The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
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LITERARY NOTES.

Wildwood" the sleg- cabin studio of
Mrs. Ella w. Peattie, near South maven
Mich, was burned to the ground iast
Monday night More than: fifty.aef Mrs
Peattie's Unpublished manuscripts, in
Guiding two unfinished novels and twenty
which stirred literary Chicago last WIN
ter-were destroyed. All of Mrs. Peatt1e' 8
notes and memoranda 9sT 'lstories so,; a n
and her working library. The. two novels
were Mrs. Peattie's first ventures into
the realm of the longer story. One OF
them, 1.-The Maker of Gods which was
nearly ready for the printer, contained
The articles in the October Forum are
of great interest, number being written
by widely known men. Senator J. G.
Burrows forecasts the presidential contest
of 1900 withsaa paper on This ~ ear s
tai Election" Comptroller of the Cur
crency Charles G:=Dawes writes "a paper
efsmuch Importance on THE Present
Outlook for, Currency Reform. The ne
with no uncertain sound upon 1.-THE Sun
day Question
A Dewey Edition Of Consul General
Wildmans '"Tales Of the Malayan Coast"
has just been issued by the Lothrop Pub
Gated, by permission, to Admiral Dewey.
this new edition, with its capital and very
recent portraits of Dewey and Wildman.
is most timely.
OF the continental edition of "Hugh
Wynne," announced by the Century COM
GENTLY large number of copies were
printed to meet the. supposed needs of
the trade Three weeks before the date
of issue, however, .sasslargey second print
ing was found to be necessary, and the
plates were again ssentEto press.
. Messrs. Cassen & Company, limited, Of
London, have again added: the words
New York to their imprint, with offices
at and West Eighteenth, street. The
full imprint now stands asHLondon, Paris
remembered that some years ago the
company disposed of their business in
America to a Separate concern. The
agreement under which the arrangement
was made having iapsed, Messrs. Casseli
& Company appointed to take charge of
their New York branch Mr.. w. T.
Relding.
Should a university accept money that
comes comes through a trusta or department
which Margaret Sherwood has. construct
ed her novel, Henry Washington, Ideal
ist," just published by The Macmillan
Company. ST!
Mr. Charles Frohma4 sEI has purchased
1t is not well known who is dramatizing
1t, but it is said sthatsthe' story which
is so full of fine scenes and situations
has been in the hands of well-known
playwright for some time. The pub
fishers of the novel Sent out a note this
week to say that the. seventeenth edition
or 150th thousand was issued on Sept. 20.
Brown & Co., Boston, will publish i'm
mediately "Ralph Waldo Emerson" by
Edward Everett Hale, a study of Emer-
son not simply as philosopher poet,
reformer, but as strong, simple, I'M
affected, all-round man. TO this is added
two early, almost unknown, essays CT
Emerson, '"The Character of Socrates"
and "The Present State Of Ethical Phil
osophy." The same publishers also am
ynounce "Song Blossoms" book of verse
by Julia Anna Wolcott.
Sir William Magnay, author of the new
novel of London society and politics,
THE Heiress of the Season." is the sec
ond baronet, having succeeded his father
in 1871 He was born in November, 1855,
and resides at Sussex place, Regents
brilliant. and caustic study of modern So
cial and political life, will be published
shortly by D. Appleton eco.
According to the London Chronicle, ga
Double Thread" by Ellen Thorneycroft
Fowler, is the most successful novel of
the summer in England. ID Appleton
/ & Co. are the American publishers Of
Miss FoWlers novels.
The Doubleday & Mcclure Company
have ready, for immediate publication i've
volumes of their Kiplings Single Story
Series The stories announced are
'.The Man Who Would Be King. ''The
Counting of Dinah Shadd,', The Incar-
nation of Krishna Muvaney,H .'The
Drums of the Fore and Aft, )" and with
bound uniformly III very at tl eN for ars
with the familiar kiplag e1ephant-this
time me, In the jungle,,1 - 9pIn the cover:
Capt. Mahan,s Life 9of Nelson" Gilt
tie, Brown & Coz hassbeen issued in a
popular edition. complete in one volume.
and revised throushouf Although Capt
Mahan has not Essentially altered his
ment of Nelson's agNon@tbwards the Nsa-
politan republican, 179S which was the
subject of some criticism when the f. st
tain details regarding Nelson and his
wife which have besn brought to light in
recently discovered letters. .