The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-30
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In press is n new novel by Give Hol-
land, entitled "a Writer of Fiction"
"a Study Of st. Paul." by the. Rev.
s. Baring-Gould, is announced for early
publication.
Alice K~ipling-yes, she is his sister
has written n novel which is shortly to
appear in London under the title, "a
Pincl,beck Goddess"
Rudyard Kipling has completed a
new short story Of some 10000 words
in length, to which he has given the
title Slaves of the Lamp"
"Raput of Hartzan' is the title An
thony Hope has chosen for his sequel
to ''The Prisoner of zenda." 1t is to
be run as a serial before being put into
book form.
Marie corelli's "Ziska'' is ON the eve
of appearance in London. Whether
she is or is not "the greatest of romanc
makers of to-day" her book is sure to
sell by tens of tlIouands.
Among the most important books that
are just ready are D%avenport's "EXper-
mental Morphology," Mays English
Constitution" and Miss Kingsley's
Travels in West Africa"
Max Pemberton's forthcoming story,
"Christine of the Hills,' deals with the
Adriatic and the beautiful mountain
town of Jajce in Bosnia. Some of the
scenes are also laid in Vienna, but the
heroine is an Italian.
The Macmillan Company is about to
publish L. r. Knights account Of the
recent expedition to Dongola, based up
on his letters as special correspondent
of the London Times. The title is to
be Letters from the Soudan."
If sales are any indication of merit,
"Fort Frayne" must be the best of
Capt. Kings novels. Nine cloth edi-
tions of the book were sold during the
first year., and Mr.. Nicely now an
nounces a new $4,000 edition in paper.
Tho last two novels written by the
Duchess before her death are soon to
appear. "The Coming of Chloe is to
appear at once, and the last of the
thirty or forty volumes by Mrs. Hun
gerford, entitled "Lovice," will shortly
follow.
The last of ~Stevenson's unpublished
works will begin its serial appearance
soon. Unlike "NNeir of Hermiston."
this novel is said to have been left all
but complete at the authors death.
Those who have read it say it Is a
stTaightaWay, honest tale of adventure,
related in ~Stevenson's most spirited
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adventures of an audacious French
soldier who becomes a prisoner of war
in Edinburg Castle.
In Richard Harding Davis article on
"The Banderium of Hungary" he SAYS
that the celebration at Buda-Pesth last
June of the t%housandth year of Hun
gary as a kingdom was one of the
great historical spectacles of the CEN
fury, celebrating the triumph of parlia-
mentary government, and yet hardly
any mention was made of it in current
journalism. On the other hand. the
Cars coronation, a festival of abso-
lutism, vas trumpeted throughout the
world.
The Russian Imperial Academy has
decided to undertake the publication Of
a national biographical dictionary Of
Russian men of letters and men of sci
ence. The ground for such a work has
been prepared by the laborious efforts
of NJ. V~enguerov, and the materials he
provides will practically form the
work, which the academy will bring
out at its own cost. 1t is stated that
these materials fill 400, 900 pages Of
manuscript, and contain a biographical
sketch of the selected individuals as
we'll as references to their works. Liv-
ing Russians are included, and NJ. Ven
gueroy has received much assistance
from them in his compilation.
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