The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Literary Notes.

| Literary Notes.
| A volume of short stories by Henry
James is shortly to be published by Mac
milan & Co., under the name "Embar-
rassments." The studies are entitled "The
Figure in the Carpet" "Glasses," "The
Next Time" and 1.-The Way it Came" and
are sketched in Mr.. James usual minute
and clever manner.
Macmillan & Co. have in preparation
"The Introduction to Public Finance" by
Professor Carl c. Plehn of the University
of California. 1t treats of public expendi-
ture. public revenues, public Indebtedness
and financial administration. The book
will probably appear in August.
The circums tances in which Harold
| FrederIc's new novel came to have one
title here and another in England (as was
the case with Hawthornes INA rble
| Faun") are set forth in the London Chron-
icle. A curious accident was the cause.
The writing of the book was extended
| over five years and copy OF the first half
was sent to this country as long ago as
1898. For the purpose OF identification it
| bore the "Damnation" title, which was
one Of many then under consideration.
Alter the final choice of illumination"
| lad been made no one remembered until
it was too late that the American pub
Usher had not been informed of the de-
cision.
Readers of "Pierre and His People" will
be glad TO know that Stone & Kimball are
about to publish new volume of short
stories by Gilbert Parker under the title of
IAN Adventurer OF the North, being the
further and final adventures of Pierre and
bis people.
A summary of the recent legislation on
questions of State and local government
by the various States is given in the paper
by E. Dana Durand of the New York State
| Library, published by the American AcaG-
| emy OF Political and Social Science, and
entitled Political and Municipal Legisla-
tion in 1885,
Macmillan & Co., announce for imme-
diate publication Leibnitz's "Critique OF
Locke New Essays on the Understand
| ing" translated from the French by
Alfred G.. Langley, A. NJ, with an appen'
| dix containing a number of LeibnitZ s
shorter pieces not hitherto translated.
Ex-President Harrison's articles have
! proved such an enormous success with
the Ladies' Home Journal, adding over
| 100 600 TO the circulation of the magazine,
that the series will be extended beyond
the original limit. The ex-President has
now reached the treatment of 1.-The Presi-
dents Official Family" in his series, de-
scribing the relation which each Cabinet
member holds to the President Then he
will show "How the Senate Works" and
| How Congress Legislates" each In a
| separate article.
Messrs Lemperly, HilIiard & Hopkins
of Cleveland, Ohio. and this city, an
nounce as their fourth publication Lin
coin and His Cabinet" by Charles A.
Dana, with portraits of Lincoln and Mr..
| Dana, and reproduction OF Frank B. Car
penter's painting, "The First Reading of
the Emancipation Proclamation" The
| edition will be limited to $50 copies.
| The fifteenth annual report of the
! United States Geological Survey contains,
among much scientific matter of great
value, a preliminary Report on the Ge-
ology of the Common Roads of the United
| States" by Professor N. S. Shaler-a sub
! ject that is timely and of great popular
| interest. This is the last report made by
| Major J. W. Powell as q director of the
survey. He has had charge of the work
for twenty-five years.
Rudyard Kipllng was asked recently
whether he enjoyed writing poetry or
prose most. He remarked that the
| pleasure OF creating poem was the
| highest intellectual delight he had ever
experienced.
Mother" which will be published by Ed
ward Arnold within fortnight, was writ
| ten more than year ago. 1t is tale
| OF East Side life in New York, and is
said to be unusually realistic. Mr.. Arnold
will publish Mr.. Cranes new books in
| London.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly for
June will contain a series of letters by
Herbert Spencer on 1.-THE Metric System, /"
which has recently been before both Con-
gress and Pariiam ent. Mr.. Spencer Wig
orously opposes the further extension of
the system and points out the advantages
! of one based on the number twelve.
Messrs T. Y. Croweil & Co. announce
for early publication Camilla" +" tale Of
society life in Stockholm, translated from
| the Swedish and Danish of Richert Won
Koch; ''The Victory OF Ezry Gardner" a
Nantucket idyi, by Imogen Clark, and
1.-The Social Meanings of Religious Ex-
| periences, by Dr. Heron.
THE Purple East" that little volume of
poems which cost William Watson the
laureateship, is at last 10 be issued by Stone
& kimball. 1t is a tiny volume, its size
being quite out of proportion to its impor-
| tance.
Captain A. T. Mahan of the United
States navy expects to finish his Life of
Nelson" by the end of June. The distin-
guished naval historian has been at work
on the book for some time past.
The American Publishers Corporation
OF New York has issued one-dollar (bound)
editions and 50-cent (paper) editions of
Grant Aliens Duchess of Powysand"; !;
Herman Melville's "Typee," and Captain
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