The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

ling to a literary aspirant in New Zea-
land, which throws some light on the
liberties taken with a novelst's good
nature and leisure. 1t runs: mo mans
advice is of the least benefit in our busi-
ness (and I am very busy mani. Keep
on trying till you either fail or succeed"
The author, adds our correspondent,
deemed this missive encouraging"
Doubleday & Mcclure Company an
nounce for publication early in the year
the final work by Henry George, entitled
THE Science of Political Economy"
This book upon which Mr.. George spent
the last few years of his life is written
not for the few, but for the many. The
publishers further announce that by ar
rangement with Mrs. Henry George, sole
owner of the copyrights of all books by
Henry George, they have taken over the
entire stock of books on hand and will in
future publish them exclusively. These
books include "a Perplexed PHILOSOPHER" !"
Progress and Poverty" Social Prob
lens, Protection or Free Trade 1.-The
Land Question" Property in Land ="
THE Condition of Labor" and also the
last three bound in one volume.
The Bookman gives a striking exam
pie of Charles Dickens chivalrous re-
gard for an absent friend that is recalled
by Dean Farrar. Mr.. Sims Reeves had
been announced to sing at a small pub
lie dinner at which Dickens presided,
and, as happened not infrequently, Mr..
Sims Reeves had something the matter
with his throat and was unable to at
tend. Dickens announced this, and the
announcement was received with gem
eral laugh of incredulity. This made
Dickens very angry, and he rose man
fully to the defense of the delinquent.
My friend, Mr.. Sims Reeves" he said,
quietly, regrets his inability to fulfill
his engagement owing" he added, with
caustic severity, "to an unfortunately
amusing and highly facetious cold"
The third and fourth volumes of Cos
sip of the Century" are announced for
early publication by the Macmillan Com
pany, under the title of Social Hours
With Celebrities" by the late Mrs w.
Pitt Byrne These two volumes are
H Busk, and contain siXty-six illustra-
tions, whose range from Renan to ZolA
and from Louis Philippe to Cartouche
gives some idea of the scope of the text
The chief actors of the century in the
fields of literature, politics, religion
music, art and the drama live under the
pen Of this entertaining woman, and the
spice of personal reminiscence is as keen
here as it was in the Gossip of the
Century for the cultivated man who
knows Paris and London or whose read
ing has given him the necessary breadth
of outlook.
The Critic never published a more sue
cessful series of articles than that which
appeared, some twelve years ago unda-
the general title of Authors at How, :,
Lowell, Holmes, Whittier, Whitman. Mrs
Stowe, Aldrich, Stedman, Stoddard Rnr'
roughs, etc, were included in it. and the
/ do
book, when collected and re-issued ,1-i+ 5,
the approval of the authors, after tba;,
publication in the Critic. A second
series OF Authors at Home" has now
oeen planned, to include the writer's VIII
have become conspicuous since tbe az,
one was prepared. Among the earliest ~
these articles to appear in The Critic Ivil
De personal sketches of DR.. Weir Mitch.
ell Mr.. Marion Crawford, Mr.. Richard
Harding Davis, DR.. Charles Conrad All.
@ Dott and DR.. w. ]. Rolfe. New portraits
viii accompany them, - ''' Z