The age-herald., 1900-06-17

The title of Rudyard Kiplings new novel has at last been announced. It is to be kim of the Rishti," and will be published in the early autumn.
 
 In a recent '1nterview," in which MT. Paul Leicester Ford pleasantly but firmly declined to be interviewed he stated that he is not at present at work on any new book.
 ''Unleavened Bread" Robert Grants new novel, which was published the first week in May is now selling in it's seventeenth thousand. and bids fair to become one of the popular novels of the day. at any rate among the large mass of readers who only give their appreciation to piece of fiction after due deliberation.
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 Elbridge S. Brooks, whose books for young people among the very best that are printed has just written new work entitled With Lawton and Roberts" William O. Stoddard, the veteran story teller has just completed a tale of priVa- teer life in the American Revolution, which is entitled "The Noank's Log"
 Few guides books have been more popu- lar in the past than the series of Walks by Augustus Hare in the different famous cities. New editions of his Walks In Paris and Walks in Rome" are an- nounced this week by the publishers These books have been largely read, too by people who did not anticipate the pleasure of seeing the cities described at first hand.
 A delightful series of articles are being published in the Delineator under the title of "Stories of Authors Loves." The July number contains "The Carlyles-The Very Humanest Love Story" by Clara E. Laugh lin. This article is of peculiar interest to lovers of English literature, even more so than the other articles which have ap- peared in the series. ''The Love Story of the Hawthornes' and Brave Hearted Thackeray." Another article of interest in the Delneator is beautiful description of the Flower Festival of Augusta, Georgia, by Ella Butler Evans. The article is well written and exceedingly interesting and IS embellshed with beautiful illustrations de- scriptive of the flower pageant
 
 ''The Lounger' in the Critic chronicles a good story about Dr. Henry Van Dykes story, ''The Other Wise Man" As the story goes, some one had translated the lit tie book in Turkey and went to the censor for permission to publish it. No objection to the book itself" said that autocratic individual, but the title must be changed. There are no wise men except followers of Mohammed" The translator suggested other titles without avail Then he asked the censor himself to name it; and that man of wisdom, after much cogitation, de- clared that the best title would be 'The Scientist That Got Left" or the Turkish equivalent for this bit of slangy Ameri- caniSm
 One of the most complete and interesting works of the kind is one by Professor Bar rett Wendell, and entitled "The Literary History of America" Professor Wendell occupies the chair of English at Harvard University, and those who have heard his scholorly lectures there know what to eX- pect in this work, which is the most com plete one the subject which has yet been attempted.
 MT. Maurice Hewlett who will be remem- bered as the very delightful author of '"rhe Forest Lovers'' and Little Novels of Italy" will soon publish a new romance of which Richard Occur de Lion is the hero. MT. Hewletts Little Novels of Italy were unusually good work and he has many admirers who anticipate with pleasure his promised new work.
 Mir. Zangwill is kept busy, report says with his new serial which is appearing in Harpers Magazine. The comments upon this last work by MT ZangwiIl are very favorable endeed, and many consider it the best work that the author has yet done.
 MT. Norman Hapgood is the dramatic critic of the Commercial Advertiser, but he employs his pen with other work in which the versatility of his gifts is strikingy dis played. In fact, MT. Andrew Lang him self could not cover a greater range of subjects. With equal grace, says a recent reviewer he writes of Daniel Webster or Abraham Lincoln, tragedy queens or con cert hall singers, theatrical syndicates or platonic love. MT. Hapgood writes many articles upon the Drama of the Month for The Bookman, which are always eX ceedngly clever; then, too. they are not such learned disquisitions that he will not allow little friendly humor to creep into them.
 Professor Charles Eliot Norton, the liter ary executor of the late John Ruskin, will sail for England in a few days, to be gone a couple of months. Mr Norton will be remembered as the editor of Lowells let ters and Carlyle's letters. However, he says that Ruslin probably left little or nothing worth publishing for in his opinion Ruskin published too much during his life time Ruslxin's literary remains could not be left in better hands.
 MT. Henry Aldea a thoughtful and sug- gestive writer who has been editor of liar ners' Maeazine since 1S69 makes an as tonishing statement in the Jubilee number of Harpers Magazine. He says that one writer. whose best short stories were con- tributed to Harpers' Magazine, stands alone in the field of fiction, without precursor, or successor, or even kindred This writer is Amele Rives of Virginia. He believes that American literature has no such eX- ample to present of genius in it's simplest terms and most naive expression as shown in the tales and dramas known to have been written by Miss Rives before she was 16, and published later.
 
 Monsieur Geaucaire." the new novel by MT. Booth Tarlington, is receiving the highest praise and many who suppose that