The times., 1899-11-26


man" which is likely TO be Of interest TO
iadoleseent readers who are thinking Of be-
coming freshmen themselves.
Somebody with little reverence for es-
tablished romance has been interviewing
Henry Savage Landor, the Englishman
who wrote that narrowing account of his
tortures in Tibet a year or so ago II
was said at about the time of the appear
ance Of the book that the explorers health
had been entirely wrecked by the crueIties
or the Tfbetans, that he had lost one ear
and the sight of both eyes. and bore innu-
merable scars on his body; also that he was
paralyzed. The interviewer in question
says that he has seen Mr.. Landor, who has
both ears intact, appears to have no i'm
pedtment in his vision, is not grey of hair
or of mustache, and is not even obliged to
walk with limp. Some people told the
interviewer that the young Englishman
| had never been within thousand miles of
Tibet. But perhaps that statement is too
wild to be credited
Three semi-historical books for boys. by
James S. Otis. have appeared. Captain
! Tom the Privateersman" is a story OF the
War of 1912; "On Santiago With Sampson"
/ explains itself. though It does not explain
( how the hero saw the great fight if he
was on the New York at the time; and
When Dewey Came to Manila" is of
course, a story of the battle in Cavite Bay.
new book by "Iota," author of Poor
! Max and "A Yellow Aster," has appeared,
under the title Anne Mauleverer.' Iota,
by the way, is said to be Mrs. Warrington
! Caffyn.
It is now said that the late Grant Allen
| published some of his minor fiction under
| the pseudonym "Olive Pratt Raynor." A
story over the latter name, entitled "Ro-
salba' appeared last season.
Andrew Lang has come forth with a
! Red Book" this time of animal stories
| He says that the moral is that one should
| be kind to animals. Is it possible that
book with the opposite moral would have
any circulation?
| One of the holiday books is The Golf
! Girl, containing drawings in color by
/ Maud Humphrey. illustrating verses by
| Samuel Minturn Peck.
| Abraham Cahan is writing a new novel
of Jewish life in New York. Mr.. Cahan has
been called the American Zangwill-a
doubtful compliment, since the young
Americans work is much more unconscious
and unassuming, and quite as artistic as
| that of the English Hebrew A review of
Children of the Ghetto''-the play not the
book-has been written by Mr.. CahaD for
the Forum, and it ought to be interest
| ing.
Anyone who read 'Helen's Babies a
quarter of a century ago-who would dream
! that it is so long since Bulge and Todde
were born?-has probably wondered why in
the world an illustrated edition OF the book
was never published. This has finally come
to pass. The illustrations are by Miss Sara
| Crosby, and the book is published by Bel
ford & Co.
JOY to the student of primitive ua-
tions viii be Primitive Love and Love
| Stories" by Henry T. Finck. Mr.. Finck
| has been at work on this book for thirteen
years. and it should be full of interesting
and valuable matter.
A holiday edition of Whittiers "Tent
on the Beach" has been issued by Hough-
ton, Miifiin Co
"'How to be Pretty, Though Plain" by
| Mrs. Humphrey. is a book of diminutive
size, the title of which is a full index to
| the contents.
The sixth edition of George Ade's 'Fa-
| pies IN slang mas already been exhaust
ed and this is quite right The book is
one of the cleverest of the season in its
own peculiar way.
| A London publisher is issuing fine edi-
ton of Mark Twain's works, in twenty
/ two volumes. Is the prophet without hon
For in his own country?
| A new book by Conan Doyle, dealing
with the Chinese quarter of San Francisco,
is soon to appear. 1t is entitled The
| Shadow of Quong Lung"
"Mr. Isolate, of Lonelyville," is a figure
more or less familiar to the public through
the medium Of the comic operas. and his
creator c. c. Converse, now presents his
| biography in book form.
1.-THE Little Fig Tree Stories" by Mary
HalIock FoOte, is a collection of fanciful
| little tales illustrated by the author; and
| the profits of the book will all go to the
| Chudren's Hospital in San Francisco.
The Letters Of Robert Louis Steven
son." when published in book FORM will
| fill two volumes and these will contain
more than twice the number of letters that
have appeared in the magazine serial.