The Washington times., 1901-11-03
LITERARY NOTES.

NIShtS, Whlch mas Just been newly pup
lished in six volumes by the Macmillan
Company, contains 100 photogravure illus
trations by Stanley Wood and an intro
duction by Joseph Jacobs of fairy tale
fame. They are handy volumes, light in
weight, and well printed, with handsome
covers.
1t Is very unusual thing Cor foreign
publication like the Revue des Deux
Mondes'' to give much space to the notice
of American writer's and their works. but
recent issue of this famous Partisan
review devotes some forty pages to
most cordial appreciation of Thomas
Wentworth Higginson and his works
newly arranged and published by Hough-
ton. Mifiiin & Coz. The review is en-
titled I'm American Representatif," and
is by NJ TIL. BENTON, who has frequently
visited Cambridge. and speaks most fat
teringly of Mr.. Higginson.
a cable despatch from Cape Town last
June announced that Mr. Howard c. Hill
legas' book. THE Beers in War pub
lished in this country by D. Appleton &
Co. had been suppressed by the English
authorities. The English title is with
the Boer Forces" Mr. Hiuegas immedi-
ately wrote to the military authorities at
Cape Town asking the reasons for the
suppression of his book in South Africa.
He has received the following reply:
The Castle.
Cape Town. Goth July. 190l-
Sir: In reply to your letter dated 2oth June,
1901, asking to be informed Of the reason which
led to the suppression OF Your book, The Beers
in War" ! am directed 10 inform you that the
General Officer Commanding. Cape Colony Dis
riet, regrets to report that he is unable to grail
iy your curiosity the subject.
have the honor to be- sir.
Your obedent servant
(Signed) PERCY VI. CLARENCE, Captain,
d. A. A. c., Cape Colony District.
Professors George Burton Adams of
Yale, and II. Morse Stevens. of Cornell,
have recently completed their Select
Documents of English History" and the
Macmillan Company have it on the press
for immediate publication.
"Ar Elementary History of England"
by Katharine Conan, professor of his |
tory and political economy in Wellesley |
College, and Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, |
associate professor of history in Welles- |
ley College, is on the press for immediate |
publication by the Macmillan Company.
In this little book the authors have |
undertaken to present the growth of a |
nation from primitive barbarism to |
advanced civilization and world empire |
in such fashion as to appeal to the inter
est and comprehension of children. The |
physical resources from which the wealth
of modern England is derived. the race |
elements of which the population of |
struggles that have resulted in the dom
ination Of the Anglo-Saxon tyre. and the
modifying influence of Celtic and Scan
dinavian blood carefully set forth |
Industrial evolution is treated in broad |
outline from the hunting stage through |
the pastoral and agricultural to the mer-
camille and manufacturing pre-eminence |
of contemporary England. Military |
achievements, whether originating in !
race antagonism, dynastic rivalry lust |
of conquest, are described with view to |
nd gin
without dwelling on needless details.
Mr.. Henry Norman's book "AII the
Russas." and Mr.. Harry De Windt's
Finland as 1t Is" are coming out 81
multaneously. Readers will be surprised
at Mr.. De Windt's enthusiasm about Fin
land as a fine country for tourists. He |
is fun of praises Of the climate.
"The Monomaniac" is the title of the
English translation, Just issued of Zola's
novel La Rete Humaine." Edward
Nizetelly is the translator.
What Is Shakespeare? An Introduc-
;ion to the Great Plays" is the title of
a work by L. a. Sherman. professor of
English literature in the University of
Nebraska. which the Macmillan Company
will publish Immediately. Professor |
Sherman exhibits Shakespeare's art by
an examination of certain characteristic |
pldNS, ana traces out the ideas and ideals |
that have respectively inspired them
From these ideals the real char3 ter of |
is inferred and est.mated.
Two cat books are announced this
autumn. One OF them. by u ere, Ben
son. sister of the author o &C." is
called THE Soul OF the c. 1t is a
collection Of anecdotes ilitis. at d by
Nine. ROnner The other book is Miss
Repplier's THE Fircside Sphinx There
in she tells the story of the cat since its
days of might in Egypt.
The New York Sun" says:
The author and naturalist who was known as
Ernest Seton-Thompson when hc started West |
on lecture tour several days ago, has changed
his name until his wild animals would not
know him. He Is Ernest Thompson Seton
with no hyphen This transformation was ac-
complished by appeal to the Special Term Of
the Supreme Court, Part ii. Justice Bsehoff
granted the petition saturday. The writer.
who might have been expected to be satisfied
with he had made so well known, said
in his petition that the family name had always
been Seton until his ancestors after the unsuccess
ful Jacobite rebellion Of I7ij in Scotland,
slmed the name OF Thompson 5 = disguise. To
this the writer added that he found Thompson
such common name that il would save him
much Inconvenience 81 he allowed |