The times., 1899-07-16


mendation, and the cover is one of the
most artistic and dainty among the many
beautiful books of the season. Boston:
Little. Brown & Co. S125)
LITERARY NOTES.
volume entitled Nelson's Friend
ships has lately appeared in England, and
| is devoted to an attempt to rehabilitate
Lady Hamilton, so far as concerns her
relations with Lord Nelson.
Mark Twain is now in London arrang-
ing for an edition de luxe of his works in
twenty-five volumes. He will come to
America in September.
A timely book for summer travel is
Outward and Homeward Bound: A Jour-
nal and Notebook for Ocean Voyagers." I"
1t is from the press of Lentilhon G. Co.,
New York, and gives information about
the keeping of time on shipboard, the
! throwing of the log, the uses of the ba-
rometer, and other customs followed on
sea voyage. There are also blank pages
for notes, etc.
Mr.. Frank Norris, author of NC
league has left San Francisco for the
San Joaquin Valley, where he will remain
for some time to work upon a new novel
for which he has made some elaborate
plans.
One of the successful novels of June was
undoubtedly Beatrice Harraden's THE
Fowler" The third American edition is
exhausted, upward of 5000 copies having
been sold. In England its success is even
more remarkable, 10000 copies having been
exhausted soon after publication.
Laird G. Lee will soon publish a novel
by opie Read and Frank Pixley, entitled
The Carpetbagger."
In their scientific series. d. Appleton &
CO., will publish shortly, two works by Ed
ward S. Holden entitled THE Sun and His
Family, and Some Great Astronomers"
The title of George Gissing's new novel
will be THE Crown of Life 1t is said
to be written in an optimistic vein, for
eign to the usual style of the author.
Edward Arnold, London. will publish in
October the new novel by Morley Roberts
entitled THE Colossus The story was
suggested by the career of Cecil Rhodes.
A romance which is said to have two
very athletic young men for heroes will be
G. Co. The title of the novel is Castle
Czrargaz: Being Plain Story of the Ro-
mantle Adventures of Two Brothers, Told
by the Younger of Them" 1t is edited by
Archibald Brit.
Mr.. Henry Rutgers Marshall, author of
''Rudyard Kipling and Racial Instinct" in
the July Century is close personal
friend of Kipling, and designed the cottage,
'Naulahka, at Brattleboro, VT He has
written two philosophical works on aes-
thetics
The following books by Col T. w. Hig-
ginson, up to the present published by
Longmans, Green G. Co., will in the future
be presented by Houghton Mifflin G. Co.
There are twelve of them: Atlantic Es-
says, Common Sense About Women
Army Life in a Black Regiment" "The
New World and the New Book" Travel
ers and Outlaws" 'Malbone," "oldport
Days" Outdoor Papers" THE Procession
of the Flowers, THE Afternoon Land
scape" (poems and translations), 1.-The
Monarch of Dreams" and Wendell Phil
lips"
Among the Thackeray autographs rec
emily sold in London was note to his
publisher, Edward Chapman, dated Ken
sington, July is, 1S4S, in which he says:
II think Of making my move at the be-
ginning of next week and passing some
time at Spa or Aix-la- -Chapelle, but as
usual, want some money before l go. If
you could give me the $50 in advance now
of the 'Kickleburys Abroad you would
very much oblige me. l want II now to
pay debt not of mine, and for which l
have the funds at the bankers, but these
funds cannot be touched until certain for
malities are complied with, which VIII re-
quire few weeks time-and | should like
if possible to settle this business today of
all days in the year. The fact is
it is claim against my old stepfather-
the only one against the old gentleman
and this is my birthday and l should like
to clear it off and be able to write to my
mother to that effect; but this is private"
The private library. for which ]. Pier
pont Morgan has just paid s150,OC0, con-
tains the finest first folio Shakespeare ex-
tant
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton will pub
lish through Little, Brown e Co., a new
collection of her verse. 1t will consist for
the most part of her contributions to the
American and English periodicals during
the past few years.
Kazmar & Co.. of Chicago announce
that there will be published Immediately
here and in England an entirely new book
by f. P. Dunno entitled what Dooley
Says" 1t was originally intended to give
this volume much longer title, but out of
Difference to trade convenience the short
one was decided upon.
Katherine NJ. Abbott has just published
a delightful little pamphlet about places
of interest down East" under the title
of Trolley Trips; the Historic New Eng
land Coast, Long Island Shore, Narragan-
sett Bay, Connecticut Valley Buzzard's
Bay, and Massachusetts" 1t also contains
full information about routes. and is a
companion to her South Shore Trolley
Trips"
Among the story-tellers who are to con-
tribute to the Saturday Evening Post" of
Philadelphia is Bret Harte who is now en-
gagged upon a series of four short stories
dealing with Californian life in the days
of the great gold fever. "a Treasure of
the Redwoods," the first of these charac
teristic tales, appeared In the Saturday
Evening Post of July s. The series is
along the lines upon which Mr. Harte made
his first brilliant successes.
Mr. Frank s. Bullen finds literature re-
THE Cruise of the Cachalot"
and ''Idylls of the Sea-" published by D.
Appleton & Co., have both proved so sue
ment in the meteorological Office and will
devote himself in the future entirely to
literature.