The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-14
LITERARY NOTES.

The New Amsterdam Book company
announce the!i fourth edition of "Veng-
eance Is iNtne' .
An American girl and Napoleon are two
central figures in the latest novel, YEN
geance Is Mine"
London Truth" the oracle of modern
British social life pronounces vengeance
is Mine as the best novel of adventure
within decade.
DR.. Andrew Balfour, author of
Vengeance Is Mine has left England
for South Africa, fwhere he will make a
study of typhus fever among the British
troops.
Harper's Bazaar. for more than thirty
years the recognized authority on the
fashions and domestic matters, will ap-
pear after May lin a new form, as a
weekly magazine for women
McClure's Magazine for May contains
short stories by Conan Doyle Robert
Barr, Clinton Ross, and several other
writer's. 1t will also contain true story
of fine old e-department hose, by J.
Lincoln Eteffens.
The Ecumenical conference is using a
pamphlet of hymns and tunes made up
of selections from the hymnals published
by the Century company. The aggregate
sale of the hymn-books issued by that
company 10 uSdIlS lIlIGS ullllOH copies
'"Fo Have and To Hold" Miss Mary
Johnson's romance of the jamestown set
tlement, has had an unprecedentedIy
rapid sale. 1t has been out ten weeks
and has been ordered at the rate of 10000
copies a week. the two hundredth
thousand being reached on April 2S
It will be with peculiar satisfaction that
teachers will learn that a text book OF
English History, by so able and fair a
writer as Mr.. j. N. Iarned, is announced
for publication in, the fall by Messrs.
l1Oughton, Mitfiin & Co. Many students
cf history are already familiar with Mr..
I.arned's valuable History for Ready
Reference"
Little, Brown & Co. published April 2S
Empress OctaYiaS' a romance of the
reign of Nero, by Wilhelm WalIoth, au-
thor of the Kings Treasure House."
etc. The work, is translated from the Ger
man by Mary, J. Stafford. Nero and the
various members of his court-Petronius,
Seneca, TigelHnus, Poppaea Sabina and
others-are introduced, and also the En-
press Octavia, whose love for young
Greek sculpture forms the theme of the
story.
Truth for May is not only accompanied
by beautiful supplement, but contains
several other pages of more than usual
interest. The supplement is a reproduc-
tion of Paul de Longpre's fine painting,
entitled Springs Message" The color
pages include fac-simile reproductions
from two of E. A. Burbank's famous In
dian pictures; a view of the city of Pitts
burg; the home of Gen. Miles at Wash
ington; an exquisite reproduction from
the painting, 'The Hero" by Helmick,
and a full-page portrait of Maxine Eli
Oft.
~,
S. Stone & Co, are about to bring out
new editions of the earlier works of Mr.
G. Bernard Shaw which were not COPY
Tighted i'll this country. This firm is tie
authorized representative of Mr.. Shaw in
the United States and alone has the per
mission of the author to issue his books.
The first novel will be Love Among the
Artists" which though one of Mr.. Shaw's
earliest books is also one of his cleverest
Mr. Stanley Waterloo's new novel. ''Tbe
Seekers" has called forth a striking
tribute from Dr.. Dowie. This eminent
preacher. who claims to have performed
miraculous cures and holds crowds en-
thralled by his emphasis If not by MS
eloquence, says that the hottest place in
hell is reserved for Stanley Waterloo"
Mr.. Waterloo has therefore abandoned
his project of going to the war in the
Transva2l, and is remaining in Chicago
~ "c'S VI - ms iii00iA AoI 81 HoDle 4
vocation.
The May number of the Ledger Month
ly contains, anong'other features: How
and Where Queen Victoria Lives with
six Photographic illustrations; Women
in Business, by c. II. Dierhold; "a New
York Girls Fads and Fancies," by Edith
Lawrence. wi tlr, four Illustrations; Roy,
Rough Rider a novelette, by Virginia
Niles Leeds, illustrated by Christine S.
Bredin; when Charles Ill Was Kir:.e,,"
by Latta GrisWold, illustrated by c. S
Bredin; Some of 1.-The Newest Hats" by
Mathilda Verlet, With nine Illustrations:
cultivation iipf Physical Beauty" by
Stella stuart,a - II
More About Debased Autographs" be-
Ing various rit.cisns of autograph edi-
tons of popular books The frontispiece
is portrait of Ernest Seton-Thompson,
artist, ra5ura -ist and writer. accompanied
with a biograph cal Sketch. A valuable
feature of this number is an article on
the selecting of Sunday school books.
Two charming analyses of the historical
novels of Richard Carver and Janice
Ncridith" are given; Great Writer'S by
Great Writers and the Authors Calen-
dar series are continued. OF timely in