The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

euhIOF OF the COSilOpollttH. nc 10 INV /
living in St. Louis.
A new novel by Gertrude Anterior, |
american Wives and English Hus |
bands" is announced by Dodd, Mead & |
Co,
1t is reported that Thomas Hardy is !
at work on a long novel which will not |
resemble Jude the Obscure" The pub |
lie is interested, but doubtful 1t has be
gun to think he cannot write any other
kind.
George w Cables new volume of sto-
ries will deal with Northampton. With
all the wealth of literary material in Mr.
Cables old field, it seems curious that no
should have left it to go to waste as he
has. 1t also seems curious that the man
who had written 'Bras-Coupe." and
"Bonaventure," Madame Delphine." and
POISON Jone." should have written
himself out so early. Nothing that Mr..
Gable has published for the last fifteen
years amounts TO very much compared
with those early gems
Senator Hoar writes of the days of his
boyhood in Concord, Mass, for the
Youths Companion. There will be Sc
ries of three articles published this
month.
Charles F. Lummis book, 1.-THE Awak-
ening of a Nation" will be published
soon by the Harpers. 1t deals with the
modern history of Mexico, and is one OF
the most fascinating books OF its kind.
ZangwilTs "Children of the Ghetto" is
being translated into French.
A min Nv
May, is announced for publication by
Lee & Shepard.
There is to be a Comic History of
Greece" 1t is written by Mr.. Snyder
and is to be published by Lippincotts
Hall Game is dramatizing THE Chris
tian, and some people will wonder how
he dares
There are people who say that they
have found a new star in the group of
Scotch novelists and it is named Kirk
Munro. Mr.. Munro is a clever writer,
but his work has unfortunately arrived
little too late for the wave of Scotch en-
thusiasm.
One of the illustrations in Grover
FIints new book Marching with Co
mez" portrays Gomez in "characteris-
tic attitude" and is accompanied by the
| equally characteristic inscription Il will
| have the surgeon examine us and see
which is the sicker man, you or |.
| A book by H. A Guerber has just been
| issued. called Legends of the Rhine. ."
| If anybody doubts the fact that the Ger
mans have imagination. it would be well
| for him to read the Legend of the IN
| charitable Countess whom Heaven pun
| ished by sending her three hundred and
sixty-five children at time.
Goodyear's History of Art is out in a
| new edition
A J. Balfour has been making mourn
| ful remarks TO the effect that there was
| no new material for the novelist. William
| Black does not agree with him. $50 long
| as the world holds two men and n maid,
or two maids and a man." says the High
| land wizard, the novelist has abundance
of material, and there is no need to search
for a theater while we have around US the
| imperishable theater of the sea and the
| sky and the hills
H C. Wells, author of THE War of the
| Worlds is very indignant over the way
| in which some American newspapers
| which had the serial rights treated the
| story. The newspapers inserted local
| features about the destruction of Brook
| Ign Bridge and so Says Mr.. Wells:
Smart folk, these American journalists
A book interesting to boOk-lOVers is
American Book Clubs; Their Beginning
and History" by A Growoll. According
to this author, book clubs have existed
in this country only since 1854 and elev-
en- were instituted between 1860 and 1868
| will, in no Il
ade. These clubs usually owed their be.
ing to the activity and interest of one
man, and with the death of their found
er they ceased to be. The achievements
of the Grolier Club are most brilliant il
this line of book publishing.
Studies of Good and Evil" by Prof
Josiah Royce, of Harvard University, j:
soon to appear
II now appears that h. l.. Voynich au
thor of THE Gadtiy." is really Edit
Woynicsz her husband being Pole. Tn
name was changed to Voynich for con
venience in pronunciation. Mr.. Woynics
is a Polish patriot who escaped from eX
lie in Siberia, and he and his wife, OF
account of his broken health, spend mucl
time in Italy.
Capt Guy Barrows, an English officer
who has lived for some years in tn
country of the pigmes in Central Africa
has written a book about them. 1t vii
contain 1000 Illustrations, many of Their
{ | photographs.
Queen Victoria has been reading -
School for Saints" BY the way, has an
one thought TO interview our Presiden
on his favorite among the books of tn
year?
Pierre Lott has written play called
Jeanne Renaud." The plot concerns tn
revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Eugene Field in his Home" by Mis-
y Ida Comstock Below, sister of Mr.
/ Field will be published this month.
# Something rather interesting comes
hand with regard to Mr.. w j. Hende
son, whose book. What is Good Music:
was reviewed in these columns not Ion
5 ago. The copy for the book vas to
delivered on February l, and at half pa
Z nine that morning the author came
b with the manuscript. The publisher p;
theticaIly remarks that not many authO
Z are so punctual, which gives one an il
sight into the woes of that much abuse
race, publishers. But then, Mr.. Hende
" son is a newspaper man, and that max
=. a difference He is used to being
time.
Peter the Great is said to be the su
u cessor of Napoleon in popular interes
The course of fad is erratic.