The herald., 1898-10-23

already announced, has not been changed,
and still is 1.-THE Drones Must Die"
The information viii be welcome that in
October the Macmillan company is to
bring out q new volume of stories by Rud-
yard Kipling. There are also to be pub
lished by the same house three posthumous
tales by Mrs. Oliphant. Two OF these refer
| to Scottish town life in the early century.
DR.. George Macdonald, poet and novel
list, has just recovered from severe I'LL
ness at his home, Cranmer Hill, Hasle-
mere, England. The illness resulted from
his being overcome by the heat Much anx-
iety was felt at the time by the family,
for the doctor is over seventy-four years Of
age.
The matter of relative value is thus hu-
morously put in rhyme by John Kendrick
| Bangs:
met a little elf-man once.
| Down where the lilies blow.
| asked him why he was so small
And why he didn't grow.
! He slightly frowned and with his eye
He looked me through and through.
I'm quite as big for me-" said he,
"As you are big for you."
Roughly speaking, I may say that Mr.
Clemens reads anything in prose that Is
clean and healthy, yet he has never been
able to find line in Thackeray which in
| terested him. Addison and Goldsmith are
thrown away upon him, and Meredith, per-
haps not unnaturally. provokes him to
laughter. I asked Mr.. Clemens one day
how he explained this Indifference to the
acknowledged master craftsman in his own
| trade. The explanation candidly given was
II have no really literary taste and never
had."-Pall Mall Gazette.
The "Old South" leaflets, being short
studies in history, are being sent out from
Boston all over the country, at five cents
a piece or four dollars a hundred. They
are wonderfully meaty little publications,
and are doing great educational work.
Miss Longfellow writes this to her faher's
publishers:
"Houghon, Mifflin & Co.: Dear Sirs-My
father always pronounced Evangeline with
the 4 short. Indeed, never heard 1t with
long Il until recently. 1t seems to me very
Objectionable. and I trust will not become
prevalent. Your very truly,
(Signed) "ALICE M. LONGFELLOW."
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have
Just published book which should be of
great interest to all teachers. particularly
Of the lower grades. 1t Is entitled 1.-THE
Hiawatha Primer" and 1t Is written by
Miss Florence Holbrook. principal Of the
Forestville school, Chicago. 1.-THE Hia-
watha Primer" contains 139 pages of read
ing text. eight full-page colored illustra-
tions, four full-page black and white Illus
lIdtAOhSp d8QlFp ldflrk080 llIuStTdtlOuS III
black and white Or ailhouette, these illus
trations having been made especially for
this book under the direction OF the au-
thor.
Miss Kate Sanborn, whose two calendars,
"A Year Of Sunshine" and 1.-THE Rainbow
Calendar" have proved very popular, will
shortly supplement these with what may be
called calendar Of immortality which she
names "The Starlight Calendar"
Messr. Houghton. Mifflin & Co. will bring
out very soon an edition Of Dickens
"Child's History of England which prom
ises to be quite attractive. 1t will have
4S full-page photographers of scenes and
buildings and landscapes famous in Eng
lish history. from photographs which Cliff
ton Johnson made.
Those who have enjoyed Miss Eliza Orne
Whites "Wintefborough." Coming to
Theodore" and other stories, will be glad
to learn that new story by her entitled
"A Lover of Truth" will be in the book
stores shortly.
The Cambridge edition Of Tennyson's 8 DO
etical works, edited by William ]. Rolfe
on the same general lines with the Cam
bridge editions Of Longfellow, Whittier,
Browning, ETC., Is promised from the Riv-
erside press on the LIST Of October, The
greatest care has been taken to have the
book on the literary side as perfect as
bookmaking side, although the voluume
contains over 800 pages thin Opaque pa
per Is used, which makes q volume wholly
convenient to handle.
Besides long list Of fiction and Juvenile
literature from the Appletons, are the fol-
lowing publications that are of q more en-
during kind: "Recollections of the Civil
War;" by Charles A. Dana, with portrait
THE Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry
Huxley" edited by Prof. Michael Foster
ana Prof. e. Ray Lancaster, in four vol
umes Wol. I. with 90 plates and photo
gravure portraiD; Spanish Literature, y
by J. Fitz Maurice Kelly. new volume in
the Literatures of the World series, edited
by Edmund Crosse; admiral Porter" by
James Russell Solely formerly assistant
secretary Of the United States navy, new
volume In the Great Commander series, ed
tied by General James Grant Wilson; "The
Story of the Railroad by Cy Warman,
illustrated by B. West Clinedinst and 9TH
ers. new volume In the Story of the West
series. edited by Ripley Hitchcock: .'The
History Of the World" \ new voluIrne In