The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

cause, and one of whom, the Little Wiz
ard" figures pathetically in the story
under the care of faithless family serv-
itor, who has sinister connections with
the Puritan Roundheads. The novelette,
has much of the literary and historic
charm which marks all OF Mr.. Weyman' s
work. Cloth, so cents.
For upward of two years the publishers
of McClure's Magazine have been quietly
gathering material and pictures for new
life OF General Grant. They believe that
they have made a larger collection of por-
traits of General Grant (many of them
rare) and other pictures relating to his
life than has ever been made before. This
biography will bring out the real Grant III
the same vivid, thorough and interesting g
manner as Lincoln IS presented IN the
''life" now running in McClure's.
Professor Edward Charming of Harvard
University will publish as the next vol
ume in the Cambridge Historical Series
"The United States of America, 1765-1S65. -
An exceedingly interesting historical
novel entitled Two Queens" is announced.
1t is translation from the German of
Baron Simolin, the son of the famous
Count Simolin, who rendered such signal
services to Queen Caroline Matilde CT d en-
mark and Queen Marie Antoinette, and
who came into possession OF several pri-
vate letters and diaries intrusted by that
ill-fated Queen 10 Count Fersen.
It is to be regretted that the texts useful
to the study of the middle ages are not
all published, and that most of those
which have been published are not well
edited. The archives of the Vatican
library were made accessible only about
fifteen years ago. Those of Spain, Italy
and England are only half explored. There
are Libraries of manuscripts, rich in monu-
ments of medieval literature, without
catalogues Such are the libraries OF
Rheims, Lyons and the Vatican. The
cabinet of manuscripts in the Bibliotheque
Rationale even is without list serviceable
to independent students.
The Scribners have in preparation q
volume entitled 1.-THE Jewish Scriptures
The Story of Their Origin and History in
the Light of the Latest Criticisms" by
Amos K. Fiske, the author of Beyond the
Bourne and midnight Talks at the
Club" The work is described as ''popu-
lar account of the books of the Old Tesla.
ment considered as history and as litera-
ture." The standpoint of the writer is
radical and in accord with what has been
called the "higher criticism"
Aubrey Beardsley is going to Beardsle-
ize Pope's 1.-The Rape of the Lock" There
are a good many people who owe Pope a
grudge. remarks the Critic; now they will
be satisfied.
In it's review of the books of 1895 the
Publishers Weekly says that the year
Just past has been the most productive the
American book trade has ever known. 1t
registered 5469 books, of which 268 were
new editions. In 1894 the total output
was only 44S4 books, showing an increase
of nearly 25 per cent. The activities oil
the English publishers for the same
period, as given in the London Publishers
Circular, resulted in the publication of
6516 books-an increase of only thirty -one
over 1894. The statistics compiled by the
Bibliographie de la France, on the other
hand, indicate decrease across the Chan
mel from 1907 books in 1894 to 1927
books.
"The Non -Heredity OF Inebriety," by
Leslie E. Kelley, MD, LID, is IN the
press of S. G. Griggs & Co. The author
endeavors to show that inebriety is q
disease.
The J. B. Lippincott Company announces
sThe Autobiography of Professional
Beauty" by Elizabeth Phipps Train,
author of the successful Social Highway
man.; 'Cameos," a volume Of short
stories, by Marie Corelli; when Greek
Meets Greek" "a tale of the French Revo-
luton, by Joseph Hatton; and 1.-THE Light
That Lies" group Of 'facetious tales on