The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20
HE LITERARY OUTLOOK.
ABOUT FALL BOOKS AND NEW
EDITIONS.

A IazIitt Revival In PrOgress-How
barrie Scored Himself-"Some New
WRITER'S ified-Authors Who
Have Come to New York TO Live.
The Work OF Mrs. Margaret
Woods, Author of "Sons of the
ing TO Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
New York. Oct. 1S.-of the 1000 OF
more books which are to be issued dur
ing the present fall season by the repu-
table New York publishers, fully one
third are fiction. There are nearly 200
historical and biographical volumes, $50
devoted to science, religion and philo-
sophy; $50 to economics, sociology, edu-
cation, travel and out of doors; 175 are
for youth and children, and go concern
themselves with art. the drama, poetry
essays and bellies letthes. That interest
in the classics is not declining is shown
by ninety new editions, embracing
about 400 separate volumes.
Writing of new editions brings to
mind an attempts 1 made a year or so
ago to get a complete set of the works
of William Hazlitt. The most diligent
search proved only partially success
| full found four volumes in a lower
Fourth Avenue second hand book shop.
| l was twenty-four hours behind a COM
| plete set. One dealer told me that an
unknown purchaser had carried away
| a complete edition, the last one he had,
| the day before. 1t was rather remark
/ a critic
| easily the foremost of his day. should
| have been allowed to get out of print,
and the information that his work is
| to be brought out in new and COM
! plete edition in both London and New
York in the beautiful Dent form, is
very gratifying to every lover of lit
erature. Interest in Hazlitt is already
reviving in England, and it is not un-
likely that his work will become bet
ter known to the present generation of
our own country.
Mr.. James M. Barrie recently passed
his forty-first birthday. He has fully
| recovered from his illness of some
time ago, and indeed some of his best
literary work has been done since that
time. In speaking of his early expert
ences, Mr.. Barrie declared that his first
work did not see the light of publica-
That it was the result Of hard work, no
one can doubt. A publisher offered
for five hundred dollars-to bring out
his first volume, but as he did not have
so much money to spend in that way,
the book did not have even a chance
of meeting with great public favor"
nor did critics have any opportunity
to condemn the young Scots literary
effort Mr.. Barrie's modesty is well
| Ia RI
preside over a literary gathering of
some importance. Once the meeting
was under way, however, Barrie made
his escape, and did not reappear. An
ether had to declare the meeting at an
end. On the following day those who
had attended the meeting or who were
interested in its outcome saw with
some indignation an attack on Mr..
Barrie for his unceremonious exit, but
they were made to laugh when they
found that the authour or 1.-THE Little
Minister" wrote the article which
scored himself.
The very excellent New York Times
Bcok Supplement has built up consid-
cradle reputation as an authority in
book matters, but that it sometimes
makes mistakes is evidenced by their
recent classification of books by some
|
said of a certain popular ten cent mag
azine, the office boy put this part of
the paper together and the editor
should not be blamed. At any rate, we
had not thought of w. A. Frazer, Ju-
liam Sturgis, w. w. Jacobs, H. B. Mar
riot Watson, Hamilton Drummond,
George Egerton. Stanley Waterloo. w.
]. Dawson, Herbert E. Hamblin, S. r.
Crockett, w. L. Alden and George Hor-
| xxytsifa Of
those mentioned has written at least
one fairly well known book, and most
Of them have written several. Mr..
Fraser is gentleman whom Kipling
helped to fame and literary fortune, by
pointing to him at dinner party and
saying, in replying to a question about
India, ASK Fraser, he knows all about
India" Hamilton Drummond is per-
haps the least known among these
mentioned above. but he has pub
lished three books Of merit He is a
cousin of Henry Drummond, and
seems to be worthy Of the name, though
his literary work is of an entirely diff
ferent character. S. r. Crockett is en-
titled to charter membership in the Lit
erary Centipedes' Club, and George
Horton was guilty of being the author
of one of last years popular successes,
Like Another Helen"
Whether New York City is becoming
the center of genuine culture as it has
Become the center Of wealth. is still a
question which Boston, Philadelphia
and Chicago like to argue, but there
is no doubt as to the metropolis, claim
to being the Mecca Of authors and
writers of all grades of success. Mark
Twain used to call Hartford, Conn, his
home, but he has recently declared his
intention of casting his emblem of citi-
zenship in Manhattan Borough in the
coming local election, a fairly good
proof as to his choice of New York as
a place in which to live. Cyrus Town
send Brady gave UP his church in Phil
adelphia some time ago and moved to
New York. in order, as he says to be
close enough to keep an eye on his va
rious publishers, and to carry on his
work under more favorable conditions.
Out of six books which Mr. Brady
published last year. four were included
in the New York State Library's list
of the best $50 books out of 5000 ex-
an1inad Mr. w w napSloxu cor