The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-11


his health. His next volume Of stories.
The Strength Of Gideon" will appear
among the early spring publications
Among new publications by the Mac
milan Company is a Cyclopedia Of Ameri-
can Horticulture, comprising suggestions
for cultivation OF horticultural plants. de-
scriptions Of the species Of fruits. vegeta-
6les, howers, and ornamental plants sold
in the United States and Canada, together
with geographical and biographical
sketches, by L. II. Bailey, professor OF
horticulture in Cornell University. assist
ed by Wilhelm Miller. associate editor
and many expert cultivators and bota-
nists.
Notes on the Bacon Shakespeare
Question" by the Hon. Charles Allen,
soon to be published by Houghton, Miiiin
& Co, is a digest OF the evidence direct
and indirect bearing on the authorship
Of the plays and poems attributed to
| Shakespeare, from every available
| Shakespearean student. commentator. and
editor, and a minute study Of the legal
| terms used by Shakespeare and by con-
| temporary writer's. II is shown by the
| study Of the terms that so learned jurist
| as Bacon could not have written into plays
and poems such poor legal knowledge as
| Shakespeare displays. As Judge Allen
| sums up, Shakespeare was a great dram
| atist, but an ordinary, not to say very
| poor, lawyer, while Bacon. great in the
| law, was, as shown by his own works.
great iurist, but no poet.
| The first important book on the Anglo
| Boer war from the standpoint OF an Eng
| lishman strongly opposed to the policy Of
| the English Government will be published
| Immediately by the Macmillan Company.
| II will be called The War in South Africa;
| Its Causes and Effects" and is by J. A.
| Hobson, who was recently the correspond
| ent in South Africa Of the Manchester
| Guardian"
Leon II. Vincent. whose "Bibliotaph" has
become dear TO many book lovers will soon
publish through Houghton, Miilin & Co. a
bright and entertaining account Of the
establishment and influence of the Hotel
de Rambouillet. in the first part of the
seventeenth century. The little volume
will be known as The Hotel de Ram
bouillet and the Precieuses." and VIII con-
tain some description Of the famous men
and women who were among the com
pauiOns Of the Marquise de Rambouillet.
It is said that many OF the most striking
episodes Of Mr. John Uri Lloyd's story,
"StringtOwn on the Pike" now running
serially IN The Bookman." are being
played out amid the curious complications
which prevail in Kentucky at the present
time.
knights in Fustian," by Caroline
Brown, is a story Of a most interesting ep-
isode occurring in Indiana during the war
for the Union. its theme being plot by the
at the time and since much argued and dis
cussed, to assist the Confederacy to victory
and then force a separation OF the North
western States from the Union
Richard Carvel'' is being translated into
German for immediate publication in Ber-
lin. 1t is said to be the rage among the
Americans and English in the Philippines.
and, according to the English papers in |
Hongkong, Bombay, and Calcutta. It is also |
popular there.
AS the Light Led is the tile Of a new !
novel by James Newton Basket, the au- |
thor Of at You-All's House" and. like |
his first novel, its scene is in northeastern |
Missouri. though it is not a nature story" |
in the sense that the first book was 1t is /
a country love story of the late sixties. |
when the political issues Of that part of |
Missouri were deeply swayed by the dis
putes Of the Immersionists and the Paedo
Baptists.
Ethan Allen is one Of the most conspic-
uous figures in "A Dauyis Pioneer" by
Rowland E. Robinson.
BY the Closest Ties" by Jessie Mac
gregOr Shaw, is a wOuld-be religious story
book Of the worst type. stuffed with quota
lions from the Moody and SanEey hymn
books, driyeling cant. tawdry rhetoric and
several varieties Of idiocy besides. II
seems incredible that in this generation
anyone can be induced to read a book in
which the Creator Of heaven and earth is
represented as drowning a party of young
people for the offence Of going boating on
Sunday. In fact, the work ought to be sup
pressed as an irritating and irreligious fu-
lhty. philadelphia: The Union Press)
Unlike many other writer's Of railroad
stories. Mr.. F. II. Spearman. whose re-
Gently published collection. The Nerve Of
Foley, has met with a favorable recep-
ton. makes no claim TO have gone
through the actual experiences which he
describes so wildly. Mr. Spearman's con-
lectlon with railroading has been purely
a business one. OF his acquaintance with !
railroad men, he says in a recent letter:
/ nave soaked IN railroad color by being |
Tor years brought in contact in a business |
way with railroad men. | have known |
hem in sleeping cars and baggage cars, |
IN caboOses and cabs, at home and on the
run. in roundhouses and headquarters
Know them from bottom TO top, from in
side TO out. and that's the whole of it."
The McWiliams Special" from Chi
ago TO Denver was in fact the Mahan
special. which made the famous run 10 7
axe capitalist to the bedside OF his dy- !
ng son.
Il did not know" says Mr.. Spearman.
how near l had run to the real name un- !
il Bucks, the dispatcher OF the stories. {
old me. After ! had made up my original
schedule for the McWillams and sub I
nitted it to Bucks, il was so nearly iden- J
ical with his own that he declined 10 !,
hange it figure. l was originally five =
minutes slow on run of l,O26 miles" \
1t adds to the effect Of the tales to know c
hat Bucks" actually did save train No
Q, and that he is still alive and train
ispatching in the West.
New Books Received.
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JULIUS CAESAR. Edited hy =,
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