Arizona republican., 1902-10-18


 pere), His Life and Works" The au- thor is Arthur F. Davidson. M A., formerly scholar of Keble college, OK ford, who has been a close and earnest student of the French novelist. The volume now in press is a particularly handsome enc. It will offer the most comprehensive review Of Dumas and his works which has yet been written in English It will show him in the light of the most modern criticism. But it's largest interest for the public will probably he in the intimate pictures of the great novelist and the charming series or pictures which have been col lected and are reproduced in the most effective style. These include besides many rare photographs Of Dumas, inn pressions from caricatures and draw ings famous in their day. The volume will be of four murdered pages. and wiu be printed in handsome type and richly bound in colors.
 
 The September publications O. Little Brown and company of Boston in clude a powerful novel of Ancient Egypt, ''The Pharaoh and the Priest" from the Polish of Alexander GlovatsSi translated by Jeremiah Curtin; ''Ths Queen of Quelparte," a romance of the far east by Arthur Butler Hubert "The Shadow of the Czar." the roman tic adventures of Princess Barbara of Czerrova, by John R. Carling: "Glimpses of California and the Mis- siOns." a new edition Of Helen Hunt Jacksons California articles; new editions of Hamerton's "Etchings and Etchers." and Hedges Hours with German Classics:" also the following new juveniles: "Nathalie's Chum," by Anna Chapin Ray. author of Teddy. Her Beck" Foxy, the Faithful" by Lily F. Wesselhoeft, author oi Spar row the Tramp" "On Guard Against Tory and Tarleton," by John Preston True. author of "AIorgan's Mem" "Catharine's Proxy" a story of school girl life, by Myra Sawyer Hamlin; and ''Grandma's Girls" by Helen Morris. a new juvenile author.
 
 | Laird and Lee of Chicago have pub | lished a cloth-covered edition of liar ry Tracy. The Desperate Western Out law" written by W. N. Carter. The story of the man who for several weeks ! kept the whole Pacific coast guessing | is interestingly told and graphically de picted in the ninety illustrations found | in the book. There is no necessity for word painting. The simple recording ! of the facts is lively enough for Tracy | was an outlaw that worked fast when ! engaged in making history. The author has compiled a vast amount oi inform atiCn in the book concerning the des- 1 perate character of whom he writes, ] his family and his associates. It cred | it's him with what little there was of ! good in his career and records faith fully that which needs TO comment.
 
 The San Francisco firm Of Elder and i Shepard, who last year. produced 6 notable piece of bcokriaking in their l limited edition of Wayfarers in Italy, | by Katharine Hooker. have in press l limited autograph editions of several ] important books, that will certainly be | much prized by all book lovers and | beck collectors. "The Philosphy of De spair," by Dr. David Str Jordan. will ! be an exquisite little vel me. in an edi- 1 ton of one hundred a1-togra Dhed copies richly printed in two -lors on Imperial Japan vellum, and ~Titably bound. MT | Gelett Burgess's de oarture from his 1 field of nonsense work" will be sig | nailed by an autograph edition The | Romance of the Commonplace" q vol ume of very cbarrfing essays. in wHich l the real Gelett R1rgess. possibly. ap- pears for the frs time. Of this there will be ninety cope on F Rlisdael hand ] made paper. boU in half genuine parchment, and t7n copies on Imperial | Japan vellum. bound in full levant eX- ! tra. The binding 0n the latter will be 1 designed by Mr. 1r@an Shepard. Pos sibly no recent li-e~0-y work has been TEore successful i~ ttracting the atten- | tiCn of the world t the convention oi 1 shattering genius f California thar | those two classic f humor "The Love | Of a Hcodlum'' "The Rubaivat oi l Omar Khayyar Tunior," by Mir. Wal lace Irwin. TT lore they are cer- tainly worthy of the best that printers l art can afford, and they will each be issued in an autograph edition of one