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illustrations, including portraits Of Mr..
Gladstone and his family not hitherto
published.
A French novel by Nine. Bovet, Par
Orgueil," is now being widely read in
London, and translation at an early
date is spoken of. The book is intended
to give French readers an idea Of Eng
lish society. The theme, of a young
French girl, who marries the heir to an
English peerage. separates from her hus-
band before the honeymoon ends and is
reconciled to him eight years later, is
interviewer with dialogue, descriptions
OF English politics, fashions and scan
dals. Nine. Bovet, like most French
women who write nowadays, has hob
by; hers is the emancipation of her SEX
which is the palpable mission of Par
Orgueil."
Charles Scribner's Sons, who are the
most extensive publishers Of literature
Of music in America, If not in the world,
have In preparation new series to be
know as "The Music Lovers Library"
The volumes to be included in it are
1.-THE Orchestra and Orchestral Music"
by w. j. Henderson,; 1.-THE Pianoforte
and Its Music" by H. e. Krehbiel;
Songs and Song Writer'S" by Henry T.
Finck; "The Opera Past and Pres
ent," by w. F. Apthorp, and "Choir and
Choral Singing" whose author has not
yet been selected. 1t Is the aim of the
series to instruct lovers of music, who
have no technical knowledge of the sub
ject, by presenting 1t in simple and en-
tertaining manner.
A new edition, revised and enlarged,
of Mr.. Edgar Stanton Maclay's His
tory Of the United States Navy" in two
volumes has just been published by
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co.
The fear of an avalanche of histories
on the war with Spain has struck Lon
don, says a prominent literary periodi-
cal Of that city. 1.-The reading public
need not expect thousands of histories
before Christmas; perhaps hundreds or
scores will prove a closer estimate. Still,
the situation is grave enough to warrant
misgivings."
Mr.. Calvin S. Brown Of the University
of Tennessee, has done a useful piece of
work In editing, with suitable annota-
| tions, a volume of 1.-THE Later English
Drama" GA. S. Barnes & Coz. 1t has
been his object "to present in convenient
and accessible form what has been done
best in the English drama from the time
Of Goldsmith to the present.
Mr.. Austin F. Apgar's Birds of the
United States East of the Rocky Noun
tains," just published by the American
Book company. Is "a manual for the
| identification. Of species in hand or in
the bush." and, in spite Of the many ex-
cellent bird books published during the
past few years. still finds place watt
| ing for it. The work is abundantly H.
lustrated, and supplied with all the need
full keys, indexes and descriptions of or
astrological terms.
Rear Admiral Sir Victor A. Montague,
a fine old sea-dog Of breed now vanish
ing, who retired from the royal navy in
1885, has written from a rather retentive
memory a lively account of his career as
a 'midshipmite," entitled. "a Middy's
Recollections" (Macmillan). Sir Vic
tor Joined the navy in 1858. and his mar
rative takes us down to 1850.
A good thing Is recorded of Wellington.
Mrs. Norton once requested permission
to dedicate song to him, whereupon
the alarmed warrior refused, pleading
that he had been obliged to make 1t a
rule to decline all dedications, because
in his situation as chancellor of Oxford
university, he had been much exposed to
authors
Mr.. George E. Graham and Mr.. W. A.
M. Goode contribute to McClures Maga-
zine for September accounts Of the de-
struction of Admiral Cervera's fleet, as
witnessed by themselves from Commo-
dore Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, and
Admiral SIMPSONS flagship, the New
York. They represented the Associated
Press. and were the only correspondents
aboard the American ships at the time
of the battle with Cervera. The arti-
cles will be very fully illustrated, largely
| from photographs of the actual scene,
| taken by the authors. The illustrations
will comprise portraits of all the COM
manders, Spanish as we'll as Aemcican;
pictures of all the ships, views and dia-
grams of the battle in it's successive
stages, and views of the wrecks of the
Spanish ships taken soon after the battle
closed.
The first and one of the greatest of
American classics is to be added by The
Century company to their Thumb Nail''
series; is is DR.. Benjamin Franklin's S
Poor Richards Almanack." The edi-
tor Is Benjamin e. Smith. The little
volume will have for its frontispiece a
portrait Of Franklin. There will also
be fac simile of the first number of the
Almanack for the year 1888, made from
the only copy known to be in existence.
Among the autumn announcements of
the Frederick A. Stokes company are
Mrs. A. c. Sage's "a Little Colonial
Dame," being tale for boys and girls,
the scenes of which are laid in old New
York; Henry Bradford Simmons 1.-The
Jingle Jangle Rhyme Book" being a
collection Of humorous verse, illustrated
by humorous pictures in color; and Anna
Sproul Readings "Chat Record" which
is best described by the quatrain on the
| title page:
See herein, all nice and neat
| A record of the men I meet,
Amongst them all, perhaps, there be,
| Who knows, the not impossible He.
| Nothing Unusual
The California Republicans who favor
annexation of the Philippines in one brea tn
and the exclusion of Chinese and Japs from
this country, are slightly inconsistent.-
Birmingham News.
WHEN THE TROOPS MARCH BY
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