The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-27
LiteFA ~ Notes.


,,l Dotd, Mead & Co. announce for early pub
lic:tion in the spring. Jerome K Jerome s
Ihree Men on Bicycle
Fleming H. Revell company, Chicago and New
YORK; are to be the authorized publishers of
H. l.. Moodys Life and Times
1t is ptiful tale what Mrs Ward mas to tell
in her introduction to Charlotte Brorte's "Shir-
ley. the second volume OF this elaborate Ha-
worth edit IN Of the works of the Eronte sis: ers
now being published by the Harpers.
DR.. A. Edward Davis. adjunct professor of
diseases of the eye in the New York Postcard
uate Medical school and hospital has written a
book on 1.-The Refraction OF the Eye" which
the Macmillan company is publishing.
The Firs: Stage of the Bocr War uhe first
OF the articles on the WAY to appear in S.rib
ner.s Magazine} will be published IN the Feb
rcarY hu1rEer. 1t is by Fl. J. Whigham, who
made his reputation as correspondent il the
recent war with Spain.
Three mouths after publication "Havid IIar-
UNI had hardly been rec ognizcd at all while
of Richard Carvel' about 100. 000 had been an
nounced iE that space of time. 1t is probably
the case that the record Of "Jancc Meredith
(2COG00 in three months) is the most renal kabia
ere achieved in this country ty any novel dur.
ing the past generation.
How Women May Earn Living is the tit:o
OF handbook Of occupations for wome by Mrs.
H"ien Z. CandGe, WElcn the Macmillan CON!
pany will publish this month. 1t IS intended.
more particularly TO reach the educated class
OF women. assuming their need to he greater than
that of the girls who go without thought frcnl
the public schoo! to tho factory.
i The rumor that England is preparing the is
land CT St Helena foS the possible reception
OF President Kruger leads special Thickness
to an article which will appear in the February
Century-the first Of the hitherto uDreportec
Talks with Napoleon from the diary OF DR.
B.. l.. O'Meara, his physician at st. Helena. Il
might not be amiss to say England has not
caught Dom yet.
In an article in Cassel's Magazine for Jan.
uary on the First Royal dragons, now in South
Africa, Mr.. Fletcher Robinson says: Have YOU
much difficulty In teaching the recruits to rider
They vary; some take to 1t like ducks to water
and others are dreadful buffers. The riding
masters were very brutal in the old days. # /,
lad was 4 bit nervous, they'd put him On
regular wrong 'un; if that would give him
confidence! L dare say, you remember the ole
joke CT the riding master shouting 20 the mai
who had taken toss his beasts head
And who gave you permission to dismount ?
But times arc changed, and the recruits learr
twice as fast now that they are treated kindly
The career of Mr.. Eden Phillpotts. whose re
cent book Of short Stories The Human Boy,
is attracting much attention, is of interest, a:
proving that young man seldom finds his tru.
vocation first trial. Mr.. Philipotts was borl
in India, and was destined for the church. HI
carly abandoned this idea, owing to persona
views, and went to LONDON, where he entered
a lre-insurance Office. He subsequently trict
both acting and arr. but. making no great sue
cess of either turned to literature, with the re
suit that his books among the most popular
from English writer's. In fact the opinion ha
:een expressed that his Human Boy" rank:
"':h .AA sss:t of kipling's.