Evening journal., 1902-12-26
THE LITERARY WORLD

"The Lieutenant-G Governor" by Guy
Wstmcre Carryl, the novelette, with
which the January of the Smart Set
opens, is full of power and fascination.
The plot is absolutely new. and the
dramatic situations are
handled by the author with a mastery
of art that holds the reader absorEl-
ed from opening to climax. This is
the strongest novelette, that has ap-
peared in the Smart Set 1t is a srllen-
did piece of fiction. Following
this comes delightful con-
trast in the short story by
Justus Miles Fcrman, THE Young
Person Next Door," which is dainty
and amusing; while its successor,
The Shadowy Past" by James Branch
Cabell, is a skillful psychological study
and equally good. Indeed, a careful
examination of the magazines fiction
shows a variety as noteworthy as it is
rare and pleasing. The White Carna-
tion," by Francis Livingston. remark
able for lively incident. with the hap
piest of endings; Alma Adorata," by
Edgar Saltus, weird throughout; The
Egan in which an American actress
vindicates her patriotism; Providence
and Miss Green" by Rosamond Napier,
as amusing as it is quaint; The Brand
ing of Circe," by Helen Frances Hunt
ington. the thrilling story CT sinners
punishment; Overheard at p Studio
Tea" by Grace Florence Reed, the
amusing narrative of trials endured by
an esthete; Miss Darcy in Danville, T"
by Ethel Sigsbee Small, a careful and
convincing study of moods; The Bar
gain" by Maud, Stepney Rawson, a
conception notably ingenious in its
surprises, and carefully wrought; "Sun
in the Valley" by Arthur Swinger, a
love-story as unique as it is beautiful
these, and others in the number, form
a collection of fiction that possesses a
varied charm, unrivaled in the world
of letters.
The Metropolitan Magazine, which
has just been purchased by ColOneI
George Harvey. editor Of the North
American Review. and President oi
Harper & Brothers, will be edited By
John Kendrick Bangs. The new maga
zine viii be devoted entirely to tbs
human side OF metropolitan life as i
lappeRrs in New York Mr.. Bangs II
essentially a city man and a thorough
New Yorker, and it would seem CON
lgenial task TO edit a magazine of thi
mature. Mr.. Bangs books, Numbering
leight, have lately been brought out b.
Harper & Brothers in a popular sub
lscription edition.
.......
The Reg'lar Lark's a very gay oil
Bird;
At sunrise often may his voice be hear
AS jauntily ne wends his homewar'
way
And trills fresh and merry rounde
lay;
And some old wise philosopher ha
said.
Rise with a lark and with lark t
bed"
These lines indicate the witty qualit
of "A. Phenomenal Fauna, book c
delightful nonsense by those mos
clever and original humorists, Carc'y
Wells and Oliver HerfOrd. Miss Well
has never made funnier rhymes. Tn
luNInOI Oh utl WIN 10 aDoOiuOCi9 hNo
and original. She has been cleverl
abetted in her comic intent by Mr.. Hel
ford, who contributes a series of gr'
tesquely amusing illustrations in colo
"A Phenomenal Fauna" just pun
ished by r. II. Russell, New York,
a novelty in humorous literature, an
} will rank with the most entertaindn
, books OF the year.
Sarah Bernhardt publishes in Il
January Cornhill the only magazine a
ticle she has ever written. 1t will
called "The Moral Influence OF Il
. Theatre"
Commodore Robert E. Peary. iu
back from the Arctic, writes the lea
ing article in Leslie's Monthly fer ia
usry on Hunting Over the Great Ice
He holds the record as a hunser of q
rare muskox, and has innumg. ao
: trophies OF walrus. narwhal, bes
: wolves and every other kind Of Pol
game. aie has done even better wo
with his camera than with his gu
e and tells his story largely through sol
very remarkable photographs.