Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-22
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Joseph HattOn's next novel will be q
historical romance laid in Venice and
Ii q village Of Northern England.
d. @. Heath & CO. promise to solve
the puzzle Of the tangled relations Of
the various British royal houses by
means Of n chart showing "rhe De.
scent of England's Sovereigns."
Paul Bourgeois dispute with his pub.
Usher has had the effect of stirring up
one Of the French Deputies to propose
a bill compelling publishers to place q
one centime stamp on each copy Of ev.
cry book they print.
The much-discussed Frcytag monu.
ment IL not to be erected Mt wiesbaden
after all, but probably at Leipsic.
Freytag's library is shortly to be sold
for 10000 marks. and 1t Is expected
that some American Institution will be
the purchaser.
The first volume of Social England"
edited by II. ID. Trail. II about to ap.
pcar In London. 1t IL the work Of half
n dozen writers Of note, including
Saintsbury and Prothero. and covers
the period from the accession of George
I. to the battle of Waterloo.
Godey's Magazine begins the 1894
volume of the famous old periodical
that Interested the mothers Of the pres.
ent generation under the title of God.
ey's Ladies' Book. It has lost none Of
Its individuality MS a ladies book"
though II has. wisely or unwisely,
widened Its field.
The third annual report Of the John
Crcrnr legacy to the American Sunday
School Union shows TINT In the three
years 105 new Sunday schools have
been organised and 500 teachers and
6,22S pupils brought into them. About
10 per cent. Of the schools have already
produced churches.
Ono more volume Of the journal Of
Edmond de Goncourt' ia announced,
covering the years from 1902 to 1905.
"Les GOncourt" have at least achieved
tho distinction Of being the most persist.
cnt and artistic gOssips and chroniclers
Of small beer in the century. Though
Juleo died in 1870 II has always been
les GOncOurt" with the two brothers,
and always will be.
Gladstone has written TO Kenyon
West, the author Of "The Laureates Of
England" thus: II appreciate the
honor you do tho country In taking
literary notice Of the curious subject
OF tho laurcateshlp. There Is much
history connected with It. II seems nj.
ways to have been n difficulty. do.
clined to advise filling It up. Yet Lord
Salisbury has done otherwise"
DR.. stodnrt Walker has written an
Introduction to the new volume Of sc.
lected poems by his uncle, Prof.
Blackic. In which he tells an anecdote
Of time when Blackie visited nm Ed.
inburg editor and mentioned that he
had lectured the previous night on
Scottish home rule. IL am astonished,"
said the publisher. "at your fondness
for making an exhibition Of yourself"
Prof. Blackie turned ON his heel and
slammed the door after him. Present.
~ he came back. thrust his head In, and
said: DO you know. that's just what
my wife tells me-"
Andrew w. Tuer has finally complct.
ed his exhaustive History Of the Horn
Book" which appears In two splendid
volumes. Mr.. Tuer's indefatlgable re.
searches have succeeded In tracing 100
horn.b0oks In place Of the eight or ten
previously supposed to remain In OK.
istence. The earliest record Mr.. Tuer
has found Of real horn.book faced
with sheet Of iron Is about 1450.
though this torment OF the British child
was not generally used until tho close
Of tho sixteenth century. Two or three
years ago an imperfect specimen of this
species Of textbook was sold In Eng.
land for 1926.
And now come even the booksellers
also and dcpose. saying: Cursed DO the
bicycle craze. As the book trade dc.
ponds upon sedentary rather than on
perambulatory habits. the wailing 10
probably not altogether Of the lmagina.
ton. But 1t Is Just as well to look ON
the bright side and to believe that
when the present fad has passed iti
acute stage It will have built up such Q
general increase Of vigor as to cause .
demand for more books than ever b.
fore. But they will not be books Of
the George Egerton or Grant Allen
brand.
George Haven Putnam propounds 8
curious explanation for the poor quail.
ity Of the paper used In recent Euro.
pean books. Ho says 1t IL due to tho
decline Of Moslem fanaticlsm on tho
eastern shores of the Mediterranean.
Myriads Of pilgrims used to cross those
dreary deserts on their way to Mecca,
every one clothed in fine linen. Thou.
sands died by the wayside. and It was
a profitable business to strip the
bodies Of their linen for the use Of
European paper mills. Now the Mos.
lem Is losing faith and the publishers
are losing their supply Of the best
grade OF paper.