The herald., 1897-02-14
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EDITED BY ENOcH KNIGHT

tions, and the book Is rich in topography
and binding. Perhaps no more attractive
volume of it's class has ever been given
to the public out of all the material that
has been compiled concerning this best
advertised portion of the American con-
tinent; and it is very certain that no one
has given a more varied and reliable
body of real knowledge. The volume is
to be sold for s1.50 and $1.00, according
to binding.
Macmillan announce American His
tory as Told by Contemporaries by AL
bert Bushnell Hart, Harvard university,
in four volumes.
Volume l. Discovery and Colonization.
1492-16S9) Volume 2. Making Of the
Republic. Q6s9-17S9.) Volume s.
Growth of the Nation. 17S3-1S45.) Vol
ume 4. Welding of the Nation. (1846--
1850 This series is made up entirely
from the original sources of American
history. the records and narratives of
men who witnessed and shared in the
events which they describe. Extracts,
long enough in each case to give some
idea of the writer's style, are arranged
in logical sequence, so as make up a
general account of the times from the
first voyages to the present time.
Also a Students History of Anglo
Saxon, by DR.. Henry Sweet, a work of
great Importance to the scholastic world
A number of unpublished letters by
Nine. de Stael have been found which
were addressed to the czar, Alexander
]. Another discovery is number of
letters which were sent to Bossuet.
The novels announced for 1897 by
Messrs. Dodd. Mead & Co. will have for
authors Beatrice Harrsden, George Mac
donald, Henry Seton Merriman, Clark
Russell. r. d. Blackmore, Max Pember-
ton, Mrs. Clifford, w. J. Dawson and
Ian Maclaren
There can be no better gauge of good
taste than the demand for new editions
of Browning, Byron, Charles Lamb, Jane
Austen. Charlotte Bronte, Dickens,
Thackeray, Charles Reade and Wilkie
Collins. The movement is simultaneous
in England and the United States.
Rubenstein, according to one Of his
pupils, who Is writing a series of articles
for The Home Journal, had horror of
ambitious mothers. II never knew him
face one alone, and many time have
sat with him, by special request, during
the interview. Good heavens!' he would
cry in desperation, Il am Rubenstein,
but you cannot expect me therefore to
make geniuses.
Readers of Browning will recall how
deep was the interest with which the
poet looked on a man who had talked
with Shelley.
And did you once see Shelley plain?
And did he stop and speak to you?
And did you speak to him again?
How strange 1t seems and new!'
The Bookman's Chicago letter says
of the best selling books:
Ian Maclaren is still the author Of the
hour and the sales of his books last
month were simply enormous. The IL
lustrated editions of Beside the Bonnie
Brier Bush and The Days of Aud Lang
'Syne were by far the most popular of
any of these two books prepared 'es-
pecially for the holidays, and the pretty
white-covered editions of these two
books were much admired.
Kate Carnegie and Sentimental Tom
my divided honors last month as leading
favorites. and led the demand from the
beginning of the month to the end King
Noanett again sold heavily. and the
same may be said of The Seven Seas
and Child World.
Sezee Don't Wantit
sezze Don't Wantit (does his tribe in
creaseO
Awoke one night from a deep dream of
peace
And saw within the moonlight in his room.
Making it brilliant and like candidates.
boom,
Mckinley writing in book of gold.
Exceeding nerve had made Don't Wantit
And to the Presence in the room he said:
What writest thou?" The Major raised his
head
~ u,i+b c;1b so,od Ill.
Answered: THE names of those who
want job"
"And is mine one?" asked Seize. May,
Replied the Major. Seize spake more low.
But cheeriiy still. and said: You know
me. Bill.
Just iix it, won't you. so it never will"
The Major wrote and vanished. The next
He came again with a great Weakening
light.
And showed the names of those should
And sezze Don't Wantt's name led all the
rest. The Sun
The Pail Mall Gazette gives two illus
trations of the romances which are to
be. This is from what is called The
Novel of Adventure: He drew his ra-
pier and lowered the visor of his cap de
maintenance, while the naughty lady
hid her face in the broidered folds Of her
saroenet. Fear naught, sweet wench.'
he cried, as he blew the tinder of his
culverin into a glow. Twas simple
action, but it minded him of his joyous
youth, when, in the flow of his youthful
wit, he was wont to say in jest that it
was not his wont to do things by halves,
so no demi-culverin for him. A merry
conceit, God wot Fear naught, fair
demoisefle,' he cried. 'Swounds! but by
my halidom, L" pink yon yclept caitiff
through the weasant and blow his
palsied knaves unshriven through the
chapel WALL The boom of an explod-
ing portcullis rang along the raftered
roof. Have on't! he cried" Then for
real unintelligible slush, with a rowdy
young woman present, such as is only
found in the Romance of Social Condi-
tions. what follows is neatly hit off:
"'Yes, said the duchess, leaning back
in her chair and observing with quick
flicker of her eyelids the limpid mag
nolia in Lord Eustace's buttonhole, L
have often noticed that the subfusc is
the stepmother of atheism Possibly
replied the young peer, with slight curl
of his nostril, but moss cumulates round
the rolling stone What rot!' in
terrupted Daisy, as she crossed her
feet on the mantelpiece. "A black sheep
always makes the gamiest mutton, and
you don't want jelly"
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