The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-02
LITERARY NOTES

 Animal Life in Rhymes in Jingles' is published by the saalheld Publishing Company, Akron. O.; price. si.25. All or Inc children's big circus pets are pictured In this book, and each picture is accom- panied by a verse that is a history of the picturesque animal. These verses are easily memorized. in fact that the child who reads them will recall them almost without an effort, and thus between pie lures and verses a lesson in zoology Is taught. The book will prove an excellent holiday present for children.
 
 Another book just published for chil- dren Is entitled 'In Happy Parkway Land.n by Ruth Kimball Gardener, with Illustrations by Howard Smith; published by Zimmerman; price, s1.50. The fairy tales of this charming book are well told, and there is not one in the number that child should not read. 1t does not deal with unlovely traits either in fairies or human beings. The twelve tales in the book have as their scene the land ruled by King Cole, and filled with the Mother Goose people Little Bo-Peep and Tom my Tucker and a host more of funny
  quaint and enjoyable even to older folks. With Force and Arms" by Howard R. Garis, is a tale of love and Salem witchcraft It Is published by J. s. Ogil- vie, New York. There is much witch craft. much love and much fighting in the story, but all are so nicely woven to- gether as to make an interesting book. It is the tale of a brave man and as hraN a 7ofd n Indians. and witch-finders. Two men loved one man even in the days of witchcraft, and such a case is presented in glowing col ors in MT. Garis volume.
 
 On the Cross," by Wilhelmine Won Hellern and Mary J. Stafford, is book full of sensational interest connected with the production of the Passion Play at Oberammergan. The Passion Play itself Is described in chapter ' of the story, and some consider it the finest de- scripton of the play that has been print eG. The story Is, however, one Of the lire and struggles of a peasant who IS forced to accept human love or the deeper love E of simple faith While the story has sem satfonal features, yet there is in 1t no departure from well beaten paths. The book Is published by Drexel Biddle Phil adelphia.
 The story of 'Emma Lou" at school is told by George Madden Martin, aided by the illustrations of Charles Louis Him ton. Mcclure, Phillips & Co.,, New York. publish the book. The illustrations are excellent, and the entire book Is one that every school girl will appreciate. The ups and downs of school life are told in a manner that would appeal to all of them.
 
 A statue of Shakespeare Is to be erect sd at Elsinore, facing the Hamlet Ter race" of Kronberg Castle.
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 Footing Hall. the house in which De- Joe is said to have written Robinson Crusoe,' Is soon to be sold at auction. Though still a young man, Will N. Harben, the Georgia novelist. Is known It the New York Authors Club as ''The White-H Haired Veteran"
 Baron Tauchnitz. the publisher, says lhat he considers a sale of 5000 copies of book very good, and sale of 10000 copies a rarity. But he does not live in America.
 plan is afoot for the perpetual en- Iowment of Kate Greenaway Cot" al the Childrens Hospital on Great Or monde street, London, where cot has already been endowed in memory of Charles L. Dodgson.
 The second of Zola's trilogy of novels 'Truth," was completed before his death but not even a skeleton of the third vol nme, Justice is to be found. It Is supposed that something in the nature of memoirs will be found among his pa pers.
 nro.;o,, CSrovuford racenf1v arrived in New York and will spend the holidays lhere. He spends most of his time on his beautiful estate at Sorrento, where he has been working upon new book, ''Ceciia," which deals with Italian life. One Dr. Ralcey Husted Bell, who has written a book about the use of words, carries his antipathy to the use of the word "set" so far as to argue that one should say that the sun sits in the even- Ing. Comment is unnecessary.
 During July, August and September there were between 400 and 600 applica- Hons for libraries to be furnished by MT. Carnegie. It is slightly difficult to de- termine whether this is due to popular love of literature or the human wish to get something for nothing.
 It is said that ten short poems by Eu- gene Fields, as yet unpublished, have come to light among the poets papers. The writings of Field were owing to his hack work on newspapers, so voluminous that it has taken time to get to the end of them.
 The friend of Edgar Allen Poe, who was his companion during the last night of his tragic life in Richmond, proves to be Dr. J. F. Carter, venerable Rich mond physician, who has written the story of that night for one of the cur rent magazines.
 Meredith and Swinburne are near neighbors, and said to be intimate friends despite the fact that they seldom meet. Merediths health keeps him indoors, and swinburne has become a recluse. Their