Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-31

which may have shaped the Shakespeare
vocabulary. The author OF this work is
Appleton Morgan, LII. D., president Of the
Shakespeare society Of New York and edi-
tor Of the Bandside Shakespeare.
The Frederick A.. Stokes company has
secured the American rights to THE Life
and Letters Of Sir John Edward Millais. "
by his son, ]. G.. Millais, and will publish
the work probably in october.
THE letters Of Robert Louis Stevenson"
edited by Sidney Colvin, which has been
running as a serial in Scribner's Magazine,
will be presented in two volumes in Sep
TENDER by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Two children's books, "a Jersey Boy in
the Revolution by Everitt T. Tomlinson,
and 9TH Little Fig Tree Stories" by Mrs.
Mary Hal1ock Foote, appear on the holiday
list of Messrs. Houghton, Mifnin & Co.
For Thee Alone a collection of English
and translated love poems, with sixteen por-
traits after famous paintings of lovers, will
be one Of the smaller gift books Of 1899.
The publishers will be Messrs Dana Estes
& Co.
Reinhold Schooner has Just completed an
elaborate work on Rome and Charles
Scribner's Sons Will present an American
edition OF 1t which will include 300 full page
illustrations by the best known Italian
artists.
Charles scribper's Sons have in prepare.
tion for early publication an important WORK
by Cosmo Monkhouse. II is to be entitled
British Contemporary Artists" with many
reproductions of famous palatings, portraits
and students.
"A Modern Mercury which is said 10 be
a bright and dashing romance, laid in an
imaginary small kingdom, similar TO those
created by Anthony Of Hope, will he pub
lished September 6 by the Doubleday G. Nc
Clure company.
The author of Bird Neighbors,' Nellie
Blanchan, has another superbly illustrated
volume in press at the Doubleday & Nc
Clure company. 1t Is entitled Natures
Garden" and is intended to aid the lay
mans knowledge Of our wild flowers.
The Choir Invisible" published by the
Macmillan company, has been dramatized
by Miss Frances Hastings. Her work has
received the approval Of Mr.. James Lane
Allen, and the play will be produced in Oc-
tober by the Henry Jewett Dramatic COM
pany in New York.
Charles Scribner's Sons are about to pub
lish a work which will be OF particular in
terest just now, as it throws considerable
light upon the conditions of the French
army which have made the Drevfus affair
possible. The author is Lionel Decle and
his book is called Trooper $500"
An important biographical work will he
presented September 4 by Harper & Broth
ers. This is the Life Of General Nathan
Bedford Forest" by DR.. j. A. Wyeth. AL
though 1t has long been the consensus of
opinion OF military critics that General
Forest was one of the geniuses of the civil
war no biography of him has hitherto APP
peared.
A new edition OF Prof. Brander
Matthews Ballads of Books is in prepa-
ration by Dodd, Mead & Co. These ballads
were collected and published ten or twelve
years ago, but the business of the original
publishers of the volume having been dis
continued, 1t has been out Of print for some
time. 1t Is now to be reissued in an at
tractive dress.
One Of the literary events of the year
uyi11 ha tho onnparanpa ipntltannptiSl in
Paris, New York and London of the long
looked-fo Memoirs OF Victor Hugo" The
:. rights Of translation and publication in the
, United States and Great Britain OF this Inn
portant work have been purchased, 1t is
reported, by the G.. w. Dillingham; company
Of New York.
The fall announcement Of Eaton G. Mains,
a neat little folder, is at hand. Among the
works Of general interest mentioned are:
winter Adventures of Three Boys in the
Great Lone Land Uric. the Jarl," a
story of the ~penitent thief; "Morningside
Stories" six books of bright tales for tiny
tots; "Goldenrod Stories" six books OF lit
tie tales for little people; John Selden and
His Able Talk" A volume that will be of
more than usual interest that Is promised
for October 5 Is "Sibylline Oracles,' trans
lated from the Greek into English blank
verse; Men and Things I Saw in Civil
War Days. by General James F.. Rushing,
will doubtless prove valuable addition to
war literature. The Epworth League Read
ing Course includes: THE Great Worlds
3 Farm" God Revealed. or Natures Best
Work" Grandmont,' stories of an old
monastery; 1.-THE Life Of the Earl OF
Shaftesbury." The list also contains a
large number of valuable religious works.
Announcements Of New Books to be
published during the falr by the MacMlllan
company, is quite a stable volume and any
attempt to give an adequate description OF
the contents must needs end in failure for
the want Of sufficient space to cover tho
subject in this column: Under the head o..
Biography" mention is made of Life Of
Drake and His Yeomen," Life and works
Of Alfred, Lord Tennyson," Life of Glad
stone and others too numerous to men
ton. The Foreign Statesman series Will
embraced under the heading OF History
promise to be most interesting. Among
them is a translation of The Roman His
tory of Appian of Alexandria" THE story
tory The Welsh People" Roman Society
In the Last Century of the Western En-
pre- and many others. The list OF works
OF fiction contains: They That Walk in
ition of Main Travelled Roads" besides a
large number of works by new authors. as
well as old. Among English Hedge,
rows" "Scotland's Ruined Anoeys.n
"Pompeii' and THE Moorish Empire are
titles that promise we'll. A work that VIII
be looked forward to with interest by ad-
mirers of Milton Is A Introduction to the
Poetical and Prose Works Of John Milton
nv Prof. Hiram Corson OF Cornell uniyer-
sity. A good many of the works have al
ready been mentioned In this column
within the Fast month or two and public
attention will be called to others from time
to time.
. The above books may be procured from
the Megeath Stationery company, 1906 Far
nam.