The Washington times., 1901-11-24
LITERARY NOTES.

LITEkAkl HUIEO.
II DARBY Gill and the Good People,
in McClures for December, were not hall
| SO good story as 1t is, Gustave YER
beeks illustrations would make 1t well
worth the reading Queerer looking little
folk than Mr. Verbeet's Good People
you certainly could not imagine-not even
dream. They almost make you believe
in the story
This amusing bit of folklore, by Her
mimic Templeton, recommends itself from
the start by the genuine smack OF the
brogue with which it isgseasoned. One
night the Good People spirited away Oar
by's pigs, and soon thereafter, Rosie, his
cow The pigs Darby admired and ray
spected." but Rosie "he loved" and he
incon .inently starts out in search of her.
Captured by the Good People, he is
| bus led before their King, in the heart
| of the mountain Sliev-namon, and wins
his heart by his intrepid jig dancing. vi
his ESCAPE from the Good People, and his
final revenge on them, the tale is the
bright and laughable narrative.
| Peter NewelTs original drawings for
| the Harper's new edition Of "Alice's Ad-
ventures in Wonderland are now on ex-
hibition in the city of Baltimore.
Harper & Bros. have just published
subscription edition of a life of Madame
| Recamier. entitled Madame Reeamier
and Her Friends" which will be limited to
20 numbered and signed copies. 1t is
rather remarkable that this is the first
complete biography published Of woman
so celebrated as Recamier. Brochures
and magazine articles have hitherto suf-
| feed 10 tell the story of this famous beau
tv But her life was SO involved with the
| Diplomatic history OF the time in which
she lived that her biography is one OF I'M
portancc and the richest interest, and
valuable addition to the library OF French
| memoirs.
| special holiday edition OF The Crisis"
is being prepared by the Macmillan Com
pany. The frontispiece will consist of a
new portrait of the author never before
published, and reproduced in photograv-
ure. F m ~
| The Dent Thackeray is beginning to ap-
pear. The Vanity Fair" in three vol
umes. already published is very handy
little edition, in delicate olive cloth
cover. and illustrated throughout by
Charles E. Brock. 1t is published by the
Macmillans.
The Tetong Indian Reservation is the
scene of Mr.. Hamlin Garland's new novel
of Western life, which he calls THE Cap
tain of the Grey Horse Troop"
Reconstruction in Mississippi" by
| James W. Garner. is described ''as the
most intimate and at the same time dis
passionate history of the reconstruction
period that has yet appeared"
| Little, Brown & Co., always pub
| lish a good list of Juveniles in the fall,
and this year the dozen books for younger
| readers are above-the average-which is
| always high This firm calls especial at
tention to the holiday edition of Little
Men," with its fifteen full-page illustra
tions by Reginald B. Birch. The demand
| for a pictorial presentation Of jos
Boys" has at last been filled.
John Luther Long, whose japanese
story, Madame Butterfly" the playwright
Belasco made such an exquisite bit of
stage picturing, is at present collaborat
ing with Belasco on long play, which
goes back to the days of Rome for Its in
cidents and setting. Meantime, Madame
Butterfly" is being set to operate music
by an Italian master.
D. Appleton & Co. announce stand
ard series of technical handbooks on the
artistic crafts. suitable for schools, work
shops, libraries, and all interested In the
arts. The series will be Under the gener-
al editorship of Mr.. W. R. Lethaby, di-
rector Of the L. c. c. Central School of
Arts and Crafts, and professor Of design
at South Kensington. Each craft will be
dealt with by an expert qualified to speak
with authority on design. as well as on
workmanship. The volumes will be fully
illustrated. and issued at moderate price.
Mr. Douglas Coekerell will commence the
series with THE Craft of BoOkbindng
and the Preservation Of Books: A Text
Book for Bookbinders and Librarians" to
be followed by Mr.. H. Wilson on Gold
and Silver Smiths Work. and Mr.. C.
Spooner on "Cabinetmaking and Design
ing" Others in preparation.
The Scribners have now two books on
the list of the six best selling books in
New York City. They are The Cavalier"
by George W. Cable, and Mr.. Seton
Thompson's Lives of the Hunted" From
present appt tarances the Scribner repre-
sentation is likely to be increased by one
and possibly two books before the season
is over.
Another svIumv essays CO
Max Muller will soon be brought out. The
collection will include his interesting pa
PEI entitled why Am Not an Agnos-
TIC"
A Christmas book for children, Of ex
ceptional beauty, is The Reign OF King
Cole" which is illustrated by Charles
Robinson and edited by ]. NJ. Gibbon-
very beautiful colored cover design illus
trated, and papers. frontispiece, and front
matter illustrated in color, with series
of quaint line drawings throughout the
book. may serve as description.
In view of the several editions of Bal
zac's works which are now appearing. his
readers will be interested in the the news
that the Temple edition of the "Comedie
Humane" has just been published by the
] Macmillan Company in forty volumes.