The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-05


1.-THE Real Kruger and the Transvaal"
is the title of a book recently published
by Street & Smith as No. Il OF their IA
nous 10-cent Historical Series.
Via Crucis' bids fair TO rival some OF
the recent very popular novels. Its sixtieth
thousand has just been published by the
Macmillan Company. II was issued just
two and half months ago.
Bowen-Merrill publications rank among
the six best selling works i'm seventeen
cities as shown by the record. in the Feb
the BLACK VOLTS Breed and when
Knighthood was in Flower are the books
specified. st,
The last novel completed by Grant Allen
before his death is about 10 be published
by Messrs. @. p. Putnam's Sons under the
title of ''Hilda Wade 1t is the story of a
young woman who studies medicine for the
purpose of freeing her father OF the impu-
tation of a crime and OF bringing to justice
the true criminal IL is also study OF the
physician whose sympathies are destroyed
by interest in pure science
Messrs. Little. Brown & Co. have issued
a special announcement concerning Hen
ryk Sienkiewicz's new novel. 1.-THE Knights
of the Cross" the first half of which has
been translated by jeremiah Curtin and
issued by the firm The second half. con
GLIDING the story, will be published ex-
clusively by Messrs. Little, Brown a. Co.
as the author has completed IL.
The statement made Is for the protection
of the authorized edition. an incomplete
translation having been issued by another
publisher.
OF the works announced for immediate
publication one OF the most meritorious is
John Ruskin." by NJ. II. Spielmann. from
the Lippincott press. 1t contains briefly a
sketch Of Ruskin's life, his work and his
opinions. with personal "reminiscences: also
a paper from his pen entitled The Black
Arts originally written OSsI) as the first
Of series OF contributions to- the Maya
zine OF Art. The work IL said 20 be less of
a detailed biography than bits of converse.
.ion. correspondence and sidelights thai
give an idea OF the real man.
The G.. w. Dillingham; Company an
nounces for publication in the spring ''T'h
Eccentricities OF Genius" by Maj. ]. n
Pond. The book will be a record or M
experiences with celebrities from the tim
he first entered the managerial field
purveyor OF brains or a broker 10 suppl
to the lyceums OF America such talent n
made the lyceum platform stand 90
genius. ability. education, reform and en-
tertainment. His several contributions g
the Saturday Evening Post will be elab
Grated and embodied I'm the book.
IL is matter OF common knowledge tina
many If the most popular novels of Tn,
day have been refused again and again he
fore finding n publisher. but that Their,
should have been any question concerning
the publication OF Lorna Doone" seems
I'm these days matter for surprise IL T.
however. n fact that IL had been published
several years IN England before the Har.
pers brought out the first American
edition. Even then the majority of the
manuscript readers were against IL. anc
only owing 10 the urgent advice OF one
man. stiii connected with the hoasc. Was
the project undertaken. In his preface e
the sixth edition the author expresses his
surprise at the great success of the book.
and I'm some verses contributed 10 the new
edition OF 1880 he makes Lorna herself ex-
plain the reason for her popularity.