The herald., 1898-07-31

touching story than this one.
A new book by Maxwell Gray, who Is
nothing If not Industrious, is called "Tht
House of Hidden Treasure"
| An Interesting news item to the publishing
world is the reorganization and incorpora-
ton, on July 1st, of the Frank Leslie Pub
fishing House, founded In 1855 by Frank
Leslie, and since 1880 the exclusive property
of Mrs Frank Leslie. The president of the
new company is Mrs. Frank Leslie, while
Mr.. Frederick L. Colver, who has geo
the property for the past three years, is
secretary and treasurer.
| G. p. Putnam's Sons announce for pub
LEGATION in August 1.-The Establishment of
Spanish Rule in America" by Professor
Bernard Moses of the University of Califor-
/ mia.
Georg Ebers, the we'll known German now
elist, whose works have been translated
into nearly every European language, Is
| living seriously i'll at his honA irj'Tutzing,
| on the Starn berger-See. To American read
ers he is known principally through his
IAN Egyptian Princess
| Henry Savage Lander. the explorer who
met with such terrible experiences at the
hands of the natives Of Thibet, has COM
Melted his much-heralded work describing
his adventures. 1t is entitled Experiences
in Thibet," and will be profusely illustrated
| by pictures made from photographs taken
| nv the author under the most trying circum-
stances,
Noah Brooks will write the third volume
| of G. p. Putnam's Sons American Men of
Energy" series. The work. which Will APP
pear some time in the fall, will be entitled
| Thomas Knox; a Soldier of the Revolu-
| tion." In this series Benjamin Franklin,
by Edward Robbins. has already been pub
I!shed, and Israel Putnam" by William
Farrand-Livingston, is announced for early
appearance.
The war spirit seems to color everything
The other day two gamins were looking at
a poster containing Gibsons large picture of
Rudolph Rassendyl riding through the
streets of Ruritania-which II to form one
of the Illustrations in Henry Holt & Co. S
edition of THE Prisoner of Zenda." One
of them said to the other bought 1t must
be a picture OF Roosevelt and the other
thought the h. r. Rudolph Rex on the
saddle cloth stood for Rough Riders. -
New York Times.
The American Angler, formerly pub
lished by w. C. Harris, will be issued from
the office of the Outing Publishing COM
pany, which will have control OF its bust
ness interests.
A new and enlarged edition of Walter
Pulitzer's "Chess Harmonies" is announced
by the American Chess Magazine. The vol
ume is a handsomely gotten up book of over
100 pages, and is we'll calculated to interest
those players of artistic as well as scientific
moods.
Andrew Lang In Longman's has bit to
say about advertising novels. He suggests
that synopses of exciting scenes in fiction
might be given-all but the climax-on bill
boards along the principal railway lines
Such screens to the landscape, Mr.. Lang
thinks, would be much more interesting to
the traveller than the eternal signs setting
forth the merits of particular brands of
soap and patent medicines.
The "Stories From the Classic Literature
of Many Nations (Macmilan), which have
been edited by Miss Bertha Palmer, are
intended for children, whether in or out Of
school, and have a range wide enough to
include stories from Egyptian, Chinese,
Japanese, Babylonian, Hindu, Finnish and
American Indian sources. Most of them
are given in the texts of the standard trans
lations, while a few are retold by the
editor.
BY arrangement with Herbert S. Stone
& Co., the owners of The Chap Book, the
subscription list, the name and the good
will of that publication have been pur-
chased by the Dial, which will fill out all
subscriptions. The last issue of The Chap
Book was that of July 1. The magazine was
first published on May Is, 1884, in Cam
bridge Mass. by Messrs. Stone e. Kim
ball. both members of which firm were then
undergraduates in Harvard college.
A new book on the Philippine islands Is
announced by the Continental Publishing
company % Park place, New York. The
author Is Ramon Reyes Lala. native of
Manila. Advance sheets show that it pre-
sents a fascinating description of that re-
markable country and Its resources, with
an accurate and interesting history of the
Spanish discovery and dominion, as well as
the recent American conquerors and their
occupation. This work is trustworthy ac-
count of the many points of interest
throughout the islands. 1t is full of infor-
nation concerning plants and animals and
the wonderful varied agricultural and min
eral resources Of this paradise of the
Tropics"
WHAT LOWELL THOUGHT OF THE
| SPANIARDS.
| No more "cute" observer of men and
| things than Mr. Lowell ever lived in the
land and the following extracts from let
tiers of his about Spain will be read just
now with much interest. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Lowell was our minister tc
Spain from 1877 to 1880
| Here Is a description of Madrid: