The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-21
Among the Publishers.

Among N EuDtisntENs
r. F. Fenno & Co. have issued a popular
edition of Arnold Parker's work on the
game OF ping-pong and how TO play IL,
with many illustrations and diagrams.
THE Hound OF the Baskervilles," Conan
Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel. which has
been appearing serially, is now published
in book form by Mcclure. Phillips & Co.
The Valley of Decision" by Edith
Wharton. has entered it's third edition. II
is proving an excellent seller. The book
bears the imprint OF Charles Scribner's
Sons.
The F. NJ. Buckles Company has just
issued a new novel by Guy Boothby called
"A Minionaire's Love Story" Like others
Of Boothby's books. il is said 10 make
good reading.
r. H. Russell has published in book form
Richard Harding Davis's clever detective
story, I'm the Fog which ran as a serial
in Golfers Weekly. Mr.. Russell will also
issue a volume Of short stories by the
Duchess of Sutherland, entitled The Wind
in the Tree"
Edward Frederic Benson. author OF
"Dodo.' has just completed another society
novel that is being brought out by d. APP
pleton * Co. entitled Scarlet and Hyssop."
1t is a story OF London society, and Lon
doners who have read IL assert that they
can identify the characters.
Messrs. L. c. Page e. Co. announce for
publication May l Abroad with the Jim
miles, by Lillian Bell, and Asa Holmes,
or at the Crossroads by Annie Fellows
Johnston. Mrs. Johnston, who has pub
lished a number Of pleasing stories for
children, is a resident Of Evansville, Ind.
I'm Tune with the Infinite" by Ralph
Waldo Urine. is said by its publishers, 7. Y.
Croweu & Co. to have reached its hftieth
thousand. 1t is a book that enters in a
/ vlaaSonf and nr2pfiCal WaV into the nOWfT
! of the interior forces In molding the condi-
tions and meeting the problems OF our COM
mon everyday life.
The weird and wonderful adventures Of
Stede Bonnet and his p~iratical crew as set
forth in Kate Bonnet" Frank r. Stock
toms new novel (Appletonsl, have appealed
10 Jack Tar i'm a most fOrcible way. and the
Navy Department has ordered copies placed
in the ships Libraries OF the United states
navy. The book has gone through four
editions in less than a month.
Home and Flowers, an illustrated MONTH
ly published at Springfield, o., contains
just the information needed by those who
wish to beautify their home grounds. In
the April issue one writer tells what can be
done with a ''pocket-handkerchief garden"
another tells how To manage the roses;
there is an article on THE Towns OppOr-
tunity,' a chapter on the diseases and In
sect enemies of plants and much other mat
ter of a practical sort.
~ - 1AA0h 11N'N
ers." lately published by the Bowen-Mer-
rill Company. is something of a stroller
himself. The prologue Of his story was
written in Arkansas, a part OF the first
book of the tale in the Bavarian Tyrol,
much Of the second book i'm Paris, the rest
of the story on board ship en- route 20
South America, and the whole thing was
edited, polished and prepared for the pub
Usher while the author was at Sleepy
Shanklin. on the Isle of Wight.
Doubleday, Page & Co. are shortly 10
publish. a volume about Our Literary Del
uge," and some Of its deeper waters, by
Francis w. Halsey. editor of the Literary
Supplement of the New York Times, whose
work puts him into peculiarly close relation
with the trend OF current literary thought.
His book is said TO have a value even be-
yond it's immediate interest I'm showing
the modern attitude toward literature, and
particularly toward the literary immortals
whose masterpieces have been revived 80
frequently Of late along with the flood OF
new books.
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Of which Vol.
I was recently published by the Funk &
Wagnalls Company. and Vol. IL is to APP
pear in June, has been censored by the
Russian government. The admission OF
Vol / into Russian territory IS permitted,
but a paragraph which appears on Page
S47 and which forms part of the article on
Alexander III. Emperor Of Russia. IS
"caviared," or, in other words. printed
over so that 1t cannot be read. This ency-
clopedia, which is TO consist Of ten volumes
when complete, will be a most compreheh-
sive and valuable work.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
offer of Alfred Austin, poet laureate. to
dedicate TO him the American edition of his
new volume Of verse. "A Tale Of True Love.
and Other Poems" which the Harpers have
published. The dedication reads as follows:
ITO one even more distinguished for his
personal qualities than for his political
| poSifion lofty Though In he President
Roosevelt, 1 inscribe this volume with deep
admiration and respect" The poems cover
They are decidedly optimistic in tone. The
opening lines are addressed TO Robert Louis
Stevenson
A new volume by Booker T. Washington.
entitled THE Building Of Character" viii
be published shortly by Doubleday, Psge &
Co, comprising a series of his-Sunday cvcn-
ing talks to the students of Tuskegee Insti-
tute, thought by many Of his friends 10 be
the best literary work he has done. Up
from Slavery" by the way, has been -
Gently voted by the Librarians OF the State
of New York TO be one OF the best nifty
books OF last year. and Of all the fifty books
out of the five thousand published last year
il was second in the number OF votes re-
ceived.
In his new novel OF Mile. Fouchet;e.'
Charles Theodore Murray gives an inter
esting picture Of life I'm the Quarter Latin.
NHtIt ht IcSAhtu AND years ohlaAAAAAAS INV
studies for his novel. issued by the J. b.
Lippincott Company. He furnished a small
apartment in the Rue ST. Jacques. where
much Of the story is laid. and was sur
rounded by students, professors, artists,
g~risettes and the atmosphere Of the grea.
schools. For the sum OF $50 a year ne hal
a salon" 'chambre a coucher. cuisine
and tOilet-and there were four noors ABOVE
him. He started In unable 10 UNDERSTAND
or communicate a word Of French; ne clme
out able 10 read the language az well as
English. 4 got in ne says. where 4
just had 20 do II. that's all. To gel WAL
2 I wanted il was necessary TO live amoaG
these people and in the way they NFedi
5 so ] did my own cooking and housekeeping
, or. as they say. lived de garcon -ano MS
involved constant, immediate contact MitT
! all sorts OF small tradesmen. ana a cOhse'
- quent familiarity with their ways.
"Views of an Ex-President!"
5 New York Times.
To- N Is a fitting thing that our ex-PresidpntI