The age-herald., 1898-08-07

Dr. Max Nordaus new novel. "The Drones Must Die" will not be published in London until the autumn.
 It is expected that a tenth edition of Richard Le Gallieune's "The Quest of the Golden Girl" will be announced within the month.
 'Leddy Marget," a new novel by Mrs. L. B. Walford, author of MT. Smith" :" "Iva Kildare" and others has just come from the press.
 "The Forest Lovers," by Maurice Hew- taneous success being won by hitherto unknown author.
 The past year has been notable for sev- eral instances similar to this. of which ''The Gadfly" and "The Pride of Jennico" may be cited as the best known
 "Gladstone," by James Bryce; "Ghosts I Have Met" by J. K. Bangs; "Silenee and other Stories,' by Miss Wilkins; and "The Story of Play" by w. D. Howells, were among the notable successes in last months record of new publications.
 The news comes to us direct from Tokyo, Japan, that an interesting book on the modern history of Formosa is being put through the press. The author is MT. James w. Davidson, United States con suar agent on the island.
 Miss Gertrude Smith is to follow up the success of her "Arabella and Araminta Stories with another series of infantile yarns about a very small boy and his very young papa. They will be called 'The Boo Boo Stories.''
 Miss Smith has nearly finished the manu- script of a more ambitious story of ad- venture for boys which she calls 'The Boys of Marmiton Prairie" It is a tale of Kansas life.
 MT George Moore's 'tEvelyn Innes'' has created a great deal of comment in Lon don. We now learn that he has mapped out sequel to the book which will deal with the heroine's convent life.
 Speaking of MT. Gladstones literary opinions, it will be remembered how many authors received helping hand from him; and it's possible that Robert Elsmere' was the book to be most helped through his influence. Up to the time of the ap- pearance of his famous article on Robert Elsmere and the Battle of Unbelief,' the novel in question had not provoked any noteworthy criticism.
 During the first eight years of Mrs Humphrey Wards married life she lived at Oxford and pursued her literary studies in the Bodleian library. It is interesting to know that at this time there lay in her desk an essay unpublished through want of sympathizers which contained the germ of Robert Elsmere,' the book through which she was to make her mark in fic- tion.
 There appears to Ue no end to the hu- mors of examinations. In certain school recently two questions in English were given out for correction. The first sentence was to be corrected as to it's sub jeet matter, and the second sentence as to it's syntaX. These were the sentences. The hen has three legs. Who done it? Ap- parently one of the examiners regarded the sentences as subtly connected in thought, for his answer was as follows. The hen didn't done it; God done it.
 MT. William Le QueuX, who now resides most of his time in Italy, is at present in London and has brought with him the corrected proofs of a new novel to which he has given the title of '"The Day of Temptation" Scribes and Pharisees" will be published here in the autumn. It has had an unusually large sale in England.
 A very thoughtful reviewer has cautioned