The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-29
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for publication a book by Miss Alice
Woods, of Indianapolis. 1t is a story of
artist life, entitled Edges" The illustra-
tons are by the author.
THE Romance of an Old FOOL is the
title of new story by Mr. Roswell Field,
limited edition of which is announced
by the publisher, William s. Lord. of Evan
ston, Ill. The edition will consist of 225
copies on handmade paper.
1.-The Coming City" is the latest title to
be added to the Crowell Library of Eco
Monies and Politics" 1t is a small volume
| from the pen Of DR.. Richard T. Ely, who
| has written many standard works on mu-
| nicipal and sociological subjects.
| The Lothrop Publishing Company, of
Boston, have just brought out Clara Nor
ris's new volume, stage Condolences The
book is in the vein in which Miss Norris
| is most happy; namely. in that of personal
"Reminiscences The volume aims to give
wholesome advice to stage aspirants of
both sexes, especially girls.
In charm of literary style, as we'll as in
sympathetic understanding of it's subject,
the biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne by
George E. Woodbury. CHoughton, Miffiin &
Coz is said to be exceptional and note
worthy. Professor Woodbury. is fitted both
by temperament and by long training in
literature to portray and interpret Haw-
| thone's subtle and fascinating personality.
1.-The Consolidated Cook Book" consist
| ing of several hundred recipes and helps
| for ,iousekeepers compiled from the works
| on domestic economy of Mrs. Mary j. Lin
coin. Fannie Merritt Farmer, Janet Nc
Kenzie Hill, Adelaide Keen and Helen
Campbell, will be sent free to any address
| by the publishers, Little, Brown & Co., Bos-
ton.
The demand in England for Marie Corel-
| LIS new novel, Temporal Power" is said
| to have broken all records The first edi-
| ton there of 10000 copies was insufficient
to supply the actual demand. and further
edition of 10000 copies was printed before
| publication. The American demand has
| also been extraordinary and it Is probable
| that the combined American and Canadian
| editions have been greater than the first
edition Of any book heretofore published.
| A new story for young readers by w. d.
| Howells will be published by the Harpers
| this month. 1t is called 1.-The Flight of
| Pony Baker" Pony is boy of the middle
West-a genuine, natural American boy
who contemplates rash step, takes il
| and consequently has adventures. There
are Indians in the story, and circus, and
it may be a surprise to some people to
| how we'll Mr.. Howells can write about
| things like this.
| Funk & Wagnalls Company has just pub
| lished Love and the Soul Hunters" the
novel whose publication has been so long
| delayed by it's author, John oliver Hobbies
| (Mrs. Craigie) Mrs. Craigie considers this
| her masterpiece. 1t is filled with epigrams
written in her best manner, and contains
situations as dramatic as any that have
| appeared in ner cleverest plays. The plot
| concerns two spheres of life with which
| Mrs. Craigie is thoroughly familiar, the
| social and the financial worlds. Her chief
| characters are drawn ito the life," If not
| actually from 1t.
The Baker e. Taylor Company announces
! for publication in the early fall "Reciproci-
! ty," by Prof. j.. Laurence Laughln. head of
the department of economics in Chicago
University, and Prof. III. Parker Willis, of
Washington and Lee University: Life of
Ulrich zwingli." the Swiss patriot and
| former by Samuel Simpson: "Recollections
| of Long Life; an Autobiography" by Rev.
| Cheer" a gift book, by Rev. Theodore L.
| Cuyler. d. D., and valid Objections to
| So-called Christian Science" by Rev. An
| drew F. Underhill.
Every poem in James Whtcomb Riley's
forthcoming new book. just announced by
| the Scribners, is a new poem. Mr. Riley
| has not repeated himself in this volume.
which, by the way, bears a most felicitous
title. THE Book of Joyous Children" AS
| may be inferred, il is collection of poems
! for and about children. A feature of its
production will be the Illustrations. which
VIII Vawter has done under the authors
| the scenes and the little heroes and hero
| ines of the poems with tenderness and
| fidelity.
The latest issue in the Macmillan Com
pany's English Men of Letters Series is
Frederic Harrison's biography of Ruskin.
Among the other volumes on the press for
| early publication in the series are "Tenny-
| son." by Sir Alfred Lyall: Jane Austen"
| by H. c. Beechng; "Crabbe." by Alfred
/ Anger; Hobbies" by Sir Leslie Stephen:
| Browning" by G. X. Chesterton; Rich
| ardson," by Austin Dobson; James Rus
/ sell Lowell" by Henry Van Dyke; Ralph
| Waldo Emerson" by George Edward Wood
| berry; Benjamin Franklin" by Owen
| Wister; Matthew Arnold" by Herbert w
| Paul: Whittier, by Thomas Wentworth
Higginson.
! Among new editions to be brought out
by Little, Brown & Co. this fall are the
| following: "Plutarchs Lives oxford edi-
| ton i'm five volumes; THE Colonel's Opera
| Cloak" by Christine c. Brush; Madame
| D'Arbays Diary" two volumes. limited
TO 500 copies: new thirty-two- volume edi-
ton of Charles Levers works; How TO
| Live" by DIR. Edward Everett Hale; Lit
| tie Women and An Old-fashioned Girl"
Louise NJ. Alcott's famous stories. superb
| ly illustrated; Hamerton's "Etchings and
| Etchers'' and THE Intellectual Life"
| Helen Hunt Jackson's "Glimpses of Cali
| formal" Hours with German Classics"
| by Frederic Henry Hedge; popular Illus
trated edition Of The Three Musketeers,"