The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-20

a new book, called The Diary OF sun
| Seeker is about to be issued from the
press. 1t is by Stevens, author of The
Land of the Dollar"
Frederick W. Morton, compiler of 'Wo-
men in Epigram, has made new col
| lection OF sayings, which he calls Men
| in Epigram.'
with Pessimist in SPAIN by Mary
F. Nixon, is an agreeable book with
piquant title. and contains a good deal
! of useful information.
new edition of "On the Red Stair
case" by NJ Inlay Taylor, is now ready.
1t is lively tale of Moscow in the time
of Peter the Great.
Several dainty books by Marguerite
Bouvet have been issued by a. c. Nc
Clurg & Co "a Little House in Pimli-
CO." prince Tip-Top; A Fairy Tale
"Pierette," Sweet William" and Little
Marjorie's Love Story" are among them.
One of the features of the April Nc
Clure's is "A Romance of Wall Street"
by Hamlin Garland. 1t has to do with
the Grant and Ward failure. one of the
most dramatic events, in its time, of the
New York business world.
Prof. H. Louise Stevens, the lecturer,
has an odd arrangement for the safe
keeping of fossils and other curioslues,
and it is very convenient one as We'll
1t consists of a pyramid of shallow boxes
one resting on the other, graduated in
size, and each forming a step of what
appears to be a perfect model of an
Egyptian pyramid in black walnut
Musicians are hunting for a system of
stenograpfly which can be applied to mu-
sic so as to enable students to make
notes of phrases, and to facilitate the
work of composers.
Among the Dunes" by Mrs. D. L.
Rhone, is a new story of new region-a
little town in Jutland. inhabited by race
of superstitious fishermen. The author
says They believed that the wind was
the breath of God, and that the vane was
His finger and their creed might have
been formulated as Faith in God and the
fish"
Stephen Phillips is at work on a long
poem, the completion of which is likely to
take many years. The particular use of
! long poems to young writers is practice.
The April chapter of 1.-The Workers."
Walter a. Wyckof's serial in Serb
ner's'' tells how a workingman can feed"
in Chicago at from five to fifteen cents
per meal.
1.-THE Critic makes very palpable hit
when it remarks that the charming poems
and pictures in Eugene Fields Lullaby
Land" are more calculated to please the
average parent than the average child.
Tolstoi has written story on the
| carJa+ I oft aT-f' b1rr
has concluded not to publish it. If he
is not careful his heirs will get hold of
it and publish it. anyway.
Francis p Harper, New York. an
| nOUnces the commencement OF a new and
! important series of historical works I'M
| der the editorship of DR.. Elliott Coues 10
be entitled THE American Explorers
| Series" The first volume, now ready, is
| the Journal of Major Jacob Fowler de-
| scribing his travels from Fort Smith 10
the Rock Mountains and return in the
! years 1S21-1S22. This work is the story
| of a hitherto unknown American eXplor-
alton and is printed verbatim from the
| authors original manuscripts.
Major Fowler was the first white man
| to travel and describe much of the coun-
| try through which he passed and his OBJ
servations are of the greatest interest in
| connection with the early history of the
| States of Arkansas, Kansas and Colora-
| do. Indian Territory, New Mexico and
| Oklahoma. The manuscript has been ed
tied in DR.. Coues' inimitable manner and
carefully indexed.
The second volume of this series, to
| be issued in the Fall. will be Forty
| Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Mis-
| souri, 1t is the personal narrative of
| Charles Larpenteur, for the first time
| printed from his original manuscript
| journal.
| A new edition of Gilbert Parker's nov
els is shortly to be issued. The publica-
ton will include IAN Adventurer of the
North" "a Lovers Diary "A Romany
| of the Shows" Pierre and His Peo-
pie and when Valmond Came to
Pontiac
"AH the Worlds Fighting Ships" by
! F. C. Jane, is shortly to be issued by
| Little. Brown & Co. 1t will be illustrat-
| ed with portrait details of over 1000 war
| ships.
| Charles De Kay has written n book
| called Bird Gods in Ancient Europe"
which is shortly to be published by A. S.
| Barnes & Co.
| The last romance of William Morris,
THE Sundering Flood" has been pub
lshed by Longmans, Green & Co.
Away back in 1915, Hawthorne pub
| lshed some poems. whose merit, al
though not inconsiderable. has been com
| pletely overshadowed by the fame of his
| exquisite prose. The poems, however,
| still exist in a rare old book called
Scenes from the Life of Our Saviour"
| published by a Philadelphia firm
The following verses. written by pri-
| vate in the ranks greeted Mr.. Kipling on
| his arrival at Cape Town, being printed
| in The Cape Times:
AN EXPERIMENT IN IMITATION.
l suppose you know this station for you sort of
| keep in touch
With a Tommy wheresoevcr e may go;
| An you know our bats" shandy, made OF
| 'Ottentot an Dutch,
| It's language which is 'ideous an low,
That it's "Wacht-een-beitie" stead of "'Art
| mop
| We should like to come an meet you but we
| can't without a pass;
| Even then we'd 'ardly like to make fuss;
| For out ere they've got notion that u Tommy
| isn't class;
| 'E's sort of hrainless animal, or wuss!
Vicious Cuss!
No, they don't expect intelligence from
You ave met US in the tropics you ave met US
But mostly in the Puniab and the Ills
You ave us in Mauritius, where the naughty
| cyclone blows,
| You ave met underneath n sun that kills,
An grills;
| An | ask you, do we fill the bloomin' bills?
Since the time when Tommy's uniform was muske-
| toon an wig,
| l,,,, Mol, 4