The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-21

form by the Century Company in an at
tractive little volume. Some one has called
this the feminine "Reveries of Bachelor
MIR. w. ID. Howells's new novel, Letters
Home" has just been published by Harper
& Brothers The story is a study of Amer
lean character, in which the author eX-
hibits a keen sensitiveness to the differences
in the viewpoint of Bostonians, New York
erS and Middle WeSternerS.
Herbert B. Turner & Co. of Boston an
nounce for September publication a novel
entitled THE Pensiopnaires," by Albert
r. Carman, of Montreal. The title refers
to those who live in that unique institution
a continental pension. The story is said
to have a love episode Of rare charm. IT
is laid in pensions in Dresden Lucerne and
Paris.
1.-THE New Library of Poetry and Song"
originally selected and edited by William
Cullen Bryant and regarded by many as
one of the greatest works of his life will
be issued this fall in a one-volume edition
by the Baker & Taylor Company. This
book was revised in 1901 and many new
plates and poems were added.
1.-The Yellow Van." the novel by Richard
Whiteing which has been appearing serial
ly in the Century, will be published in book
form in October. Mr.. Whiteing's novel,
mo. John Street." passed through five
editions before it had been out four days
in England. THE Yellow Van" does for
English country life what mo. 5 John
Street does for the city.
Charles Scribner's Sons have imported
Leigh Hunts "Dante's Divine Comedy, the
Book and Story in handsome 16mo form,
limp cloth binding and gilt top. The same
house has also imported a new and en-
larsed edition of 1.-The Shakespeare Coun-
try" by John Leyland. The new material
includes illustrations of the homes of the
ancestors of Washington and Franklin.
The San Francisco, Cal, promotion COM
mittee has issued in neat book form the
addresses delivered in California by Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the occasion of his visit
there last spring. Numerous Illustrations
are included, and the volume makes a
pleasant memorial of the tour, besides
serving an advertisement of the State.
The Henry Altemus Company announces
for the fall: 1.-The Story of the Golden
Fleece" by Andrew Lang, with pictures by
Mills Thompson. Kate Douglas Virgins
new book, "Half-a-Dozen Housekeepers; a
Story for Girls In Half-a-Dozen Chapters"
will be brought out early in the fall by the
same house, also new story, George
washington Jones" by Ruth McEnery
Stuart.
Miss Lillian Pettengill, whose 1.-The Toll
ers Of the Home" has just been brought out
by Doubleday, Page & Co.. is a graduate
Of Mount Holyoke Seminary, where she
made study of the serving girl problem.
After she left college, In order to better
understand the conditions. she worked more
than a year lin the kitchens of strange
women for her daily bread" and then
wrote this book.
Messrs. Ainsworth & Co., Chicago, an
nounce the early publication of 1.-The Thir-
ty Years War Silver" by Judge A. l..
Fitzgerald, of the Supreme Court of Ne
vada. The authors declared purpose in
he lnncr lizf Of H<,<alx
lect is the unfolding and establishment OF
truth in monetary science; the incubation
of patriotic principles. and the promotion Of
greater safety In business.
The Outlook Company have issued a pre-
limnary announcement of their fall books
There will be a "Tolstcy'' book by Prof
Edward A. Steiner. of Grinnell College: a
Fairy Book by Laura Wilmington; a
Navy" book, by former Secretary of the
Navy John d. Long; a Forest" book, by
Stewart Edward White; a Labor" book,
by Joseph r. Buchanan, as we'll as vol
Rainsford, J. Horace Mcfarland and
Jocelyn Lewis.
There is no one in the United States who
has reached the rank of A. Conan Doyle,
but there are several who have shown fine
ingenuity in the unwinding of criminal
coils. and A. Maynard Barbour Is not the
least of these. Her story of two years
ago, THAT Mainwaring Affair."" has proven
10 be a continuous favorite, now being In
its tenth edition. "At the Time Appointed"
q story from her pen, published early this
summer, has won no less popularity. and
a fourth edition recently announced
by the publishers, j. Il. Lippincott Com
pany.
In connection with Harper & Brothers
publication of 'Monna Wanna" the much
discussed Maeterlinck drama a question
has arisen as to the pronunciation OF the
Belgian authors name. The correct way
| is 'Mahteriink." not Mayteriink or Meter
link, as it is variously called The French
pronounce it Mayterlink. because the sound
of in French il "a but i'm Belgian
French the ae is pronounced "ah." Maeter-
linck Is Belgian, having been born at
Client in 1864 He has been STYLED THE
Belgian Shakespeare Ii was I'm 1880 that
he first became famous. upon the produc-
ton in Paris OF his play La Princesse
Maleine.