The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
IN EXHIBITION Ut NIJNI NoVGoRoD

| press "Not Without Honor,"s novel, by Will
liam D. Moffat, whose name is already well
known to juvenile readers.
Smith, Elder & Co. of New York have in
! preparation new edition of Robert Brown
ing edited by Augustine Birrell The only
complete Browning now in the English market
cost over "a.
| The German Rmp press has betrayed the ex-
penses OF trip to Italy undertaken by Jo-
hanna Ambrosius, the now famous peasant
poet, for the benefit of her health. 1t is an
nounced that the sale of her volume of verses
continues unabated.
+, F. W. BourdilIon. in revising his edition of
"Aucassin and Nicolette," has collated the
text with the unique Ms. at Paris, besides re-
vising the translation and rewriting the intro
duction. In this edidon there will be four
teen additions to the bibliogrsphy.
Nine. Cora di Brazza says that her forthcom-
ing book, ga Literary Farce will be pub
lished this month by the Arena Publishing
Company, and will be followed in the autumn
by "The American Idyl," romance of the
Sierra Madre Mountains, from her pen.
Professor Cook of Yale has offered prize of
$50 for the best unpublished poem, of not
more than 100 lines, upon some ST. bject con-
neeted with history or art, to be submitted on
or before May Is, 1897. The competition is
open to all students of the university.
The Rev. DR.. William Elliot Grifis, who is
| preparing a biography of the late Charles
| Carleton Coffin, requests all who knew the
| dead writer TO aid him in his work by sending
him all material such as anecdotes reminis-
cences, sayings, etc., to Ithaca, N. Y
Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, author of "Bird-
craft" has written for early publication by the
Macmillan Company child's story, Tommy
Anne; or, The Three He arts" 1t aims to give
children acqua intance with Nature that
will develop into life-lo ng friendship.
Messrs. G. P. Putnams Sons have in press
! Camping in the Canadian Rockies" by WAL
| ter D. Wilcox, being an account of excursions
! and explorations in the country near Banff
and Lake Louise and in the Selkirk Range.
Mr.. Wilcox gives the main features of the ge-
ologY, botany, fauna and climatic conditions
| of the mountains.
R. D. Blackmore is one of the Oldest living
novelists. He has just celebrated his seventy
first birthday. George Macdonald is, however,
his senior, being ~. Among other English
| novelists who are getting on IN years are Mr..
| Meredith and Mrs. Oliphant, who are each
| g. Miss Braddon is So Walter Besant SO,
Ouida So and William Black 30.
Tn e volume on "Burns' in the Famous Scots
!
| toun," whose "Braincraig," Sunshine and
Haar" and Robert Urquhart'' have given him
a deservedly high place in the ranks of Scot
| tish writers. Gabriel Setoun" is the nom de
plume of T. N. Hepburn, who. like another
Edinburgh writer of some note ]. Logic Rob
ertson, is q teacher.
ain Coming Tower; or, How I Took H M.
s. Majestic Into Action" by H o. Arnold Fors-
ter, NJ. P. is about to be reissued at sixpence
by the Messrs. Cassell of London. 1t has passed
through several editions in its more expensive
form, and translations have appeared in
French, Spanish and Italian. The new issue is
illustrated by W. H. overend and will contain
new preface by the au thor.
Admirers of the Chap Book, and their name
is legion, will be glad to welcome the bound
copy of the four tn volume of that publication,
which has just been issued by Herbert S. Stone
q Co. OF Chicago. By seeing the Chap Book
in this shape one can gain a clearer and more
comprehensive view OF the aims and realiza-
1 tions of the editors than be had from the
single numbers. William Do4ey has the vol
ume for sale in this City.
The New Amsterdam Book Company an
nounces the following books for summer read
ing: "a Stable for Nightmares; or Weird
! Tales" by Sheridan LIE Fanu; 1.-THE Shadow of
Hilton Fernbrook," romance of Maoriland,
| by Atha Westbrook; can Adirondack Ro-
| 1uhuCe3 ny NdIOllu0 hdSuDQTn hOCkWOOQ,
and new editions of W. Clark Russelrs "An
Ocean Free Lance" illustrated by Harry L. v.
Parkhurst, and "The Copsford Mystery"
When Rudyard Kipling was assistant editor
of the Pioneer, leading paper in India he
! spent vacation in Rajputana, and wrote for
its columns vivid account of some of the old
Rajput cities under the title of Letters of
| Marque." According to the Athen4um, they
were republished in pamphlet form, but with
drawn owing to some difference with regard to
| the copyrights. This has now been amicably
! settled, and the letters will probably be
| brought out soon.
In connection with the prices at which some
early editions were disposed of at the sale of
| the Crampon Library, last month. Critic says
it is worth recalling that the sum Milton re-
ceived for Paradise Lost" copy of the first
| issue of which was sold for $50, was f5; and
for the "Vicar of Wakefield" for which s65
was paid for a 1776 copy on the same day,
Goldsmith received $50. Longfellow. by the
way, received perhaps the largest sum ever
paid for poem, $4,000, for 1.-The Hanging Of
| the Crane"
As the Westminster Gazette remarks, it was
| happy idea of John Murray to secure the
services of Byron's grandson, the Earl of Love-
lace, for the editing OF the definitve edition of
! the poets works which he is to publish. Lord
! Lovelace is the son of Ada, whom Byron spoke
| of as "the sole daughter of my house and
heart" and has always taken a great interest
in all that concerns his distinguished relative
In addition to the new material collected for
many years by Mr.. Murray, who is himself
Byron expert, the edition will contain unpub-
lished MSS. and letters contributed by the
| editor from Lord Byron's correspondence with
Lady Byron and other persons. Altogether
the edition promises to be in every respect
worthy of the poets fame and of the historic
publishing house with which he had such in.
| innate relations.
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The poster design published on this page
June 81 last was enormously labeled can
Original Design for Modern Art Poster, by
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