Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-22
Literary Notes.


THE National Review" for February is
just at hand and is as usual entertaining and
instructive.
"a Popular History of Germany" from its
discovery by the Romans to the present day
will soon be issued by Lothrop Publishing
company. Germany: Her People and Their
Story" is the title. 1t is in every sense
popular story. The author is Augusta Hale
Clifford, wife of Hon. George Clifford, United
States consul at Basle and sister to Senator
Eugene Hale of Maine.
THE Lesson of Popular Government" is
| the title of book by Gamaliel Bradford
which The Macmillan company will publish
this spring. 1t is the fruit of thirty years
OF exclusive devotion TO the study of the
| practical working of our government. Mr..
Bradford has hitherto been well known
mainly through newspaper contributions
and magazine articles, but has now for
| the first time embodied his views in
connected work.
Elbridge S. Brooks has yielded TO the de-
mand for a popular history Of the war OF
| 1898 and will issue very s1on through the
press Of Lothrop Publishing company, THE
| Story of Our War with Spain" The book
will be a comprehensive and consecutive
story OF the war. its causes and its progress,
told for young people in the attractive man
ner that has made all Mr.. Brooks ''stories"
| of history prime favorttes with young read
ers and their elders as we'll.
! Lothrop Publishing company have in
| press for early issue Tales OF the Malayan
Coast" by Rounseville Widman. United
States consul at Hong Kong, Mr.. Widman's S
| connection with the stirring affairs in the
| far east, his association with Aguinaldo
J the Filipino chief, ard his intimate connec-
tton with Deweys victory and the progress
Of the war IN the Philippines will give 10
his stories an especial interest The hook
is timely and no one better knows the Ma
! layan coast than Consul Wildman.
The Coruhill Magazine does not arrive
until long after the majority Of the
monthly publications have been read and
| received and its character may to a certain
extent be judged by the following from
the table Of contents THE Queel's Twin"
by Miss Sarah Orne Jewett; THE Etching
ham Letters" xxxvi;-xliv; Little Hol,
THE Flying Squadron" "A Summer Trip
TO Chinese Thibet," by Mrs. Archibald
Little; Sentiment and 'Feelin;" western
Precursors of Dante" by Miss Eleanor Hull;
The Humors of School Inspecticu;" ''Lit-
| tie Anna Mark" chapters yi.-x, by S. r
Crockett.
1t is rather unusual nowadays to find
among the popular authors such a vital
sense OF literary art that it leads them in
the face OF popular appreciation and finan-
Cial reward DR.. Conan Doyle, however, has
shown this in a marked degree in the case OF
/ his forthcoming novel, "a Duet with an Oc-
casIonal Chorus" 1t Is a story OF happy
married life, (Which tells OF days OF peace
and days Of storm-such storms as seems
very pretty from the deck OF high ship,
/ but are serious for the two cared boats, -
and the author decided that il would be in
| jured as a piece OF literature by being pre-
| sented IN installments; SO he deliberately
| threw away good many thousand dollars in
| order to have "A Duet" come before the
world from the start just as he felt II should.
! The book is to appear in England and
America early this spring.
! The recent success OF the British arms
over the Mahdists In the Soudan demon
| strates that even fanatcism cannot stand
/ against drill and discipline. But in earlier
/ days II is easy 10 understand why the Arabs
1 swept all before them, An ingenious tenet
| OF Mohammed taught his followers that the
hour and minute and second OF death were
! fully ordained. Therefore the believing
soldiers self regardless fighting was for a
! while inyincible. Confucius, Zoroaster.
! Buddha, Brahma, Mohammed-each OF these
great religious thinkers now has his fol-
lowers beneath the far-fiung flag CT he
United States 1t Is consequently the highest
political wisdom to understand what each of
our new wards believes. The February num-
ber OF The Cosmopolitan will contain the
first chapter OF THE Founding of an En-
pire" by John Brisben Walker. The first
part gives birds eye view Of Mohammed
and his religion.