The age-herald., 1897-11-21

mulSey D, DtlOHSS Mlln i0e IttLidil group of novels which have made MT. Crawford So famous.
 Anthony Hope (IIa wlxins) has be- gun his series of readings in this / country, under Maj. Ponds managa- / ment His proglemmes consist of se- lections from the best-kmown books, and cover a wide range from grave to gay.
 In London the literary subject of the moment Is the new literary paper which the Times announces. The t- tie is to be "Literature" The editor is MT. H. D. Trail, rhe industrious contributor to the Daily Telegraph. The price is to be pence. An Amer iear edition will be published by Harper Bros.
 Few English journalists wer looked up to more than MT. R. H. Hutton, the late editor of he Spectator, who has passed away, after a very painful illness. He remained at his post almost to the end, and wrote with uadiminished freshness and power. He will be very much missed on the Spectator.
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 Americans will be interested in the picture MT. Crockett will give of the.r country women in his new story, The Woman of Fortune"
 Among the literary news from Eng and 1t is stated that the two young write s of fiction who are booming most are MT. H. G. Wells ard Mr. Jacobs. Mir Wells, who is in great demand, is the author of "The Tim Mach.ne'' and ''The War of the Worl1s." His most recent triumph, "The Invisible. Man." is dec.d edly striking and original, and wfat is rare in such books, pcorIc2tine of thought. He brings to- hs work wide scientific education, and will no eoubt make his Fantastic Fiction" thorough ly popular.
 Ths other fayorite, MT Jae bs. was first taken up by Jerome K. Jeroms, and was highly prsrsed in the Spectator. "The Shippers Woo:ng," a sea story, will soon be published in this country.
 NO ndIlfe IS IflOTS ldI1lfidi iu lii- i-e'i- ing pubic than that of "Msrlon Har- land,' the pseudonym of Mrs. Edward Payson Terhune She holds an assured place in the field of letters. In her lat st book. Some Colonial Honrsteads and Their Stories" Mrs. Terhune com pines the accuracy of an ii storian with the charm of a storyteller. She has studied patiently the traditicns and his torical associations that cluster about th:re old estates, and a charming and readable book is the outcome
 There is always something fascinating about SD ech-making. both to the soeaker and to these who listen. Prof. ars. of Brown university, has prepared vol1m e on this subject, '"rhe Occasional Ad- dress" which should prove of no httse value to those who aria ii callled upon to a aslrtis a gathering.
 "Men in Epigram" has just been Essuei as companion volume to ''Women in Epigram,' which has enjoyed con-idera- bls popularity. It contains csr,fully chosen bits of wisdom, wit and humor concerning the "lords of creation" to- gether with sundry pieces of sly satire.
 "Ino Vadis" is to be printed in gor- gebus holiday edition with many pie lures by ei',rsts of the day, with repro auctions of old sculpture and With maps and plans. Thfs will considerably ex- pand an already wtofully long book. Synksgwicz is a fine writer but he rarely knows when to stop.
 Admirers of Judge Robert Grants es- says cm fife and lving will be pleased to leilan that he will have series of papers during the coming year in Scrib- ners Magazine. These are to bs called "Searchlight Lettehs," and are replies to various, letters that were brought to Judge Grant by his "Refisctions of Married Man." and Opinions of a Phil os6pher.''
 Tom Hall is to follow up the success of 'iWhen Hearts are Trumps" with new collection of h.s humorous versicles to be emtdtlsId "When Love Laughs" Many of ths things that Tom Hall has written have made US wish sometimes that he would take himself more seriously and give us sJmeth'ng worthy of his art. HoweVr his tricks of wit and fancy, tllhes light as air, have added to the mirth of the moment and maybe after all he is wise in his sneraton. The fol- lowing by Mir. Hall is from Life: "She wore a red stocking, soft delicate silk, Her ankle just turned to p5rfection-yes, And the edge of her two petticoats winter than milk
 I saw, and I trombled, when tieing her
 shoe.
 An, mel for the days of young love and
 young life,
 For the days when my cares were both
 trifiing and few
 Just seven long years I've been calling her wife"
 And now thinks it bore when I'm tieing her shoe"
 Riccardo Stephens has written read able little story called "Mr. Peters" The scene is laid in Marlborough, that quaint old Scotch town, and many of the local descriptions lend great plot | ureaqueness to the tale. There are | many exciting incidents in the story, | all told with dash and brusuueneSS