
medical department and the United
States geological survey. lie has 1ull
access to government archives relating
to that remarkable expedition. lasting
two years and GOV ering 5000 miles, with
hardly a casualty, and from the original
manuscript journals and field notes OF
Capts. Lewis and Clark, and other doc
uments, public and private, is expected
to enhance greatly in this edition the
interest and value Of the work by his
annotatiOnS.
S. G. Griggs & Co. announce for early
publication work by Elizabeth A.
Reed, author of "Hindu Literature"
etc, entitled "Persan Literature. An
cent and Modern" Mrs. Reed has just
been h0nored by election to the Inter
national Congress OF OrientallstS," and
also enjoys the distinction of being the
only American woman in the full mem-
bership of the Philosophical Society OF
Great Britain. Her forthcoming work
traces the growth and development OF
the literature of Persia from its origin
i'll BabylOnia, about 1000 years ago. re-
counting its almost total destruction at
three different periods. first by AleXan-
der the Great, who burned PerSeD0liS.
the ancient capital, with its treasures of
literature; second by the M0hamme-
dams, who substituted the Koran, and
.hird by the TartarS, who again obliter-
ated the historical records, down to the
present time.