The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
LITERARY NOTES.

Messrs, Small, Maynard & Co.'S prelim-
mary announcements for the autumn in
clude some twenty-five volumes. In the
Beacon biographies they will issue Mrs:
Life Of Thomas Paine" by ElIery
Sedgwick; of John Brown" by Joseph
Edgar Chamberlin; of Aaron Burr" by
Henry Childs Merwin. and Of Frederick
Douglass" by Charles W. Chesnutt-the
volumes to appear at intervals during the
next three months. Books of miscel-
laneous character include selection
from the letters of Thomas Gray. edited
with biographical notice, by Henry Mil
nor Rideout; 1.-The Territorial Acquisi-
tons of the United States" an historical
review. by Edward W. Bicknell. in the
same series of brief monographs on cur
rent affairs as Richard w Hale's -"Drey-
fus Story" Things AS. They Are es,,
says. with illustrating fables on social
of Field and Wood" by William Everett
Cram. a description of some of the COM
moner small animals of the Northeastern
states. with twenty-four full-page illus
of the American Negro" by Booker L:
Washington. which may be expected
about the middle Of November.
A new novel by Edward F. Benson. the
will make it's appearance soon. 1t will
be entitled ''Mammon & Co.." and it IS
said to deal with personages living in the
same society that was characterized by
the two books just mentioned. Edward
F. Benson, it will be recalled. is a son
of the archbishop of Canterbury. and is
thoroughly acquainted with the society in
which he places the scenes of his novels
of London life.
loom Paul's People" is the expressive
title of an exceedingly interesting forth
coming book. presenting clearly for the
first time in this country the Beers side
of the TranSVaal question. The author IS
Mr.. Howard c. Hillegas,. a New York
newspaper man, who spent nearly two
h fT~in
ton, enjoying special facilities at the
hands of President Kruger and other
Boer officials, as we'll as from Sir Alfred
Miner and other representatives OF Great
Britain.
A literary announcement of far more
than the usual general interest is that
just made by d. Appleton & Co, OF their
Twentieth Century Text Books. They Of
fer a complete tand corrected series Of
text books, numbering nearly 100 volumes,
fully embOdyfng the latest ADVANCES IN
our education. The editors and the re-
spective authors of these books have
! been chosen with reference to their quail
J fications for the special work assigned TO
them.
Nature has some movements that may
be called queer" One of them is the
submarine earthquake, as a result Of
which islands are formed or destroyed.
Fergus Hume in his latest novel. 1.-The
!, lished by the New Amsterdam Book
| company, narrates the disappearance Of
an island in the Indian ocean by means
of one of these submarine disturbances,
| and his account of the adventures Of a
party of yachtsmen who We're present at
the time is decidedly interesting.
Through New Guinea and Other Can
niba1 Countries" is the title of q new
volume of travel The author. Fl. Cayley
Webster. among many remarkable eXpe-
riences, made the personal acquaintance
of the notorious Ingova. one of the most
hated head hunters in the South seas,
who had over 1900 skulls of victims. The
Capt. Websters expedition. owing to its
being wrecked off the New Ireland coast,
and of his rescue by one of the English
ume. The book is very fully illustrated
from photographs. and has maps. dia-
grams and a photogravure frontispiece.
Richard CarveP' is now in it's sixteenth