The age-herald., 1898-10-16

1 no doubt, be awaited with intense eager ness.
 Stanley J. weymans new novel, "The Castle Inn," shortly to be published, is said to be unlike MT. Weymman's Shrewsbury" in that the hero is not a ruffian, h4YIting contumely the part of the reader, His admirers appreciate this announcement, for Shrewsbury was disappointing in many ways and we will be glad to see MT. Weyman's future hero possess the delicacy and charm of manners which made M. de Marsac in "A Gentleman of France" so fascinating to readers.
 Marie Corelli is again at work on her novel, which was interrupted by the death of her adopted brother. She is said to have taken up the question connected with the workings of the Roman Catholic church in Rome, and that it will be a more lengthy and ambitious piece of work than any she has yet published
 Among books published the first of Octo- Der by one house were "The Uncalled," by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the negro poet; Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow by Jerome K. Jerome. "The Fatal Gift,' by F. Frankfort Moore; "The Minister of State," by J. A. Steuart and "The Comte de la Muette," by Barnard Capes
 A comprehensive and thoughtful literary correspondent who, nevertheless, always has his little humorous thrust, recently speaks of Mrs Hodgson Burnett. As IS known she des res now, that she is divorced from her husband to be known Mrs. Hodgson. Her publishers naturally object they contend that it would take years to convince the reading public that Mrs. Hodgson Burnett was the same person. So MT. Alden suggests that in view of the ire quency with which women authors are compelled to divorce their husbands it would probably be best for them to write under an assumed name, which would need no change in the event of a divorce. Mrs. Virginia Rosalie Coxe, the author of that charming piece of romance, 'The Elm bassy Ball,' resides at East Orange, N. J. She is, however, a native Tennesseean, and has recently returned to her native state to make her summer home at Knoxville. It is said that her book, "The Embassy Ball." has enlisted more letters of commendation from famous people the world over than any book for several years. She is the owner of a charming home in New Jersey, and her delightful hospitality makes it Mecca for literary and society people of New York. In the War Souvenir E,dition' published by the Tennessee Relief society, at Knoxville recently, there was a short story by Mrs. Coxe entitled '"The Pomp and Glory of the World" It is as different as it is possible to be from her successful novel, 1.-The Embassy Ball." yet it is very readable and quaint little story.
 The many friends of Miss Mary Johnston will be glad to know that the first edition of her very charming book, "Prisoners of Hope," has already been exhausted and the second will soon be ready for the trade. Miss Johnston has also partially completed another story dealing with colonial life in old Virbinia. It is a subject upon which the author is deeply versed, having given years of thoughtful study and preparation to the period. The legends and traditions and many familiar incidents with which her ancestors were often-times connected has lovingly sunk into a grateful and imagina- tive heart and now springs forth to embell- ish stories of this far away time, making them actual and real to students of today. The fact that Miss Johnston has scored phenomenal a success along the lines of romantic fiction has caused many reviews to compare her work to that prince of romanticists, ST Walter Scott. But Miss Johnston confesses that Dickens is her fa- vorite writer of fiction with possibly Thackeray following in close favor The statement that she has always loved the tragic in literature and the drama no doubt explains the existence of those portions of "Prisoners of Hope" wh oh full of dramatic ferver and sustained heroic ac- tion; where the indomitable deeds of her lfe-like creations are described with an en- thusiasm and a wealth of passionate zeal that lends wondrous intensity to the narra- tive.
 
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