The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14


Church and Chapel" Government and the
Trade Of the City" Manners and Customs" so
eety and Amusements,' Crime, Policy Justice
and Debtors Prisons
These who have read in sympathetic mood Be
SAINTS IAN in a Garden Fair" and The Bell Of
St Paurs" will feel an interest in this latest
thing from his prolific pen. In all his novels he
has drawn the scenes and atmospheric influences
Of London life with effectively loving and
lingering touch.
"An Old Country House." Richard lie Gal
Hennes new romance, will shortly be published |
In London by Grant Richards, in his "Breviary' /
series The Harpers who issue the book here,
were obliged to order a second edition of 1t
week before it was published.
II is a common belief that "Huckleberry Finn"
| is Mark Twain himself. Even Punch published
| some verses not long since which were founded
on this idea But it is not SO. Mark Twain's
original in his books is Tom Sawyer, not Huek
Finn and Mr.. Clemens himself is the authority
for this statement
General De Vets own story of "The Three
Years War is just coming out from the pub
fishing house OF Scrbners Sons, New York.
Able authors say that De Vets Three Years
War" is as blunt simple aud straightforward
narrative as Caesars Commentaries, with which
it does not suffer by comparison.
The preface is as follows: By way of intro
duetion 10 my work / wish dear reader, to say
only this short word ! book writer
But | feel that the story of this struggle. in
which few people fought for liberty and right
is rightly said throughout the civilized world, to
he unknown and that IT was my duty TO record
my personal experiences in this war Tor the pres
ent and for the future generations, not only Tor
the Afrikandcr people, but for the whole world.
Not only do I consider this my duty, but ]
was encouraged to write by the ure'nss OF promi-
- neut men among my people OF men OF various
nationaties and even Of several British Of
hcers.
oWell dear reader, hope that you will not
feel disappointed in reading these experiences
* as it is not in me, is perhaps sometimes the
case with historical authors, to oonlure up thrill
e ing pictures-imaginary things-and put them to
d gether merely to make up a book or 20 make
s. name for themselves. That be far from mel II
c publishing my book (although it is written II
u simple stye) had one object only viz, to give
ie 10 the world a story which. although 1t doe
;, not contain the whole OF the truth, as regard
~ this woudrous war, yet contains nothing but TIT
&c truth
I'd One Of the beautiful OF the holiday books !
II, Ad Astra. Just published by r. H. Russell, Nev
de York The volume is made up of selections tror
the Divine Comedy Of Dante. which have bee
brought together with great intelligence and sym
az tween" are Illuminated by these selections iroi
IT, the greatest poem in the world. Margaret Arm
~ strong planned the present work, in collaborato
Nl with Helen Maitland Armstrong, Both execute
'l the illustrations which arc done in spirit OF pei
1s feet sympathy with the text, and include seventh
ls' FIVE full-page drawings, decorations, etc, with
TO- beautiful frontispiece in photograyure The boo
an is exqusitely printed deckleedge vellum pape
,ds II is announced that Miss Mary Johnston hi
VS. sold her new romance, Sir Mortimer" to Ha
md per's Magazine, and its publication will beg
60 next spring 1t is also announced that Mrs y
lit land has written new series OF old Chest
of Tales which will appear in the same magazir
rts. "Lp from Georgia" is the title of Frank
ten Stanton's latest volume OF poems Cd. Applet
for b, Co. publishers) Mr.. Stantons earlier Son
AXE Of the Soil" brought the appended poem fro
ole James Whitcomb Riley!
INTO TO FRANK L. STANTON.
,ers o singer of the South
per- Singing on through drip or drouth,
,sy- With the very bees a-murmur round the honey
your mouth,
eev, Sweeter song or sweeter word
rak Never woodland ever heard
ex- Simply. Stanton Master-Songster Bard Of Natu
by you're bird
ture H.
mere So from out the Northland stirred
-'i- Nav another bird be heard
eIe' The chirrup OF the merest wren beside the mo
-, ing-bird
ie if But la no matter whether
euE 1t is wet or shiny weather,
pea Wen hop up on the sef-same bough and en-
'0"" and sing together
=. The list of notable autobiographies and az
ug biographical "reminiscences which is dis
gushing feature Of the present season receive
ny. ~. signal addition this week in the Kew "a"
W. Everett Hale's Memories Of Hundred yea
toi by the Macmillan company,
ne Dr. Hale is one Of the most interesting hg'
s nnal in American literary history today
lated
is in Some twenty essays and lectures, written
The ing the later years Of the authors lie, are
On is ected in the two volumes entitled Essays
1ugh torical and Literary by John Fiske CMaemla
pages OF these papers a few deal with soientth'
1ven- phiIosophical questions to-wt, those enti
Gated Evolution and the Present Age John
S are dali" and Herbert Spencer's Service to
rrent lieion" with which may be grouped the
forth miniscences OF HUXLEY" One essay tha
S be- "John Milton" is purely literary and ane
well is discussion Of folklore, which mas ioi
eople. text the Russian legend Of Maya Morevna
hand. which figures Koshchei, the Deathless " Is
It the thirteen historical ESSAYS that constitute the
it is of the two volumes and it is 20 some of these
IS Lo- we shall here invite attention beginning via
discussion Of "Old and New Ways OF Ire
History" We should point out that much o
eeond historical material was intended TO be !
"The porated in a comprehensive History OF
com. American people" which, unfortunately To-
turies ceuntrynen the arthor did not live 20 com