The Washington times., 1901-08-04

number is expected to be more important
| than any of its predecessors.
Mrs. Flora Annie Steel. whose Face of
the Waters and Hosts of the Lord
| have had a multitude of American read
ers, is a name not often seen in American
| magazines. In "Leslie's Monthly for
| August she tells a new story of India,
THE Squaring of the Gods which shows
that she is still perfect interpreter of
| the mysteries and SuperstitionS which
make India what it is.
| The Life Publishing Company announces
| book on Richard Croker, by Alfred
Henry Lewis. 1t is to be book of nearly
400 pages covering every accessible item
in the Tammany chiefs career.
Putnams have in preparation "A Book
Of Animals" by Margaret Benson, daugh-
ter of the late Archbishop of Canterbury
and sister of the author of ''Dodo." 1t
will be illustrated by Mime. Henriette
Ronner. and it is said to be for children
and grown-Gp people who are fond of
animal stories.
Mr. John Burroughs has just completed
an anthology of poetry descriptive of
nature and out of door life, which Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co. are about to pub
ish under the title of Songs Of Nature
1t includes only poems that Mr.. Bur
roughs has found to be accurate in their
ections, mostly by modern writer's. from
Milton and Shakespeare down. These are
grouped under the headings OF Birds,
Flowers, the Seasons and General Nature
Poems. Mr.. Burroughs contributes a pre-
face.
The Science of Penology' is the title
Of a volume nearly ready from the press
OF T. Is,ttt 3 fe
ton of The Defence of Society Against
Crime. by Henry NJ Boies, Nj. A. author
of Prisoners ana Paupers."
The remarkable and picturesque fea-
lures of Welsh history little known to the
general reader of history will be ex-
hibited in little volume by Ernest Rhys
that Longmans. Green & Co. are bring
ing out. 1t covers the history of the
country from its legendary period down
to the time of Henry VIII and after, and
is copiously illustrated with pictures OF
various antiquities, relics, costumes. cas-
ties, and other things throwing light on
the narrative.
Evelyn Innes." by George Moore. to
which the recently issued Sister Teresa"
is the sequel. is published by d. Appleton
n Co. 1t is said that there is some possi- |
bility of "A uniform issue of the two books. |
life of Richard Wagner. with critical
examination of his works, that he has |
been writing for Messrs. G. 2. Putnam's |
Sons, and it will be published in the au- |
tumn. This will be followed by several |
other books devoted to the lives and |
works of great musicians by other writ |
erS.
Mr. Joseph Conrad, whose novel THE
Inheritors." written in collaboration with
Mr. Ford Maddox Hueffer, has just been
published by Mr. Heinemann, is decidedly
a personality. When his first stories,
"Allmayer's Folly and THE Niger of
the Narcissus,'' were published everyone
wondered how sailor had managed to
acquire so striking and beautiful style
The wonder becomes considerably greater
When il is added that Mr.. Conrad is not |
an Enslis hman. He is by birth Pole
and first acquired a vearning for the sea
through reading Polish translatious of
Marryats novels.
Mr. Conrad lives in delightful old farm |
house. once the home of Walter Crane.
near Hythe, Kent, and can smell the sea |
from his garden. while he is so far out |
of the world that he can write without
Mr Conrad is fun of almost |
reverence for the English Ian
guage Its infinite variety and boundiess
possibility for beautiful phrase and SEN |
tence are. he thinks, fmmeasurably |
greater than those of the French lam
suage which is really a striking state
Tnent from a foreigner equally familiar
with both languages.
Mr.. Ford Maddox Hueffer got the first
idea of their book from a striking sem
: nee of Mr. II. G. Wells, who is a near
of Mr.. Conrad.