The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-09
WIZ p uRLIc4rLONS.


In the recently issued Last Songs
from Vagabonds," by Bliss Carman and
| Richard Hovey, the authorship of each
poem is made known by initials in the
table of contents The l asst poem,
1.-THE Adventures, bears the initials
of both authors. 1t was found incom-
plete among Mr.. Hovey's papers and
Mr.. Carman was happily inspired to
write the concluding stanzas The ser
les of volumes of poems begun by
Copeland and Day several years ago
| has been completed by Small, May
nard & Co.
Some Ill-Used Words" by Alfred
Ayres will be published this month by
D. Appleton & Co. The book is leveled
specially at some half-dozen errors that
are made by well-nigh every one that
has occasion to use the English Ian
guage.
Henry S. Allen, son Of John G. Allen,
of the old firm of Allen, Morrell 81
Wardwell, book publishers, of Andover,
Mass, has in active preparation a work
in. eight octave volumes, entitled
America: The Western World: It's
Complete History from the Earliest
Discoveries to the Present Time"
The material is based upon the histo-
ries of James Gfahacie, DR.. David
Ramsay, Dr. William Robertson and
DR.. S. S. Smith and others, brought
down to date by competent writer's.
Drexel has in press seventeen vol
umes by standard authors which he
proposes to issue in a sixty-cent libra
ba ruhio6 in rlp1r1 tO
binding, letter-press and Illustrations
will be attractive, include the copy
right works of Mrs. Wordsworth, Ouida,
w. Clark Russell, e. F. Benson, W e.
Norris, Clinton Ross and others.
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, in his in
PRODUCTION to a new edition of Beech
er's Comforting Thoughts" writes:
"Of all the books that hold comfort for
the comfortless,' this little volume of
selections seems at once the most beau
tiful and most helpful" The work Is
being prepared for publication by
Fords, Howard e. Hubert, and will
contain besides the original text some
new matter from unpublished sources,
together with appropriate illustrations.
The j. B. Lippincott Co. has just
brought out a new edition of Houston
Stewart Chamberlains Life of Wag-
ner'' which is of special interest on ac-
count of the season Of grand opera.
L. C. Page & Co., of Boston, an
nounce the new Red Rose library, be-
ing a series of love and mystery, by
well-known American and foreign wri-
ters; the volumes are published month
ly, and, following Elwyn Barron's
G.nr how
will be presented Friendship and Fol-
~" by Maria Louise Poole: 1.-THE Black
Terror" by j. K. Legs; Rose of Aca-
die" by Marshall Saunders; MUIR
iells" by Ouida; 1.-THE Triumph Of
Death" by d'Annunzio; ada Vern-
ham, by Richard Marsh; "Via Lucis,'
by Magda Stuart Sindici; Breaking
the Shackles," by Frank Barrett, and
"Unto the Heights of Simplicity" by
Johannes Reimers.
The stories in the March Scribner in
clude another of f. w. Hornung's
Amateur Crackman Stories. 1.-THE Fate
of Faustin," dealing with romantic
episode in the career of the incompara-
BILE Raffles with illustrations by F. c.
Yohn; an army story, "A Battle and
Quarrel" by Frederick Palmer, the
scene of which is laid In the Philip
pines, and "Our Two Unces" by sgd
ney Herman Preston, author of "The
Green Pigs" an amusing tale of mis-
taken identity, with Illustrations by Fl.
A. Linnell. There is also an arti-
Gle Astounding in picturesque, pathetic
and humorous scenes, by Arthur Hen
nv, entitled among the Immigrants"
with illustrations by Denman Fink
Miss wilkins attractive story, 1.-THE
Hearts Highway" has been drama
tized by Frank H. Carstarphen. The
stage version is said to be particularly
acceptable to the author-rather an I'M
usual feature in the circumstances
and both author and playwright feel
sure that the story lends itself both to
theatrical spectacle and action. 1t is
that Miss wilkins publish
ers, Doubleday, Page & Co., are In ne
gotiation looking to it's production.