The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOIES.
The Chap-Book is to remain in Chicago,
in spite of various reports to the contrary.
It will have on its title-page H s. Stone
IL Co., instead of Stone & Kimball as be-
fore. This means that there will be no
! great change in its policy. Herbert s.
! Stone continues as editor, and Harrison G..
Rhodes as assistant editor. They will
| have more time than before to devote to
| the magazine, and consider that the Chap
| Book will begin its third year on May Is
under especially favorable circumstances.
The first book announced by II. S. Stone
& Co. of Chicago is second series OF
Prose Fancies," by Richard lie Gallienne.
This is for immediate publication.
Maynard, Merrill & Co. have in press
for immediate publication History of
the Army of the United States,' edited
for the Military Service Institution by
General Theodore f. Rodenbough and
Major William l.. Haskin, U. s. A.
Yet another volume OF memoirs dealing
with the French Revolution and the Ma
poleonic era is in the press. They are from
the pen of Nine. de Chastenay and are
edited by NJ. Alphonse Roserot.
Count Tolstoi writes to friend that he
has nearly finished the full novel on which
he has been engaged for some time back.
An English translation will be prepared
for publication at the same time that the
OIlSludl appears III huSSldU. IL Is SdlQ
that Tolstoi sets rather a special value on
this work.
Brentano's of New York announce for
immediate publication a volume most
timely in its interest Its title is "Bi-
cychng for Ladies'" and the author is
Maria E. Ward of New York City. Miss
Ward, who is a well-known bicycle en-
thusiast and a woman of letters as we'll,
has written the first practical treatise yet
published on the sport now so universally
popular, and which is recognized as the
ideal outdoor exercise.
Macmillan IL Co. will publish Emile
Zola's new novel, Rome about which
so much has been said and of which so
much Is expected. 1t will be issued about
the middle of the month.
novel series of handbooks on summer
resorts will be published by the Messrs
Scribner. Each book has been written by
a well-known author. The north shore of
Massachusetts is by Judge Robert Grant,
with illustrations by w. D. Smedley;
Newport has been done by w, G. Browel
and illustrated by w. G. Vanderbilt Allen;
Bar Harbor has L. Marion Crawford for its
chronicler and G. S. Reinhart for its illus
traitor, while George Hibbard has done
Lenox, Mr.. Allen furnishing the illustra-
tions.
Mr.. Swinburne has in press the longest
poem he has written for several years.
! The subject is "Malory's Story of Balen."
In scheme and measure it is a new depar-
! ture for this poet
f. Tennyson Neely has warned the pub
fishers and booksellers of this country not
to publish or sell any new work from the
pen OF Colonel Richard Henry Savage,
stating that he has an unexpired contract
with that writer, giving him the exclusive
control OF the publication of all his works
Neely says, is a book by Colonel Savage
and Mrs. A. c. GUnter, which was pub
lished with his permission.
Women in English Life, from Me-
dieval to Modern Times" by Georgiana
Hill, gives an account of the place held by
women from the days of the Saxon race
down to the present time.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have Just pub
lished The Life and Letters of Oliver
| Wendell Holiness" by John t. Morse Jr.
1t includes, besides the letters, some chap
! ters of autobiography which DR.. Holmes
lotted down IN his later years and which
are very amusing. The first volume con-
tains portraits of DR.. Holmes and his
father, fac-simile OF the almanac page in
| which his birth is recorded, views of the
'gambrel-roofed house where he was
| born and magnificent elm at Pittsield
which DR.. Holmes celebrated and two pic
lures of the Saturday Club, notable group
of Boston and Cam bridge celebrities The
second volume has portrait of DR..
Holmes in middle life, view of his home
| in Beacon street, Boston, showing the
! doctor in front of it, portrait of his
mother in advanced life and fac-simile of
three pages of his famous poem, 1.-The
! Last Leaf"
The title of James Lane Aliens Butter
flies; Tale of Nature, which ran through
! the Cosmopolitan, has been changed to
Summer in Already" The story will be
published by Macmillan e. Co.
! The May Book News is as bright as a
! spring morning The detached frontis-
piece is a portrait of Miss Annie Hollings-
worth Wharton, author of Through
Colonial Doorways," Colonial DAYS and
Dames," etc. DR.. Talcott Williams talks
hopefully of new books, and able letters
| from New York, Boston, Chicago and Lon
don put one in touch with the book world.
Some two hundred and sixty new books
are noticed-among them Democracy and
Liberty" by William Edward Hartpole
Lecky. Many pictures from the new books
zine. Monthly so cents year. John
Wanamaker, publisher, Philadelphia.
Outing for May opens with a complete
story, 1.-THE Search for Mrs. Denbeigh,"
cleverly told by Agnes L. Provost. A sec
ond complete story, "Llano Estacado," by
j. F. Duncan, is thrilling account of an
| Indian skirmish on the Staked Plains.
Other notable features are: 1.-The Truth
of Trouting,' by Ed. w. Sandys; Sea
noeing on the st. john" by Rev. w. C.
Gaynor; Camp Cookery; "Bass Fish
ing; "Racing Sandbaggers" yachting
on Frisco Bay" and Handicap Reform
in Lawn Tennis" by j. 2. Paret. The
number is strong throughout and carries
many fine illustrations.
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