The age-herald., 1898-10-16

"YeSterdayS in the ghnpplness py Joseph Earle, is in lively demand.
 Tn the lists of favorite selling books "Ru- pert of Hentzan" heads the list almost in- yariably.
 sandow's Strength. and How to Obtain It." is the favorite text book on the cultiva- tion of physical strength.
 Some years ago Owen Rhoscomyl was in- troduced to American readers through his very charming book, "The Jewel of Tnys Galon." He has now sent us another one entitled "The Lady of Castell March,"
 
 College yarns must of necessity run along the same lines, yet they are generally inter- esting. "Cornell Stories," by James Gard- ner Sanderson, comprises a little learning, and little love, a great deal of athletics and more fun.
 "Gyp" the favorite French writer, has written a new novel called Journal dun Grinchn." Gyp's "grinchn" denotes a pe- cuiar species of the grabbed variety of the genius man; he has a good deal to say that Is interesting and witty about the men and events of t..C present day, and his own story is very .nteresting.
 A book on Stephensons Edinburgh days by Miss Eva Blantyre Simpson is in the press. Miss Simpson is a daughter of the great physician Sir J. J. Simpson, and she is already famously known the writer of a very successful memoir of her father. As Stevenson's readers did not take kindly to Samoa and it's politics, this book describ- inr h ic ifo in halo nd should be intensely interesting.
 Three of Archibald Clarering Gunter's novels have passed into dramatic reincarna- tion, "Mr. Barnes, of New York" "Mr. Pot ter of Texas" "A Florida Entertainment" He is also credited with having furnished MT. Richard Mansfield with one of his most enjoyable characters in the little German comedy, Prince Karl"
 Richard Harding Davis stories have not fourished on the stage. My Friend Rea- gan" failed completely when presented some years ago by Mir. E. H. Sothern at the Lyceum theater. The E. W. Townsend's "Chimmie Fadden" sketches, first published in the New York Sun, were highly success ful when made into play.
 Among books that have been drama tized I find that Kiplings "The Light That Fail- ed" was a success and also a pseudo-suc- cess, written and acted by Courtenay Thorpe at Dalys theater, New York city, in the spring of 1891. But we all remember the charming success of Augustus Thomas dramatization of F. Hopkinson Smiths Virginia idyll, "Colonel Carter, of Carters- ville," first played at Palmer's theater, New York, In 1892.
 The young Irish novelist, 'Mr. Shan F. Bullock has at the last moment changed the title of his new noval. Instead of being issued as Paying the Piper" as previously announced his book will bear the title of ''sIhe Barrys." It is to be dedicated to MT. Quiler-Couch.
 Apropos of MT. Quiller-Couch, he bids fair to prove himself the happy possessor of all most as versatile mind as the indefatiga- ble Andrew Lang, As you know, he writes most excellent novels, though they are of tentimes weird creations. Then, too, he writes the most charming as well as thoughtful and contemplatve reviews for the Spectator, and now he issues a new magazine, the Cornish" So far the maga- zine has done well, the orders for the sec- ond number being in advance of the first
 Benjamin Disraeli, who, like MT. Henry James, has been called the authors writer" is a popular subject with literary writers. MT. Anthony Hope, 1t is said, has just finished novel which is devoted to very delicate and penetrating study Of Disraeli. It is a new development, surely, in this popular novelist's career and will,