The herald., 1898-04-17

his DOOR recounting his attempt 10 pene
trate into the sacred city of Thibet.
The title Of George Moore's new novel IL
"Evelyu Innes."
Myrtle Reed, author of the poem. you
Will Forget" in the Bookman for March
is a young Chicago girl and made her lit
erary bow with story published in Nun
sey's Magazine In February of 1896
A contributor to the Midland Monthly
says that Octave Thanet (Miss Alice
French) thinks that the educational prep
aration OF short story writer cannot DC
on too broad a scale.
A collection of stories by Annie Elio'
Thrumbul, author of "A Chris tmas Acct
dent" and other tales, now brought TO-
gether for the first time and entitled
Rods Salvation" will be published II
June by A. S. Barnes & Co. About the
same time will also be published a new
novel entitled "Cape Cod Week, by the
same author.
Nature Studies in Elementary Schools
Reader, Nature Myths. stories and
Poems," by Mrs. L. L. w. Wilson, Ph.D.,
Philadelphia normal school. is the title OF
a book to be published In short time by
the Macmillan Company. This firm Will
also publish Mrs. Murray Macdonald's
translation of Karl Marx. and the Close
of His System" criticism. by Eugen Won
Boehm Bawerk, Austrian minister of
finance and honorary professor OF political
economy in the University of Vienna.
The Artist, one Of the best of English art
periodicals, has recently extended its ma
terial and scope, and now appears IN great
ly enlarged form.
The Christian Literature company is the
publisher of an American edition OF Prof.
Max Mueller's translation of the twelve
classical "Upanishads," hitherto known as
forming a part of the series called Sacred
Books of the East"
1.-The Bible References OF John Ruskin, :"
compiled by Misses Mary and Ellen Gibbs.
is recent publication Of the Oxford UNI
versity Press.
The "Christmas Books" in one thick
volume, and 1.-THE Old Curiosity Shop" In
two of less generous dimensions, are now
added to the "Gadshill' edition of Dickens.
edited by Andrew Lang, and imported by
Charles Scribners Sons.
Joseph Hatton, author of John Bode-
wyn's Testimony" has new novel In press
at ]. B. Lippincott & Co.'S. Philadelphia.
1t is entitled "The Vicar"
1.-THE Poetry of Samuel Taylor Cole
ridge" edited by Richard Garnett. has just
been published in beautiful form by the
Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Newspaper Magazine presents itself
with April. 1t is New York monthly
periodical. and its initial number contains
an interesting mass of matter Of general
and particular interest.
A new Life of Lord Jefferyes," by n. B.
Irving, son of Sir Henry Irving, is an.
nounced for early publication by Long
mans, Green & Co. Mr.. Irving Is we'll
known barrister in London.
The Overland for April contains an inter-
esting paper, THE Ascent of Mount Elias"
by one of the Prince Luigi party; also the
second part of Major Truman's paper on
the old California stage drivers. besides
several other noteworthy papers.
There is an entertaining letter in the Ar
gonaut on Women Bull-Fighters, being
an account of the latest sensation in the
City of Mexico-the debut of a cuadrilla of
lady bull-tighters. Their style Of dress,
methods Of lighting and various blunders,
together with many stirring scenes in the
arena, are amusngly described.
The United States navy department has
ordered a supply Of each of Lieut.. Sargents S
two books, The Campaign of Marengo"
and Napoleon Bonapartes First Cam
paign' (McClurg & Co., publishers), for dis
tribution in the navy.
l.. c. Page & Co. announce a novel by
Miss Marshall Saunders, with the scene
laid on Bay St. Marie, Nova Scotia, among
the descendants of the Acadians; Letters
of a War Correspondent" by c. A. Page.
father of the three brothers in the firm
nd IN ri n Ire uvb ioL ica
ed to be useful to travelling statesmen desir-
ing to enter into conversation with the
Maine buyers.
"Iota," the lady whose yellow Aster"
rivaled the Heavenly Twins in popular
ity, has just published new book entitled
Poor Max" Though Its chief male char
acter is a man of extremely Objectionable
morals, there is nothing in the story that
can cause it to be classed with the physi-
illogical studies of Nine. Sarah Grand.
Another book to be published soon,
''Victor Serenus," is the promised Christian
Scientist novel by Henry Wood. 1t is
worth examining as plain exposition of
the theories held by those Christian Sci
entists who do not follow Mrs. Eddy. In a
certain sense, it is of the "Quo Vadis"
school, but it's authors theories Of decent
expression are American, and 1t Is as free
from any moral defects as any of the old
Sunday-school favorites. Its theology is
only an amplification of the commandment
of st. Paul to think on whatsoever things
are lovely and of good report, but it is ex-
tended in an entirely heterodox manner.
The chief characters are Jews, with St.
Paul among them.
Lamson, Wolfe g. Co. have a historical
novel in press. the first prose work OF Clin-
ton Scollard, the author of much carefully
finished verse. The title is "a Man-at-Arms,
Visconti": 1t will be illustrated by E. w.
d. Hamilton. 1.-The Gray House of the
Quarries' is from the pen of a new writer,
Miss Mary Harriott Norris; and Miss
Pauline Bradford Mackie, tho author of
"Mademoisele de Berry," has written an
other story called THE Lyttel Salem
Made" Two volumes of verse, New York
Nocturnes," by Charles G. D. Roberts, and
THE Aurelian Wall and Other Elegies,"
by Bliss Carman, will appear somewhat t
later.
Dodd, Mead & Co.'S spring publications
include, among belles-lettres: "The Burns
Letters" the hitherto unpublished corre-
spondence of Robert Burns. These letters
throw much light upon the last years of
Burns life, and indicate, among other
things, that serious effort was made to
secure for him a position as professor in
the University of Edinburgh. They like
wise state Burns religious views with a
letters that have hitherto been published
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