The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-19

nal. whose two last novels. Red Blood and
Blue" and The I~nlander.' have attracted
considerable attention. The new story Is
entitled The Opponents. and deals with
latter-day politics in Kentucky. If he In
dulges in realism. or approaches too close
~ TO facts. he may get himself into trouble
with the Kentucky colonies.
Harper x Brothers will publish this week
a new novel by s. r. Crockett. entitled
THE Dark O. the Moon a story OF love
and adventure I'm Galloway. Scotland. When
he achieved his popular success with The
Raiders he received numerous requests
from unknown correspondents 20 write an
other story similar to The Raiders. In
which he could reintroduce the character
or Silver Sand" MI. Crockett went TO
work, and the result was The Dark o
the Moon"
Among the four women who came into
Hamilton's life, it is with his remarkable
mother, and to the peculiar circumstances
of Hamilton's birth that Gertrude Athor-
ton opens her new book. THE Conqueror.r
which the Macmillan Company viii issue
next week. The other three women whose
influence Is felt throughout the book are
his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler. one of the
most notable girls and famous bellies OF
revolutionary days. his daughter Angelica,
and Mrs. Croix. or Nine. Jumel. as she
became. Nine. Jumel may be
life.
Appletons' Annual Cyclopedis for 1901 just
issued, contains in addition TO its regular
features some articles of special interest
by expert writers. There is one on Auto
mobiles" exhibiting the progress I'm the
new means of lOcomotion To the present
date: one on "Bookbinding," illustrating
the highest and c~ostliest styles OF art. one
on The Exposition; a
financial review of the year. a review OF the
fine arts, one on gifts and requests. tabu-
lating names and sums of 5000 OF more
FOR public educational or benevolent pur-
poses, and ag~gregating Sl07. 600. 600: one on
Geographical Progress with the results
OF exploration I'm all parts Of the world;
one on Libraries" one on the Wonderful
Sales of American Novels" one or Rural
Mail Delivery" "A remarkable article on
Medicine and Surgery setting forth the
discoveries of the causes of malaria and
yellow fever, and the remedy, one on the
Recent improvements I'm Printing" which
accounts for the mammoth newspapers and
the cheap books; one showing the r~eligious
statistics of the world, one on the curious
ard important processes OF wire makinG.
and one on Yachting
Reports from the public libraries i'm twen-
ty of the principal cities in the United
States show that OF the thirty books most
in demand up to March S. five were pub
lished by the Bowen-Merrin Company-"La-
%zarre," Alice of Old V~incennes." My
Lady Peggy Goes to Town. when
knighthood was i'm Flower and The Pup
pet Crown" Four were published by each
of the following: Charles Scribner's Sons
Tine Cavalier" Lives of the Hunted"
The Ruling Passion and "Balfour's Life
OF stevenson Harper * Brothers-'The
Right of Way" Cardigan "Heroines of
Fiction and The Riddle of the Universe"
The Macmillan Company-"The Crisis"
Marietta" The Benefactress' and The
Making of an American" Two came from
the presses of each OF the following three
firms: Doubleday. Page & Coup from
Slavery" and Kipling's Kim" Houghton-
Miff1in Company-"The Tory Lover" and
Life Everlasting" Dodd, Mead * CO.
History of Sir Richard Calmady'' and
Janice Meredith" The seven other volumes
that make UP the selected list bear the
following imprints: THE Eternal city" ID.
Come" Funk q Wagnalls; "Graustark. +"
II. 5. Stone * Co; "D'ri and l." Lothrop
q Ce.; "Blennerhasset. c. NJ. Clarke *
Co; The Helmet OF Navarro" the Century
Company, and The Man from Glengarry,"
Fleming III. Revell Company.