The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

day. They told her stories brought her
baskets and little sbirclbark or carved ce-
OAR canoes, and made a pet and plaything
OF her. With all the white hunters she
was the daughter OF the regiment"
Cyrus Townsend Brady's book, Under
Topsls and Tents" makes public for the
first time Philo Norton McGifhns own
story of the famous naval battle of the
Ialu, between the Chinese and japanese.
This battle was notable as the first en-
counter in history between modern ar
mored warships. and McGifIin. it will be
remembered, an American and a gradu-
ate of Annapolis, was in command of
the Chen Yuen, one of the two battleships
in the Chinese squadron, Mr. Brady pub
fishes McGiffins letter to his mother,
dated at sea, s. s. Pao Ting, September %,
1891. which describes this historic conflict
IN detail, and in particular his own thrill
ing experiences, wounded and under fire.
The cover of Mr.. f1azelton's novel Mis-
tress Nell is taken from binding exc
cuted by Samuel Mearne, who was. by
appointment, bookbinder to Charles II.
The original was probably executed about
1900 and shows the characteristic cottage
pattern of the period.
Dodd, Mead & Co. announce for early
publication a novel by Prof. w. II. Ven
able, of Cincinnati, Ohio. 1t deals with
Aaron Burr's audacious scheme of found
ing an empire in the Southwest. for the
furtherance of which the famous Bien-
nerhdSSett expended his whole fortune and
sacrificed his beautiful island home in the
Ohio River. Prof. Venable is an acknowl-
edged historical authority and in addi-
ton is thoroughly acquainted with all
that portion of the country in which the
scene of the story is laid.
\ valuable contribution to the Iitera-
ture of the stage is furnished by the emf
nent French actor, Constant Coquelin. in
the April number of The Philharmonic
Under the caption of Art and the Actor
IL considers The traditions that have been
sustained by the house of Moliere, the
theory of acting as advanced by Delsarte,
ana the excellent ideas that are Illustrated
by Coquelin himself
Miss Imogen Clark's new novel, Gods
Puppets" which is published this week.
gives a picture of life and a study of
character in New York City in the middle
of the eighteenth century, and yet deals
neither with historical events nor with
recognizable historical personages. The
group of people. English and Dutch, who
are concerned with the working out of
the plot. represent widely divergent types,
as would be inferred from the line in
Browning's poem. "Pippa Passes from
which the title is taken-"GOd's Puppets,
best and worst, are We.
Among Dodd, Mead & Co s announce
ments of publications for the spring we
note the following: The first volume of
George Sairtsbury's History of Crit
cism;" the third and fourth volumes of
Augustus J. c. Hare's autobiography; a
tribute to Queen Victoria by Marie Corel-
H. entitled The Passing of the Great
Queen an interesting volume by Arthur
Bartlett Maurice, editor of THE Book
man" devoted to New York in Fiction
a volume of poems by Ellen Thorneycroft
Fowler, Loves Argument; 'Observa-
lions Of Henry" by Jerome X jerome;
Souls of Passage by Amelia Z. Barr;
Uri Lloyd, the author of 'StringtOwn on
the Pike PRO Patria," by Max Penn
berton; "A Question of Silence by
Amanda M Douglas THE Fanatics by
Paul Laurence Dunbar; Every Inch
King" by Josephine Caroline Sawyer;
John Charity" by Horace Annesley
fort Moore; The Crows Nest" by Mrs.
Everard COtes (Sara jeanette Duncan).
and The Way of Belinda by Frances
Weston Carruth.
Reconstruction in Mississippi is the
title of work to be published immediate
~ by the Macmillan Company. The au
thor, Mr.. James MILFORD Garner, Phi. NJ,
is a fellow in political science in Column
bia University and member of the Mis-
sissippi Historical Society. The primary
purpose of this book is to give a detailed
and critical study of the actual working
out in its different phases, political, eco
nomic. social, and legal, Of the so-called
Presidential and Congressional policies of
reconstruction in Mississippi.
1t is interesting to note that Mr.. Jerome
X. Jerome, although seldom taken Sc
riously at home, has been taken au pied
de la lettre in Germany. His Three Men
on Wheels an apparently flippant
enough book, has been adopted in Ger
man schools as text book for higher
classes in English. Germans take their
pleasures seriously.
The obituaries of William NJ Evarts
make but slight mention of one distinction
of which he had a right to be proud,
namely, that he was one of the founders
of the Yale Literary Magazine chair
was in 1897. and from that time to this to
mako the lit has been the chief literary
honor at Yale.
The Personal Edition" of George
Eliot's works, which Doubleday, Page &,
Co. have just published complete in a
twelve-volume subscription edition is to
appear also in another edition issued one
volume month through the regular trade.
The volume to be Immediately so pub
lished is Adam Bede." and, like others
of the set, contains much hitherto IN
published matter. 1t may be recalled that
this masterpiece of the greatest woman
author was first published on the 1st of
February, 1888. George Eliot had sold the
copyright to MessrS. Blackwood for $500
but in consideration of its great success
they paid her a second sum of $500 the
following year The book ran into five
editions within six months of publication
and within twelve months 5000 copies
were sold. The fourth edition of 5000 |
was exhausted I'm a fortnight The front |
ispiece of the present volume is of Eliza |
beth Evans, the original Dinah Morris: |
and, of the other Illustrations dozen |
in aIl-there are Mrs. Poysers farm and |
the Donnithorne Arms
The May Atlantic" will open with the |
first installment of Audrey" Miss Mary |
now roma oce Like 4.prisopays |