The Washington times., 1901-07-14
LITERARY NOTES.

4"drcus w nltman In the winter of '42-3.
That Whitman saved Oregon and came
East for that purpose, seems to be an in
controNertble fact since the appea rance
of DIR. William a Mowry's work Marcus
whitman and the Early Days of oregon.
: DR.. Charles w. Stubbs. Dean of Ely,
writing of Annie Nathan Meyers novel
Robert Annys: Poor Priest speaks OF
it with unqualified praise as fine piece
of historical work and also charming
romance 1t is not often that one comes
across a writer who to competent his
torical outfit adds such a poetic gift of
Nlsuallzauon. Il read jealousy the de-
scripuons of Ely. and was pleased to find
how the glamour and poetry of Ely and
Saint Audreys great minister of FeuIand
/ mas found tr'ie and accurate expression
, in these pages" He also speaks of the
I vivid intensity with which Mrs Never
/ has realized in her book the national les
son that sound and safe social revolution
can only follow trae revoution-that
change of national institutions can only be
permanent when it follows change of
thought and character
Another valuable manual which Cassell
&, Co. have ready in their Technical IN
strnctien Series is entitled Practical
Draftsmen's Work. In this manual is
given course of practical instruction in
the art of making mechanical and archi-
tectural drawings. All the general prin-
ciples upon which this class of drawings
are constructed are dealt with and any
attentive reader who will work out en-
! larged copies of the diagrams viii have
/ made very substantial progress toward
! becoming skilled craftsman. There
! IS chapter, also on the coloring of
/ drawings with list of distinctive cOlors
generally used.
/ Mr.. John Lane is about to remove his
/ New York office from its present location
/ at Fifth Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street
! to 81 Fifth Avenue, now occupied by the
! firm of TruslOve. Hanson & Comba, whose
business, mainly in French. Italian. and
Spanish books he will absorb. He will
also hencefOrth be agent for the publica-
uons of the Theosophical Society.
Edmund Gosse has said of the author
of "The Land of Cockayne," just publish
| cd C'HarpersD: THE most prominent
imaginative writer of the latest genera
tion in Italy is a woman" He referred
TO Matilda Serao, whose remarkable work
is almost unknown in this country. Some
months ago, Mr.. w. L. Alden. in his Lon
don Letter, wrote to the New York
, Times Saturday Review" Il have sew
eral times spoken in these letters of Ma
, tide Serao as the greatest living Italian
novelist / confess tnat it has irritated
me to see ID Annunzio, clever as he un-
doubtedly is in his limited and erotic
Yway, praised to the skies, while Matilde
as George Eliot ranks above Richard lie
Gallienne, is strangely overlooked.
Here is a genuine literary jewel, and 1t
has been tossed aside by people who eag-
eriy picked up the glittering paste Of
D'AnnunZio.'
What has been called in England one of
the most authoritative manuals on
Bridge" by John Doe, will be published
at once in this country by Frederick
Warne & Co. 1t has illustrated hands in
actual play printed in red and black
]. o. Brant-sero is descendant of
Joseph Brant, the captain of the Six Ma |
tions during the border wars of the Reyo- |
luton. how living in Canada, though at |
present he is in England lecturing on In |
dian music, songs and dances. He re- |
Gently wrote to Mr.. F. w. Halsey author |
of The Old New York Frontier" thank |
ing him for sending to the Mohawks on
the Grand River Reserve a copy of his
book, which has much TO say, of course-
about the Mohawks and Joseph Brant
He says in connection Herewith:
Il have advocated for some time the
library which shall contribute its uses to
the Indians theorists and practical |
minded farmers. There is nothing more |
calculated to encourage the rising genera
tion in the use of letters than a practical
in supplying those who care
TO read for the love of il with such litera-
ture which cannot fail to interest the old
people"
The Macmillan Company is just publish
ing the Lectures on the History of Phys
iology During the Sixteenth, Seventeenth,
and Eighteenth Centuries, by Sir Michael
Foster.
An elderly. blind white horse used to
furnish the power that drove some of the
presses at Harper & Bros. in the early
1
publishers, like the rest of the world,
were not so much in a hurry as they are
now. The old horse was humanely |
chosen for his blindness, as his work was
to be performed in a cellar; and there he
spent the remainder of his life and died
an nonored member of the firm. The
1ressmen of those placfd davs would gaze |
IF q large publishing house with its cleo ,
rical appliances and its tremendous pro-
iuctive capacity.
"Zack" CAiiss Keats whose novels have
7een so highly praised in England and in
his country, contributes humorous and
ather fantastic story to the Fiction Num-
'er of 'Scnbners."
The seventh novel in the American Con- F
empOrary Novels Series from the Har-
,ers, to be published on the 23d instant |
viii be by new writer whose first es-
ay in fiction is an exciting story of a
'ackwOods railroad and lumber town in |
entitled THE Manager of the
;. & a The author Vaughan Kester
5 a brother of Paul Kester.
The August novel in the American Con-
emporary Novels Series (Harpers). is en-
tiled THE Supreme Surrender" and al
hough first novel, the author is al
cady well known in journalistic circles
lr. a. Maurice Low has been for many
ears in charge of the Washington bureau
( the Boston Globe"
BrentanOs have for early publication
ork by H. b. Irving, entitled Studies of
rench Criminals of the Nineteenth Cen
Try" The author of this book will be
amembered as having written The Life
Judge Jeffries,' which attracted un-
sual attention about two years since
IT. Irving tsOn of Sir Henry Irving the |
ImOus tragedian) has given several |
ears close study to the annals Of crimi- !
Al Jurisprudence. This collection has |
cen gathered from the French criminal |
cords, and are studies OF real culprits
hose guilt in almost every instance was
ayoLd suspicion of doubt; they are pre-
nted as studies of character as well as
samples of the administration of crimi-
Al justice in France.
New Books Received.
he MODERNS: A Tale of New York By
George Trmhle Davidson New York: