The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01
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Literary Notes

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The Elston Press, established by Mr..
| Clarke Conwell over a year ago for
the production of fine books by hand
in limited editions, has suffered severe
| ly in the destruction of It's temporary
frame building by fire, last month
The entire impression of the folio edi-
ton Of Pliers Plowman." which was
| in press at the time, was burned just
as the work was practically completed.
| The hand-presses and type were saved,
! however, and the work at once begun
anew, its con pletion for the second
time being just announced.
| The edition is limited to 1000 copies on
handmade paper, printed in the Chau-
| Ger type, double columns. red and
black at $40 each. The book contains
Illustrations and large initial words, by
| II. M. O'Kane, at the beginning OF
each of the eight chapters.
Mr.. Conwell also announces for pub
LEGATION before the holidays, THE Tale
| of Gamelyn" fourteenth century, 200
copies, red and black; and the Som
nets of Shakespeare, reprinted from the
first edition of 1909 In the original
| spelling. This book is printed in the
new font of Roman type adopted by
| the Elston Press, and the large initial
letters are designed by H. M. O'Kane
Further announcements and particulars
| may be had upon application to Mr..
| Clarke Conwell, The Elston Press, Pei
| ham Road, New Rochelle, New York
Henry Austin Clapp the famous the
| atrical critic, concludes in the Noyem-
Der Atlantic his remarkable series of
| "Reminiscences These papers have
grown from month to month in inter-
| est and value. in wealth of comment
| and of anecdote. The concluding num-
Der covers the period of Fechter and
Booth. whose greatness can hardly yet
be realized by us,-they are so recently
| remembered who with the dis
appearing of the present generation,
will soon pass like their predecessors
into the realms Of unremembered ira
dition. Booth especially was the last
great interpreter Of Shakespeare on
the stage, and the greatest Hamlet OF
the century.
Mr.. Clapp closes his papers with
strong appeal for an endowed American
theatre.
Mr.. George Horton, author of that
successful book, THE Tempting Of Fa-
Their Anthony" does much Of his 1T
erary work with the aid Of a type
writing machine.
Mr.. Horton also has bright little
daughter. three years and a half old
who often entertains guests when her
father and mother do not happen to
be at home. The other day a caller
asked Miss Dorothy, by way of keep
ing up the conversation:
What is your papa, little one? Can
you tell me?"
oh, my papa's a typewriter" re-
piled Dorothy, without any scruples
about giving away a family secret.
A woman said, after reading Let
Not Man Put Asunder," by Basil King
(Harpers): Never has the divorce
question been put to me in such a
| light. / never realized it's true as
pect, that is all" This book has come
as a sort Of surprise from a new au-
thor. The strength of it's conception
and the ease with which the story
passes, like a moving picture. before
! the readers eyes. seem astonishing in
| the work Of a man who has written so
little as Mr.. King. This book is also
fortunate in coming at this time. when
/ the grave question Of divorce is under
burning discussion by both church and
people.
The December number Of The Arena
opens with a paper on THE Rights OF
Men" by the Hon. w. A. Nortacott.
Leutenant-Governor Of Illinois. This
IS followed by a timely article on
4, Publishers and the Postal Depart
ment," by Gen. G. II. Howard, presi-
cent or tne Nauondl HuDtlsheIs ou-
reau, the same subject being consid-
cred also in an editorial on Bureau
cracy in America"
"Thackeray in the United States" is
the title Of an article which General
James Grant Wilson has written for
the December Century. The writer
met the famous novelist on his first
visit to this country in 1852. and it is
Of this visit that he writes this month,
a paper on the second visit being re-
served for a later number. General
Wilson's "reminiscences are said to
TEEN with anecdotes: and they viii be
illustrated with little known or hith-
erto unpublished portraits Of Thaek-
cray. and humorous sketches in water
color and black-and white from the
novelst's own facile pen.