Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-21

L
The next two volumes in d. Appleton g
| CO. Criminology Series will be criminal
Sociology" by Professor Ferr. ano
! "crime-A Social Study" by Professor
Joby.
| Rudyard Klpling's new jungle DOCK
which will be published at the end OF
| this year, will. II IS said. be illustrated
| by his father, Lockwood Kipllng.
Macmillan & Co. announce "Dundon-
| AID" by the Hon. ]. w. Fortesque. ana
Colin Campbell. Lord Clyde" by Archi-
bald Forbes. In the English Men OF Action
Series; Morler's HAIL Baba," with an In
PRODUCTION by George Curzon, NJ. r.. ana
Miss Edg sworth's Parents Assistant IN
the Illustrated Standard Novel Series; and
editions, revised for use In the United
States by the Rev. Samuel Hart or Dr.
Maclears First Communion" and "Ine
Order Of Confirmation" Tho same nrm
has In preparation new edition OF
Wordsworth, by Professor Knight, which,
besides full notes, many of which Will De
entirely new, will contain a fresh life OF
the poet, critical estimate Of his WORKS
and a photography Of British. American
and Continental editions.
All the Year Round, which was
founded by Dickens. and has hitherto been
edited by his son and namesake. has been
discontinued, and will be incorporated
with Household Words.
Macmillan e. Co. will publish next
month, under the title Studies Of Men,"
a selection from Mr.. G. w. Smalley's
Tribune articles. Among the subjects may
be mentioned Cardinal Newman, Lord
Tennyson, Prince Bismarck, the late Mas
ter Of Ballol, Lord Rosebery, Mr.. Balfour,
Lord Randolph Churchill. Mr.. Froude, and
Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
Most OF the manuscripts OF the late
Robert Louis Stevenson. which have been
brought from Samoa, have been secured
by Stone & Kimball. OF Chicago. publish
ers Of the Chap Book. They will not pub
lish the novelists posthumous story, est.
Ives" until autumn. Mr.. Stevenson's es-
tate inventoried largely over 100000.
The book which seems to be attracting
the most attention in intelligent clrcl.s
nowadays is DR.. Max Nordau's "Degen-
eration," which has been translated into
English. The Doctor thinks he has dis
covered a new malady which he calls the
"age-end" disease. and which afilicts lola.
Verlaine, and other notable persons. 1t
also appears to be what is the matter with
Oscar Wilde.
One of the most popular of living story
writer's is Anna Katharine Green, whose
n=w book, Doctor lizard" we announced
last week. Nearly 10000 copies OF her
stories have been sold thus far. She made
her reputation with THE Leavenworth
Case" which. as n detective story, has
seldom been surpassed.
The Jewish Publication Society OF
America has just published Jewish Lite
nature and Other Essays" by Gustav
Karpeles.
Il. Westermann e Co. have issued a
Catalogue Rg!sonne of German Litera-
ture." containing hints for selecting the
German library Of a man Of culture. with
additional information as to the. best
translations into English.
Roberts Brothers will shortly publish
This Curse of Intellect" by an anony-
nous author. which is described as
STORY OF man and a monkey, the
former civlizing tho latter and making
1t unhappy by giving 1t intellect"
The Spiritual Autobiography OF 4. j.
Gordon. ID. D., with an Interpretation by
a. r. Pierson. d. d." will be published in
June by the American Baptist Publication
Society.
L'Echo de France is the name OF a new
monthly paper, published In New York
py Meyer Brothers & Co. 1t is chiefly de-
voted 10 contemporary French literature,
but will pay attention TO art and drama
as well.
The Virginia Historical Society, says the
New York Critic, proposes TO publish a
reprint of the minutes OF the London Com
pany, l6l9-l62i. Of which only two complete |
copies are known to be in existence-one
In the Congressional Library at Wash |
ington, the other In the societys possess |
sion. The work will be published only If a |
sufficient number Of subscribers can be |
found.
1t Is said that Thomas Hardy Is dra- |
his Tess of the D'Urberyilles''
for Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
Nj. lola has been elected president Of /
the Soclete des Gems de Lettres for the |
fourth time. The election was unanimous. /
Count Taaffe. formerly Austrian Prime |
has written a novel, which will
soon be published in limited edition. |
called Political Portraits"
The Chap-Book for April 18th contains. |
among other things. THE Popularity OF |
Poetry" by Edmund Gosse, and ..The
Mystery" by Ella ". Peattie. MIR. Gossa
thinks that II the commercial standard OF
literary success is TO be extended Ia
poetry. and 1t Is to be judged by the ex
tent to which 1t Is sold. and especially in
relation to prose fiction, 1t must be admit
led to be in very sad quandary indeed
but If. on the other hand, the status az
poetry Is TO be discovered by considara- |
ion of the degree to which IL Is talked |
ibout and written about, then no branch |
If contemporary literature would seem 10
De more fourishing." Mr. Gosse thinks.
iiso. that more. perhaps than any other
species or literature, poetry ought to be |
Is own exceeding great reward" and he |
'ives good reasons for his faith. But II
annot be denied that many cases NAV be
ited wherein a more substantial reward
would not only have preserved the poets
lie, but would have greatly increased the
uantity, and mayhap the quality, of this
'sps cies OF literature" Glory Is a great
hing, but, to paraphrase a now famous
aging. II will not buy breakfast Many
poet would have written better for nos
Gritty II he had handled more contem-
orary cash and been less talked and
'ritten about THE Mystery" Is an erotlc
ketch. which shows its author either
, belong to or 10 ape the "decadents"
he notes are unusually full, and as l..
reezy as Chicago itself We agree to this
on mot: Aspirations are excellent
lings-when not cut too large" We've
been there" and so has tho reader