The herald., 1898-03-20

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will contain III double-page maps, 1ss inset
maps and 40 historical maps, printed in
from five to ten colors; and the index will
contain about 900 entries
| Students of Chaucer will be glad that the
Globe edition of his works is at last pub
lished. Mr.. Alfred w. Pollard has edited
! the text with the assistance Of several
scholars with whom he shares the title
page. The Macmillan company, 1t seems,
has contemplated this edition since 1864,
and Mr.. Pollard's own labors began ten
| years ago.
| There has been quite a competition
among certain London publishers for the
possession of the book in which Mr.. Savage
Landor is to give an account of his strange
| adventures in Thibet For time 1t seemed
| probable that Mr.. c. A. Pearson would
prove the highest bidder, but at length the
book has been secured by Messrs. Methuen.
! The chaptures devoted to Mr.. Landor's
tortures are equal in horror to the stories
of Nero's cruelties to the Christians.
1t seems possible that a new view Of
Lincoln's character may be found in the
| coming volume OF "reminiscences by Il. X.
| Gilmore, otherwise Edmund Kirke."
| Lloyd Mifhin. whose volume of sonnets
"At the Gates of Song" was so well re-
| ceived last year, has gathere6a a large num-
Der of his miscellaneous poems into a vol
Slopes Of Helcon."
Madam of the Ivies" is the mysterious
title that is given to new story by Eliza
beth Phipps Train, author of IA Social
Highwayman," now in press at the Lippin-
colts.
Charles F. johnson, author of English
Words" has just finished reading the
proofs of his volume entitled Elements Of
Literary Criticism" soon to be published
by Harper & Brothers.
Partisan publishers complain that the
Dreyfus affair and Zola's trial have ruined
the late winter book trade. and the publi-
cation of several important books has been
postponed.
The rapidly growing mass of Fieldsiana
is to be augmented by volume shortly to
be presented through Z. p. Dutton 4 Co.
1t is entitled Eugene Field and His Home
by Member of His Family" The au-
thors name is not made public.
George w. Gable is hard at work on a
new volume of stories, to be published by
the Scribners next fall The new stories
are of the order of THE TaXidermist," and
are said to be little masterpieces by friends
who have seen his copy
Prof. Robinson of Columbia university is
soon to present, through G. p. Putnam's
Sons. volume on Petrarch, showing.
through the letters of the Italian poet. the
part he played in the political and literary
history of the Renaissance.
Dr.. Horace Howard Furness has now
prepared eleven volumes of his great Va
riorum Shakespeare. The latest is THE
Winters Tale" which is on the presses at
the Lippincotts.
which the freres Marguerite's novel, lie
Desastre," will be known to American
readers, is now promised by d. Appleton
& Co. for the middle OF March.
w. N. Clarke, d. d. professor of theol-
ogy at Colgate university. Hamilton, N. Y,
| in IF II pie tor,
Theology" in press at Charles Scribner' 5
Sons.
Hall Caine is dramatzing 1.-THE Chris
tian." 1t can easily be made a good melo-
drama. 1t is very nearly that in its pres
ent shape But there is something incon-
gruous in the thought of Hall Caine pro-
ceeding to write for the stage-that wicked
place which was virtually the ruin of his
heroine, Glory.
Music for the Soul Daily Readings for
a Year from the Writings of the Rev. Alex
ander Maclaren," selected and arranged by
the Rev. George Coates, has just been is
sued by A. c. Armstrong & Son. Certainly
DR.. Alexander Maclaren's writings supply
amply food for devotion and meditation.
Mr.. Zangwil's forthcoming novel is to be-
like his first great success. a Jewish story
1t is Mr.. Zangwills peculiar field and he
is wise in returning to it. He is apparently
desirous to be known as leader among the
people of his faith and nation; and there
ought to be a future in such career.
There is shortly to be a new volume of
short stories by Mr.. Hardy; and it is said
that his new move, is almost ready. We
are told that in it he returns to his earlier
manner.
1t is reported from Boston that the book
sellers of that city are making preparations
to form a booksellers league. modelled af-
ter that excellent association that has
brought the New York dealers in books
together for mutual enjoyment and profit.
G. w. Dillingham; announces, among
other books, "A Pedigree in Pawn" by
Arthur Henry Veysey. author of "a
Cheque for Three Thousand"
Elena" a new Quinnebasset book by
Sophie May, is announced for publication
in the early spring. Messrs. Lee & Shep-
ard will issue it, and at the same time will
send out a new edition of THE Lady of the
Violets," by Frank West Rollins; 1.-The
Painter in OIL" by Daniel Burleigh Park
hurst, volume of sensible and unaffected
advice and instruction, and "Stories of the
American Revolution by Everett r.
Tomlinson, the author of the Andrew Field
series.
Estes & Lauriat have just published a
powerful novel of Tennessee life, entitled
The Valley Path" by Will Allen Drom-
goole. the well known lecturer and author
of 1.-The Heart of Old Hickory" which has
met with such unqualified approval
A Poet Bricklayer-One has heard of
: | banker poets anu IdrmeF poets, ana now
at last We hear of a bricklayer poet. He is
Alfred Morton of Lodge road, Aston,
Birmingham, England, and he is rhyme
: ster of considerable talent. He has worked
at his trade since he was 10 years of age-he
is now over 40-and has always found time
and inclination to vary the monotony of
laying bricks by pursuing literature.
But Alfred Morton is not only man who
finds expression of his ideas in verse, but
he is also sociologist. philosophers a
7 moralist. A booklet of his verse has lately
seen light in London, and some of its most
3 significant phrases are going the rounds of
| the press. The volume Is called "Why
f Union Labor Fails" The authors aim Is
"to try to point out to union men the errors
5 of unionism that are SO apparent to all
fair-minded and unprejudiced working
men,
Mr.. Morton is evidently acquainted with
; old-time ethics, for his rhymng is cast in
, form somewhat akin to that of "Hudi-
bras" and divided into cantos under such
titles as "On Drunkenness and the Rights
; of Speech "On Walking Delegates" and
, ION Supply and Demand" The searching
critic may discover that his style is COM
monplace, but SO is another Alfred s-Al-
fred Austins.
Mr.. Morton begins his pamphlet as fol-
, lows:
'Tis ofttimes claimed by demagogues,
= The great monopolist so clogs
Industry's wheels-that her huge cogs
g Crush helpless labor down
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