The herald., 1897-06-27

AID, SUNDAY MORNING, u
Where the lemonade Of commerce Il q
symphony in red.
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Victor Hugo left in charge Of his liter
ary executor q series of letters written
in 1882. These are to be Incorporated in
volume, the title OF which will be
France ct Belgique' There will be
much in this book of Hugo's which has
| never before been printed.
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Gellet Burgess, late of The Lark, has
gone east to live and work-or work and
live. New York will be his permanent
abiding place, but he is In Boston at
present
Mr.. William H. Rideing is soon to re-
tire from the editorial staff of the North
American Review. with which for sew
eral years he has been connected.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield has q novel
ready, the title of which is Blown
Away" Messrs. L. c. Page & Co. Of
Boston will be Mr.. Mansfield's publish
ers.
Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. will issue
shortly "The Gadhy," a novel by a new
author, the scene Of which is laid in
Italy during the political conspiracies
against the Austrians In the first half of
the present century.
Messrs Dodd, Mead & Co. will publish
in the fall, Constitutional Studies,
State and Federal" by Prof. Jamea
Schouler, being the substance of lectures
delivered at Johns Hopkins university
during 1S93-96.
Mr.. Quiller Couch-or. as he Is better
known, "Q."--it Is said on good author
ity is to finish Robert Louis Stevenson's
st. Ives" A task Of this kind few men
would undertake, either for love or
money. The fragment is not often i'm
proved by a restoration.
1t seems strange that George Moore
should have no sense of appreciation for
Stevenson. For all that, George Moore's
Esther Waters is marvellous book.
Not written, however, it is to be distinct
ly understood. for "the young person"
There is nothing remarkable In Toll
stoi's admiring Esther and congratulate
ing its author.
There are "reminiscences Of Professor
Drummond to be found in the United
States, and many letters of his Prof
George Adam Smith Is to write Drum
mond's biography. Any person having
letters of Prof. Drummond or other mat
ters Of interest connected with his work
are invited to send the same to Prof
Smith, % Sardinia terrace, Glasgow.
Mrs. Oliphant, the indefatigable, but
at the same time the most careful and
accurate Of writers, is engaged on VOL
ume which has to do with the annals
of the historic publishing house of the
Blackwoods. The relations of the
Blackwoods with Scott, Christopher
North, Lockhart, Hogg, De Quincy
Coleridge, Wordsworth. Byron and 9TH
ers will make most interesting reading.
Two books Of interest to college men
will be published Immediately by the
Fleming H. Revell company-"strate-
gle Points in the Worlds Conquest: the
Universities and Colleges as Related to
the Progress of Christianity" by Mr..
John R. Mott, and 1.-THE Culture OF
Christian Manhood: Sunday Mornings
in Battell Chapel. Yale University" col
lected and arranged by Mr.. W. H. Sail
mon. The list Of contributors to the lat
ter volume includes many familiar
names.
The Western Monthly for June is an
unusually good number, and we are
glad to believe that the magazine is
prospecting. 1t ought to have welcome
both here and with all the friends Of
California in the east.
A new work on Marie Bashkirtseff will
shortly be published. About $50 of her
pictures and sketches will appear in it
for the first time.
Messrs. Houghton, Miffiin & Co. have
recently published, in their we'll known
Riverside literature series. the follow
ing books, which we'll sustain the high
standard set by previous numbers of the
series.
The books are: (No. 111) Tennyson's
Princess" edited by W. L. Rolfe, Lift
D., with copious notes and numerous
illustrations. Double number, paper, 30
cents. (No. 112) virgirs "Aenid," books
I, II, III, translated by Christopher
Pearse Cranch, with an introduction and
notes. Paper, Is cents. (No. 113) Poems
from the Writings of Ralph Waldo
Emerson" Edited, with an introduc-
ton and notes, by George H. Browne Of
the Browne and Nichols school, Cam
bridge. Paper, Is cents.
There will be issued three more num-
bers Of the Riverside Literature Series
during the present school year: Shakes
peare's Hamlet" edited by Richard
Grant White, with additional notes by
Helen Gray Cone, tutor in literature in
the Normal college, New York City. This
will be double number. Paper, 80
cents; linen. 40 cents.