The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
TIE booIsman and the book woman

THE bOokman and the book woman
who have begun 10 scan the count
ers whore new publications are dis
played Will notice with interest the
large part which women seem Co have
played in the Making of the new liter
ature of the year. Looking over the
volumes one is impressed by the wide
range of subjects covered. every depart
ment of letters from astronomy 10 ne
ton being represented In juvenile
literature there is. as one would expect,
preponderance OF women writer's
Whether their work i'm this line exceis
that Of men Is an open question; GER
tainly very few Of the new childrens
books show that fine touch which indi-
Gates the true literary gift
one volume OF children's verses. how
ever, is notably an exception To this
rule. IL Is "A small book embellished
with charming sketches OF chubby.
dimpled children. The artist and au-
thor Is Sarah Noble Ives. a young wO-
man who made "A success in the field OF
illustrating in New York before she re-
moved her studio TO Boston, about
year ago. Her knowledge OF art she
gained through several years spent
abroad I'm the studios Of famous Pari-
matter OF inheritance. for the young
artist and versifer belongs To a family
that has produced a number Of success
ful writer's. The late Charles A. Dana
was family connection. and il was
partly through his advice that she gath
cred together the little verses illustrat-
ed them and added a number for the
purpose of bringing out a book The
verses have charming Tilt and an i'm
tuitive comprehension Of what children
like.
Probably the most notable book of the
year from the woman's standpoint Is
that containing the "reminiscences of
Julia Ward Howe. whose "Battle Hymn
Of the Republic" as a war lyric has not
been surpassed i'm this half century.
Mrs. Howe's book is said To be intensely
interesting. for she writes with the skill
Of an artist. and her position and work
In the world have given her exceptional
opportunities 10 know all who have
been worthy of knowing. As one OF the
greatest OF modern philanthropists and
reformers, her point OF view will also |
give piquancy To pages otherwise val |
liable from the standpoint OF history of /
the times.
Several OF the books which already
work OF women who learned the mas
terry Of the pen in the field OF daily
Journalism Among these are Miss
Mary krout, who has been the foreign
OF one of the biz Chicago |
dailies; Miss Amy Leslie, who has act
ed as dramatic critic on well known |
newspaper. and Mrs. Ella w. Peattie, |
a journalist OF wide experience. Miss |
Krout has issued several books before
the present one. "A LOCKER on In Lon
don" Her preceding book on Hawaii
achieved decided popularity. Miss
Krout succeeded Miss Kate Field as her |
newspapers representative i'm those is |
lands.
Miss Amy Leslie has compiled a num- |
Der Of "reminiscences and anecdotes of !
some Players" The book is hand |
somely illustrated and is. i'm fact. an
edition de luxe. Miss Leslie has "A
charming manner of writing and there
is no doubt that the embellishments OF
Japan paper and expensive engravlngs
are not required to make the book ac-
ceptable TO the discriminating reader.
Intimate China" by Mrs Archibald |
Little the wife of an English diploma
list who spent many years in Japan, is
written i'm that gossipy, conversational
vein that makes fact sound like de-
ightful fairy tale. Her book is elab-
the women of China is both new and
The Lincoln literature has two con-
ributors. Nancy Hanks Hitchcock pre-
'ents Life of Nancy Hanks" while