The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Literary Notes.

by F. NJ. Buckles, New York. Prlce
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Literary Notes.
Little, Brown & Co. have just compIet-
ed the publication of their ValOis edition
of the romances of Alexandra Dumas. in
forty volumes. There are two styl e
cloth and half morocco. It is uniform
with the Centenary Balzac.
Maxfield Parrish. who has made some Of
the most striking colored pictures in the
December magazines, has gone to the
Southwest for The Century to illustrate
the series of articles on that country writ
ten by Ray Stannard Baker, which The
Century is about to print. This is Mr..
Parrish's first visit to the West.
Doubleday, Page & Co. published last
week the second and concluding volume
of '"The Furniture of Our Forefathers,"
1.-The Latin Quarter in their French
Novels of the Nineteenth Century series.
THE True Story of Captain John Smith"
a biography compiled from unusual
sources by Katharine Pearson Woods,
and photography as a Fine Art by
Charles H. Cafin, with over a hundred
examples of the best work.
1t is announced that "Eben Holden" is
soon to appear in an illustrated edition.
Scenes from the play now running at
the Savoy Theater, New York City, will
be reproduced, together with Mr.. Bachel-
lers portrait as a frontispiece, and a
very attractive gift book for the holidays
is promised. The success of the play has
been frequently commented upon. z. M.
Holland, in the title role, looks for all the
world like the picture of Uncle Eb used
by the publishers to advertise the book.
t. IL,
man and woman who is not an ascetic-
1t has spirit of buoyant life which car
ries its readers from cover to cover. Its
articles of out-of-dOor fact are instruc-
tive; it's stories of out-of-door fiction are
interesting. Here are the titles of ten Of
the twenty-eight features of the Decem-
Der number Colored frOntispiece, Fred
eric Remington; THE Wilderness Hun
ter" Owen Wister illustrated by Fred
eric Remington: 1.-The Observation-Disclosures
Of the Outports," Norman Duncan (phO-
tograDhs by the authOr); THE Way of
the Indian Cross Edwyn Sandys; 'Vice
in Horses and Its Correction" Frank NJ.
Ware (practical and illustratedD; "Fal-
conry IN France" Vance Thompson
drawings by Hy. S. WatsOn); '"The Dog
Poisoner." ]. P MOwbray; Theories Re
garding Scent" John T. Bailey; "Physi-
cal Training for Women" j. V. Gilman;
THE Adventures of Mr.. William Mart
ner," Edward S. Holden.
The January DelineatOr has a rich and
inviting table of contents. and attractive
features are added to all the existing de-
partments. Ira d. Sankey, the famous
evangelist, vividly describes his journey
through Egypt and Palestine, and the
personality of the author gives TO these
papers an interest that is truly remark
able. They are illustrated by photographs
made by l. Allen Sankey, who accom-
panied his father. Recent mournful
events and the intense public sympathy
with Mrs. Mckinley make very timely an
article on Notable Pensioners of the Ma
tion," in which the annuities paid to GER
tain illustrious ladies are made public for
perhaps the first time. DR.. S. r. Elliott
begins his series of recollections of a
group of women noteworthy for personal
character and attainmentS, and Clara Z.
Laughlin tells with great charm the story
of Poe's love and marriage. Some ex-
cellent fiction is offered in this number;
the children are especially considered and
the various miscellaneous articles-the
fancy-work, cookery, the holiday display,
house-furnishing, etc.-have a distinctly
seasonable flavor.
In the elaborate and authoritative work,
"The Furniture of Our Forefathers," :" now
published complete by Doubleday, Page
& Co., is given an extract from a letter by
Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts
written in 1880, which shows what Sc
rious matter the love of pretty things was
in those days. Winthrop says: "a good
ly woman of the church of Boston, dwell
ing some time in London, brought with
her a parcel of very fine linen of great
value, which She set her heart too much
upon, and had Deen at charge to have it
all newly washed and curiously folded and
pressed. and so left it in the press in her
parlor over night. She had a negro maid
who went into her room very late, and
let fall some snuff of the candle upon the
linen, so as by morning all the linen was
burned to tinder and the boards under
meath and some stools and a part of the
wainscoat burned, and never perceived by
any in the house. though some lodged in
the chamber overhead and no ceiling be-
tween. But it pleased God that the loss
of this linen did her much good. both in
taking off her heart from worldly COM
forts and in preparing her for far great
er aff1iction by the untimely death of her
husband, who was slain not long after at
Isle of Providence"
significant illustration Of the large
and growing interest in stories of Ameri-
can life which deal with men and women
more or less familiar to the reader is Of
fered in the success of 81. Devlin-Boss. ."
issued by the Lothrop Publishing Com
pany. The novel. which was published a
little over three months ago, has sold
heavily from the first. 1t has been on the
list of the six best selling books i'm nany
cities the country over during that time.
and is in greater demand to-day than at
any time since it's appearance. 1t is a
love story with a political setting, and il
has had as many women readers as men
Two propositions have already beer. made
for it's dramadzation; and among those
who have written to the author. Francis
Churchill Williams, and the publishers. of
their personal interest in the story are
Rear Admiral Evans, Secretary of State
HaV. d b Henderson Sneaker oe a.