The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

Joel Chandler Harris has a high opin-
ion of Howard Wheeden's "Bandanna
think. 1t is we'll named for negro dia-
lect verse. Harris thinks so we'll OF
them that he says in an Introduction
that "by the side Of this portrayal of
the old time darkey, the Uncle Remus
stuff is but a fiimsy dream" Harris
ought to now as to this.
1.-The Ladder of Fortune is praised
by New York Critic. 1t is by Miss F.
G. Baylor, a V%irginian novelist of some
pretens1or.
Another new edition Of SCOTS novels
has been published in England. 1t is
the Temple Edition" and said to be
a thing of beauty" exquisitely print
ed and bound. 1t is pronounced by
"impeccable." Scott is always at the
front.
That great Scotch author, the mimi
table Thomas Carlyle, a man of very
distinguished genius, is not dead" by
a great deal, but still "~speaketh" from
his splendid, most unique, most vigor-
Gus works. His admirable, charming
essays are to appear in five volumes.
Mrs. Margaret ELEPHANTS "Autobiog-
raphy'' in n octave, is really one OF
the most important, interesting VOL
umes Of "reminiscences or biography
tho+ LaI,n rod IN Wo
have delighted in celebrating her
praise, which she so richly merited.
Her book is described as full Of remi-
~niscence, anecdote and fact concerning
a very large portion of the authors Of
the Victorian era"
There is a new book out that under
takes to tell 1.-The truth about the
Beers" It's title is 'Oom Paul's Peo-
ple," by Howard c. Hillegas, %illustrat-
ed, II mo-. The author is a we'll known
journalist in New York city. He spent
nearly two years in South Africa, and
had excellent facilities for studying the
situation. Kruger, Rhodes and others
are portrayed. The price is $3.50.
Mrs. Browning, perhaps the greatest
female poet of modern times, is moi for
gotten. Miss Lillian Whiting, al Amer
lean, will publish a volume on her she
calls "a Study" Robert Browning, hus-
band of the celebrated poetess, is to
have a new edition in six volumes. We
think Houghton, Miffin & Co, the
great Boston publishers, are to issue
it. Rev. George Willis Cooke will
edit it,
John Morley is said to be giving his
entire time to the Gladstone biography.
He lives at Hawarden, near the Glad
stone home, "the CASTLE in a house
erected by the eldest son of the great
orator and statesman. Mr.. Morley, we
take it, has completed the Life Of
Oliver CROMWELL that is to appear
serially in the United States.
The critic for New York Tribune
praises much the Bearers of the Bur-
den,' by an amateur, Major w. P.
Drury, of the Royal Marines.
A new life of Queen Elizabeth is to
| appear in England. 1t is by the Lord
Bishop of London, Mandell Creighton.
William S. Lord will publish soon a
work entitled 1.-The Best Short Poems
! of the United States"
Tolstoy, the great Russian novelist,
has a new move out called "Resurrec-
ton By the way nearly all the news
papers and monthlies and literary
| weeklies spell his name "Tolstoi," and
that is said to be the wrong way by
those who know.
A new work that promises to Fbe in
teresting, is undertaken in England by
J. G. Underhill. It is Spanish Litera-
ture, in the England of the Tudors."