The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-20

wonder what especial interest coui
be found In the biography of writer {
the books we like, for OF all read in
biographies were dry. Later we di,
covered how vastly moro interest
ing good nook can be frof
knowing all we could learn Rbou
It's author. Now-a-deys the personally
OF the author of r~-ular took Is no
left long ia hiding aa we ara overdon
with things about h.in or her, the bio
graphical output being sometimes Quit
as voluminous as the product OF th
authorship. But this In psssing. Educa
tors OF today happily recognize the in
terest and value of teaching OF the autho
side by side with bending the twig tC
his writings. The biographical story
goes with the reading book, greatly e
the Instruction and pleasure and ever
lasting profit that the pupil gets from
the readings. And VIC have not hap
pened TO sec anything SO good, IL any
thing SO good there happens to be in
the way OF literary biography for young
people, as the two volumes by Henrietta
Christian Wright entitled "Children's y
Stories in American Literature" the
sacond and for the time at least final
volume covering the period 1S61-lS96 be-
Ing nov at hand. Vol. covers the two
centuries from 1860 to 1860. The ttcries
are briefly. clearly and Interestingly
told. and the books themselves may DO
safely clRssed not only as valuable ad-
Junct to literature but as literature in a
high sense. They arc delightful reading
and in no careless significance of the
word, are Indispensable. 1t is not too
much to believe that American literature
Will md itself under considerable obli-
CATION to the author as the generation
that has the use of these books grows up
ana develops. The publishers arc
Charles Scribner's Sons, the price, each
volume, is sl.75. and Preston Il Rounds
have them.
Mr.. Walter Leon Sawyer has written an
odd little story called San Outiand
Journey" which Copeland d Day have
published in dainty form, quantity Illus
Irated, and 1t sells for q dollar. Ii is a
story OF fairyland, the Inhabitants of
which are not the less queer and curious
because their characteristics bear a close
'esem blspce to many that are cons oicu-
'us In twentieth century humanity,
hough the absurdity OF them is perhaps
lot so plainly recognized as we bump
gainst them as 1t is when we find them
in the strange little coun- |
ry by the strange little people of |
he "Outland Journey" Which Is, how
yer, but anot her Illustration Of the ia
niliar truth that while what we see |
Ghen we look in our mirror may NOT
rrike us as odd, the same feature exhib-
ted by somebody else will i'm press us as
assing strange ana not infrequently I
ute ridiculous. The world of the
Outlsnd Journey" is, after all, not so
inerent from the ordinary world. 1t
My SENS so. And before We have done
'ughing at 1t we are likely to awake to a
salization that We ore laughing at our
wn world, even &C ourselves.
oonsn Doyie's new novel, "Rodney
tone, will be pu ublished immediately by
). Appleton q Co. The Prince and Beau
the dandies OF Brighton and
ne heroes OF the prize ring, reappear in
he pages Of this stirring and fascinating
'mance. Those were the paIny days of
ie coach, and the amateur whip WAS
INSTANTLY in evidence.
One OF the oldest and most reliable
agazines pu blisheu in the United States
LittelPs Living Age. 1t has, through J
3 more than 80 years OF existence, main
ined Invariably the highest degres of c
'erary excellence. The publishers now
nounce certain "New Festures" which '
vi greatly enhance It's value in the eyes '
every intelligent reader. The frst OF :
ese new features appears, TO bo contiu-
d monthly thereafter, in the form Of a +
pplement containing three depart /
ents, namely: Readings from Ameri- \
q magazines, readings from new I
oks, and list Of the books of the a
onth. This supplement will add about t
pages annually to the magazine with a
|
ion to the supplement the field OF tho n
wing Age will be stiIl further extended VI
as to include, during tie coming year, IL
,ssional transIations OF noteworthy ar 81
les from the French. German, Spanish a
4 italian reviews and magazines. c.
)wignt l.. Moody, the famous evangeI-
has made contract with Tie ladies'
me Journal, by which he will conduct
hat magazine series Of populsr Bible
dies in the form OF a great National
lie class. 1t will be made into regu- F
and permanent department OF the
irnsl, ana is to be known "Mr.
ody's Bible Glass" The evangelist
personally lead his unique "BibIe A
ss" each month in the exposition OF
lie of the vital Bible truths, and will
uraliy appeal TO a large circle of read
On Nov. 8, two days after tho eiec-
OF Mckinley was assured, orders for -
r $4,000 Of sdvertisoments were re-
ed by The Ladies' Home Journal. 20
volume Of interest not only TO anti- "