The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23
AT AUTHORS ARE DOING ''7z VI

ing last fall. It's publishers, Forbes. How
ard &, Hubert. viii issue series oi slrui-
lar pocket volumes containing bits OF ore
from rich mines" Patriotic Nuggets. Sc
IectiODs from Franklin. Washington. Jat-
ferson, Webster, Lincoln and Beecksr.
Will 5e published iumediately; Educa ton
al and PhiIosophic Nuggets are to follow
shortly.
"A Pocket History Of the American
title of a valuable little work complied
and arranged by Cromwell Childe. to be
issued by Bonueu. Silver Co. New
York. about August / II is comQrehen-
sive little handbook of the men and deeds
OF the navy OF our nation. lis pages in
cluding many interesting details as TO
sea power" past and present The book
is intended for popular reference. has
been made up from the best naval au-
thor!ties and will III IN the vest pocket
One OF the successful novels or june
was undoubtedly Beatrice Harraden' :
The Fowler" The third American edi-
ton is exhausted upward Of 500 copies
having been sold. In England its success
IS even more remarkable. 1000 copies hav-
ing beer exhausted soon after puoilc3-
ton
An edition de luxe Of mis- letter "J'a9-
cuse," specially printed at the celebrated
house Of ChriStOphe PlauLlE. and special
Iy bound by NJ. Jacques Moisely, is 10 be
presented 70 NJ. Zola by the journalists
Of Antwerp.
Literary Scandinavia IS engaged in q
controversy arising out OF tho suppression
Of Dr. Edward Brandes novel. y Guns
Blood" on the score of improperly The
controversy has become somewhat par
tv question and all sorts Of Irrelevant Is
sues have been dragged IN. The followers
Of the older and Staider school mold that
certain subjects are unified for artistic
ttreatment in the 1ovei While .i,a [hs fEee- rec
blazoued on their banner. The question
has reached the pamphlet stage
A fad in the realm OF Old books is the
gathering Of all literature that bears upon
the abolitionist movement. Pamphlets or
books bearing upon the question OF slav-
cry from the time II Wilberforce 70 Lie
War of Secession are in demand Some
Of the most interesting discoveries OF old
time cuTiosities have been made in Eng
land. High prices are being paid for tne
most insignificant trittes.
Literature of July prints cOmpre-
heUStVe article 0n recent French fiction.
The nineteenth century IS looked upon as
period of transition in rctlon, no schoo!
seeming to obtain. The idealIstc novel
is written OF quite out OF date, the
naturaIistic as fast losing hold upon the
public An anxiety for new subjects
seems TO predomlnate; nevertheless the
horizon of the novel writer is generally
narrowed down 10 dissolute and idle Pa
The August Century will be Midsum-
mer and Travel number. In the former
character, its special feature may be said
10 be q group Of papers on tornadoes and
thunderstorms The first OF these is a
graphic description, at first hand OF the
tornado that visited Kirksville, Mo. last
spring. A learned paper on tornadoes in
general is contributed by Professor Cleve-
land Able Of the Weather Bureau; and a
Professor John Trowbridge OF Harvard.
A second edition Of r. V. Risley's vol
une OF Mems Tragedies" Is on the press
for Immediate publication. The Bookman
speaks Of the stories as of unusual power
and quality. From the same magazine
we learn that Mr.. Risley was born in
New York twenty-four years ago and that
most of his boyhood was spent in that
city and near New Rochelle Later he
travelled both IN America and in Europe,
\ Co. dn~
IN Paris.
A second edition Of The Maternity of