The times., 1901-03-10

| Eliot, having lived for years among the
! scenes in the midst of which the author
/ lifo was spent. The originals of many OF
| the characters have been identified and
/ numberlesS scenes located. Especial en-
| phasiS is laid on the personal side OF
! George Eliot's life and her personal traits
/ are brought out in clear relief.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co. will publish
shortly Edward H. Sothern's Prompt
! Book on Hamlet"
The Macmillan Company are soon to
! introduce to the public a new writer of
| fiction, Mr.. owen Johnson, of New York,
| whose first novel Arrows of the AL
! mighty is to appear under the au-
! spices Of that house in April, being pub
! lished simultaneously in New York and
London.
| No one writes more entertainingly of
| New England life and character than
| does Alice Brown, the author of Mead
! ow Grass" and "Tiverton Tales" Kings
| End" her latest novel takes its name
| from a New Hampshire hamlet in which
! its scenes are laid, and is concerned with
! the romance of New England girl of
| fine type whose religious idealism threat
ened both her own and her lovers happt-
ness. The story presents interesting
| phases of New England character, and is
| quite gypsy-like in it's treatment of out
door life.
"The Diary of Freshman" by
Charles Macomb Flandrau, now in the
press of Doubleday, Page & Co., will give
lovers of college tales most entertain
ing volume
A work of considerable philosophical
interest Will be Prof G.. II. Howison's
| The Limits of Evolution, and Other Es-
says in Philosophy, Illustrating the Meta
physical Theory of Personal Idealism."
Prof. Howison is Mills professor of phi
IoSoDhy IN the University of California,
and the essays alluded to in the title of
his book are: The Limits of Evolu-
tom Modern Science and Pantheism;"
Later German Philosophy" exhibiting
the trend to personal ideaiism, through
the self-dissolution Of pessimism, ma
terialiSm and agnoSticism); The Art
Principle as Represented in Poetry"
| The Right Relation Between Reason
and Religion" Human Immortality It's
| Positive Argument; The Harmony of
Determinism and Freedom Including
new establishment of freedom and a new
proof of the existence Of Cod.
a demand which led to the printing of
65, 600 copies of a series of six nature
books had induced the publishers. Dou-
bleday, Page & Co, TO issue work in a
comparatively little known field. Birds,
butterflies, and flowers were before ad-
mirably treated with large photographs,
reproduced by Il color process, and now
comes this last, THE Mushroom Book,
by Nina /. Marshall, which is claimed to
be the only reliable guide "at a reasonable
price the COnmOner species Of fungi.
This book has the same full-page color
photographs, in which an attempt has
been made to bring out the delicate shad-
ings of the living mushrooms.
A new field in American historical fc-
tion is presented in The Curious Career
of Roderick Campbell" by Jean y. Nell
tory Of Canada" has been the preparatory
work for her forthcoming volume which
viii be issued by Messrs. Houghton Mif-
fin q Co. 1t is a story Of the uprising
for the Pretender in Scotland and of the
struggle between the French and English
in New York and Canada for the pos
session Of the Ohio Valley.
PERHAPS there is not another citizen of
the Republic whose autobiography would
exceed the direct human interest Of Book
er T. Washngtons life story in up
From Slavery" which viii be published
by Messrs. Doubleday, Page &, Co. with
in few days. This is the work Of a
large-minded, forceful man, who, by
sheer weight Of character and energy,
made himself the leader of a race. TWen-
ty-five years ago he, as a negro boy,
slept under a sidewalk in Richmond; now
he is known as the founder and head of
one of the greatest educational lnStitu-
tiOns of the South, which has property
and an endowment of nearly a half mil
lion Of dollars. Mr. Washington says his
whole life has been one of surprises, and
doubtless none has been greater than the
warm reception given his autobiography
when it began its serial publication in
The Outlook He has stood as much
as any man for the good old Anglo
Saxon gospel of work, and this new flood
Of praise rom his greatest fellOW-citi-
zrus does not turn him from it. The
serial publication has, il is said, brought
about q large demand for the book before
publication.
Richard lie Gallienne's new romance
THE Love Letters Of the King, viii
shortly be issued by Little Brown & Co
A writer in The Critic" s9ys:
There have been a great many
stories about the early struggles of
'Ebeu Holden TO get into print, none
Of which. so far as ] have read them
is correct. Mr.. Bachelor, when he
wrote the first chapters, intended 1t
for juvenile. As a juvenile its
possibilities were discussed with a
New York editor, who decided that
he could not use il seriaIIy for SO
long that it would Toe foolish for the
author 90 wait. The story was then
called The Shadow of Lone Pine,
and ! 40 not think that Mr. Bach | er
had any thought of making a novel
Of it until he was approached by a
friend in the publishing business,
who asked him for a book. He re-
sponded TO this call with material for
the publisher, we want novel,
sonnet hing that viii be a record
breaker 1t was then that MIR. Bach
elIcr went on to Boston and showed
his present publishers the manusc ipt
of his story, as far as 1t was written.
They shook their heads. and sill that
they did not want q juvenile Then
he agreed to make ii novel. if they
would advance him enough money TO
live on while he WAS writing il. as he
would have to give up his editorial
salary to that end. To this they said
yes and the book was written. 1t
hung fire at first but before many
weeks had passed it found its pace
and has kept il ever since"
THE Critic for February contains an
exceedingly interesting article on Thack- !
eray's connection with the "Cornhiu Mag
azine," by Sir George Murray Smith.
Henry Churchill King professor Of
theology and philosophy in Oberlin COL
lege. has written a book on "Reconstruc-
tion in Theology which the Macmillan !
Company will publish at once.
The Macmillan Company have just is
sued the third volume of Prof Albert |
Bushnell Hart's American History Told |
bv Contemporaries 1t deals with the |
formation and development Of the Federal |
Constitution with the political and eco
nOmic readjustment Of the nation after |
the war of 1912, and with the beginnings |
of the slavery contests, Some important |
chapters are intended to give picture |
Of the social and political conditions Of |
the people of the United States az the !
end of the Revolutionary War. The sue |
coeses and failures of the Confederation |
are set forth in criticisms by public men |
of the time The Constitution is described |
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