The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
Literary Notes.

aILeisure Hour tells this about the risks
that sold books Of value run in second.
hand bookstores: "a valuable volume
first edfff8T 5ff sir 81 1lff6tt's The Cow
ernor,' a small octave, book, had been
brought oAt f ft a assg to suspect;
g gsss tssri It x gf h no5
sold Some days afterwards Mr.. Salkeld
was looking over the boxes of old books
outside his shop, when 10! In sNpenny
box he cspied the precious volume For
some days it had been picked up and put
down again, and all the while the Handlers
6f the same ,llnwittingly missed the OPP
portunity of getting for "a farthings what
afterwards went for ed It had prob
ably been carelessly laid ON a sixpenny
heap, and so was taken out with the lot. 4,
! At a recent book sale In New York
about 900 was given for 271 lots Of
Whittier's books, disposed of to procure
funds for the maintenance of the old
Whittier homestead. The original draft
of a message to congress, in Lincoln
handwriting. and given by Senator Sum-
ner to Whittier, brought $S45, and $40
was given for the original manuscript
of I'm School Days.
The London Mails book reviewer finds
out of eleven new novels by women only
one which displays any real strength
| or individuality" and even that is
but has qualities of insight AS the
proportion of women to men as writer's is
| steadily increasing, the prospect in fic-
ton is not absolutely cheering.
Hall Gaines '"The Eternal City, has
! reached the sale Of $4,000 copies and in
dramatic form it has proved equally sue
cessful. XVI ii
The Harpers have published new edi-
ton of the late Professor John Fiske' s
| American Political IDEAS
| A New York publisher recently received
an. order from western customer for
| Hound of Basker Bill" Even Sir Ar
thur would find some difficulty recognize
ing his own brains child under that
name .ee..a. -
G.. p Putnam's Sons announce "rhe
4 Gates Of Silence and Interludes of Song
by Robert Loveman, whose two former
volumes of verse have been well received
A. s. Barnes & Co. announce 1.-THE
Stumbling BlGck;'9,s:a novel by Edwin
Pugh and The Child Housekeeper," by
tenden, the latter intended to teach small
girls TODD Intelligent work i'll their homes
j. eierpont: Morgan has bought from
the Germantown Pa, Booklovers Guild
a valuable collection Of the classics in
literature. which the guild has published
4 in old English type and choice bindings
Some of the volumes are printed on parcll-
ings by MacDowell of Philadelphia
Professor Lewis s Harley of Philadel-
phia has collected many hitherto u1pub.
lished of Thomas Buchanan Read
which are to be published soon with some
new biogra phical information touching
the poet which he has discovered.
Alfred Austin. England's poet -laureat
II has entered the field of dramatic 1iteratur,
in England through his play "Floddel
, Field
+ Jacob Riis. the well known writer on so
Geological problems, has been delivering
t series of lectures on Christian Sociolpg,
at the Episcopal Divinity School in Phil
, adelphia.
4 Professor Charles Zueblin, Of the Uni
! versity of Chicago, has written new vol
, ume for the Citizens Library of Econ
, omics, Politics and Sociology, published b.
: the Macmillan company, entitled "Ameri
) can Municipal Progress; Chapters il
, Municipal Sociology
! The MAGELLAN company announce 81
y Woman's Hardy Garden by Helena Ru
5 therford Ely, Illustrated, and "Sir job
9 Everett Millias'' in Bells Miniature Sc
! ries of Painters.
! The Macmillan company announce.
. notable book for. teachers entitled 9Th
+ Method of Recitation" by DR.. G.. A. Nc
Murry director of the Northern Illinoi
O Normal School Practice department, an
t Professor f. NJ. McMurry of Teachers
a College, Columbia University.
v Methuen & Co.. London, are to publis
!: the English edition of Emerson Hough'
d successful novel, 1.-The Mississippi Bub
# ble''
a The Macmillan company New York. an
O nol.nce translation by Professor Pea
0. body, of Carl Hilty's Essays on the Mean
r ing of Life. =.
8 ..Bagsby's Daughter by Bessie. an
i Marie Van Worst a Harper publication
d is to be translated into French and vi
appear In lie Temps Of Paris serialy..~4