The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
LITERARY NOTES.


Clure's Magazine.
The next volume in Macmillan's series
OF Illustrated Standard Novels will be Dis
raeli's "Sybil."
Mcclure announces that complete
plant has been purchased and that it will
be installed by the 1st of March.
The initial article in Harper's Magazine
for February will be description of the
city of Baltimore, by Stephen Bonsal.
Verge, the illustrator. has furnished q
series OF illustrations for Spanish story
entitled "Sevillana," to appear in the
February Scribners.
The first volume in the new series of
'Foreign Statesmen" published by Mac
milan & Co.. will be "Richelieu," by Pro-
lessor Lodge of Glasgow.
Among buyers of copies of limited edi
tons amusing are those who want the
copy numbered one. They think that No.
contains first proofs OF pictures.
BaIzac considered that he was wasting
time If he devoted no ore than six months
to any one of his longer stories He fire.
quently finished novel in less than three.
De Quincy commonly wrote one of his
essays in a week. He never hurried him
self, and wrote slowly to avoid what, to
him, was the disgraceful task of revision.
The present interest in the Transvaal
has called attention again to the admirable
johannesburg, which is furnished in Frank
Vincent's Actual Africa"
Professor Sayce's book on 1.-THE Egypt of
the Hebrews and Herodotus" has lust
been published. The travels of Herodotus
in Egypt are followed for the first time in
the light of recent discoveries.
Professor J. B. McMasters new book,
which includes review of the Monroe
Doctrine" the Third Term in History. !"
n oth or. 4, Of al
have as its general title With the
Fathers"
President Monroe's famous message of
1923, containing the statement of the
Monroe Doctrine has been published in
full among the Old South Leaflets, being
No. So of this valuable series of historical
documents.
Studies OF Childhood, - some of which have
appeared in Appleton Popular Science
Monthly during the past year, are now
issued in book form. They make an ideal
popular scientific book.
Charles Scribner's Sons announce that
they will soon issue an elegant edition of
the works of Eugene Field It will be in
ten volumes and sold only by subscription.
One hundred number sets will be printed
on Japan paper and specially bound.
The Critic was born on January Is, 1881.
ITS fifteenth birthday was celebrated YES
terday by the publication of an anniversary
number, containing a bird 'seye review OF
the literary movement as it has mani
tested itself in America during the past
fifteen years, and other interesting feat
ures.
Women are taking up the art of book
binding and one Of them, Miss S. T. Pri-
deau, has already won the highest distinc-
ton in England in its practice. This lends
particular interest to the article on DE
sign in Bookbinding" in the February
Scribner's by Miss Prideau with samples
of her best work.
DR.. John Williams Palmer will con-
tribute paper to the February Century on
Certain Worthless and Danes of Old
Maryland" Many of the famous beauties
and brave cavaliers of the colony sat
for their portraits to Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Kneller, Peale and Sully. and their quaint
pictures and miniatures are reproduced.
A "book lover" says in the New York
Times: In Scribner's old, old bookstore.
one saw Samuel ]. Ti1den often, on the
topmost rung of ladder with books under
his arm, books between his legs, and an
open book in his hands. Nowadays when
bookseller gets scarce old work or lot
of scarce books he sends an invitation to
call, long descriptive letter or printed
list.
In the leading article of the January
Monist Professor Mach of Vienna con-
siders the large part which chance has
played in invention and discovery He
shows that many of the greatest discov-
cries in science and the arts are due to the
chance observations of some seemingly in
significant accidental circumstance His
examination of the methods of discovery,