The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-26

( plOra BILE thlDS 5sth1d young ana, SO
far, successfully aspiring literary maya
zine should be exposing itself SO care
lessly to the distorting contaEion of East
Aurora, N. Z.
Doubleday. Page & Co. announce THE
Ieopard's Spots by Thomas Dixon, Jr.,
which is described as a romance of the
white mans BURDEN The tale Of the
South during the reconstruction period,
and up to the present time. It deals
with ..carTet-bag" governments, huklu:S
Khan episodes. and the struggle of earn
est men to deliver the land from laWleSs-
ness and crime The hero OF the story
is Charles CASTOR. who plays the part OF
lover, lawyer, statesman, and polltlcal
Regeneration, but his unusual career couio
hardly be more startling than that OF the
author. himself. who, at the age of
twenty, before he could vote. was electeu
a member of the North Carolina Legs
lature. A vivid and dramatic treatment
Z OF historical facts may be expected OF the
Z now well-known orator.
usual interest is Ellen Glasgows new
novel called THE battle-ground, which
will be brought out in the Spring by
Doubleday, Page & Co.
The Century is to print in the February
and March numbers authoritative articles
on the contemplated Improvements o.
Washington City, which have attracted
so much attention in the press, and
which. it is expected. viii make Wash
inston perhaps the most beautiful or
modern cities.
A leading article by TIL Benton in
the Revue des deux Mondes names Book
err Washington's autobiography up from
,o,ol- Of hot
human interest which will bring
it to the front wherever men
aspire to know the greater achieve
nents of their fellows What
different point of view the foreigner has;
or is it that lifelong familiarity has low
cred ours? The story Of the rise OF TINS
one extra ordinarily able negro is inter-
esting, but not so awfully phenomenal;
and yet his autobiography has been
dostanee. and is about to appear in Fin
dostance, and is about to appear in Fin
nish, Spanish and Swiss-G German.
Zoe Anderson Norris is a rising star in
the constellation OF The Plelades. Bo-
not sparkle at dinner tables alone, but
scintillates in magazines of cleverness
all over the country: Her first book, The
sketches of newspaper and Bohemian life,
which Funk & Wagnalls published only
yesterday. We may review it at greater
length next week.
Norman Hapsood. whose life of George
Washington has received widespread at
tention from the reviewers. contributes
to LESLIE'S MONTHLY for February
very interesting but little known story
Of Washington's attempt to capture Ar
mold.
Mr.. w. B. Yeats the Celtic poet, has
temporarily deserted poetry for prose,
and like most other literary people. is
writing a novel. The Speckled Bird is
its queer title.
THE BIBLIOGRAPHER. a monthly
journal devoted to the interests of the
collector of books. manuscripts and auto
graphs, is announced ror publication at
an early date by Messrs. Dodd. Mead &
Co.. New York. It's editor will be Mr..
Paul Leicester Ford.
The Editor-'Is the meaning Of this
poem absolutely .incomprehensible to
you?
Absolutely! You're going
to accept it. aren't you
The Editor.-.Oh, yes. But I wasn't Will
ing to trust my own judgment. Life.