The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

writings. The first volume will appear in the
spring
F. Tennyson Neely has just published
paper-eovered edition of Captain Charles
Kings "Fort Frayne," of the cloth edition of
which, he states, nine editions were sold
within year.
During her stay in England Miss Beatrice
Harraden will see through the press her Cali
fornia story, "Hilda STAFFORD" which ran
through Blackwoods Magazine last year.
Messrs. Backwood will be the publishers in
this country. and the volume will be issued
by them this month. The American edition,
published by Dodd, Mead & Co., Boston, will
appear at the same time.
Ouida has written book called "The Mas
sarenes," which is said to be new departure
for this clever, if eccentric, writer. The hero
CT the story emigrates TO America. where he
accumu!ates fortune by more or less ques-
tionable means and returns to England to
spend it. The efforts of the millionaire and
his wife to buy their way into society are said
to be handled with scathing pen.
We have received from the publisher, A. W.
Voorsanger, copy of the Pacific Jewish An
nual. The work contains good deal of in
| formation touching communal institutions
founded by Hebrews OF the Pacific Coast.
/ of festivities, etc. The annual will be found
of considerable interest to members of the
| Jewish faith residen in the State or upon the
coast. 1t is issued from the Office of Emanuel.
| We learn that since the middle of November
last over 12O,OO copies of ]. NJ. arrie's books
| have been sold in England and the United
| States, 100000 of these being Sentimental
Tommy" and Margaret Ogilvy." 1t is said
| that the sale of the latter book IN England is
only restricted by the difficulty in reproducing
the etched frontispiece portrait OF Margaret
| Ogilvy, which is printed in Paris and cannot
be supplied quickly enough to meet the de-
! mand for the book.
When s'Tess of the D'Ubervilles" was first
| published, 1t was generally agreed that 1t
| contained material for fine play. With the
| authors consent, the play has been made by
! Lorimer Stoddard, son of Richard Henry
| Stoddard, who has done considerable literary
| work already, and has had what many theat-
rical managers regard as almost indispens-
! able in writer for the stage-experience as
an actor. 1t will soon be produced in New
York by Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, who will
appear in the title role.
The London Bookman says: eve understand
that the Clarendon Press are meditating
great and worthy enterprise, no less than a
ish classics. The volumes will be produced in
sumptuous form, and as far as possible the
editing will be final. 1t is too soon as yet to
give exact particu ars, but 1t Will be generally
felt tn at the Clarendon Press is taking a step
worthy of its greatest traditions in giving a
/ fitting and permanent form to the classics OF
! Britain"
"Tatterley. the Story of Dead Man." is the
| title of a novel by new writer, T. Gallon,
| which is to appear shortly in Appleton Town
and Country Library. This curious and strik-
| ing story takes the reader out of the beaten
track of current fiction, and any prototype
! which is suggested belongs to an earlier time.
| The book will be found Intensely interesting,
very vivid in its pictures of avarice and love-
the meaner passions and the noblest senti-
ments, and American readers are likely to
join English critics in predicting brilliant
future for this new and talented writer.
The "College Yearbook" which Stone &
| Kim pail announced for publication last De-
cember, has been delayed, and is now to be
issued. The delay was caused by the exceed
ing difficulty of collecting SO varied num-
ber of interesting facts about the colleges of
America, including not only full lists of the
faculties of each institution, but the records
of the athletic and other contests, as well as
college societies, which 60 to make up this
600 pages, and will be of great interest not
only to students and instructors, but to those
| preparing their sons and daughters for COL
lege.
Graduate Courses, 1s97-9s, is the third issue
of very valuable annual, which sets forth
compactly, so that comparisons easily
made, the special opportunities which our diff
! ferent American universities offer to grad
uate students and specialists. Complete
lists of graduate courses to be offered
in all the leading universities. together
| with statement Of requirements for
degrees and for admission to advanced stand
ing; the fees asked of graduate students; the
scholarships or fellowships open to them; the
library or laboratory facilities; the numbers
of graduate students already connected with
each university-all of these things are con-
cisey stated in these pages, so that it is offered
10 every intending student as a valuable
source of information.
Messrs. Houghton, Miff1n G. Co., Boston, an
nounce for early publication: 'The spoils of
Poynton," novel, by Henry James; "Greek
Art on Greek Soil" by Professor ]. NJ. Hoppin
of Yale; s'The Liquor Problem in Its Legisia-
tive Aspect; 1.-The Transatlantic Chate-
laine," by Helen Choate Prince, anthor of
1.-THE Story of Christine Rochefort"; "The
Chief End of Man." by George s. Merriam
|
an introduction by Horace E. Scudder; the
following volumes in the Riverside Literature
series: "Macaulay's Essays on Johnson and
Goldsmith" 'Macaulay's Essay on Milton"
"Macaulay's Life and Times of Addison" all
edited by Professor W. P. Trent. and "Car-
| lyle's Essay on Burns" edited by G. r. Moves,
and "The Complete Poetical Works of James
Russell LOWELL in the Cam bridge edition, in
one volume, with notes, indexes. biographical
sketch, portrait and view OF Elmwood.
Following are some recent announcements
of forthcoming publications by the Roycroft
Printing Shop, East Aurora, New York:
"Upland Pastures" by Adeline Knapp, a Sc
ries of short outdoor essays dealing with the
beautiful things that spring and summer
bring Five hundred copies on Dickinson's
rough English paper, bound in antique
boards, So each; forty copies on Japan
bard-$5 each, ready for delivery March Is.
"Love Ballad. of the Sixteenth Century,
ready April Is; the book win be on rough
Dekel edge paper in the highest style of the
Roycroft art, and will contain about 200
pages, bound stoutly in antique boards, price
So, express prepaid I'm the Track OF the
Book Worm.'f by Irving Browne; thoughts.
fancies and gentle gibes on collecting and
collectors by one of them. "The Book of Job, y
by Ebert Hubbard, being a companion vol
ume to "The Song OF Songs" and "The Book OF
Ecclesiastes."
Following is the Arena contents page for
March: "The Development of American
Cities" Hon. Josiah Quincy; "The Solidarity
of Town and Farm" -. Dr. A. C, True; "The Re-