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lies Meres," by Alphonse Daudct, ID
announced for immediate publication In
Paris.
Lord Roberts fascinating book on In.
dia has already run Into several cdi.
lions In England.
DR.. Henry Sweet, an authority on
Anglo-Saxon, Is preparing a students
Dictionary Of Anglo-Saxon."
Sir Martin Conway has completed the
larger part of his forthcoming book on
the recent expedition to Spitzbergen.
Irving Browne, for many years editor
Of the Albany lay Journal, Is about to
bring out volume Of his lyrics and bal.
lads under the title, "Thc House Of the
Heart"
Charles Day Lanier. son Of the poe(
sidney Lanier, formerly assistant edit.
or Of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, ID
now business and editorial manager Of
the Review Of Reviews.
Du Maurier's Marian" has some
passages concerning the hero's loss Of
an eye which are doubly pathetic to
the reader who remembers that the au.
thor was In like evil case, and that
these passages ore instinct with sor.
row once cruelty real.
Now that Marion Crawford's novel.
cite. "A Rose Of Yesterday" has finish.
ed Id serial course, we may expect Ia
see Il soon In book form. The story Il
one Of the strongest and most satisfac'
tory pieces Of work Mr.. Crawford has
done since "Saracinesca."
Eden Phillips II opening up a vein
which 10 new to him In his forthcoming
novel, Lying Prophets" II Is n tale
Of Cornish life. which IL said to heal
certain resemblances to TESS" and !,
departs entirely from the light methOt
which has formerly characterized BIZ
stories. 1t has occupied him two years
Commenting on Dickens bookplatt
Miss Glider says: II have 30 mauy
favorites among the authors that
should have to get composite photo
graph made to do justice to my tastes
think I have a. many literary pas
sions 40 Mr.. Howclls. and have some
that he has not, aud without which h,
10 the poorer"
A popular edition Of 1.-THE Peoples
Bible History" for which Mr.. Gladstone
wrote the general Introduction, and
| whose contributors include Dean Far
rar, Prof. Sayce. DR.. Munroe Gibson
Prof. Agar Beet. DR.. Lorimer and 9th
err, Is about to be brought out in Lon
don. The work was published In Chi
cago over year ago.
An important art publication entitled
1.-THE Masterpieces Of the Museo de
Prado at Madrid" 10 announced for ID
sue in ten parts during the year by tn
Berlin Photographic Company. It vii
consist Of upwards Of one hundred
photogravure reproductions Of origina
paintings by Raphael. velasquez. II
tan, Rubens, and other old masters II
the before. mentioned museum, with de
scriptive text.
Prof. Max Mullcr's book. "Contribu
tions to the Science Of Mythology" vii
now be ready very soon. 1t Is intendc,
to all the gap between his science o
Language" and the Science Of Reli
gion." Tho literary work Of his life
which no had planned long ago. 10 thu
carried through and finished. Nor
than thirty years back he published Iii
inquiry into the facts Of language con
sidercd "a documents for tho Historical
development Of tho human mind.
There has been much curiosity N 4
the Identity Of the young scotchmal
who calls himself BENJAMIN Swift an,
who II the author Of "Nancy Noon.
The critic u authority for the statemen
that his name 10 william X. Patterson
This latter accession to the kailyar
school says that short stories don't In
terest him, and that he will mover writ
anything but novels. His next ono
already on the way. 1t Il called '"I'h
TormentOr."
Tho most luxurious volume Of tho sea
son In France will be q work, dedicate
by special permission to Queen Victoris
dealing with Raphaels designs for taI
estries. The Illustrations which are {
number over 100. reproduce the prime
pal drawings preserved at tho Vatican
Hampton Court. Windsor Castle. tn
Pittl Palace, Oxford University, an
other public galleries and private COLES
lions. The volume Of folio size,
printed In red and black on tinted N
per. The text, In French, consists Of
historical and critical notice by Eugen
Muntz Of the French Institute.
An English visitor In Christiania, VIII
has been seeing good deal Of the mil
anthrope Ibsen, says that the author q
John Gabriel Borkman" was SQUIRE
by early derlslon Of his work, and tina
his domestic life has not been happ
one. He says that, as Norwegian fOl
tunes 60. lbsen IL rich man, bein
worth perhaps SOC, 900 kroners; but th
money has come too late to compensat
him for the real privations Of his yout
and middle age. One does not wOnde
ut the somberness OF Ibsen's drama
after this English visitor goes on
state that Ibsen's chief recreation
In reading Kant and taking alternat
| sins from ola sSpa Of ht.er and AM