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THE Oldest Code of Laws in the
World" imported by the Messrs Scrib-
ner, is a translation by c. II. w.
Johns of the recently discovered Ham
murabi code
Russell Sturgis has just handed in
to Dodd. Mead & Co. the manuscript
OF his rewritten. paraphrased. aug
mented and translated version of Will
helm Lubke's Outlines of the History
of Art"
THE Moth Book" by W. ]. Holland.
Is TO be a companion volume to the
authors work on butterflies. 1t will
appear In the fall with the imprint Of
Doubleday, Page Il Co. Dr. Holland
has been at work on the book for sew
eral years.
The author of His Daughter First"
Arthur Sherburne Hardy, was United
States minister to Servia from 1890 to
1901. but those We're less exciting
times there than the present He IL
now at the head of the American en-
bassy at Madrid.
Professor Percival Lowell, head of
the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff.
Ari., has just published book of six
popular lectures on The Solar Sys-
tem," In which he has much to say
about Mars, having made Il special
study of this planet for some years
Jean Webster, IA girl whose first
book. when Patty Went to College"
has been favorably received, is a
grandniece of Mark Twain. Her ia
ther Charles Webster. was one of the
partners of the Inflated publishing
firm of which Mark Twain was a
member.
Answorth's "Old st. Paul's" is i'm
ported by the Messrs. Scribner in the
"CaXton' thin paper reprints of ia
nous English novels. We have also
Evelyn's "Diary" in similar form.
Both volumes have flexible leather
covers and are exceedingly attractive
in execution.
Street Il Smith. New York, has Is
|
Macgregor," the widely read story of
the canny Scotch youngster. who dip
lomatically wins over his parents to
his way of thinking. Parents will get
many good laugh from this little
book, which can be had for 20 cents.
l feel like saying to any young girl
who inclines to rhyme, Don't senti'
mentalize! Write more of what you
see than of what you feel. and let your
feelings realize themselves to Others
in the shape of worthy actions. Then
they will he natural. and will furnish
you with something worth writing."-
Lucy Larcom.
Charles Battell LOOMS. in addition
to Cheerful Americans" expects to
have a boys book published in few
weeks through the Lothrop Publish
ing Company. 1t Is entitled "a Part
nership in Magic" you see" he adds
in a recent communication to friend
''it is three years since my last book
came out and so | feel justified in
coming out double"
"Ihe Novels and Poems of Charles
Kingsley are being reissued in III
brary edition by J. +. Taylor 4 Co.
-Four volumes are now at hand, two
of them being "IIereward the Wake
and the other "Alton Locke" The
special feature of this edition is found
in the introductions to the several
works, prepared by Maurice Kingsley,
the eldest son of the author.
Here are some of the gifts showered
upon Anthony Hope the other day
when he welded his American bride,
Miss Elizabeth Sheldon; Edmund
Gosse. liquor set; Mrs. Humphry
Ward. set of Matthew Arnold's DO
ems; Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Barrie. an
antique cabinet Mr.. and Mrs W. l..
Courtney, Il coal box. and the Authors
Society, a silver punch bowl.
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