The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-28
AMONG THE PUBLISHERS.

THE Book of One Hundred Houses"
about to be published by Herbert S. Stone
& Co., Will contain many photographs of
houses that are homes. 1t aims to show
that beauty may be as easily secured in a
small city house or a cottage in the coun-
try as in the most pretentious mansion,
that size does not necessarily mean COM
fort, nor grandeur livableness.
Among the books received is THE Outer
Parallel" a story in verse OF Nathaniel
Greene, of Revolutionary fame. The poem
is in five c~antos. written by Peter Strieletsi.
the author of several plays. The Saalfeld
Publishing Co., Akron. o.
Maud Wilder Goodwin was one of the
first writer's to depict the early colonial
life of Maryland and Virginia, and so popu-
lar have become her romances that Little,
Brown & Co. have just issued a new edi-
ton of white Aprons with a colored
frontispiece. This book is a romance of
BacOn's Rebellion, which occurred in Vir-
ginia in 1876. 1t is uniform with THE
Head of a Hundred" by the same author.
The third of Mrs. Goodwin's trio of his
torical novels, entitled Sir Christopher"
was published last spring. but the sale
has been maintained so that a seventh edi-
ton has just been issued. OF these three
colonial stories, White Aprons stands last
in the time Of action. They are all bound
together by unity Of scene and by a thread
of sequence in the lives involved in their
plots.
Little, Brown & Co. have published a new
library edition of "Parkman's Life" a new
and enlarged edition of brakes New
England Legends a new edition of Ham
nerton's French Painters and Paintings"
and a new edition of the historical romance
entitled "CinQ Mars"
Brentano's have received from abroad
(Paris) Maxine Gorkis Dams la Steppe,"
Maurice Maeterlinck's 'Theater," Volumes
l and III. (The second volume will be pub
lished in 1922 Jean Lombard's "L'Agonie,'
Paul and Victor Marguerite's Les Braves
Gems" Octave Mirbeau's ''Vingt ct un
jours dun neurasthenique," Francisque
Sarcey's "Quarante ans de Theater, Feuille-
toms "Dramatiques," Henryk Sienkiewicz's
lie Deluge;' from Rome Matilde Serao's
La Ballerina." and from Berlin. NJ. Cor
k's "Malva" and "Konowolaw." NJ. Jokal's
"Maertyrer des Herzens' and Monte Car
To-" by George f. Won Ompteda.
The Colonial Danes of America are send
Ing out InelT IOuTln NOlume OF Letters 10
Washington" from the Riverside press.
These letters are for the first time printed
from the original manuscripts acquired by
Congress from the Washington heirs and
transcribed with the greatest care and ex-
actitude. The late Mr.. John Fiske referred
to the work as "a valuable contribution to
the history of the time"
"Millionaires and Kings OF Enterprise"
by James Burnley, which has just been
published by the j. b. Lipincott Com
pany, is more than a series of biographical
sketches. In the lives of the men who
are now the real molders of the fortunes
of the United States, and to whose opera
tions are likely to be placed some of the
most revolutionary developments in the
worlds history. is furnished an account of
stupendous industrial progress and of the
manipulation of millions in the making of
more millions, every page of which is said
TO be fraught with serious interest. The
gallery of portraits includes men in nearly
every branch of trade and in nearly every
industrial and financial effort.
Jane Austen; Her Homes and Her
Friends" by Constance Hill, will be pub
lished very soon by John Lane. There will
be numerous Illustrations by Ellen Hill.
together with portraits in colotype, etc.
The work is intended to give a picture of
Jane Austen's daily life in her different
homes, of her intercourse with the various
members of her family. and with her
friends. and thus to realize the influence
that affected her as a writer.
Among the new books d. Appleton &
Co. announce for publication this month
are 1.-The Man Who Knew Better" by T.
Gallon; THE French People," a new vol
ume in the Great Peoples series, by Ar
thur Hassall, NJ. A; THE Apostles of the
Southeast" Frank T. Bullen's new book,
in which he gives a wonderfully graphic
picture Of the sailors life which is almost
unknown; 1.-The Alien" by Miss f. f.
Montresor, in which the authoress has
utilized incident and intrigue to give a
vivid delineation of character, and the
scene is laid partly in England, there being
also glimpses of South America.