Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-11-07
LONGING.


But voices faint as echo call
From lips all white and still.
l scarcely see the distant pines,
Where shadows come and go;
1 only know that love is lost,
And youth of long ago.
scarcely see the sheperd's cot,
His tethered flocks below;
But oh, to behold face forgot,
The pride of long ago!
"Lee's Home and Business Instruc-
tor" Same publishers.
"Aircastle Don, by B. Freeman Ash
ley. Laird & Lee, Chicago.
Following new publications have
been received the past week,
Campfire Stories," by Col. Edward
Anderson. Star PubliShingECo.
Lieut.. Nansen's new book on polar
exploration sold to an English pub
Usher for $4,000.
J. Sterling Morton, the Secretary of
Agriculture, favors establishing
bird day in our public schools.
"Sir George Tressady," by Mrs.
Humphrey sWard. The Macmillan
Co., New York; two volumes.
GLOW Marcus Whitman saved Ore
gon," by Oliver w. Nixon, Md. LID.
Star Publishing Co., Chicago.
The Alpha Publishing Company,
Boston, now publishes "Babyland"
and "Little Men and Women"
The students of Willamette uni
versity have organized a club to study
the history Of early English literature.
The countess of Aberdeen, Ottawa,
Canada, writes that she is opposed to
wearing birds, wings, or plumes on her
hats.
1t seems Lii Hung Chang would take
any risk to please our people but
tackle an American bill Of fare. He
went home happy.
The Macmillan company announce
two new children's books, "The
Oriel Window and "To nmy-Anne
and the Three Hearts"
The Macmillan company, in less
than eight months felt called upon to
print second edition Of Prof. Gid
dings' principles of Sociology"
All publications received will be ac-
knowledged and promptly noted.
Publishers will please send circulars
and catalogues containing announce
ments of interest as literary news.
The rumor comes from England that
Nine. Sarah Grand's new novel will be
a sorts of feminine Tom Jones. The
author of the Heavenly Twins" will
write readable book.
The Macmillan company have print
ed beautiful $1.50 editions of Balzac's
The country Parson, and BeatriX
These volumes have etchings, and the
get-up is simply perfect.
The second installment Of George
Du Maurier's "The Martians" ap-
pears in Harper's for November. 1t
is better than the first part and
superior in many ways to "Trilby."
Harold Frederic's "March Hares" is
called one of the most cheerful novels
ever written. He is the London news
paper man who made his fame by
writing "The Damnation Of Theron
Ware"
Herbert Spencer has completed his
lifework with the volume on "The
Principles of Sociology" He is now
seventy years old, and has been en-
gagged upon this work for thirty-six
years.
The Willamette Collegian contains
a valuable historical sketch of the
founding of that institution, with
pictures of the founders. There is
also an able article on Mckinley, by
Rex w. Davis, and one on Bryan by
w. j. Shepard.
A special winter number Of the
LondoA Studio is to contain an article
of Steyenson's never before published.
1t is an account of the novelist's stay
at Monastier in the autumn of 1878,
and was originally intended to serve
as the opening chapter of "Travels
With Donkey in the Ceyennes,"
Messrs. Dodd Mead & Co. have
added largely to the enjoyment Of
children of all sorts by their beautiful
reprint of FAIRY Tales OF the Slay
Peasants and Herdsmen, (Which is the
most curious collection of folklore
that we have seen for many day.