The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-30


( erary lectures in Boston. Mr. Lees re-
view of 1.-The Second Jungle Book" In
: the Critic was, in its way, as good a
thing as 1.-THE Jungle Book" itself-than
; which no higher compliment could be
i paid it.
9TH Bentzon," Nine. Blanc, has been
| awarded a prize of $500 by the French
academy for her collected articles from
the Revue des Deux Mondes, Les Amer
! icaines Chez Files"
, Messrs. Harper & Bros. have In press
for early publication condensed or
students edition of "Motley's Dutch Re-
public" prepared by the Rev. William
Elliot Griffis, including a continuation
of the history of Holland from the death
of William l., prince of Orange, to the
present time. 1t will contain nearly 1000
pages and will be illustrated with over
40 portraits views, etc.
1t is proposed to build a Phillips
Brooks Memorial at Harvard. The mat
ter is already so well under way that
$50 900 has been raised and plot of
ground given for the purpose in the
northwest corner of the college grounds.
Mr.. Charles Dana Gibson, whose
American girl is as popular in England
as in America. has been severely criti-
cised in London for making his English
girl exactly like her. One critic says:
His people in Bond street are simply
the people of Fifth avenue transferred.
They are never here except as American
tourists"
The American publishing company of
Hartford is soon to publish uniform
edition of Mark Twain's books. 1t will
| No. re hAan
made with Messrs. Harper & Bros. for
the books that are on their list. There
will be a limited edition de luxe as well
as a popular edition, both to be sold by
subscription only
Mrs. Janet Hanning, sister of Thorn
as Carlyle died at the home of her SON
in-law in Toronto, ontario, on Monday
last. in the seth year of her age. Mrs.
Hanning had many mementoes OF her
famous brother, but none more precious
than the letters he wrote her from the
time she left Scotland till his death.
In the course of its review of Gen. Har-
rson's book, the London Daily Chron-
icle ventures upon these remarks: The
volume as it stands, will be of the ut
most value to those English critics
whose vituperation of Americans is only
equaled by their ignorance of the United
States"
The Science of Law and Law Max
ing" being AN introduction to law and
general view of its contents, and dis
cussion of the question of coditcation,
written for laymen as we'll as for law
yers." is the title and subtitle of book
by r. Floyd Clarke of the New York bar,
Just announced by the Macmillan COM
pany. This book is a new departure. in
asmuch as the attempt is made to in
troduce unprofessional minds to the
truths of law and jurisprudence in an in
telligible and interesting way.
The same publishers also announce
Outlines of Sociology" by Lester F.
Ward LID, lecturer on sociology at
Columbian university, Washington, d.
c. This work appeared in serial form as
Contributions to Social Philosophy in
the American Journal of Sociology from
July, 1895, to May, 1897, and is treated
from the advanced standpoint of active
discussion on both sides of the Atlantic
during recent years.
In the forthcoming The Ladies' Home
Journal there will be piece of music
written by John Philip Sousa, which
| has for title THE Lady of the White
! House." To the same number Clara
Morris will contribute story based on
an incident in her life.
The oxford University Press, repre-
scented by Mr.. Henry Provide in New
York is about to publish a popular work
on THE Odes of Keats" by the Rev. Ar
thur Cleveland Downer, with memoir
and illustrations.
JH,,ply e, cornnaov has
now ready the third and concluding vol
ume of The Readers Shakespeare"
The subtitle of this valuable work
reads: His dramatic works condensed,
connected and emphasized, for school,
college, parlor and platform. By David
| Charles Bell"
| Mr.. Fisher Unwin issued last month,
on the first anniversary of the death of
Miss Mathilde Blind, volume of her
selected poems. Among the poems is
the well-known "The Moon of Rama
| dam
| When Sturgeon was a lad he was an
usher in a Cambridge school, and his
first sermon was delivered to half
dozen people in a cottage. Since that
time he was known as the boy preacher
of the Fens." These and other facts hav-
ing to do with Sturgeon will be found in
THE Life of Sturgeon" which biogra-
ply is to appear this month.
Modern English Literature" by Ed
mund Gosse, is to be the next volume in
the Literatures of the World series pub
lished by D. Appleton & Co. Mr.. Gosse
begins with the time of Chaucer and
comes down to this generation without
however, including living writer's. The
London Saturday Review has recently
remarked that there is probably no
living man more competent than Mr..
Gosse to write a popular and scholarly
history of English literature"
The same publishers also announce
new editions of 1.-THE Cowboy" and the
Exploits of Miles Standish," two most
worthy books.
"Pickwck" is indeed immortal, and
Mr.. Percy Fitzgerald is to have his
"Pickwickian Manners and Customs
published by the Roxburghe Press.
Dodd, Mead e Co. announce for imme-
date publication two new volumes by
the late Henry Drummond, one his "Ad-
dresses on Christianity" originally de-
livered to theological audiences, the
other a collection of Christmas stories
under the curious title 1.-THE Monkey
That Would Not Kill"
One of the handsomest publishers