The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-13

lists as Hatherell. Bundy. Shaw. sapper-
son, Sullivan. Van Anrooy and Greifferl-
hagen One volume is to be issued each
month.
Anna Pierpont Siviter, the author OF
Niche which has just made it's appear
ance this fall. is the daughter or the
late Francis w. Pierpont, the War Gov
ernor of West Virginia. She has ever
been prominent in the social life of Pitts
burg, and Is noted as a great student or
Oriental history. This volume Is the re-
suit of years of research and is a unique
and remarkably interesting picture OK
Persian Court Life during the reign OF
Lin,. Artaxerxes, combining the two
Characteristic types of Jewish and Baby
lonian life.
Frederick w Unger, author of With
'Bobs' and Kruger" published by Messrs.
Henry T. Coates & Co. had the unique
experience of representing on the Boer
side a great London daily Frederick W.
Unger is a young man who went out to
South Africa to be a war correspondent,
upon the slen6erest possible connectioa
with the press, inspired by an account IN
one of Kipling's books OF "a youngster
jerkeG on at the end OF a WIRE. and now
| he thus became a successful correspond
| ent. After numerous viciSsitudes, Mr.
Unger accidentally ran across Mr.. Kip
| ling and sought an interview with him
| Through the kindness of Kipling. the
young American was placed on the field
| staff of the London Times, until c. Ar
| thur Pearson engaged him as manager
| for the London Daily Express IN South
| Africa. and sent him secretly to the Roer
| side.
Over $50, OOo copies OF Little Men" have
already been printed, but, nevertheless.
| the new holiday edition OF Miss Alcott's
for Wit
inald 3. Birch, Is already assured OF
| large sale. Little, Brown & Co., havs
been obliged to prepare second edition.
although the date of publication, Is not
until October 10th
The Century announces for 1902 a num-
| be-; of papers containing new and htther-
to imprinted Information regarding ia
nous authors, including Tenryson, Emer.
son, Browning. Bdlwer, Holmes. Whit
> tier, Stevenson and Bryant The early
and drawings by Thackeray.
About the end of October the scribnerz
will publish a. series OF essays by W. c.
| numbers OF the magazines will contain
new material regarding the visit OF
Thackeray to the United States, contrib
uted by General James Grant Wilson,
and including q number of new letters
Brownell, author of French Art" under
| The Victorian Prose Masters who are It's
subjects are Thackeray, Eliot, Carlyle,
Matthew Arnold. Ruskin andw George
Meredith, sroupe which probably in.
cludes the chosen master of almost
cry reader who has felt strongly literary
influence. With every such reader the
volume will find a welcome.
The Macmillan Company have Just pub
lished '.ArnolTs Expedition to Quebec"
by John Goldman, II. In IL the dramatic
story of the Inflated expedition which
Benedict Arnold led through the forest
wilderness OF Maine and Canada against
the inpregnable fortress OF Quebec is
told for the first time in its completeness
Howard Chandler Christy has allowed
It to become known that the drawings
he has just completed for George w Ca
ble's coming novel. "The Cavalier" en-
body the most careful work of his career
10 date The story offers extraordinary
opportunities for an artist of Mr. Chris
tvs ideals, for it has to do with Ameri-
can women and American soldiers, types
in which he has scored his greatest sue
cesses. and offers plenty OF the sort of ac-
ton that delights the artist.
Mr.. George Bird Grinnen. whose new
book of Indian tales entitled THE Pun
shment of the Stingy, and Other Indian
Stories is published by the Messrs.
Heapers. has had a unique experience.
He has been dignified by the title OF
War Chief by his friends and aGrnirers.
TIE Pawnee Indians. ana during his as
ISOLATION with them and with other tribes
of the red men he gathered material for
his Indian stories Sitting with them
by the side of their fires at night, he
has had the unusual privilege Of listen
ing to their legends and folklore, Just
OF fj,aI fo
generations from sire to SON Such rec
ords are not only entertaining In the
form in which Mr.. GrinrelI presents them
in The Punishment OF the Stingy:" they
are OF much value as historical material
4 second edition of Maurice Hewletts
New Canterbury Tales published By
the Macmillan Company, was called for
on the day of publication.