Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-22
Literary Notcs.

Mcclure. Phillips & Co. are Offering thirty
! prizes to children for letters telling what
| is thought about their juvenile books For
each OF the best twenty letters about one
Of these books the publishers will send
two others, and for each Of the next best
ten letters one book is to be given. The
contest Is open to all children who read the
! announcement-vhich is given in full only
in McClures Magazine for March. and Is
open until May /.
Battles and Leaders OF the Civil War ."
written by distinguished participants on
both sides and edited by Robert Under.
wood johnson and Clarence Clough Buel
has just reappesred in a new library edition
in four volumes. reduced In price to SIS
in cloth and $50 in half morocco This Is
the so-called Century War Book. an out
growth OF the war papers in the Century
Magazine. to which many additions we're
made, forming a complete history OF the
civil war
"A Sack OF Shakngs by Frank T. Bull
len. F. K. G.. s. a collection OF essays aud
stories Of sea life from the sailors point OF
view. The term "shakings' on board ship
Is applied to the bits OF rope canvas and
miscellaneous waste that accumulate dur
ing a voyage and are considered the per
quisites OF the first mate.
1T is now a little over two years ago
that the idea OF great Jewish encyclopedia.
to be a veritable treasure house OF informa
tion relating to the history and antiquities
Of the Jewish nation. the doctrines. usages
and tenets Of the Jewish faith. and the
great share which men and women OF
Jewish blood have taken in advancing
the civilization OF the world first began
to attract the attention Of the public. The
prospectus is now at hand and the first
volume will be out in a few weeks. II
promises TO be one OF the greatest works
Of the year II will be something unique
no such encyclopedia ever having been
made before. over three hundred OF the
most eminent Jewish and n-Jewish
scholars OF the world are engaged upon
the work II is claimed that the cash
outlay will represent $500 600. The Jewish
encyclopedia will be wholly free from bias
or color. marked by the same scrupulous
fidelity to facts and fairness TO all sides
that have been approved so universally in
the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary,
the fairness and scholarship OF which no
critic has ever challenged. The publishers
who will bring out this work are Funk G
Wagnalls Company.
In variety and value OF contents Nc
Clure's Magazine for April will be a not
able number. Tlmeliness. literary worth,
historical researches. analysis OF character.
studies in natural history and life next TO
the soil. in the metropolis. in the Orient. all
these and more will distinguish the forth
coming issue. and IL will be adorned
throughout with illustrations contributed
by the best artists and reproduced with the
extreme OF skill in art-process.
The fiction announced by Houghton. |
Mifiin & Co. for the spring has sur
prisingly wide range Of interest Boston |
appears in a humorous story of the serv- |
ant-girl problem. THE Successors OF Mary |
the First" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; |
Chicago in Tolstoian novel by Will |
Payne called "The Story OF Eva" and Paris |
in Eugenia Brooks Frothinghams THE |
Turn Of the Road" Kate Douglas wiggin $ |
"Penelopes Irish Experiences" surveys |
ireland; Colonial Virginia appears in Bur- |
ton E. stevenson's romantic Soldier OF
Virginia" and Europe in Clara Louise
Burnham's Miss Prtchard's Wedding |
Trip" Alice Brown paints a part of New
in Kings End" and for the
sea there is "Dog- Watches at Sea-" by |
Stanton King.
Among the announcements OF VI. F. Mans
field & Co, for spring, is First Visit to
England" by Ralph Waldo Emerson,
reprint from this famous American authors !
English Traits" II is illustrated by a |
series OF contemporary portraits Of Carlyle.
Wordsworth, Landor Coleridge and others,
printed on japanese paper. The whole en-
semble forms a dainty though dignihed set
ting OF a comparatively unknown selection |
from this standard American writer.
d. Appleton & Co.'S March announce
ments include several volumes that ought
TO prove OF more than usual interest.
Wars Brighter Side is a unique book in
hat ftG iG ~ 1lh NJ
poems. etc, by such writer's as Rudyard
kipling. A. Conan Doyle, Julian Ralph.
Lord Stanley and others. Two romances
Of the old colonial days are announced one
OF them by J. \. Altsheler. General
Meade" will he the subject of a new vol
ume in the Great Commanders series. The
scientific works promised include two works
on astronomy a study Of our common
birds. and the morphology OF seed plants.
Little. Brown & Co.'S spring list Includes
Sir CHRISTOPHER" by Maud Wilder Good
win; "Rallantyne, n strong novel by
Helen Campbell: Richard lie Gallienne's
new romance. THE Love Letters of the