The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-27
LITERARY NOTES.

Baldwin, hand treatise which makes
psychology both understandable and in
teresting.
John Gilmcr Speed has an interesting
article entitled after the War" in the
October Woman's Home Companion, an
tiCipating the changed condition, and the
new point of view from which we Will be
regarded by ourselves and others, as
result of the Spanish American conflict.
Mrs. Burton Harrison has recently COM
pleted a new story dealing with an IN
terestinr phase of New York society. 1t
is entitled THE Carcellini Emerald" and
is said to be in Mrs Harrison's happiest
vein The story will he published serially
In the Woman's Home Companion, begu-
ming in January.
A convenient and seasonabie publication
by Laird Il Lee Chicago. is a vest pocket
edition of lie Rivas' practical Spanish
Instructor" which with it's 5000 words
and phrases, with translations and pro-
nunciations, ought greatly to facilitate
communication between English-speaking
and Sranish-speaking peoples.
The Amateur Sport department in Har-
per's Weekly will be resumed before the
end of the year, probably on the return
of Mr.. Caspar Whitney from the Ha-
waian Islands, where he has gone on a
mission for the Weekly. In the mean
time special articles on timely sports Will
be contributed by we'll known writers.
Forrest Crissey contributes all illustrat-
| ed article on THE Hull-House Social Set
tlement' to the October Woman's Home
| Companion. This is the first account of
| Hull House that has been prepared with
| the sanction and under the direction OF
| its mistress. Miss Jane Adams. whose
portrait accompanies the article.
| Marion Crawford's most important his
| torical novel will run through twetN
numbers of the Century, beginning with
November. 1t is entitled Via Crucis, "
and is a romance of the Second Crusade.
| The story deals with a young English
knight, and st. Bernard and Queen Elean-
or enter into the narrative. The novel
viii be illustrated by Louis Loeb.
| The Fall Fashion number of Harper :
| BaZar will he issued on October l. 1t Will
| consist of thirty-two pages, with cover
printed in colors, and will contain the
| forthcoming fashions in dinner gowns,
opera cloaks, tailor-made gowns. house
gowns. hats and winter furs from the
| best available sources in Paris. London
| and New York. in addition to the usual
departments and literary features.
| The American school at Rome has re-
| Gently made a valuable contribution to the
| study of classical art by having executed
| the first casts ever made from the splen-
did monument of antiquity. Trijan's T'ri-
| uInphal Arch at Benevento. An article,
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| of these subjects, has been written by
| Professor rockingham, of Princeton, and
| will appear in the October Century.
| From the Roycroft shop at East Au-
| rora comes another of Ebert Hubbard S
| triumphs on the material side of book
| manufacture called Hand and Brain,
| being a symposium of essays on socialism
by William Morris. Grant Allen, George
Bernard Shaw, Hendy S. Salt, Alfred
| Russell Wallace and Edward Carpenter,
| put between boards that are hinged on
| green chamois, and beautifully PACED and
initiated.
In 1.-The Lust OF Hate" Guy Boothby
latest, published by the Appletons DR..
| Nicola reappears as the concoctor of a
| scheme which makes the hero believe he
has committed a murder and sends him to
| sea, "a fugitive, where he is expeditiou5ly
| shipwreCked on an island alongside the
| fair feminine object of his hearts desire
| OF course 1t is all untangled in time rCr
| this twain to wed and be happy, but not
until the reader is accorded 400 pages OF
| excitement.
Fortuna" by James Blanchard Clews
of the firm of Henry Clews IL Co. (New
| York, j. S. Ogilvie) Is an interesting and
| informing story of Wall street which
| through the medium of fiction, explains
| much of the technical phraeseology and
| business forms of modern speculation in
securities. Incidentally arguments fol-
Canadian annexation and the construc-
ton of the Nicaragua canal are presented
with much force. The writer of this
book does not pretend to be a master OF
novel composition but his story will not
be laid down by the reader until its peru
sal is finished.
Lights and Shadows OF Our War with
| Spain" (New York: j. s. Ogilvie) is d
compilation by John r. Musick of his.
| u ,1H
personal experiences which gives a vivic
lea OF soldering. Another view of the
| military career is presented in rep lbli'
| cation by the same publisher OF Senkie'
wicz' S 1.-The Fate of Soldier" which mar.
| rates the experiences OF a Polish peasant
conscripted to fight against France in the
| Franco-Prussian war. Hard as is the lot
of the American volunteer. it is paradise
compared with that depicted by the au'
thor of "Quo Vadis."
| A so-called business romance. "roul
| Months After Date" b. Randall Irving
| Tyler CNew York: Stuyvesant Pub. Co.
teaches, among other things, how incon
venient it is to do business on borrowed
| capital without reducing the principal OF
| ones debt and how much better it is tC
engineer deal having millions in it anc
| thereby liquidate 1t also teaches, oil
tries to teach, that nervous mother
| either should not have children or should
not sacrifice herself and her husband Il
their whims. There are other lessons but
we have forgotten them; nevertheless,
-Four Months After Date" is very
curious book.
Marguerite Merington, a dramatic wri
ter OF distinction and author of "Captair
Lettarblair," begins the first of serie;
of articles on the Dramatic outlook" IL
the October issue of the American
Queen. The series promises TO compel {
great deal of attention from students o.
the drama. Rita" the famous novel
isD, Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and An
ME S. Swan contribute three new shor
stories, all of which are copiousiv Illus
trated. Abby e. Underwood and Alex
Rummler have three pages of iiluSira
tions of the fall and winter fashions
There are two special articles on how {
sef-supporting woman may dress well OF
500 year.
The October number of Harper's Round
Table will open with a story entitled "fh,
Capture of the Rita" by Harold Martin
war correspondent in the West Indies
Another story OF timely interest, the scent
being laid I'm Cuba, is called, 1.-The Dyna
mite Pack-Train." 1t tells of the Cour
age of a young insurgent officer who haC
command of mule train that was at
tackled by Spanish column. Other shor
stories OF the October number are "kun
ner-Up, '9S," by f. II. Siearman, gol
story; "a Very Little Fellow" by Cap
tain c. ID, Rhodes, l., $, A., is an Incl
dent of life at an army post in the west
and Jack Forsyths Brave Feat" by A
j, Kenealy, tells how a plucky lad saveC
a ship from wrecking during a simeon n
the roadstead Of Madras.