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turv COMPANY. northwest corner. gall
lery. Liberal Arts building, worlds fair,
Chicago. ILL.,, and, 90 tho room 10 In q
convenient location, visitors can easily
call each morning for their mail.
d. Appelton & 90. occupy quite .
large space, simply but elegantly fitted
up in polished oak, and tapestried and
carpeted with materials Of terra Gotta
color. The walls are hung with plates,
chiefly from Ideals OF Life in France.
In the show casea they exhibit finely
bound copies Of Recent Ideas OF Ameri'
can Art, Darwin's works, international
Educational series, Bancroft's History
of the United States, Picturesque Amer.
lea. the American Encyclopedias and
others OF their more important publica-
tions.
Houghton, Mifflin & Go. make .
unique exhibit. Their booth 10 built
on the order OF Q Greek temple, finished
on the inside in olive green and old
English oak. Windowe OF amber
stained glass give soft, restful light TO
the interior. A large, cheerful, tiled
fireplace occupies the far end, and 10
flanked by comfortable, old-fashioned,
straight backed settees. The room was
designed as an ideal American library
BY Mrs. Henry Whiteman OF Boston,
who has designed many OF the original
book covers OF this house. The book
csees lining the walls are filed with
selection from the 5000 volumes, prin-
cipally fine editions of American au-
thors, which have been issued by this
house. Over those cases are placed the
buets of some of their authors-Holmes,
Emerson, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Low
ell, Whittier and Harriet Bsecher Stowe
following the Roman custom to mount
the bust of q writer in this way, above
his own books. As a curiosity they
show Mr.. Houghton's personal copy OF
the first impression OF the works of
Charles Dickens, which he, as propri-
etor OF the Riverside Press, printed for
w. A. Townsend & Co., of 46 Walker
street, New York, in 1861. When this
firm failed to claim the work Mr..
Houghton became the publisher OF the
set, which sfterward as the green cloth
household edition was much sought
after by collectors, and has long ago be-
come quite scarce and valuable. They
also show, as printers, finely bound
copy of Webster's dictionary.
Next week we will mention the litera-
~ interests of the French exhibit, which
no visitor should fail to see.
Book Chat.
The president on July goth issued q
proclamation declaring Portugal . ma
ton coming within the scope of the
United States copyright law. satisfac-
tory official assurance having been given
that in Portugal the law permits to citi-
zens OF the United States the benefits Of
copyright on substantially the same
basis as to the subjects Of Portugal.
Nine. Leuormand, widow of the emil
nent orientalist and niece OF the biog.
rapher OF Nine. de Recamier, died
recently in Paris. She had published
recollections Of eanbriand, Mime. de
stael and Benjamin Constant. She was
rs years of age.
Prof. Barrett Wendell of Harvard 10
preparing volume of essays dealing
with various phases OF character and
thought in Puritan New England.
Mark Twain's eldest daughter, Miss
Clara Clemens, not yet 20 years OF age,
has written a play Of an allegorical char
acter, which is said to be charming and
clever.
MIS. DiOOuuelu MOoIo UooAy outitiou
Keeley and his discoveries a'ial naviga.
ton, will be brought out in the fall.
Arlo Bates. owing to his acceptance of
the chair of English literature at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
has relinquished the editorshlp OF the
Boston Courier.
Mrs. Arthur Stannard (John Strange
Winter) will in the fall make her ap.
psarance in new light. According to
the London Literary World "she has
Just concluded novel of theological
bent. upon which she has bestowed an
immense amount OF pains." The book
will he ssned in two volumes by F. V.
White & Co. of London.
A new story by Alphonse Daudet will
shortly appear in L'Illustration entitled
Soutien de Famille.