The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

can rights Of the forthcoming life of Tenny-
son.
Mr.. Fisher Unwin will publish in the course
of the next fortnight volume of short stories
by Louis Becke.
Frank R. Stocktons book is collec-
ton of nine short stories grouped under the
title OF "a Story-teller's Pack"
Miss K. Douglas King, author of that clever
novel, ''Ths Scr1pture-reader of st. Mark's,"-
! has just finished another book which Hutch
lnson Co. will publish.
The success of Professor Brander Matthews
introduction to American Literature is
striking as it is well deserved. We understand
that the American Book Company has al
ready gone 10 presswith the fiftieth thousand
OF this admirably written book.
The Philistine has the faculty OF saying
sassy things in good-natured way. 1t is fun
without malice. The May issue seems fully
up TO the standard, with contribu tions by
William Mcintosh, Adelaide Lund, Frank w.
Noxon and Arthur Lucas Then Editor Hub
bard disports himself in the "side talks" TAX
ing fling at every thing ana every body.
| The great success OF Harold Frederic's novel,
| "The Damnation of Theron Ware" has led to
| the publication by the Messrs. Scribner of
! new edition of his novels, uniform in style
| with Theron Ware" Mr.. Frederic says in
his preface that though the subjects of the
novels are American they were written in
England. He also says that he prefers his
short stories to his longer, and that OF the
writers whose books affected his earliest years
he thinks that Erckmann-Chatrain exercised
the deepest and most vital influence.
most interesting little volume is to be
puDlis he'd by the Macmillan Company under
the title, "Burns and His Times as Gathered
From His Poems," by ]. o. Mitchell, LII. D.
The volume has grown out of q paper which
appeared in the Glasgow Herald about nine
years ago on Burns birthday. One passage
after another is quoted, and these are joined
together with remarkable skill to show the,
aspect of the country made famous by Burns
pen, and many topic is thus shrewdly illus
trated until one closes the book with sense
of astonishment at the amount of information
gathered in this way in regard to the food
drink and clothing the church, the politics,
recreations and superstitons of the various
classes and masses for whom and about whom
Burns wrote.
| For the past two years Mark Twain has been
| engaged in getting me meterial together and
writing book relating to his trip around the
world through Australia, India, South Africa,
! ETC., and is now in London looking after its
| final editing, and adding the finishing touches.
/ 1t is written in the style of the immortal ''In-
f, nocents Abroad" and his friends predict that
| it will be his greatest work, his masterpieces;
in a recent letter he refers to it as follows: "I
! am I1ore than satisfied with it these latter
days. wouldn't trad cit for any book have
| ever written, and am not easy person TO
| please The book will be large octave,
! handsomely illustrated, and will be published
! in the fall by the American Publishing Com.
pany of Hartford, Conn.
All narents who have wanted a clean nure
book to place in the hands of young children
and growing boys will be glad to know that
the Vir Publishing Company, 731 Hale build
ing, Philadelphia, is about to publish a series
OF such books addressed to boys, young men.
young husbands, men at 45 and those at IS.
This series to men is to be followed by a SINH
lar series OF five books to women. The series
to women is to be written by Mrs. Mary Wood.
Allen, Md, who is widely known as q writer
and lecturer on personal and social purity.
The series 10 men is by Sylv Stall, DID,.
associate editor OF the Lutheran Observer"
who is widely known by his various books,
and especially by his "Object Sermons 10 Chill
dren." The first volume, "What Young Boy
| Ought to Know" will be ready next week.
The books are to sell at 81 each.
/ spalding's Baseball Guide for 1897, which
| has just been published, is especially inter.
esting to college men, as it contains a com.
leading colleges during 1896, and portraits
| of the most prominent college baseball
| teams of the country. The new playing
| rules have the alterations and amendments
| printed in italics, which is decided i'm.
| provement, and the lists of averages of all
| the leagues and associations are very COM
| plete. Besides the college portraits the book
| contains pictures of all the leading teams OF
the country, embracing altogether nearly 500
| separate photos. The Guide will be sent on
receipt of 10 cents to any address in the
! United States or Canada by the American
Sports Publishing Company, 241 Broadway,
| New York.
| The Macmillan Company announces the
publication at an early day of a supplement-
| ary volume to the Oxford Chaucer in all re-
spe cts uniform with that edition of Chaucer's
| works In six volumes, 1894. Its title is "Chau.
cerian and OF her Pieces" edited from numer-
Gus manuscripts by the Rev. Walter w. Skeat.
Lit. D. C.L, etc. This selection includes all
the most important among the numerous
pieces in prose and verse which have been ap-
pended to Chaucer's works in various edi-
tions, including those OF Thyme, Stowe,
| Speght and Tyrwhitt. Nearly every piece re-
| printed now appears in an important form,
and in several cases manuscripts not pre-
| viously examined have been collated and
| have proved to be the best. 1t contains Thomas
Usk's Testament OF Love, ,""Plowman'sT Tale
, s.Jack Upland" Covers "Prase of Peace"
| Thomas Hoccleve's "The Letter of Cupid"
| etc., and Scogan's "a Moral Balade."
Rscen excavations in Baby lonia, under DR..
! j. H. Haynes. have brought to light au thentfc
| records which, as made clear by Professor DR..
| H. " Hilprecht, carry back the history OF the
| race to an earlier date than was known before.
| Their archaeological value is even yet little
] known and family appreciated. The latest ex-
| cayatioas disclose historic data transcending
| in Importance the most sanguine expectations
| at their start record Of the explorations
! which secured these results is now to be
| published under the auspices and by the
] authority of the department. OF archaeology
! and paleontology Of the University Of Penn
| sylyania, under which the Babylonian ex-
| ploration fund carries on its work. The
] volume will include the personal narrative of
! Dr. Haynes director OF the expedition since
| 1892 and member of the earlier expedition
il 1888, as expanded and supplemented
| by DIR. Hilprecht Assyriologist of the
| expedition from the beginning, and editor-in-
/ chief of the publications of the Babyionian
ex ploration fund. 1t is to be illustrated by
seventy or more maps. plans and other plates
portant finds. The volume is to be issued by
! John D. Wattles & Co. of Philadelphia, cor.
| responding in style with 'Recen mt Research in
| Bibge Lands" as edited by Professor Hill
| prechi. Price So so. 1t will published simul-
taneously in the United States and Great
Britain.