The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-16
With the Publishers.

A new volume OF Fables in Slang
George AIDES contribution to the gayety
of nations, will be brought out during the
autumn by r. Fl. Russell, with iliustra-
tions by Frank Holme.
The A. Vessels Company will issue i'm
mediately French Cookery for American
; Homes an excellent little cookery book
containing over 600 recipes clearly ex-
planned
w. II. MallOcks Romance of the Nine
teenth Century" and Lucas Malet's The
Wages OF Sin are two attractive new
books on the autumn list of Messrs r. =
FennO & 60.
notwithstanding the flood OF historical
novels, no recent book Of colonial life has
Halowell' by Francis w Van Praag The
scene of the novel lies i'm New York and
New Jersey at time when Manhattan
was military post
The Macmillan Company will publish in
book form the autobiography of Jacob Riis
The Making of an American" which has
been running serially i'm the Outlook This
is an extremely interesting and notable
work, ana VIII share in Importance and
popularity with Booker WashingtOn's an
photography.
The July number Of the Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social
Science has been handsomely bound in
cloth and is being brought out by Mcclure
Phillips q Co, New York The title is
the Annals being given up to Il discussion
of that important topic.
The DeacOn's Second Wind" is the very
peculiar title of very peculiar story. the
latest novel by Archibald CIavering Gun
ter. the author of MIR. Barnes of New
York. 1t Is romance of rural life with
metropolitan embellishments and is said In
be Mr. Gunter's best novel 1t is issued by
the New Amsterdam Book Company
written by Charles Hemstreet. is soon 10 he
published by the A. Vessel Company. New
York 1t is said TO be a comprehensive eX-
position of the business of reporting-not
learned treatise of technical generalities
but a simple explanation by newsDaDer
man of many years experience of lust what
a reporter work is.
The George NJ. Hill Company. publishers
OF Chicago. appear to be ''hustlers" They
have already on the market a volume called
our Martyr Presidents" which includes
biographies of Abraham Lincoln. James A.
Garfield and William Mckinley together
with complete history OF anarchy and the
noted transformations of a century The text
is by John Coulter, a well-known journalist
Of Chicago. The introduction has baen
written by Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom
The Principles of Sanitary Science and
the Public Health. with Special Reference
TO the Causation and Prevention Of Infec-
tious Diseases is the title of a book to be
published Immediately by the Macmillan
Company. Its author is William r. SeGg-
wick. Phi. D.. professor of biology and lee
turer on public health and sanitation in The
Massachusetts Institute of Technoloa-y-.
Professor Sedgwick was formerly BIOLOGIST
to the State Board of Health of Massachu-
sets.
1t seems that the author of David
Harum had completed another story inst
before his death. and its publication is
now announced by ID. Appleton q Co. n is
60 be called The Teller" and deals Win
the daily life OF a bank clerk which Ar
WestCott knew intimately through his o,,-r
personal experience. A biography az m
author. by his friend, Forbes Herman
will be added 10 the volume which viii
also contain portraits of Mr.. Westcott ana
a picture of his home.
Among Messrs. l.. c. Page < Cos iuve-
nile books are THE Little ColoneTs Holi-
days by Miss Annie Fellowes-JobDston
the "Rosamond Tales" with drawings b,-
Miss Maud Humphreys and text bv ClivIer
Reynolds. "Gulliver's BIRD Book bv l.
J. Bridgman. containing certain memoirs
not included in the dean OF ST. Patricll's
"Gulliver." Larry Hudson's Ambition b,.
Mr.. James Otis: The Hero of the inns =
the third volume IN Mr.. O. Waldo Brownies