The age-herald., 1897-09-05
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mind you, Is cinly an advance on royalty accounts, and for English book rights alone. It Is three years SJace MT. Catne has published a book. and during all that tome he has been working on sfhe Chris tan" A. first he made notes, and these notes filled six barrels. The complete book was rewritten three times. I hear that Instead of taking a vaca ion of a year or six months alt least, he is making notes for new story"
 Mark Twafn's lat st book "The Surviv ing Irnoceni Abroad" will be brousht out in tme for the Christmas trade. "Paste Jewels, Seven Tales of Domestic Woe" by John Kendrick Bangs, IS promised for the im1n diate future.
 Madame Sarah Grand will shortly pub lfsh her first work of al1y importance snca the "Heavenly Twfns." I. is sa her novel traces a woman of genius from her girfhood to marr age.
 Ore of the best books promised by liar per fs My Studio Neighbors by c bson. They are always high pi nl, bue they sell just the same.
 
 No recent American wrf CT has received more enthusiastic praise from our BrI ish friends than has been accorded our west ern author Hamsn Garialud. And l csn readily believe he has received no more than he honestly deserves They have gone wild-that is, wild as we could eX- pect John Bull to be-over "Rosa of Butchers Coolly."
 The following ex .rac!s are alSsn from a tiattering notice in the London Satur- day ReV>sw, of this book which has re- celntly been puiblished in, England. IL shows American woman from her own point of view. It reads Ike piece Of all oi5iography, and only an Ameltcan woman could describe for us the growth of strong, eelf-relfant, beautifbul and thoroughly American girl Ike Ross. It is not ofteln that woman has Ventured to give expression to her delight in he animal and physical beauty of we'll built man so frankly as does Hamlln Garland" II am go fond of MT. Garland that I cannot help wondering what he does think of all this?
 But what deicate compliments 10 his powers as on ar,istt
 MT. Le Galliennes rendering of the "Rubaiyat some stanzss or which aa- peared in the July Cosmopolitan, will be published by MT. John Lane tn Octou r. Mir Ie Gallienne has surprised even h.s greatest admirers by his dain.y and ex- quisle coricepdon of the Rubaiyat.
 Dr. Watsons lecturirg tour in this country was such a success, the clear profits amounting Lo s40,000, that ouhsr popular writers are to be impor'ei for cur entertainment, notsIbly MT. Anthony Hope N,ll give fifty readings from h 5 own writings in the early autumn. Then, 100, Mr F. Marion Crawford is to deliver a series of lectures upon I all an art, as well as to read from hls novels. f9
 In completing his new novel, the sequel to "The Prisoner eff Zenda,' it is sai7 that MT Hawkins has achieved the dtieult feat of surpassing himself, and That is by far the best work be has yet dene. The new story is to be entitled "Rupera of Hentzau," and Is to be illus rated by Charlas Dana Gibson, whose illus rations always form a pleasing addition.
 v :. Mrs Flcr5nce Morse Kingsley coals menced her literary career six years ago, when Titus, a Conrade of the Cross" appeared as the winner of a prize con test This is O most rema rlSable ~uFn~'s giving a clear, graphic and most vivid portrayal of the life and times of our Saviour Gt is said that Mrs. K ngs-y made no special preparation for the writ ing of the book and completed It in tho space of eight weeks. Last year thts book was followed by a second founded o1 Biblical da a, Stephen, a Soldier of he CroSs." The last work by tffs really gifted writer is Paul, a Herald of the Cross"
 PAUL PRY.