The times., 1899-10-22
LITERARY NOTES.

George Ade. author Of "Artie," PINK
Marsh, and Doc Harris" was born in
1866 at Kentland, Ind the son of the town
banker. There he had an ordinary town
boys schooling but he derived from ii
more than the ordinary boy can possibly
acquire. Later he went through Pardue
University in Lafayette, Ind, and there he
made the valuable acquaintance of Mr..
John T. McCutcheon, with whom he has
since been closely associated. After leav-
ing college, Mr. Ade's interest in Journalism
took him into the Office of a country paper
where he acted as reporter and man of all
work, filling any position which happened
to be vacant for the moment, from Office
boy to managing editor.
This fall he win bring out book called
Fables in Slang, which is quite different
from anything he has yet achieved. Moth
ing could be more up-to-date in the ordi-
nary city life than the peculiar logic and
moraliziug of these Iittle tales. With such
qualities they combine curious sort OF
capitalizing and the formal and conven-
tionalized illustrations by Mr.. Clyde j.
Newman extremely appropriate
Hugh Thomson the illustrator Of Jane
Austen has drawn seventy illustrations
for the edition of Charles Reades Peg
Wellington" which the Doubleday & Nc
Clure Company will publish. These
are all In the delicate line
made practically his own. and when
coupled with Reade's delightful picture of
early theatrical life in London, when Gar
rick, Barry, Colley Cibber, and Kitty Give
we're among those who gathered about the
immortal Wellington, they come with pro
bounced interest for the lover of good
editions.
At last we are to learn of the late Span
ish war from the standpoint of the regu-
lar. Hitherto he has been content TO let
the volunteers and the reporters write the
books. while he attended to the serious
business of the moment-the fighting The
regular who has now turned his expert
ences into a book is Mr. Karl Stephen
Herman late private Light Battery ID,
Fifth United States Artillery, and his book
From Yauco to Las Marias Being a Story
of the Recent Campaign in Western Pu-
erto Rico by the Independent Regular Br-
gade Under Command of Brigadier Cen
eral Schwan," is announced for immediate
publication by Messrs. Badger. a notable
feature of the book is forty full-page il
lustratiOns.
William Nicholson, whose bold portraits
of celebrities are so well known has made
another collection of drawings under the
title of "The Square Book of Animals,
published by R. Fl. Russell These pic
lures are as striking as anything Mr. Mich
olson has yet done. The subjects are do
nestle animals, including a duck, a hen,
a colt q goat, etc.
Recently Hiss Pamela Colman Smith the
color illustrator, was visiting Rev s Bar
ing Gould at his Devonshire home, and
there met Sir Henry Irving. The greatest
English speaking actor was so impressed
with the originality of her work that he
asked her to design a poster for his use in
America, using the quaint color scheme
which has brought her early distinction
Miss Smiths greatest enthusiasm is per
haps for illustrating the best Of the old
English ballads and folk songs, using the
songs mainly as a suggestion for studies
OF the country and sea life in and about
early England In her hands these be-
come more than Illustrations They take
rank as remarkably unique and accurate
studies of an atmosphere" all but lost to
the England of today They are free and
fanciful in conception and almost bold in
coloring, but never grotesque. Two hooks,
'Widdicombe Fair and The Golden Van
ity and the Green Bed, will be published
shortly by the Doubleday & Mcclure Com
pany. the first in an edition limited 10 500
copies each numbered and containing an
original sketch in ColOrs by Miss Smith
They are particularly interesting Just now
as company Of English singers Is an
nounced as about 10 produce these old
ballads. singing them IL costume and with