The San Francisco call., 1897-04-25

"Darkest Africa" will be published at an early
date by Messrs Sampson Low.
Mrs. Deland, the author of "John Ward
Preacher" has sent copy for a new book to her
publishers. Houghton, NJ fl & Co. 1t will be
entitled ''The Wisdom of Fools" and will be
made up OF five stories.
In the series of writings of the Fathers of
the Republic" the Putnams have concluded
to print 1.-The Life and Correspondence OF
Charles Carroll of Carrollton." 1t will be ia
two volumes, edited by Kate Mason Row
land.
Professor William Trent of the University of
the South writer of excellent abilities, Is
about to publish volume dealing with the
southern Statesmen of the Old Regime His
list of subjects ranges from Washington to
Jefferson Davis.
zone Mans View," which is to be issued by
Herbert S. Stone & Co. shortly, is announced
by the publishers as problem novel in which
there are none of the features which have so
often offended in psyc biological studies. The
''view" is said to be novel one. The author
Is Leonard Merrick, one of the younger Eng
lish writer's.
The Hon. Andrew D. White. our newly ap-
pointed ambassador to Germany, will carry
the prestige OF a fresh literary success when
he crosses the sea. His "Warfare of Science
With Theology in Christendom'' has attracted
more serious attention than any book of its
general kind published for long time and its
sale Is said TO continue to be very large. The
book has aroused much attention IN England
new kind of college article is launched in
the May Scribner's with Undergraduate Life
at Harvard" Heretofore college articles have
described the "institution" and its official and
academic history. These articles give the life
OF the boys in old days and at the present
time. Tne illustrations are from original
paintings by artists who have lived with the
students, and not from the usual stock photo
graphs
Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, will
shortly begin. in conjunction with Messrs.
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. of London, the
publication of a history of the Royal Navy,
commencing with the earliest times and COM
ing down to 1893. 1t will be in five royal Svo
volumes, and will be choicely printed and
fully illustrated. Captain Alfred T. Mahan
and Theodore Roosevelt are among the con-
tributors
Among Christina Eossettis literary remains
was story which she wrote when young
girl entirely unknown to the world of letters.
The matter OF it is largely autobiographic, AMI
the heroine, Maude, writes verse, which trans
scribed into the story forms no small part of
lie MISS hOsbettlb UIOluSr WlllluIu mas Qes
cided to bring out the story and has written
an explana tory introduction to it. "Maude"
will be out shortly. Published by Herbert S.
Stone Co., Chicago.
We note that the Macmillan Company has
in preparation cheaper edition OF Miss
Kingley's "Travels in West Africa Congo
Francois, Corisco and Cameroons. This book
whose author is niece of the Rev. Charles
Kingsley, is one of the brightest books of
travel ever published, and has attracted
great deal of notice. In England it is already
in It's fifth edition; here its price, So so, has
made it move more slowly than will be the
case when it is issued in less costly form.
reminiscent article on Jenny Lind and
her home lie has been prepared by her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Raymond Maude, for publication in
the May Ladies' Home Journal. 1t is said to
be filled with interesting memories of the
famous singer, and is noteworthy also as be-
ing the first view we have of her through the
eyes of her adoring daughter. Mrs. Maude
brings to light the fact that Jenny Lind was
always nervous and overstruug before events
just before singing in a new opera or ora
torio, but was quite calm when the very mo-
ment of action arrived.
The first volumes of the new illustrated edi-
tion of Francis Parkman's histories will be
published by Little Brown & Co. in May The
edition is to be limited one and will be
printed from entirely new type. 1t will be in
twenty medium Svo volumes, and will be su-
perbly illustrated by 12O photogravure plates
made by Messrs. Boussod Valadon & Co., con-
sisting chiefly of authentic portraits and con-
temporary prints. with number of original
illustrations by Howard Pyle, B. West Cline
dnist, Thule de Thulstrup, De Cost Smith,
Frederic Remington, F. de Myrbacn and other
noted artists.
The spring publications of Houghton, Milf.
fin & Co. comprise in poetry 'The Complete
Poetical Works OF James Russell LowelI'' in
one svo volume, uniform with the Longfe,low,
Whittier and Holmes; also Francis ]. Child's
English and Scottish Popular Ballads" and
Eliza Scudder's "Hymns and Sonnets" In
fiction there is Henry James "The Spoils of
Poynton," Helen Choate Princes "a Trans-
atlantic Chatelaine," Charles Egbert Grad.
docks 'The Young Mountaineers," Clara
Louise Burnham's miss Archer Archer"
Mary H. Catherwoods ''The Spirit of an IL
linois Town" and THE Little Renault," Bret
Harte's Three Partners" H. E. Wards THE
Burglar Who Moved Paradise" and in biog-
raphy and history Rose Hawthorne Lathrop's
Memories of Hawthorne and Meurice's
Letters of Victor Hugo"
The first and second volumes of "A History
of Our Own Times appeared In 1873, and
were received with undoubted public well
come" say the English pu ublishers, Chatto &
Windus, in announcing the new volume of
the work, which Harper & Brothers are TO pub
lish in this country. SIT mad occurred to the
author that one of the most difficult tasks for
G young student just then was TO get hold of
the history of our own times. If any body
wanted to learn something of the facts con-
cerning the reign OF Elizabeth, or the reign of
Anne, or the reign of George the Third, or the
years of the great Reform bill. there wera
standard books on every subject, which could
be got at in every public library, and which
indeed stood or the shelves of most mems
private libraries; but, to make ones
self acquainted with what had happen
ed in the reign of Queen Victoria,
there were only the interminable files OF
newspapers to consult, except, of course, for
some special works dealing with particular
chapters of history, su ch as the Crimean war
or the Indian mutiny. This was the want
which the author of the History was anxious
to supply, and he started upon his task with
the conviction that there was no necessity for
making eycn contemporary history q dry
record of facts and da,es. A third and fourth
volume were added to the story somewhat
later, and the review of events passing z within
our own recollection was brought up 10 the
crisis of 1880, when Mr.. Gladstone, at the
head OF the Liberal party, once more returned
to power. The fifth volume now announced
| proposes 10 pass in review all that has hap.
pened in the affairs OF the empire from tn at
lime until the Diamond Jubilee Of the
Queens long reign"