The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-24
OF and About the
Makers of Books.
Notices of Recent Interesting Volumes and
Chats Concerning Literary Men and Women.

needs be the tone OF his followers, and
there Is abundant room just now for a
sane and honest school Of edttorship."
The September Cosmopolitan comes
| to- us as a Travel and Fiction num-
| ber. the greater portion Of IT'S interest
ing conte'nts being made up OF articles
relating to points OF concern to travel
ers and of short stories. Among the
latter Us a capital one by Conan Doyle
| entitled Tempted by the Devil" and
carrying to a conclusion the success
ful series of Napoleonic sketches in
which the strongly individuaiized Bri-
gadier Gerard has figured TO such excel
lent effect. or the more serious contri-
buttons that by John A. Cockerill on
brigham Young and Modern Utah"
Is OF especial timeliness in view OF the
proximate admission Of the old time
seat OF Mormonism into the Union.
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERs:
Mrs, Humphrey Wards STORY Of Bessie
Sostrelr Is now said 10 be foupded upon
fact.
A new edition of the works Of Lord
BYRON is being prepared by Critic W. f.
Henley.
Septuagenarian Poet Richard Henry
Stoddard Is reported TO have become to-
tally blind.
Julian Gordon's (Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
oruser) Forthcoming novel IS entitled
Morning Mists,"
Joseph Hatton's new story. when Greek
Meets Greek, Is actually Il tale of the
French Revolution.
Queen Victoria has come to the financial
rescue OF the widow of the late "Owen
Meredith" and appointed Lady Lytton to
an office at court
Thomas Hardy declares that Hearts
lnsursent' has been SO carved and emas-
cuated IN the interest of magazine pro-
prietors that when Il appears in its orig nal
form as book it will have the effect OF
quite new work
Among oddly named novels shortly to
appear on the books,alls may be men
toned The Waters Mou'." by Bran
stoker !Appletonsl, 1.-The Sister of u
Saint" by Grace Ellery Claiming, and
The Sun Eater" by Fiona Macleod
(Stons 4 K.mbalD.
Lockhart's LIFE OF Scott" is to be re-
vised and edited by Andrew Lang with a
new biography of Lockhart. In which
Lang hopes to incorporate much new and
interesting Information regarding the
character and literary work of Sir Wal
ter's sou-:n-law and biogMphet.
A poem in the August Century. written
for that publication by the late Thomas
W. Parsons who died several years ago.
is another reminder of the length of
time that accepted matter frequently re-
mains in magazine editors office before
i appears in the pages Of the magazine.
One OF the new magazines to be started
In New York in the fall will have no illus
trations. Its projectors believe that the
illustration OF our popular magazines Is
being overdone. and that the public .s tr-
ing OF simple picture articles" the chief
merit of which lies not in the letter-press
but IN the pictorial part.
Queen Victoria is said to be celebrating
a scheme for establishing a literary order
Of inert for the recognition of those who
as journalists and writer's of books, have
done good work" There are to be three
grades, as in most other orders-,he first
consisting of twenty-four knights Of the
Grand Cross, the second OF one hundred
knights commanders, and the third Of one
hundred and nifty companions.
Who was the original of Podsnap. the
ever-del.ghtful Podsnap? Percy Fitz-
gerald asserts positively in his new book
that Il was Dickens friend and biogra-
pher. John Forster. This quotation from
our Mutual FRIEND Mr.. Fitzgerald pre-
sents as In his opinion singularly faith
full portrait of Mr.. Forster: Thus happily
acquainted with his own merit and i'm
portance. Mr.. Podsnap settled that what
ever he put behind him he put out of en-
istence. i don't want to know about it;
don't choose TO Discuss il; ] don't admit
II. As SO em!nently respectable man
Mr.. Podsnap was sensible of its being re-
quired of him TO take Providence under his
protection. Consequently. he always knew
exactly what Providence meant."-New
York Tribune.