The times., 1898-02-20

contain highly interesting description of
Stag Hunting in the olden Time" illus
trated by reproductions of quaint old
prints. Another feature of this number
will be an article by the Duchess of
Cleveland on Battle Abbey, which was
built by William the Conqueror the.
site of the Battle of Hastings, and is now
owned by the Duchess of Cleveland.
The original drawings for Senator
Lodges STORY of the Revolution" now
appearing in Scribner's Magazine, have
been collected and are being exhibited in
cities throughout the country under the
auspices of local patriotic societies. They
are now in New York, and will thence
come to Baltimore and Washington.
Cy Warman's new volume of fiction,
"'rhe Express Messenger, and Other Stor-
les" is attracting great deal of atten-
tion- The stories are those of a man who
has seen and felt that which he describes.
One of the things said by AIR. Richard
lie Galienne when he landed on American
shores the other day was that he consid
cred Stephen Phillips the most promising
of the younger English poets at present.
Whatever may be thought of Mr.. lie Cal
lenne as whole. his taste in this respect
is rather good. The book of poems just
issued by Mr.. Phillips contains some re-
markable work.
Eighty Years Ago and More" reminis-
cences by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is one
of the books lust out. and the story of
Mrs. Stantons early life is q vivid illus
tration of the kind of thing that made
the womau'S suffrage movement.
benevolent lady in England has start
ed a fund for the support of INDECENT and
infirm authors, and it is announced that
any author who has a physicians certif-
cate to the effect that his health requires
a mild climate win be received for five
or six months at a home on the Riviera
provided he will pay his own fares to the
Riviera and back, and pound week
for his board and lodging. The bloom is
rather rubbed off this scheme, however,
by the fact that almost anybody can
board at almost any place in the vicinity
of the Riviera for less than a pound a
week.
A book by Francis Wilson called 1.-The
Eugene Field ! Knew" is soon to be pub
lished by the Scribners.
Frank r. Stockton will publish new
novel called 1.-The Girl at Cobhurst,
which is said to be perhaps the first ro-
nance of the author to be presented in
book form without having first run it's
course as a serial In some magazine.
Where did .'The Late Mrs. Null" THE
Adventures of Capt. Horn" and "Ardis
Claverden' appear serially?
The ScrihperS sooO 70 an
ton of Lord Byron's works in twelve vol
umes to be the only authorized and copy
righted edition of this poet. 1t will con-
tain all of his poeticaI and prose works
hitherto published, and several letters
and papers which have not before ap-
peared.
One OF the features of the March Scrib-
ner's is a story by Octave Thanet. called
''The Moment of Clear Vision" which
deals with the labor problem,
Harriet Prescott spofford will publish
this spring a small volume called "Pris-
elias Love story
Besides his novel THE UncalIed.'' Paul
Laurence Dunbar has lately written a
volume of short stories which will be
published by Dodd, Mead & Co. under the
title Stories of Western Life" and Illus
trated by E. w. Kemble.
Andrew Lang has begun a new series
of Letters TO Dead Authors, the first of
which, addressed to Hawthorne, will ap-
pear in the Chap-Book.
Some observer of books and boolish
nanuIa 10 faI,- rar,aY ri
"reminiscences are just now taking the
place lately held by the novel. Instead of
going back 10 realistic novels, after diet
of romanticism, the public is taking to
biography.
A life of Millais is now in preparation,
which is to be a collection of letters and
"reminiscences compiled by his son. Chap
ters will be contributed by Sir William
Howard Russell, Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, Sir Noel Patton. Holman Hunt,
Mrs. Perugini (Kate Dickens. and other
distinguished friends of the artist. The
book will be issued some time next year.
A German book of interest to psycholo-
gists and sociologtsts in this country is
"Aberglaube und Strafrecht," by August
Iowenstein, in which the influence of
popular superstition in promoting crime
is traced. The German peasants super
stitfons are very large part of his life.
and the work of Mr.. Lowenstein has its
interest for all criminologists-
The first volume of Munkacsys auto
biography has appeared in Berlin.
One of the features of the February
number of Little Folks is an article about
the three little children of the late Chi
nese Minister, Mr. Yang Yu. This num-
ber is. of course. a valentine number.
and contains stories by Abby Morton
Diaz, Sophie SWEET and others.
In the !darch Century will appear an
article on ..The Mammoth Cave of Ken
tucky' by John r. Proctor, formerly
State Geologist of Kentucky. The pa
per is illustrated by the noted French
American artist, Andre Castaigne.
The second of the Little Journeys to
the Homes of American Statesmen" by
Ebert Hubbard. takes for its subject
Benjamin Franklin, and the wise llumor-
OuS and kindly face of the old phiIosonber m