Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-23


Charles scrbnsrs eons ass fsporseo ~
have purchased the American eooA'
of Mr.. George Augustus saass
coming autobiography. We predict sn.'
this will be . most iatsressins w."
Few men are better posted 81 SeVe
mora extensive acquaintance with 'n'er'
esting personalities than MI s~'s n.'
and We know Of only one other o''.'n-
euishcd individual who 10 more UNIV
tunats than he In his initials. and that 10
the brilliant editor Of the Bun. the ia1-
ter. however. has lsss to comp's" VI ."
this respect.
Houghton, Miflin 4 Co. have In pre-
paration two volumes Of Coleridges ie'
tiers. The same firm will soon PUBLISH 'hs
autobiography Of Miss Frances POWER
Cobbe, which contains her "reminiscences
Of many interesting people, among them
Tennyson, Browning. Gladstone. Bright
Matthew Arnold, Theodore Parker, LORD
shaftesbury, Jowett, Walter Savage Lam
dor. Lady Byron. Adolphus Troliope'
George Eliot, John Stuart MIL, Fanny
Kemble, Darwin, Sir Charles Lyell. and
many others.
McClure's Magazine for october VIII
contain a biographical study of Charles
A Dana, editor of the New York sum-
by e. p. Mitchell. member OF the Suns
staff His service during the war as
Assistant Secretary of War will be told
with especial fullness. A photograph OF
his celebrated office-cat Till Doubtless
accompany the article. Don't fail 10
admire his whiskers. c,,,
Roberts Brothers will soon issue the
Letters Of Emily Dickinson. the rev
England poetess, whose work has peen
80 much admired.
CHM a. Co. announce a new, revised
edition of Dr. Alfred Gudeman's out
lines of the History Of Classical fhiio-
logy." ,a
swinburnes Studies in Prose ana
Poetry" will come out in october. sons
of the contents are: THE Journal OK
Sir Walter Scott" "Recollections OK ITO,
fessor Jowett." "Tennyson On DARWIN
Macmillan G. Co. win publish next
month Matthew Arnolds Letters
! edited by Mr.. c. W. f. Russell. NJ. +.
The Revell Company have in press
"Chinese Characteristics" by Arthur n.
Smith, who spent twenty years OF Ms
| life In China.
Mrs. Warrington Caffyn. the author or
"a Yellow Aster," has written new
novel, which is to be called "Children
| Of Circumstance"
| A new volume OF verse by T. p. Aldrich
IS a welcome announcement II VIII be
| called "Unguarded Gates" that being the
| title Of one OF the poems, which - a
protest against unregulated immigration
Max ORelrs new book. John Bull &
| Co: The Great Colonial Branches OF the
| Firm" was announced for publication by
| Charles L. Webster & Co. on September
| 1eth.
| u. Appleton & Co. will publish for the
| holidays a sumptuous edition Of Dumas
"Three Musketeers," with numerous Mus
| trations, by Maurice Lelor, which are
said to have cost $4,000.
still another book on the Little Cor
| poral." d. Appleton & Co. announce for
| early publication "An Aide-de-Camp 70
| Napoleon" the memoirs of General Count
de Segur.
Mr.. William Winters Life and Art OF
Joseph Jefferson" will be published next
month. new and cheaper edition OF
| his Life and Art Of Edwin Booth, '
|
is about ready.
"rhe Ralstons" a sequel TO "Katha'
rine Lauderdale," will be brought out
by the Macmillans in October. F. Marion
Crawford author
| Macmillan & Co. will publish this fal
/ 1.-THE Life of Christ as Represented ir
Art" by Archdeacon Farrar. who ha:
long been engaged on the work. 1t viii
be profusely illustrated.
-.
and authentic life and Inventions o.
Thomas A. Edison" is in the press o
T. Y. Crowell & Co. II Is by W. X. l.
and Antonio Dickson, who have been II
close touch with the wizard" and hav'
had the benefit Of his aid in describin,
his inventions The book will contain
$50 Illustrations
It transpires that michael Field" IN
! English poet is not n poet at all. nor ye
a poetess. He Is described in the Lite
, rary World as two nice little ladies
both unmarried. an aunt and niece" VIII
admitted the pious fraud of stealing
mans name when asked their reason
, they replied that "when we began 4
publish many years ago. women ha'
, not made their way in literature w
thought 1t necessary In order TO get
| hearing"
G. p. Putnam's Sons will publish a
once Part III. Of Social England" con
tinuing the narrative to the death o
, Henry VII. The same firm Is prepar
I ing a limited edition of Horace Wal
poles Memoirs Of the Reign OF Kin
George Ill" Only 2o copies will b
offered for sale in America.
/ Mr.. John Goldman Ropes, author
1.-THE Army Under Pope" and THE Cam
paign OF Waterloo" has written for tn
Putnams 1.-THE Story OF the Civil War.
( which is TO be completed in three octav
volumes, each complete in itself, wit
. maps and battle plans
The Macmilans have In press "His
tory of Rome to the Battle OF Actium.
by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh. NJ. a
The book is said to be founded through
out on the ancient authorities, who's
= names are placed at the end OF eac
4 CHAPTER, as likely to be useful 10 stu
> dents.
A volume Of selected poems OF Sidns
Lanier, with a sketch OF his life and
u critical study OF his poetry. also pol
trait. Is announced by the Scrioners.
Walter Besant has three books
preparation-a novel. beyond Ii
). Dreams OF Avarlce" a series Of soci
j essays, AS We Are. AS We May BE.
G and a volume OF short stories. entitle
9 in Deacon's Orders"
'Racnel Dene, Hc" sloiy' ny iNo
ert buchanan, Is 10 be published tn
, month.
Mr.. Frederick Saunders. Of the AstC
e Library, has written volume OF pc
!, sonal recollectons OF the distinguish
, | authors he has nV. Character Studies
will be the title.
The Scrlbners will soon publish In or
volume the letters which the Brother
Sherman-the General and the Senator
Il wrote to each other during many years.
Julian Ralph has gone out TO Japan
write up the war for Harper's Weekly.
II Mr. Austin Dobson's second series
s. eighteenth Century Vignettes" will
published this fall.
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