The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
LITERARY NOTES

Among books recently issued by the
Macmillan Company is Outlines Of the
History of Religion by John X. Ingram,
IL. D. The object of the author is to
represent correctly in an abbreviated and
simplifed form the doctrines of Augusie
Comte. The volume is written with ;be
view Of attracting readers to the stuly OF
CouFte's system and of furnishing those
who cannot find time for personal investi-
CATION with such an outline OF his his
tori:af doctrine as may place them 1t The
right point of view in relation to the spir-
itual evolution of our race.
Tongues of Conscience" is the title Of
the book which Robert Kitchens. the au-
thor of The Green Carnation and OF THE
Slave is making ready for publ alton
He is at present living in Sweden.
Mary Devereux's From Kingdom to
Colony" is now passing into its fourth edi-
zion. The author is the daughter of Gen.
J. Fl. Devereux. well known at the time OF
his death, some twelve years ago. a
railroad official. From Kingdom to Col
ony'' is story OF Colonial and Revolution
airy times, and its scene is laid in Marble
head, where the authors family nave lived
since 1885,
Longman, Green & Co. will soon publish
Stanley ]. Weymans Sophia" a tale of
the time OF Queen Anne.
Sir Herbert Maxwell's Life of yelling
tom has been written as a companion work
to Captain Mahans Life of Nelson its
scope is shown by the subtitle The Res
toration Of the Martial Power of Great
Britain" Use has been made of much new
aI feI,n Of
Lord De Ross OF his conversations with the
Duke on military subjects and yelling
tons own letters and memoranda, pre-
served at Apsley House.
C. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, have
ready Modern SPAIN by Martin A. S.
Hume; Railway Control by Commits
sion." by Frank Hendrick; "Charlemagne,
by H. W. Carless-Davis, OF Oxford. and
Wood Working for Boys" by Charles
Wheeler. And they have in press the new
oliver Cromwell" by Charles Firth, the
new points in which have been heretofore
referred TO.
Messrs J. F. Taylor & Co. of New York.
have in preparation White Butterflies
collection of short stories by Mrs. Kate
Upton Clark, which will include some of
her best work. such as The Charcoal
Burners, The Case of Parson Hewlett
and 'Lyddy Washburn's Courtship." The
same house has about ready The Chronic
Loafer,' by Nelson Lloyd, which it de-
scribes as "a distinct contribution to the
fund of American humor.''
Little, Brown & Co. have Just received a
new impression of Kugler's Italian
Schools of Painting in a new binding of
red and gold. The margins have been
widened, so that the two volumes are now
slightly larger. The illustrations. amount
ing to about $50. have been retained. and
the work contains new photogravure
frontispiece. The Academy Cartoon" by
Leonardo da Vinci.
Oscar Fay Adams book. THE Arch
bishops Unguarded Moment" has been
banshed from the Boston Public Library
and labeled, Forbidden Print" They are
particular in Boston.
Cotton Tails is the title OF an Illus |
trated hook by George A. Beckenbaugh, TO |
be brought out at once by r. II. Russell II |
contains forty eight full-page drawings in |
black and white, each accompanied by d |
humorous rhyme. Also, Mr.. Russell adds |
TO his list OF pictorial souvenirs one OF |
William Gillett in Sherlock Holmes" and |
other famous plays, containing sixteen |
pages of drawings by Malcon A. Straus II. |
n Nichols. Miss PAMELA Colman Smith, |
and Miss NJ Mumford, together with pho |
tographs.
r. H Russell will publish the American
edition OF "LAiglon" simultaneously with |
its appearance in book form in Paris and |
London.
Franklin X Young. widely known by
his articles on the strategy of the Boer !
war. is the author of a series of books on
chess-playing, known the Minor"
Major" and Grand" Tactics Of Chess
Mr. Young believes that the mathematics
of chess and of war are identical, and that
chess-play and warfare differ only in mat
tiers of relatively minor detail. This idea
he will bring out more clearly in fourth
volume. Chess Strategetics illustrated"
which Little, Brown d Co., publish next
fall.
Readers of the daily papers have noted
the bravery of the Gordon HighIanders
and the Scots Greys in the recent battles !
in South Africa. They were merely keep
ing uD the record of these famous reg-
ments. Andrew Balfour, in his new novel.
Vengeance Is Mine gives a strikingly |
realistic account of the terrific charges of
these two regiments at Waterloo.
DOuDle0aN, rage d 70, New 1Ork. Will !
soon bring out The Seafarers." a New
England seashore romance, by Mary Gray
Morrison. 1t is said to be Gu
rious coincidence that when the Ms. of
this tale was received by this firm two
members of the firm recognized it as
having come to each of them when they
were acting, respectively, as junior read
ers for two old publishing houses. They
reported favorably. but their seniors
overruled them, now they are seniors
for the same story.
The Bowen Merrill Company have in
and will issue some time dur
ing the summer a complete and uniform
edition of the works of James Whitcomb |
Riley to be known as the Greenfield edi-
ton. Each volume will be printed from
new plates and will contain a frontispiece
by VIII Nawter.
An English magazine publishes an article
IN American charity methods which Illus
rates the fact that one must go away from
home to learn the news. The people Of
he United States are said to be more en-
erprising than the English in many ways.
md this is certainly true so far as charity
s concerned. They never seem at loss in ]
novel ways OF raising money for
charitable objects, as the following account
certainly shows:
DO lend us the street cars for a day, We :
colly are in a frightiul state At the Childrcns :
Iospital. Hundreds OF little patients to be ten !
Tered. no money in the treasury. and enough out
landing debts to make Us bankrupt. Your street
ars will pull through. VIII you lend them |
\ bevy OF >martly dressed young women, bright ;
mo cheerful as the spring morning, despite the 7
Gloomy financial state of the Chdrcn's Hospital, |
II which they form the governing board OF trus-