The times., 1898-12-25

LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
McClure's Magazine Tor January will
contain two interesting articles on the
submarine boat one by Simon Lake. In
ventor of one Of these boats, the other
by Ray stannard Baker. who made a
voyage in the Lake boat to the bottom
of the. sea. Both articles will be iiius-
trated from drawings made by w. D.
Stevens. who made the voyage in COM
pany with Mr.. Baker. Stephen Bonsal will
contribute some incidents of the battles
of caney and San Juan. :
Mr.. Watts-Dunton, whose new book
',Ayiwine is having remarkable success
in England, hassrecelved offers to trans
late his book into German, Danish. Swed-
ish. and Rlssian. Judging from some ex-
tracts Of the work which have been re-
printed In this country the transiators
will have an interesting job The tale
is as full OF thrills as a sea-serpent
Story. t>fs<<,sr -
Dodd. Mead & Co., are about to Issue a
book en-the sDreyfus case, by Mr.. F. c..
Conybeare, whose articles In the Eng
tah reviews under the name of .Hugue-
not" have attracted wide attention. The
author is the son-in-law of Max. Muller.
Men, Women and Manners of Colonial
fimes..e by Sydney George Fisher, IS enc
book lately issued by the Lip
and Colonial Days and DANES
and Through Colonial Doorways... :. by An
ME Hoiiingsworth Wharton, are two 9TH
ers .s
THE Life of Alphonse Daudet." by his
son. Leon. will be published In this coun-,
try by Messrs. Little, Brown & Co.. who
have purchased all American rights In the
book, even thoseso OF the French edition
The translation is being made by Mr..
Charles de Kay, who mot only knows
French better than most translators. but
who knows Daudet better than most peo-
pie other than Frenchmen. He CORE
sponded with Daudet. visited him, and
heard him discuss his aims and methods.
The translation will not be published be-
fore November.
A new edition of Tre'awney's "Adven-
lures of Younger Son" is published
simultaneously in England BY Unwin and
in America by Lippincott.
The Bookman tells a good story about
a Scotch student in an English university.
An enthusiastic professor had been adyo-
eating the advantages of athletic exer-
else. The Roman youths" he cried,
used to swim three times across the IT,
ber before breakfast" The Scotch stu
dent smiled at which the irate professor
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smile? We shall be glad to share your
amusement The canny Scot replied: Il
was just thinking. sir, that the Roman
youths must have left their clothes On the
wrong bank at the end of their swim.''
"Thc Counts Snuff Box" by Mr.. George
r. II. Rivers. to be published. by Messrs-
Little. Brown & Co, recalls the haif-for-
gotten story of John Henry, the Irish ad-
venturer whose pretended disclosures were
one of Mr.. Madison's pretexts for the war
of 1sl2- The scene OF the story is chiefly
laid In Washington. and many of the char
acters are historical.
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The floral decorations In Grace lie
Baron's new story for girls, '''Twixt You
and Me. are from drawings by Kather-
Inc Pyle. sister of Howard Pyle
Maynard. Merrill & Co. announce the
publication of Yale Verse. a selection
compiled by Charles E. Merrill. jr.. from
undergraduate contributions to the col
iege papers.
A new novel by Miss L. DougaIl is an
nounced for early publication by D. APP
pieton & Co. 1t is called THE Mormon
Prophet" and the leading character in
the story is Joseph Smith.
J.lgass;a .s.il--I-------
The Curtis Publishing Company an
H. Sherard.3 'nT7
The Doubleday & Mcclure Company
viii soon publish an authorized biography
of Henry Drummond. 1t will include
many unpublished letters. journals of
travel and a new series of addresses to
young men.
Ii is curious to think that "Oliver
Twist could ever have been the name
of real person, but an anecdote which
is told in London indicates that 1t was.
1t seems that Dickens was at a loss for
a name for this youthful hero when one
day, as he was getting into an cmnibcs.
the conductor slammed the door and
| shouted, go on, Oliver Twist" Dickens
| instantly decided that that was the name
for his founding.
A series of articles on Shakespeare
| which has appeared in the Saturday Pc.
| view of London are to be published uri-
| der the title, "The Man William Shake
| speare" The author is Frank Norris. II
| may not be amiss to suggest that TILES
beginning 1.-THE Man are becoming rath-
| er ordinary.
| A dramatic version of Merediths The
Egotist,'' written by the author, viii $40,
make its appearance In London. 1t Is
| rather difficult to see what an actor woilf
make of the hero or heroine of that book
but stage possibilities are numerous.
| Little Brown & Co. are the straight ant
| legitimate descendants of book house es.
| tablished in Boston $50 years ago and they
occupy the same house today which the.
have occupied for sixty-five years. Car
! any other American city show anything
| like this? In New York, If the house hac
held together for sixty-five years its bust
! ness would have travelled up town fou
| or five miles.
This tantalizing bit of verse appears II
| Literature. supposed TO be from well
| known author to well-known critic
1t is the kind of thing that many al
author would like to. say with the sam
! assurance:
| Critic, rail on-I will Tot say
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