The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05

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Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton has the pictures made
by Mr. Kipng for his lust So Stories" and writes thus
about them Il greatly surprised aud interested on
ing the illustrations Mr. Kplng has made for his forth
coming book the Just 50 Stories What he do?
think that without being the work Of trained draushts
they wonderful They have the originality as
his writing and express better than could be done by any
else just what he needed to really illustrate those clever
tales" But Mr. Thompson Seton has found something
the matter with Of them. There is big kangaroo
pursued BY dog over smooth sandy waste There are
Thompson Seton said; Now II had been doing that 7
should have shown the dogs tracks, too"
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The Scribners volume Of new verse by Mr.,
James Whiteomb Riley under the extremely feieitous title
OF The Book JOYOUS Children These are verses for
children and about children and the poet has done nothing
better or more popular
The author Of Elizabeth and Her German Garden will
shortly have published through the Macmillan company "A
Joyous Journey Round Rusen This IS full Of the liyeest
episode centerng round the adventures OF phaeton
ms anonymous author whose identity is pretty well es-
tablished as Countess Won Ahnem has style which com
bnes sentiment with quiet humor She born lover
OF birds and flowers The Forthcoming publication will be
illustrated,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has formally instructed his
American publishers. Mcclure Phillips Co, to use
his title in publishing and announcing his books this
country but let him remain plain A. Conan Doyle the
name under which he first won his reputation.
John Oliver Hobbies is known to her friends as Mrs.
Peary Mary Teresa Cragie She native Of Boston being
the eldest daughter Of John Morgan Richards Of
James Richards, D. D., Of New York In 1887 at the
age of 49, she married Reginald Wapoe Craige from whom
she separated in 1891, four later obtaining divorce
and the custody of her John Churchill craige born
in 1890
Arthur Morrison's story Of the London slums is
called The Hole in the Wall 1t published in America
by Mcclure, Phillips CO.. New York
Thomas Y. Crowen Co have published edition Of
Edgar Allan Poe in seventeen volumes which they call the
Of Virginia is the editor and contributes biography Of
Poe part Of his FORK This is the finest edition Of Poe
ever published.
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Jerome x, Jerome's latest book is called Paul Keever
1t is story of London life. Dodd Mead Co. the
American publishers
Booth Tarkingtons latest novel The Two Vanreves"
which has been running serally IN McCres Magazine,
will be published in October The is laid in Rouen
the old proud aristoerac town Of Indiana which consd
cred itself socially little above any of the greater Eastern
cities in the the time at which the action takes place.
The author has obtained the material from his mothers
grhood memories of the gayetes OF the old The
book has been illustrated by Henry Hut: 1t said to be
pure romance.
story is told in North Georgia of the original Of the
moonshiner in Will N. Harbens "Abner Daniel The man
arrested for moonshinng and he and the officer
to the for train for Atlanta where the prisoner
to be put into jail They found that there would be
train for the city until midnight they spent the day
there drinking socially The officer became drunk and
fell asleep, Some approached the prisoner and told
him that this good chance for him escape but the
refused and said that he had good ride the
and had sorter made his mind make the trip
When the train approached he woke up the He
returned to tho village days after this with his hand in
sling and his face bruised looking if he had walked
long way He was asked what had happened and he
Piled When got to the edge o. Atlanta concluded d
rid fur enough Bill had sobered up an told i'm was
goin in the smokn eyar went the platform an
tried to light The train been goin purity pear Ter
she agn gravel bank like shot outn gun.
The next time anybody ketches takn' sech fool trip
at the business an wanted to give i'm start
In commenting Prof. Charles Eliot Nortons ransa-
ton of La Dvina Commedia the literary supplement Of the
London Times calls attention the fact that Prof Norton
has we'll kept up the literary traditions OF the college where
the chair Of bellies ettre held by Tcknor Long
fellow and Lowella brilliant succession-dd great work
for many years in making the great classics of Europe
known in the United States and Great Britain"