The age-herald., 1900-10-29
NOTES FROM THE
 LITERARY WORLD

LITERARY WORLD The Frederick A. Stokes Company has issued volume of short stories by Stephen
 Crane entitled Wounds in the Rain"
 This is the latest work of the late Stephen
 Crane. with the exception of "The ORud- dy," a novel to be published next year. As the name of the book indicates they are war stories, many being descriptions of incidents i'll the recent Spanish war They are written in MT. Cranes terse yet agree able style. In the story describing the
 fighting at Santiago, he wisely does not
 attempt to describe the battle. No one ever | has and probably never will be able to de- scribe a battle-it must necessarily appear
 different to every man in it. There are as many scenes in battle as there are 1 men who participate in it. In Charles 1 OMalley, English soldier describing a l battle, said that after a great deal of marching and counter marching not hay ing seen the enemy nor hurt anybody, nor
 been hurt himself he was pleased to learn | that they had won a victory. This, i'll it's way, is as true a description of a bat l tie could be made. Some of the incl | dents in battle described by MT. Crane seem l to a layman a little unusual, but doubtless ! more things happen in a battle than dreampt of in his or anyone else's phlloso- phy. The stories are original and entertaining, for which the reader will return sincere l thanks.
 'The Image Breakers" by Gertrude Dix,
 Is a new story of life among the socialistic communities in London. Miss Dix writes from personal experience and observation, | having lived amongst the people; conse- cuently there is freshness and vfrility in her style, and a reality in her characters that cannot exist where the subject-mat- ter is obtained second handed. It is not to be expected that many per- sons will agree with the socialistic ideas as disclosed by the characters in this story. It is but step from communism in goods to communism in other things. Still the fact that there are such people, holding such faiths, will make the book interest ing, although it be painful. It is painful to see a moth trying to get through a glass chimney to reach the flame, and equally l painful to see people breaking the glass in
 passionate revolt against the existing order of things, and not only reaching the fame but being cut by the glass, The principal character is Rosalnd, the wife of a capitalist who loves, or thinks she loves, a soeilst-Justn Ferrer. The result is what might be expected Rosa-
 lind, who once was the wife of an owner
 of factories, ends by working in one. The
 book is published by Frederick A. Stokes
 & Co.,, New York.
 Edward Leigh Pell, DID, has just pub
 lished a book entitled "The Bright Side of Humanity" The first ten pages are blank this is by contrast the dark side as the
 rest of the book is bright and entertaining. It is well illustrated, and gives pictures of every people and sketches of their life. It might in one sense be called a midway
 plaisance, for it is full of pleasant de-
 scriptions of all the various people that you find in the midway. Not that the book is in any sense frivolous or mere compen-
 dium of jokes and jeets On the contrary, while looking the bright side of life, it is serious and laborious work, showing | much study and large fund of informa- ton. It is published by The B. r. John- son O., Richmond.
 Charles D. Hudgins of Double Springs,
 
 of poems entitled "The Maid of San Jacin- to, and Other Poems" The author very
 modestly disclaims any merit in the verses and says that his effort to eulogize the
 heroes of San Jacinto is made in the hope that 1t may inspire some more gifted writer
 to do justice to their memory Whether the more gifted writer will appear is doubt full In the meanwhile an exciting event in hfsto ic rfic tofd prtd
 the Orient and the other poems, show
 poetic talent and original treatment. J. s. Ogilvie Co.,, New York, are the publishers. Heroes of Our Revolu tion," by T. W. Hall, Is the title of a new history. of the colonies to the close of the revolutionary war. The book is written for and dedicated to tour boys and girls" It is not excessive l ly childish nor like many histories, exces- sively prosaic and dull It can be read by any one with interest, and a handbook of revolutionary history will be found val uabe. Frederick H. Stokes Company New York publishers.
 The Curtis Publishing Company areNnow issuing the Saturday Evening Post for s1
 a year They believe tha, popular want is a literary magazine published once a week. To supply this demand the company has recently added ten new presses to it's plant which gives it, with its old facilities, the largest and most complete periodical plant in the world.
 The Household of Boston, under its new
 management, promises to become one of
 the best magazines devoted to home inter- ests. The November number contains illus. trated articles by Col. T. w. Higginson,
 Fannie Bullock Workman, the only woman who has chmed the Himalayas, and Kate Sanborn