The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

winch Is the sentimental 1uStlnCatlOn tnat
a young married man gives for deserting
the town and taking up his permanent
residence in the suburbs.
Henry Norman, the correspondent OF
the London Chronicle, whose dispatches
from Washington have had such an i'm
portant influence on the Venezuela ques-
ton, has long been a student of inter-
national politics. His book of the 'ifar
East" has already become an authority.
Last autumn he visited all tho countries
tand made the acquaintance of their i'm
portant mem which com bine to form what
is called the Eastern question" His first
published article on this interesting trip
will appear in Scribner'S for June under
the title ''In the Balkans-the Chessboard
of Europe"
To the June number of the Overland w.
Ii. Mills will contribute an article, "The
Prospective Influence of Japan Upon the
industries of America" Governor w. j.
Mcconnell of Idaho continues the silver
discussion which was commenced by
Irving M. Scott, John ]. Valentine and
Colonel John 2. Irish. Charles Warren
Stoddard contributes sympathetic char
acter sketch of his friend, Joaquin Miller.
1t is illustrated by J. D. Strong "a
Pioneer Bimetallist" is q character sketch
of Judge C. G. Goodwin, editor of the Salt
Lake Tribune.
Indications are that Holland will be-
come a favorite hunting ground with
| novelists. Stevenson drew attention to
the country in his "Catriona" and one or
two well-known writers are already re-
ported to be following IN his footsteps. A
new writer, E. Sutcliffe March, has also
chosen Holland as background for q new
novel, which Messrs. Hutchinson & Co.,
London, have in press and will shortly
publish under the title of "a Stumble in
Wide Shoes"
The success which has attended the pub
lication of the translation of Pastors
'LIves of the Popes" has determined the
Rev. Frederick Antrobus of the Brompton
| Oratory to proceed With the fifth and
sixth volumes of the work.
work entitled "Five Great Skeptical
Dramas of History"is is now in preparation
by Messrs. Swan q Sonnenscheim, London.
1t is by the late Rev. John Owen, who was
rector of East Anstey, Devon.
The second article on THE Trotting
Horse" by Hamilton Busbey, in the ] une
Scribner's, contains more remarkable illus
| trations OF great trotters.
Mr.. Swinburne's new poem, 1.-The Tale
of Balen," will be published in this coun-
try by the Messrs. Scribner, toward the
end of the month. 1t is founded on Sir
Thomas Malory's story of Balen.
The Century Company has published
Dr.. Charles c. Abbott's ''Notes of the
Night and Other Outdoor Sketches in the
manner OF his "Naturalist's Rambes
About Home;" Henry B. Fuller's 1.-The
Puppet Booth, dozen one-act plays not
IN the manner of his earlier publications;
The Collected Poems of S. Weir
Mitchell" hitherto issued in various vol
umes having the print of other houses;
The White Pine: A Study" by Clifford
Pinchot and Henry S. Graves, and "A
Strange Sad Comedy" an international
romance whose action passes in New
York, Newport and Virginia.
MeSSrS. Harper e. RrOs bava in mn h.
Iisned Extraordinary Cases." by Henry
Lauren Clinton; "Cold Dishes for Hot
Weather" by Ysaguirre and La Marca;
'The Cavaliers" "a novel, by S. r. Height
ley. which deals with stirring events in
CromwelPs time, and Mark Heffron," a
novel, by Alice Ward Bailey
Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. announce w.
Fraser Rae's biography of Orchard Brins-
ley Sheridan" in two volumes, with por-
traits and fac-similes of autographs of
Sheridan and his famous contemporaries.
Houghton, Mitfiin & Co. have arranged
for the American publication of the hither-
to unpublished letters of Victor Hugo,
arranged by his executor, M Paul Meurice.
Ian Maclaren" dedicates his new book,
''The Mind of the Master" to his congre-
cation at Seton Park, Liverpool. This is
a work by the Rev. John Watson, the min
lister, rather than by Ian Maclaren, the
novelist. There are fifteen chapters in it,
three OF them being entitled 1.-The Sow
erelgnty of Character" 1.-The Culture Of
the Cross and 1.-The Continuity of Life
As might be judged, Mr.. Watson treats
religious subjects from broad and COM
prehensive stand dpoint.
Entomologists will be glad to learn that
the second volume of Butterflies" by
w. +. Kirby, f. LIS, forming the elemen-
tary volume of ALIENS Naturalists' Lii
brary, is In press. 1t will contain thirty
two colored plates, besides wood cuts.
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, is guided
in the production of many of its works
| by a set of rules for which DR.. J. a. H
| Murray is partly responsible. Here is a
| characteristic "note'' by the doctor: 81
strongly protest against the vulgar and
unscn olarly habit OF omitting 'e from
'abridgement,' acknowledgement Judge
meni,' Judgement which is against all
analogy, etymology and orthoepy, since
| elsewhere g Is hard IN English when not
followed by 'e' or t.. l think the Univer-
sity Press ought to set scholarly exam
! pie, instead OF following the ignorant to
do Ill for the sake OF saving four 'e's.' The
word judgement has been spelt In the
Revised Version correctly-evidently in
fear of Divine judgement"
Unless provisions are made in time the
Poe cottage in Fordam, N. Y, will be
! torn down by the Bureau of Encum-
brances in less than eighteen months.
Carl Schurz is engaged in writing
his memoirs, which Will embrace his
career of forty-seven years of active SER
vice in military political, journalistic, liter
ary, civic and social life. The manuscript
will probably not go to the printer before
next January.
1.-The Lounger'' of The Critic notes that
a novelty in books is to be issued under
the title of the Invalids' Library. Each
volume is to be printed on long strip of
paper-covered muslin, so that a patient
can comfortably unroll it and read it in
bed, thus dispensing with the attendant
fatigue of holding heavy book.
'tEt Dona Fereutes" is the title of a
new poem, by Rudyard Kipling, recently
copyrighted by D. Appleton & Co. 1t will
appear in his volume of poems to be pub
| lished in the autumn.
1.-The Mercantile Agencies Against Com
merce" is the title OF volume by William
Yates Chinn, which mas just been issued
by Charles II. Kerr & Co., Chicago. The
author points out abuses that need rem
edying, and suggests some remedies as
well. Price, 25 cents.
The last two volumes issued in the Tenn
pie edition of Shakespeare are 'Troilus
and Cres sida' and Romeo and Juliet"
Each volume contains an appropriate en-