The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-13
Literary Notes.

Literary Notes.
A two-volume edition of Alphonse Dau-
Sets Little Masterpieces" will be pub
lished by Little, Brown & Co. in October.
This new illustrated edition will COM
prise Letters from My MILL" translated
by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, and
Monday Tales translated by Marian
Mcintyre.
Tobacco in Song and Story" by John
Balm Jr., has been published in a novel
form for the holiday trade, bound in
full chamois, tobacco color. perfecto rib
bon book-mark and boxed in an inita-
ton cigar box. AS a euchre or whist
prize for "the man who smokes it Is
peculiarly appropriate. H. NJ. Caldwell
Company, New York and Boston
Dana Estes & Co., Boston, have pub
lished two quite attractive books for
children. Madame Angora," by Harriet
5 A. Cheever, is story that Mrs. Pussy
cat tells about herself, and is filed with
cat adventures that cannot fail to please
the young ones. 1.-The Grasshoppers'
Hop by ZiteIIa Cooke, is a book of
verses and merry jingles, each one Of
which has little story to tell that will
interest the little folks. Both books are
illustrated with pen and ink sketches by
]. ]. Mora. price of each, 6Oc.)
The last two volumes of Doubleday,
Page & Co.'S Personal - Edition of
George Eliot are to be particularly not
able in that they contain each hitherto
unpublished portrait-one of George Eliot,
herself and the other of her father, Rob
ert Evans, both drawings by Mrs.
Charles Bray. The two volumes contain
respectively the poems and essays, and
they will complete the series.
A second edition of Maurice HewIett's
New Canterbury Tales" published by
the Macmillan Company, was called for
on the day of publication. For English
writers of a distinctly new note, Arneri-
ca seems to afford growing promptness
of recognition. Both Richard Yea-and
Nay and THE Forest Lovers ran into
several editions within a fortnight of
their issue.
A new book of the late Eugene Field,
entitled 1.-The Stars-A Slumber Story"
will shortly appear from the press of the
New Amsterdam Book Company. The
volume will contain an appreciation of
Mr.. Fields love for children by Will NJ.
Clemens, who for many years was
friend and fellow journalist of the poet.
1.-The Stars Is fairy tale for children,
and includes five characteristic poems by
The October number OF Successful
American is one we'll worthy of preserva-
ton. 1t contains in a condensed form all
the facts connected with the assassina-
ton Of President Mckinley, with the lat
est and best portraits of the deceased as
we'll as OF our live President, Theodore
Roosevelt. All this in addition to great
variety OF entertaining matter and inter-
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flee is Park Row building. New York City.
The announcement is made by Charles
Frohman that the initial production Of
the play "Eben Holden" was given in
Bridgeport. Conn. on Monday night, Sep
TENDER 90, with f. NJ, Holland playing the
character of Uncle Eb. The dramatiza-
ton of Irving Bachelors phenomenally
successful book has been done by Edward
e. Rose and Is said TO he a very strong
piece of work and to portray the story
accurately Mr.. Bachelors second sue
cess, "D'ri and l." has been for the past
two weeks the best selling book in New
York and other cities
Mrs Burton Harrison has embodied In
her story, "Winwood's Luck" published
in the September New Lippincott, one
Of the incidents of her childhood in Viz
glnla at the outbreak OF Lne civil War.
Two chests Of old English silver, part OF
that brought by Lord Fairfax to the COL
ony in 1852, were hastily buried by Mrs.
Harrison's mother, aided by a young
cousin Of the family Ckiled afterward IN
the war; and an old negro steward, who
died, carrying the secret of tho hiding
place with him. The old house above the
hiding place of the treasure was subse-
Quently burned to the ground, the forest
surrounding 1t laid waste, the trees of the
lawn used as breastworks for fort erect
ed on the site of the dwelling. A camp Of
Federa1 soldiers occupied tho place. and
had they but known Of 1t nothing would
have been easier than for the lounginc