The times., 1899-09-10

N.NN@NS NHS PA1sJ ibSSAl ISheTSully anu I'M
pressively, but the experiences of the pill
grlms abound in funny happenings. Messrs
Holt & Co, are at the same time printing
the authors 'Stageland," with Partridge's
brilliant illustrations, for the seventh time.
New publications by the c. w Dilling-
ham Company, are THE Funny Side OF
Politics." by George S. Hilton, containing
many amusing stories told in the House
and Senate, in Washington, and anecdotes
by many living politicians; "a Transplant
ed Lily a novel by Sydney ]. Wilson;
THE Broken Locket," by Will A. Garland,
who is a son Of the late Senator Garland,
and Don Fernandez, the Spanish Spy,
by Barclay M. Ross.
A collection of poems of the time of
James l and Charles 1 has been made by
Mr.. Fitz Roy Darlington and will soon be
published by R. H. Russell The little vol
ume illustrated with quaint prints of the
period, is called 1.-The Kings Lyrics" and
those who know its companion volume.
The Queens Garland will feel sure, even
before seeing THE Kings Lyrics" that
Mr.. Darlington has again used rare good
taste in his work of compiling.
In order to supply popular demand for
son ("B. W. beautiful little volume OF
selections, entitled THE City of Dreadful
Night, and Other Poems" has just been is
sued, bearing on the title page the imprint
in America, of A. c. McClurg e Co., and in
London that of Bertram Dobell.
Messrs. Barbee & Smith, of Nashville,
Tenn, and Dallas, Tex, will publish. about
the middle of September, AN Autumn Lane.
and Other POEMS" a new volume by VIII
t. Hale, the Southern poet.
Two new weekly magazines are to be
issued, one Immediately, the other next
month. The one to be issued at once is
called The Other Side" and will deal with
economic questions. The editor and the
publishers of this venture are to remain
unknown. The subscribers are to be con-
tributors, which seems to- contradict the
statement in the official announcement that
the tone of the magazine is to be kept cold
and impartial. According to the Pub
fishers Weekly the special purpose of
the magazine is to give the other side Of
every grievance a full and impartial hear
ing The other magazine is to be called
Literary Life" 1t will be devoted to
books and bockmen and will be issued on
Saturdays from New York city. It's pro-
jectors promise that, though literary, it
will be lively.
The Doubleday & Mcclure Company will
publish early in September translation
by r. G. Long, of Jean de Bloch's THE
Future of War the book which is credited
by public rumor with having given the
Car of Russia the first impulse toward
calling the peace conference.
Dana Estes & Co., Boston, announce a
curious book among their autumn pub
lications. 1t is reproduction by photo
graphic process of the MSS. of the Lis
toric sketch of all the aque1ucts which
supplied water TO Rome down to the end
Of the first Christian century. prepared
by Sextus.i Julius Frontinus, who was
water commissioner OF Rome, A. d. 81.
The New Amsterdam Book Company
has bought the American rights to B. L.
Farjeon's latest novel, Samuel Boyd, of
Catehpole Square" This company a'so
has in press "Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight" abridged in prose, from the mid
die English alternative poem. 1t is In
tended as the first of a series of romances
represented in Malory's Mort D'Arthur.'
D. Appleton & Co., in their Twentieth
Century Text Books offer a complete and
correlated series of textbooks, numbering
nearly 100 volumes, fully embodying the
latest advances in our education The ed
itors and the respective authors of these
books have been chosen with reference to
their qualifications for the special work
assigned to them. The general editorial
supervision of the series is in the hands
of DR.. A. F. Nightingale, Superintendent of
High Schools, Chicago, and Prof. Charles
H. Thurber, of the University of Chicago,
men thoroughly conversant with every
phase of educational work.
DR.. Washington GLADDEN. has written
book to answer the query, How Much is
Left of the Old Doctrines?' Houghton,
Miffiin & Co. will publish it a few weeks
hence
The 'Bookman' says: Some years ago
a slim little volume called Ghetto Trag-
edies, by Mr. Zangwill, was published in
England only, but this volume to our
thinking, contains the cream of his work.
Mr. Zangwill has been engaged on a new
and enlarged edition of this book. which.
renamed They That Walk in Darkness
will be published by the Messrs. Macmillan
in November. His brother, Mr. Louis
Zangwill, known in the literary world as
"Z. H. is engaged on a long novel. Mr..
Louis Zangwill is an ardent student of
psychology and a warm admirer of Prof.
William James, of Harvard, whose Talks
to Teachers on Psychology was recently
published. One day Mr.. Louis Zangwill
observed the announcement Interview
with William jameson the bill of a Lon
don society paper and made haste to Sc
cure a copy. Imagine his disgust when he
discovered that the William James" de-
scribed was gentleman whose title to
distinction is that he entertains the Prince
of Wales, and not 1.-The psychologist who
writes like Il novelist"
Houghton Miff1in & Co.'S fall announce
ments include not few important new
books and new editions. Among the for
mer are John Fiske's Dutch and Quaker
Colonies in America in two volumes;
Mrs Julia Ward Howe's "reminiscences;
Prince Kropotkins Memoirs" Dr. Mum
gers Life of Horace BUSHNELL" and three
new volumes in the American Statesmen
series on Chase, Sumner, and c. F. Ad-
ans. New books CT fiction are promised by
Miss Johnston, author of Prisoners of
Hope" f. Hopkinson Smith, Miss Jewett.
Mrs Whitney, and Bret Harte; and many
poets in new editions, notably Tennyson
in new and greatly improved household
edition; Keats, Mrs. Browning, and Scott in
the Cambridge edition; and Tennyson,
Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier, and Lowell
In new cabinet edition, with much larg-
er type than that of the old cabinets
Mr.. Montague G. Jesett has written
volume entitled ''The Key of South Afri-
ca, which is to be published very soon In
London. The work deals intimately vita
the commercial and historical aspects of
Delagoa Bay, and in it Mr.. Jesett VIII
show what an abundant field for English
mems energy and enterprise is open in
this promising spot, which the Portuguese