The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-08
Literary Notes.

Literary lNOtSS.
George Horton, editor. cssayis, ana novel
list, widely recognized lust now AS The mn
thor OF Like Another Helen" win irins
ont this fall, under the title Of "Ntoa, M
Athens" book cmbcdyinw a brllllan, nj,
ture of the capital city OF modern ,;tre 9
and life there in all Its phases. Mr.. Horton
Is particularly well equipped for snch 4
novel for his long residence In An ms In
he diplomatic service has Sieeped him m
the necessary facts. atmosphere aud nor.
spectlye.
Martha Gilbert Dickinson. author or
within the Hedge" will bring out va,
rme Of verse this fan entitled "rhc Cathc.
dinl ana other Poems"
Miss Dlcklnsou's poetry has IN cNtrenl iy
personal quality which prr,ad her work
In It's slightest as wei as In It's most
ambitious expression. The present volu,uc
contains her mntuncr verse ana rc u,ula
poem Is an altogether original and inn, r
lant production. II Is u review In varied
meters OF the IDEAS aud emotions awalcucd
in penetrating, reflective and thoroughly
poetic MUD by EACH different dcmil OF
some migaly Minister n, vh1c con-
sttutes a ualque poetic organism ~ witch
the intcrdenrndent parts have each It's own
interest
d. Appleton & CO. announce heyy book
by Garrtt p scrviss on "ut1cr Worlds"
in which the latest discoveries concerh-
Ing the planets me presented frum tue
rolnt OF view OF ht-nan interest II cons
tains the most recent Information, ratn.
cred from the work Of the gr'nt,st ob,civ.
0tories, about Mars. Vents, Satura. Jul /.
ter. etc. and IN addition to the facts It
presents many of the theories an hypothe-
Sos that have lately neen nm Tor h touch.
ing the hahbahliijy. aud thr various Ins
sih!llties, OF the planets and the moor. D
ortlcr to render the work more useful MIR
Servlss has Included Oh lptnr ON Glow 10
Find the Planets" Illustrated wlth spr.
ciGl 2odiacal charts. which cnnhle The
amateur observer TO dispense with costly
and cumbrous star aliases.
~
Laird * Lee announce Tint one or the
leading New York playwrgh,s Is now busr
dramntlzuE "Old Ebcncaer,' one %, In
brightest stories from the pen of that cA.
cclent Western novelist, opic Read Tais
is the third tale of this papullr author,
Issued by these publishers, thu win have
the houors Of the stage Its prcdern so :
The 1ucklias" aud THE Carpotbasg ~
both met with great success aud held he
boards for several seasons. Thcrc is no
reason to doubt that "Old u nezcr' viii
prove just as lucky as the situations in The
novel are strong and the characters hncly
drawn MS well as highly hunorl'tir
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A request has come to General Lew
Wallace and to hie publishers he lar ors,
from Alexandria, Egypt, Gar permission to
translate "Bcn Hur" into Arabic. The re-.
Qucs. Ia made 10y Mr. Ncghib GarGour, who
is connected with the Khcjval Mail Steam
ship company nt Al Nandria Thprc 'Xists
already an Agahr translation Of "Bcn
IIur," which was made 10y ur Van Dc'h,
the oldest Protestant missioaar II Beirut,
Syria. 1t seems PARTICIPANTS hiiing that
this great book SHOULD become known TO
tho ArahGns, for It VIII be- recalled that
not only the Bcdouns; mt also their
horses, pay prominent aud critical part
in the story.
The authorship W "|vhen witch u
Young" Is awakening much curiosity Ee-
hind the nom dc plume OF "i06p' Is an
American novelist VINO Is far from being
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