The times., 1899-09-03
LITERARY NOTES.

Messrs. L. C. Page & Co. announce the
immediate publication of the second edi-
tion of ''The Queens Service, or The
Real Tommy Atkins the first edition OF
which was exhausted on the day of publi-
cation. The subject of the book-the true
experience of a man who served eight years
in the British regulars-is an interesting
one particularly at the present time, when
rumors of war make the real condition OF
the English army of such paramount i'm
portance to the welfare of the empire.
Several months ago the Review of Re-
views" published the Canadian side OF the
Alaskan boundary dispute. In the August
number the American side is presented by
Mr. William II. Lewis, of Washington
State, who bases his argument entirely on
the facts as set forth in the British official
records.
The Doubleday & Mcclure Company will
have ready for publication in book form in
the course of a few weeks Charles Dana
Gibsons Sketches in Egypt" which has
been running in MeClure's Magazine.
An attractively printed romantic novel
of the period chronicled by Froissart, from
the press of l.. c. Page & Co., is worthy
of special mention. Some of the characters
in the story are Edward the Third, Queen
Phillipa, the Black Prince, and Bertrand
du Guesclin, and the tale, which is entitled
''The Knight of the Kings Guard" is by
EVAN Martin and presents an interesting
picture of life in the fourteenth century.
The volume is attractively bound and there
are some decorative illustrations by Gilbert
James.
A book Of peculiar interest-biographic
political, and social-is the "Reminis-
cences of My Life by Prince Krapotkin,
the famous Russian revolutionist. His is
emphatically one of those stories bearing
out the correctness of the old adage that
Truth is stranger than fiction The book
consists of matter already published Sc
rally in the Atlantic to which lew
chapters have been added. 1t will have
two portraits of Krapotkin, and will be
published shortly by Houghton, MifIlin, &
Co.
Messrs. Small, Maynard, & Co. are is
suing revised edition OF "The Dreyfus
Story" by Richard w. Hale. This handy
statement of facts and law about this noted
case is of particular use just now in en-
abling readers to understand and appre-
ciate the events of the trial now taking
place in France.
An interesting luncheon was given in
London not long ago by r. H. Russell, the
publisher After reading the list of guests
one is tempted to wish that there could
have been a phonograph behind the door.
There were nine OF them: Mark Twain,
"Mr. Dooley," E. A. Abbey. Phil May.
Bran Stoker, William Laffan, Anthony
Hope, e. H. Sothern, and William Heine
mann. The pairing off of Mr.. Hope and Mr..
Sothern was certainly happy thought.
-.,.g, rT
have been, for example, with Mr., Clemens
or Mr.. Dunno!
It is said that the author of 1.-THE Mar
tyrdoIf of an Empress" which appeared
anonymously some time ago, Is the
woman who signs herself "Marquise de
Fontenoy." She was at one time attached
to the court of the Emperor of Austria, but
eloped with an attache of the English le
CATION in Vienna, and came to this coun-
try, where she and her husband are now
engaged in journalism.
To students of sociology there will be an
especial interest in new book, 'Tramping
With Tramps," which is the work of 30
siah FIynt." AS some of his readers may
have suspected, Josiah Flynt' is not this
authors real name. His first paper on the
American tramp appeared some six or sew
en- years ago, and he is now only thirty.
There is time and opportunity for him to
do work even more brilliant than anything
which he has yet done, if he cares to try
it, and the papers by him which nave ap-
peared from time to time in current maga-
zines certainly show several different kinds
of talent.
One of the books announced for early
publication is "The Goodness of st.
ROGUE" a little volume of Creole stories,
by Alice Moore Dunbar. During the past
twenty five years several talented people
have written of New Orleans, each por-
traying some particular phase of life in
that quaint and charming old city, but the
chances are that still other types will be
found in this collection. particular in
terest attaches TO it from the fact that the
author Is the wife of Paul Laurence Dun
bar, whose plantation stories and lyrics
have become we'll known to the reading
world This is Mrs. Dunbar's first book,
although she has already written more or
less for publication. Her work will be
found to have an individuality and charm
of its own, while sharing some of the
qualities found in the work of her husband
She is a native of New Orleans, and lived
there until she came North TO teach in one
Of the Brooklyn schools. This position she
held until her marriage, little more than
a year ago. Two new books by Mr. Dun
cation; one, volume of short stories en-
titled More Folks from Dixie" the other
a book OF lyrics. under the title Poems
of Cabin and Field" The latter collection
will be illustrated from photographs by the
Hampton Students Camera Club with dec
orations by Alice c. Morse.
1t has been suggested that tCaleb
West be dramatiZed. preferably by James
A. Herne. 1t might be done, of course, bus
it seems as if ii would be almost as easy
for Mr. Herne to. write an entirely new
play. How, for example, would 1t be pos
sble to carry through drama of any sort
two motives so distinct and unrelated as
those of the book as it stands? And what
would an actress do with a character SO
vague, shadowy and incomprehensible as
that of the young engineers lady love, who
cept to receive unspoken sympathy and ar
range flowers and silk curtains in the he
ros bachelor apartments? 1t would Re be-
yond the powers of Minnie Maddern Fiske
to reach an audience from the misty re-
moteness of such heroines personality.
The "Bookman," which has constituted
itself a sort of police officer to keep order
in the English language, has something to
say about Richard Harding Davis last sto-
ry, and as the rap on Mr.. Davis Uranium
is well deserved, it may not be amiss to
remark upon it. One of the characters in
this tale, supposed to be a we'll educated
woman is made to remark: I'D lay in
wait for them" This is not only crimi-