The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-02
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
Charles r. Sherlock is another aspirant
for honors in the field of fiction. His
novel, Your Uncle Lew" has been ac-
copied for publication in book form early
in 1901 by New York house.
The scenes are placed in and about Syr-
acuse, and the various grotesQue Incl
dents that occurred at the time OF the
great Cardiff giant fraud are amusingly
treated.
The hero is one Lewis Dunbar, whose
designation of himself is used in the title,
and who is the source of much quaint and
homely philosophy.
The book was written before David
Harum,' and this fact is well attested by
persons interested in the late Mr.. West
colt, who was well known to The author
of Your Uncle Lew" and 1t whose sug-
gestion, in fact, Mr.. Sherle:h's book was
written.
Messrs Houghton, Mifilin & Co. an
n0unce the following books: DR.. John
Fiske's "OId Virginia and Her Neigh
bors,' in an illustrated holiday edition,
the illustrations numbering over one
hundred; THE Biography of Baby, an
entertaining and informing account OF the
niece during the first year of the latter's
life, by Milicent W. Shinn; 1.-The Age OF
Faith" broadly liberal religious inter
probation of the God-FatherhoOd idea, as
it relates to present-day social problems,
by Rev. Amory II. Bradford, d. D.
Mountain Playmates," story of an
abandoned farm" and q new iadast-s. CEN
tring from it in true Roycroft fashion and
spirit; Fact and Fable in Psychology"
a book by Joseph JastrOw, professor OF
psychology in the University of Wiscon-
sin, intended to remove some psychology
cal cobwebs from the path of the student
and general reader THE Frigate Consti-
tuition: the Central Figure OF the Navy
Under Sail" an interesting illustrated
history of 'Old Ironsides'' as the best
known and the typical vessel of the
wooden class by Ira N. Hollis. professor
of engineering at Harvard University:
and Benjamin Franklin" in the Riverside
Biographical Series of which Andrew
Jackson and James B. Ea,iS" have been
published--and of which volumes on JEFF
ferson, Cooper, Penn, Grant, :.nd Lewis
and Clark are to appear during the pres
ent school year.
BY arrangement with Harper & Bros,
The Macmillan Company has taken over
the publication Of James Ford Rhodes
History of the United States from the
Compromise of 1850" The four volumes
which have already appeared bring this
great work down to the year 1862, and
thus embrace the causes and the actual
prosecution of the most momentous event
of the nations political growth. new
edition is on the press and will be pub
lished before the Christmas holidays are
over.
t1a NJ Az,
Opera and Lady Grasmere'' has just fin
ished new novel. the longest and most
important work that he has written. 1t
has been accepted for publication by Ar
rowsmith in England, by Tauchnitz in
Germany, and by New York publishing
house, and it is to be issued early in 1901.
Its title is TO be "Phiibrick Howell and
the author has been at work upon it for
nearly six years.
Mr.. Frank Samuel Child. in Friend or
Foe" has taken up a later generation of
the Hardy family, whose history in lis
tale of IAN Unknown Patriot" proved Sd
successful among historical stories for
younger readers. The scene of the story
announced for publication by Messrs.
Houghton, Miffiin & Co.. is laid in Con-
necticut. during the war of 1872 There |
are several descriptions of fierce fighting |
such as took place in that State between |
small bands of Americans and British, |
and meeting Of the Hartford Convention |
is the subject of a chapter, while Colonel |
Brur is character of the tale Several !
sturdy men and fine-spirited women give |
character to the story, while a very rretty |
romance gives it breadth of interest.
Dodd, Mead & Co. have just published |
Life of Fielding" Haul Leices- |
ter Ford's Wanted: A Matchmaker" il :
Illustrated by Christy; Wonders Of Ma !
ture," by Esther Singleton; Marion Har-
lands "Dr. Dale" an illustrated edition |
of Miss Harraden's ships That Pass in |
the Night Chester Holcombe's THE |!
Real Chinese Question: Dr. Bradford's |
THE Return to Christ" book Of poems |
by Frederick Crowninshield illustrated |
in heliotype; Miss Armstrong; edition Of |
''Pippa Passes" "String.own |
on the Pike a Kentucky novel. by John
Uri Lloyd, and new edition of Robin |
son Crusoe.''
Miss Elizabeth Robins, the well-known |
actress and the author of THE Open |
Question" novel that had a great sue
cess year or two ago, has been seriously |
i'll for the past few months.
She left New York last spring for a trip |
to Alaska; but, on her return. was |
stricken with typhoid fever at Seattle
The latest word received by her pub
fishers was that she was recovering. The !
publication of her new novel has been |
postponed until the early part of 1901.
A series of short biographies. intended |
to afford knowledge of American his
tory by study of the lives of its leaders, |
political, religious, Industrial, military.
scientific, and otherwise, is in course OF /!
publication by the Messrs. Houghton,
Miffiin &. Co., and will be known as 1.-THE |
Riverside Biographical Series" The first
of the issues will be Andrew Jackson"
by William G. Brown; and this volume, of
but few more than hundred pages, will
be followed monthly by others on Frank
lin, Jefferson, Cooper, Penn, Jackson,
Eads, Lewis and Clark, and Grant. 1t is
hoped that ultimately the series will form
a biographical history of the United
States. The several volumes will be pub
lished in two editions one for school use.
and one, with photogravure portrait and
in library style, for the general public.
They are small IL mo in size and will
contain each about 200 pages.
Another volume in the artistic mono
graphs reprinted from the Portfolio" is a
work on Canoes" by Cyril Davenport
F. s. A., of the British Museum. and au-
thor of Royal English Book Bindings"
There will be eight illustrations in color
md twenty in monochrome, representing |
specimens of most of the famous Canoes.
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