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..rhe Helmet of Navarro" a serial story which appeared in the Century Magazine has now been published in book form. 1t is said that the first edition is one hun dred thousand. This is certainly unpre- cedented even in these days of reoord- breakers And the large edition was made imperative by the advance orders for the book The author, Miss Bertha Runkle, is a very young woman, and 'The Helmet of Navarro" is~ her first work. The scene of the story is laid in Paris during the investment of the city by Henry of Navarro and the story oc- cupies but four days of the week preced- ing Henry's entry to give his formal ad- herence to the Catholic church. It has received the highest praise and is spoken of as a fresh, engaging and well-sus- tained addition to romantic fiction.
 Another story which is foremost in the attention of the literary world at the present time Is MT. George Horton's Like Another Helen" The material used in this story was gathered during the years the author spent in Greece as American consul to Athens under Pres ident Cleveland's second administration.
 Since Mir. Horton's return from his consulship in Athens he has devoted him. self entirely to literary work. At present he is literary editor of the Chicago Rec ord-Herald. He Is a New Yorker by birth and a graduate of the University of Mich igan Greek and Latin were his special ties, and during the five years he was in Greece he mastered the modern Ian guage. He enjoys the distinction or nav ing written a story in Greek which was published serially hn the Athens Asty.'
 When MT. Ernest Seton-Thompson re- turns from his lecture trip to the Paclnc coast the last of thls month he VIII go immediately to the new seVenty-nVe acre farm which he has purchased m Connecticut Announcement has aireaoy been made of the story which he will write for the Ladies' Home Journal under the title of 1.-TWO Little Savages in the Woods" He will work on this story Tn the open" during the summer. Ills ne" story .'The Mother Teal and the over land Route" will also appear In the same magazine. It tells the tale or mother duck and her brood Of young ones But however simple the motir' tne popular writer of animal epics IS sure ae delight the reader and give thoughts or winsome outdoor life that inspire and re- fresh the weary reader.
 ssrhe Last Confessions of Marie Bash lirtseff and Her Correspondence Wi.n Guy de Manpassant,'' will shortly be pup lished Some extracts previously puphsn- ed of the work reveal the same element which made the diary of the young hus- sian artist so popular a dozen years ago. Scarcely was there ever so morbid and egotistical a young woman and yet her diary was immensely clever ana gave perfect revelation of womans soul Doubtless there are many readers wno will be glad of further interpretations from her really unique pen.
 "Eyery Inch King Is rapidly taking its place as one of the successes of the season. It Is by a new and exceptionally young writer, Miss Josephine Carohne Sawyer of Watertown, N. Y. It is said that as a young girl at school MISS saw yer showed decided literary promise and it was while studying shakespeare tna. she became interested in the character | of Prince Hal. During a subsequent visit | to London she sketched out the romance | which afterward took form In Every | Inch a King" | It is a love story and sweet and
 pleasing one, happily lacking in all those | scenes of bloodshed and violence which f The leading characters are among the old nobility of the Beauforts, the Morti- uaers, the Stradfords, so completely de- stroyed by "The Wars of the Roses
 Lovers of Dickens and the scenes made familiar by the haunts of his well known characters have been grieved recently by the many changes which are occrring In olde London towne. And now The Black Bull Inn, the last of the ancient hostel ries in Holborn, Is to be pulled down. After standing for over three hundred years 1t Is now to make way for modern buildings, which will entirely efface all the old hants so dear to Dickens. What a pity that some one in London does not interest himself in preserving for the world at large a few of these old land marks at least.
 No part of London has greater inter est for the traveller who loves to seeK