The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27

charming fnrv tale. The Hundredth
Princes~." BY Miss Evelyn sharp. The
Bait" = grin tale Of West Africa. by G.
J. CutcI1ffe Hyn<: "A Peculiar Attack
q monologue by phoebe Hart. faciaiiy IL
lustrsted by Mlss Irene Van Brush; The
chidhood Of Napoleon, by ~ Iss-
ientyre: A Adventure In the New nsp-
rides" by Louis Becke: chapters Kill
Kill OF Mr.. Crockett's story OF italian
adventure. The Silver SKULL and an
other of Miss Nesbits famous stories Tor
children. quantity entitled IL H. ana L.
No less Than seven short stories are con-
tsined In the number. ana poems are
contributed by Henry Newsoit the Mar
ques Of Lorne. T.. Nesbit. Lady Ramsay
and others. In addition to the exquisite
frontispiece the December Pail Mail Mag
szine contains two colored plates. de-
signed by II. Grenville Fell. ana repro
duced with great artistic exceience. tNew
York: Aston court building. SlW a year,
liz Baptism of War. Among cuban
Insurgents and spaniards.' Is the title
of a new novel by Edgar X. Hoadiey.
now In press. to be- issued by r. Tenny-
son Nicely. New York. Advance sheets
show that II In a stirring story OF war
times In Cuba. and IL VIII. no douot' ap-
peal not only to the soldier VINO went 10
Cuba. and is familiar with Its scenes. but
to the boys who hoped to go and had
- fthualn at nOme. All ONtfr VI W
with &c In Il will be entertained by
Its vivid descriptions of chivalrous actions
and heroic deeds by flood and Held.
Last year Charles Dana Gibson Illus
trated THE People Of Dickens for The
Ladies' Home Journal. The pictures were
so successful that this year. and during
next ear w. l.. Taylor. the New Eng
land artist who has made such rapid
strides In his art. will illustrate THE
People OF Longfellow"-also for The La
dies Home Journal. The poems selected
are THE Psalm Of Life" "Hiawatha.'
'Evangeline." "The Courtship of Miles
Standish.'' THE Children's Hour" The
Village Blacksmith" and others.
The Doubleday Il Mcclure company.
New York. Is about to celebrate its first
anniversary by issuing what is unques-
~tionabiy the event of the year I'm the
publishing world. Mr.. Kipling's new book.
Thu volume Is called The Days Work,
and contains a dozen stories which repre-
sent the high water mark OF Mr.. Kip
ling's genius thus far. including as they
do examples Of his most mature and most
varied work. They range from the sheer
imagination and dream quality that dis
tinguish 1.-THE Brushwood Boy" to the no
table group of tales e~mbodying the au-
thor's own contribution to the Song of
Steam" and dealing as only a great ge-
MUS could deal with the throbbing en-
gines of the ocean steamer and the rail-
way locomotive that play such "A vital
part in modern civilization. Mr.. Kipling
has been working over this volume for
the last three or four years. For a first
year the Doubleday a. Mcclure company
may fairly be said to have established an
unusually strong list OF books. Their
catalogue includes. besides this Kipling
volume. Henry Georges complete works.
Jokai's 1.-THE Nameless Castle" Nellie
| Rlancbap's very SueeeSsful "Rird Nefgh-
bors' now i'm its Goth thousand). DIR. w.
J. Hollands 1.-THE Butterfly Book" Ste
phen Cranes "The Open Boat" Grant
| Aliens Flashlights on Nature" a trans
lation of Edmond Rostand's famous "Cy-
rano de Bergerac." Miss wilkins The
People of Our Neighborhood." DIR. George
Adams Smiths Life of Henry Drum
mond," the dainty Temple Dickens" as
well as volumes by Mrs. Burton Harri-
son. Joseph Hooking. Samuel j. Parsons.
General Miles. Colonel Waring and so on.
David Harum." the novel of Amer
lean life. by the late Edward Noyes
Westcott. seems to be one of the cases
where a prophet Is not without honor In
his own country. Although the author
was absolutely unknown. the humor and
force of his novel struck critics and
readers so forcibly that the first edition
OF the book was exhausted within two
weeks. and the publishers. Messrs. ID.
| Appleton a. Co.. have been hard pressed
to satisfy inquiries for the book in spite
of their rapid work with a second large
printing.
While preparing his forthcoming book.
THE Story of the Railroad in the story
of the West series. Cy Warman made
a long journey through the West and
Southwest for the special purpose Of
gathering fresh material at first hand
He met many of the pioneers in Western
railroad construction and acquired much
unwritten Information. Mr.. Warman's
book Is to be published soon by ID. Apple
ton a. Co.