The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17
LITERARY NOTES AND NEWS.

LITERARY NOTES AND NEWS.
Nine. Sarah Grand has named her forthcom.
| ing novel, which Messrs. Appleton will pub
| lish in November, ''The Beth Book"
There are enough unpublished poems by the
late Lord Tennyson given in the Memoir by
his son to cover thirty-six pages. With lit.
! tie padding, they would make quite a good
sized volume by themselves.
| MI. Mr.Crawford's latest novel in his Saracinesca
! sequence will soon be brought out by the Mac
milan Company, in two volumes "Corleone"
| deals largely with the adventures of Don
! Orsino and his cousin, San Giacinto, among
the mountains of Sicily, where they encounter
the Malta among other perils.
| The sixth American Colonial Tract. Dnb.
| ilsned by George P. Humphrey, Rochester, is
| entitled "Nova Britannia" and is a reprint of
strange little pamphlet issued in London in
! the year 1909, setting forth the advantages of
Tered by the colony of Virginia for fruit cuI.
! ture, and calling on all good Britons to help
further that industry. The pamphlet is well
printed and sells for 25 cents copy.
| A translation of the sonnets of Jose-Maria
de Heredia, by Edward Robson Taylor. will
appear shortly from the press of William
! Doxey. Judging by the advance sheets the
| translation is all that can be desired the au-
thor being well up in the Spanish language
| and poet of no mean ability himself, As ia
usual in works issued from The Sign OF the
Lark the typographical detail has been well
considered.
For the works of Washington Irving there
| appears 10 be always a demand. New editions
are constantly being published and il ia
probable that Irving is better appreciated to.
day than he ever was before. His is a fame
that lasts. q. L. Putnam's Sons have pre-
| pared new edition OF ..Astoria, !" which ia
| the most sum ptuous edition of that book ever
! published. and have also got out a new
! ''KDickerbocker edition" of Irving's complete
| works in forty volumes.
! Mr.. Davis SOLDIERS of Fortune" has gone
into its iftieth thousand; so has Mr.. Aliens
| "Choir Invisible"-two stories which have
| almost nothing in common, save the fact that
| they are the work of young American writer's.
Mr.. Davis in England when his book
| made Its great success there and here Mr.
Allen is about to go abroad Gf he has not
already started), and will fiud cordial wei.
come awaiting him, for the English press has
lauded his work as highly the papers In
this country.
DR.. Weir Mitchell, whose novel "Hush
WynEe" proved TO De one of the most success.
ful serials the Century has printed has writ.
ten another novel that Will appear in this
magazine during the coming year. 1t is cal ed
"Tne Adventures OF Francois: Founding, Ad-
venturer, Juggler, Fencing Master and Servant
During the French Revolution" The scene
of the story shifts from Paris 10 the prov
inces and back again, following the wander
ings of the eccentric hero, who participates In
| many of the thrilling scenes of the revolution.
Andre Castaigne, the French-American artist.
will illustrate the novel.
Charles scrIbner's Sons will be the American
publishers of the new edition of the Waverley
Novels, published in England by Mr.. Dent
Clement k. Shorter who will furnish the
biographical 1ntroductions to the novels has
at his command, we Learn, the unique collec-
| ton of Scott materials accumulated by the
late Dykes Campbell. The first two volumes
will be ready on October %. The edition is 10
be in forty-eight volumes, to which Herbert
! Railton will contribute 8 bout forty Topographic
cal drawings, and there will also be q series of
portraits of Sir Walter Scott and others who
were intimately associated with him. The
volumes are to be OF pocket size.
The memoirs of Rubinstein, just issued in
Russia and Germany, contain the following
| remarks: "I am a Christian in the eyes of the
Jews, Jew in the eyes of Christians; Russians
regard me German, the Germans saw that
l am Russian. Those who believe in classic
music claim that 1 compose music for the
future; the Wagnerites call me renegade
Consequently l am neither flesh nor fowl-a
nondescript individual" "An artist giving
concert should not demand an entrance fee.
but should ask the pub.Ie to pay Just before
leaving. as much as they like. From the sum
taken he would be able to judge wn at the pub
! he think OF him, and we would have less con.
certs, anyhow"
Mr.. Barrie is quoted saying to 8 lecturer
who wished to speak in public of his expert
ences in Nottingham the staff of the Ex-
press of that town: II thank you for your
letter, and wish you had better subject for
yonr lecture. don't know of any personal
article about myself that is not imaginary
and largely erroneous. But there is really
nothing to tell that would interest any one.
Yes, was in NoItingha for year and liked
it well, though was known to scarce any one.
If you ever met an uncouth stranger wan
dering in the dark around the castle, ten or
twelve years ago. his appearance unim pres
sive, book in each pocket, and his thoughts
three hundred miles due north. it might have
been the subject of your lecture" This re-
calls to an English commen tator another an
ecdote of Mr.. Barrie. 81 am always at
Thrums." he said, except when the papers
say am"