The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27
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The F. A. Stokes company announce Eden Phill-
potts novel, The River and translation by Ed
Eeanoa Due will produce in America during her coming
tour.
Mr. Henry A. Spur has written life Of the elder Dumas
which the F. A. Stokes company will publish in the fall
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Mrs Frances Hodsson Burneus new novel will be en-
titled THE Destiny OF Bettins."
Canadian gentleman now living in New York, who
wishes his withheld has made gift Canadian
public Libraries copy Of The Literature Of American His
tory" which has just been published by Houshton Mfn
Co This valuable reference book is edited for the
Library association by Mr.. N. Larncd with the aid
forty scholars and critics of mark Its titles for
the most part followed by brief descriptive and critical notes
The Canadian department has been edited by Mr., William
McLennan OF Montreal and will he found of particular in
and value students and readers of the Dominion
Messrs G. p. Putnams Sons the uniform
edition OF the complete works of Walt Whitman be pub
shed by subscription under arrangement with Messrs
Small Maynard Co. The ultimate place of the poet of
democracy in American literature can not be foeseen John
Burroughs who Whitmanite has declared him
prophets Matthew Arnold the contrary dismissed him
with fine announcing coldy mo, do read his
works Thoreau said, HE is democracy Alfred Austin
said II really think he is democracy being like it, ignorant
sangune, noisy, coarse and chaotic
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It seems eminenty prOpss, that Messr; Putnam the
iS4s) the Tales Gin the year, and Eureka" (1s48
should contemplate issue of his complete works the
Charles F. Richardson of Dartmouth college In this ed
ton Poes works will be arranged for the first time in
strictly chronological order under the heads of Poems
Tales" Criticisms and Miscellany" in this way show
ing the progressive development of creative mind during
| twenty-five years of its expression.
Arrangements have been completed by the Macmilans
for the issue of nine volumes in the OF English
Men of Letters which they have projected and
follow from time time Three OF them out or
nearly ready for publication They MIR Herbert Pauls
Life of Matthew Arnold" Mr. Leslie Stephens Life of
George Eliot, and Mr.. Augustine Birres Life Of William
Hazlitt The old series OF English Men of Letters in
thy-nne volumes, which John Morley edited will he
issued in edition uniform with the volumes OF the
series and sold like them at half a dollar a volume
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THE WORLDS SHRINE,
The Worlds Shrine nv Virginia w. Johnson pub
ished by A. s. Barnes Co. New York Of the most
interesting books of travel written 1t the
Italian lake country and contains description the
velous scenery of the Lake of Como sketch OF the
history of the from the days Roman supremacy
through the medieval OF warfare describing the Span
sh influence Northern Italy Lombard and Manese rule
to modern times.
Pney the younger. and his two villas, well the
Pliney spring, receive full mention
The illustrations add great deal to the book The
portrait of the Como girl is charming specimen OF Italian
beauty and the Lake Como and the gardens OF
magnolia citron, and asmnes and the boating the
quiet waters of the lovely lake, beautifully depicted
Miss Johnson the author has also written "A Lily OF
the Arno."