Evening journal., 1903-09-24
THE LITERARY WORLD

THE LITERARY WORLD |
Foa's lie Petit Robinson de Paris,
edited by Louise de Bonneville, OF Sid |
well's Friends Select school, Wash
ington, d. G. Cloth. 12mo, 1856 pages.
Price, As cents. American Book Com
pany. New York. Cincinnati. and Chi
cago.
This is not only one Of the earliest.
but also one OF the best dog stories in
literature. II recounts the adventures
Of a boy and dog. alike waits in the
great city of Paris and merits the
popularity IL has gained IN France.
both ON account OF the interest OF the
story. and also for its easy and grace
ful style. 1t is one of the books recon-
mended by the Committee Of Twelve
for college preparatory work. The
notes explain all difficult points, and
the vocabulary is complete.
Miss Ruth A. Cook. author OF "Along
Four Footed Trails. wild Animals OF the
Plains as 1 Know Them" Is a remark
able girl. whose early life was spent on
the plains, about which and the animals
found there she writes most pleasantly
and graphically. She vas formerly as
sistAnt in Nature Work ~ the Children s
Museum OF the Brooklyn Institute Of
Arts and Sciences. The book is in the
nature series, and has a decided Western
atmosphere. The publishers are James
Pott & co.
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 Fail
by Henry Altemus Company
Six school girls descend" upon n
Maine village at the invitation of one
OF their number, who has borrowed
the family home for two weeks from
an indulgent father then touring the
South with the remainder of his fam
lily and what those captivating damsels
found. to do in that memorable fort
night is told with a fascination that is
remorseless.
Among the features announced by
the illustrated Sporting News TO begin
very shortly will be a series Of carl
catures. and drawings in color Of noted
men and women of the day, by Ernest
Haskell. Mr.. Haskell's work as a carl
caturist and portrait artist is Well
known. His work in this line will be
exclusively for The Illustrated Sporting
News, and many Of the drawings viii
be reproduced in color.
Ralph d. Paine has been engaged tC
write exclusively on sporting matters
for The Illustrated Sporting News, and
Frank S. Butterworth will cover al
the football events of importance dur
ling the season about to open.
A department devoted to the drama
will be inaugurated early in October
A series of special articles on new anC
Forthcoming plays will be written by
John Kendrick Bangs. This depart.
ment will be sumptuously illustrated
land will be in many respects the mos
notable printed by any weekly in this
country.
When Gen. Guy V. Henry was
young officer in the West, Cyrul
Townsend Brady, the novelist, used t
Hive in the same house with him. II
the October Scribner's DR.. Brady vii
present his personal impressions o
this brave Indian fighter and veteran
of the Civil and Spanish Wars.
The October Scribner's win have
brilliant colored cover, and eight shoot
ing pictures in color by A. b. Frost.
will also contain illustrated fiotio
representing the best work of sue
artists as Walter Appleton Clark, Kai
Anderson. Stanley NJ. Arthurs and !
r. Campbell.
The Outlook co. has issued a pre-
liminary announcement of their IA
books. There will be a "Tolstoy' boo
by Prof Edward A. Steiner Of Crime
College; a Fairy Book" by Laura Win
nington; a Navy book by former SEQ
retary Of the Navy John d. Long;
Forrest" book by Stewart Edwar
White: a Labor" book by Joseph (
Buchanan. as well as volumes by Ham
ilton w Mabie, DR.. w. S. Rainsford,
Horace Mcfarland and Jocelyn Levi
Robert Grier Cooke, s07 Fifth ave
: nue., New York City, viii publish dur
, ing October a limited edition of Thre
, Mosques by lien Innson; the AIasqu
OF Oberon. the Masdue OF Blacknes
the Masque Of Beauty. Few poets hay
ranked so high as Ben Jonson in splen
dor OF fancy, fertility Of invention an
flow OF eloQuence. and as the friend {
Shakespeare and Bacon he will Ion
hold a place in the triumvirate VIII
, made the Elizabethan period a genera
! tion Of literary gianls. Fhe choice
these three masQues presents thos
which are most representative of III
poets rich imagination. The masqu
l of Oberon, as Swinburne has said,
; unsurpassed if not unequaled by an
other work Of its author for brightne:
and lightness and grace Of fancy fC
: lyric movement and happy simplicit
Of expression" and the two accom-
panying masques call for the same en-
; comiums.