The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
LITERARY NOTES .

McClure's Magazine for August con-
tains an article on "The Cape to Cairo
railway" by w. 7. Stead. AS Mr..
Stead is a personal friend of Cecil
Rhodes, as well as of most of the i'm
portant men associated with him in
this enterprise, his story will have a
very special interest and value. 1t
is fully Illustrated from photographs of
incidents and scenes along the line
Miss Tarbell will give an account of
the death of Lincoln, based on the UNI
published recollections of persons who
were with Lincoln in his last hours and
were more or less eye-witnesses of his
assassination. The article will be IL
Illustrated with the last life portrait of
Lincoln, a facsimile of the last bit of
writing done by him, picture Of the
scene at his deathbed, and other pic
lures. Seumas MacManus, w. A. Fra
ser, Ray Stannard Baker and three new
writers contribute short stories.
DR.. Arabella Kenealys "Rejoinder" to
Mrs, Ormiston Chant in the discussion
of Woman as an athlete" in The Liv-
ing Age for July %, is not only inter-
esting as a bit of keen writing, but it
communicates important physiological
facts which, if generally understood,
are at least very widely ignored. One
of the cleVerest of recent stories of life
in India is THE gospel-of the air bali, -
which describes the unexpected conse-
quences which followed the introduce
ton of foot ball among native Indian
troops. ''Neera's" romance, 1.-THE old
house" now in course of publication in
The Living Age, will be followed, early
in September, by story entitled Dame
Fast and Peter Nord," which DR.. Has
ket Derby has translated from the
Swedish of Selma Lagerlof, the young
writer whose COSTA Berling' and
Miracles of Antichrist" have attract
ed so much attention.
Rita" the world-famous authoress,
contributes to the August number of
The American Queen striking and
original story, entitled Marrying a IT,
tie; or An American girl abroad"
while Mary E. Wilkins, the we'll known
New England writer, is represented by
How Charlotte Ellen went visiting.''
These with Marjorie Cholmondeley
M. d." by r. Leslie, "a Bohemian in
johannesburg by Sybil Bernstein,
and a couple of charming poems, all
well and copiously illustrated, make
The Queen particularly suited for sum-
mer reading, when fiction holds first
place.
The Messrs. Appleton, publishers OF
The Town and County Library an
nounce the publication of a new Ii
brary in paper to be called Appletons'
Popular Library. 1t will contain fic-
ton, adventure, etc That it will not
be limited to fiction, is shown by the
character of the first issue, which will
be F. 7. Bullen's Cruise Of the Cacha-
lot" which will appear in this library
in paper at the price of % cents. D.
Appleton & Co., it will he remembered,
are Mr.. Bullen's authorized publishers
in this country.
Miss Dora McChesney, the we'll
known English author of Rupert, by
the Grace of Cod" has broken through
the dictates of conventional criticism
with the following letter to her pub
lishers: MY last library box intro
duced me to one of your new publlca-
tions--a story of my favorite period
which has taken us both captive,
Hugh Gwyeth, a Roundhead Cava-
Her.
1t is indeed a delightful book swift,
direct, forceful and with an UNDER
standing of human nature, a power OF
suggesting external nature, which places
it far apart from most romances of ad-
venture. And the author shows her
(nis?} mastery Of hestime as much by
fine restraint, an omission of detail.
as by anything actually set down.
unbusinesslike, but one does not often