The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-11
Late Developments
in Literary World.

Ldfe Developments
in Literary World,
Intensely modern is the new murder
story by Randall Irving Tyler, entitled
"Thc Blind Goddess" There is, 1t
seems. evolution in murder stories as
well as in everything else. Those who
read Tyler's -Four Months After
Date" and said the book was clever
though perhaps weighted down with
business transactions, will find in "The
Blind Goddess" just issued, a novel
drawn in new vein, but full of dra-
matte climaxes. To bring home the
thoughts it contains to many who new
er read murder stories, incidents are
used familiar TO all who have followed
the recent poison cases. The pros
ecuting officers theory of the crime,
the appalling accusation of the in
nocent daughter of one of the muir
dered men, the web of circumstan-
tial evidence around and against
man of unblemished character who is
also accused, the defenceless position
both of these people occupy before the
without hearing before magis-
trate-all these things make the reader
think. The underlying motive for the
crime introduces a diversion in the
person of an adventures for whose
presence no apology is offered, as it
turns out that she is the real culprit.
Stuyvesant Publishing company, New
York.
A most attractive little volume has
just been issued by Messrs. Laird
& Lee, which is sure to be consplc-
uous object in the hands and overcoat
pockets of the many thousands Of
Americans, whose thoughts are now
turned toward "Paree" and whose per-
sons will be on the pilgrimage in 1900.
You want to know how to get to Paris,
how to find your way in Paris after
YOU get there, how to avoid a con-
hiCt with the dreaded custom house
officers, how to order a dinner or a
cal, haircut or bath, etc, etc.
All this, and much more, the book
teaches, giving the French pronuncia-
ticn of each word. There is a full list
of all the sights of Paris and the
suburbs, with pronunciation marked,
% maps of the municipal districts of
the city, naming the places Of interest
situated in each. An official plan in
Colors of the exposition grounds. l2
half-tones of famous landmarks, and a
colored map giving the railroad dis
tance and time to Paris from all direc-
tions, supplemented by a table of rail-
road fares from forty-eight important
European cities. There is a telegraph
code, a French-slang dictionary hints
on passports and notes on the eXpost-
ton. Blank pages for addresses, cash
account, etc, make the guide" true
pocket volume.
The Michigan state board of health
has recently issued an official publi-
cation, setting forth, by photographs
of views throughout the state, the
facts showing the desirablity of the
state as a summer resort, and it's value
as a health resort. The publication is
a beautiful directory of Michigan's
summer resort localities. with a suf-
ficient description of localities, routes,
hotels, mineral springs. mineral baths,
and sanitaria offering special induce
ments for invalids to make it a great
a pleasure resort or a health resort:
and, as the work is official, it should
be Il valuable guide to the finding of
a place to spend the summer months
among pleasant and healthful sur
roundings. If you want this "Direc-
tory of Midsummer Resorts send six
| cents in stamps to pay postage with
your request and name and address,
. - 4 s,,,r
Michigan"
Is the day coming when we shall
| cook our own food at our own tables
when all we shall have to do is to at
tach a wire to the electric fixture
| overhead, and on a neat slab, heated
| by electricity, cook eggs, steaks, and
| cakes exactly to suit our own tastes,
to say nothing of the enjoyment of
| having everything fresh and steaming
| hot? Miss Anna Leach's article in the
| May Cosmopolitan on Science in the
| Model Kitchen" is interesting to house
| keepers from a hundred points Of view,
| as well as in its suggestion of the
| electric cooking of the future. Photo
| graphs of the present-day development
in electric cooking are given with the
| article, besides the interiors of the
kitchens of many noted houses.
| "A Double Thread" is the title OF
| the new novel by Ellen Thorneycroft
| Fowler, author Of Concerning Isabel
| Carnaby," which is to be published
shortly by d. Appleton & Co. The bril-
| liancy of Concerning Isabel Carnaby'
is said to be accentuated in this new
novel, which, moreover, will be found to
represent even more distinctly a story
| telling purpose. There is a peculiarp plot
with certain most unexpected develop
ments, and the authors ingenuity in
| construction is no less apparent than
the wit, incisiveness, and intense mod
crnity of her dialogue. The new move
deals for the most part with English
ccuntry-hOuse life.
Hon. John ID. Long, secretary of the
navy, is the author of n very notable
contribution to the forthcoming June
number of Frank I.eslie's Popular
| Monthly 1t is entitled The Building
of the New Navy" and is illustrated
| with nearly forty elaborate pictures
| and official plans, showing types OF
| all the classes Of United States wal
| vessels. from the torpedo boats and
! destroyers to the most formidable first,
class battleships, such as the new
lucky.
In view of our recent acquisitions in