Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-24

The address delivered by the Rev. J. p.
Hawthorne, ID. d.. OF Atlanta, at the
opening Of the new building of the Bap-
list Witness at Ocala. Fla. has been
published by the American Baptist Pub
LEGATION Society under the title OF The
Power OF the Press"
Miss Lucy Monroe, the Chicago cor
respondent OF the New York Critic, says,
In announcing the death Of Eugene F1eldI
His Illness had been so slight that but
few OF his friends even knew of 1t. and
this terrible summons was the last thing
that they expected for him." Mr.. Field
differed from the vast majority OF people
| In being a graceful and tender poet. but
as regards the last thing" he was only
a common mortal. Notwithstanding that
his friends seemed TO think otherwise.
The last thing is no respector OF per-
sons. and is the last thing that happens
to US all.
annals OF Westminster Abbey Is the
title OF volume by Il. T. Bradley. the
Deans daughter. which Is announced by
the Appletons. II will contain a preface
by Dean Bradley and 80 illustrations.
Poems of Pathos and Delight" by
Coventry Patmorc. will be published i'm
medately by G. p. Putnam's Sons
THE Abbey Shakespeare" is published
by the Harpers. 1t has l3l full-page pho
togravure reproductions OF Mr.. Abbey's
drawings. and the text used is that OF the
1913 folio. revised.
Stone & Kimball. Chicago announce
Rose OF butchers Coolly." novel. by
Hamlin Garland; "Our Lords Coming
and Childhood Six Miracle Plays" by
Mrs. Katharine lyman Hinkson; and
/ Stevenson's "Vailima Letters"
Copeland G Day have just issued two
volumes Of poems: The Magic House,
and Other Poems" by Duncan Campbell
! Scott. and Poems" by william Butler
Yates. The same firm announce 1.-The
Arabella ard Araminta Stories" by Ger
| trude Smith, with an Introduction in
verse, by Mary l.. wilkins. together with
fifteen illustrative designs by Ethel Reed
and explanatory comments by the author
| Among Macmilan's announcements
are 1.-THE Grey Lady," novel, by Henry
/ Seton Merriman: King Arthur" by Mr.
dor.' by Mrs. Hugh Fraser.
Mr.. F. Marion Crawford's next novel
| will be called "Taquisara," and the scene
| will be laid In Italy. 1t will run serially
I'm the Queen. and be published next
autumn by the Macmillans in two-volume
form.
''rhe History OF Oratory, from the Age
Of Percles to the Present Time" by Pro-
lessor Sears. OF Brown University, will
soon be published by Messrs. 8. c. Grggs
* Co.
Professor George saintsbury's volume
on Nineteenth Century Literature" has
been completed. and will be published by
Macmillan & Co.
1t is reported from London that the
Messrs. Scribner have refused an offer
OF fl,OOo from an English magazine for
| the right OF simultaneous publication OF
Mr.. Barries Sentimental Tommy
Some Memories OF Paris is about to
be issued by Henry Holt & Co. Some OF
the chapter-heads are: '-The Streets Forty
Years Ago." THE Last Day OF the En-
plre." THE Entry OF the Germans" and
THE Opera"
Messrs. Estes & Lanriot announce
Nautilus" Laura T.. Richards new
story for children. and "Victor Hugo's
Letters 10 His Wife," translated from the
French by Nathan Haskell Dole.
Mr.. Edward w. Box has declined an
offer OF 5000 TO deliver nifty lectures du-
ring the coming season. Perhaps. as the
editor OF the Ladies' Home Journal. he
had 10.
Cosmopols: An International Review. is
announced TO begin publication on jan
uary LIST. The proprietor Is Mr.. Fisher
Irwin. Arrangements have been COM
pleted for publishing centres In Berlin.
Paris, and London, and II will also be
issued In New York. practically stimuli
taneously. 1t Is understood that the tota,
number OF pages viii be 800. and that the
literary matter will be equally divided
between the three languages. There will
be no translations.
Says the New York Critic Of November
18th: DIR. Robertson NicoIl Is informed,
on what appears to be reliable authority.
that Mr. Alfred Austin has been p
poluted Poet Laureate. and that 10