The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
LITERARY NOTES.

Pierre Lott has just finished prose
drama. judith Renaudin," which has
OCCUPIED him for several months. 1t IS
in four acts and six scenes and the ac-
ton takes place at the time OF the reVo-
! cation of the Edict OF Nantes. 1t has
not yet been decided where and how the
work will first be produced.
| 1--WE understood" says the London
! T literary World. ''that Miss Marie Cor
ELI had an insuperable objection to hav-
ing her portrait exhibited, especially IN
connection with her literary work. We
hasten TO say that we felt nothing but
admiration for her wise resolution IN this
respect. Yet now we see an announces
ment that her portrait is to appear as
the frontispiece to the Marie Corelii
Birthday Book"
/ Poems Now First Collected" by Ed
mund Clarence Stedman, to be issued
. This fall. will contain Mr.. Stedman'S
poems of the last twenty years. One
1 division OF the book will contain the
"Songs of the Carib Sea- which form
Il connected series, and many of which
have not before been printed.
The Spectator thinks that James Lane
Allen is the pen-name OF woman, ana
gives rs the reason for the faith that
is in it the elevation of sentiment and
''delicately poetical turn of phrase
found in 1.-The Choir Invisible Fer
haps the Spectator was also influenced
by the fact that the title of the book was
taken from the pages of a woman who
wrote over n mans name--George Eliot.
Or. Thomas Dunn English, whose
book of Fairy Stories aud Wonder
Tales" is to be published this autumn, is
living in New Jersey, vigorous and ac-
tive still. though at very advanced age.
DR.. English was for many years IL resi-
dent of Washington, where he was a
striking character in political and social
life.
Mrs. Burton Harrison has written a
new novel of New York life, entitled
Good Americans" and it will appear
in the Century during the coming year.
Mrs. Harrison is thoroughly familiar
with metropolitan society, and contempt
raneous social types and tendencies are
mirrored and described in the story.
The Story of Gladstone's Life is about
to be published by The Macmillan Com
many and is one of a somewhat remarka
Die group of biographies which forms
a notable feature of their seasons out
put
life is at the same practically the politi-
cal history of his country as is the case
here. so closely has Mr.. Gladstone been
associated with almost every event of i'm
portance in English politics during the
past few decades The book is freely il
lustratcd and can be relied upon for ac-
curacy since its author, Mr.. Justin Nc
Carthy has not only held a seat in the
VOC hI1t
also studied this period Of English history
with special care. His History OF Our
Own Times is sufficient evidence of this
if any We're needed.
/ The Scribners announce that they will
shortly begin the publication of the long
est and most ambitious story that Tom
Page has written. It's title is, "Red
Rock. n Tale OF Reconstruction" 1t
will appear first in Scribner's Magazine
and afterwards in bookform. 1t is un-
derstood that Mr.. Page has been at
work on this book for three or four years
past.
The New York Tribune's commenda'
! ton Of the Atlantic Monthly, including
as It does, high praise of our Mr.. Wal
ter Ell. Page, could not be stEazs er. The
Tribune says:
!
happy in its editors as to preserve
through all changes Of management the
high intellectual tone which has been its
distinguishing characteristic. 1t is the
one American publication in which a re-
gard for letters is the controlling mo-
/ tive. It's volumes enshrine much Of the
best work done by the brightest men
and women the republic has produced"
The current number of the lroquois,
the Sunday supplement to number OF
napers having a circulation of seven
hundred thousand. in late issue has
an article of rare interest on LORD
Byron and the Battlefield of Misso-
loughi," with Photographic illustrations
Il v Mrs. Cicero w. Harris, who writes
under the non de plume Of Charles I'D
ward Lloyd. 1t is admirably written
from data obtained by personal visit
! to the battlefield.