Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-04-07


Mortimer Menpes' new book on
| Whistler. which will be called
whistler as l Knew Him." will make
volume of about 600 pages, includ-
ing 100 full-page plates in color and
tint.
Highways and Byways in Sussex"
by r. V. Lucas, Is the latest addition
to the Macmillan COmpany's High
ways and Byways" series. The vol
ume contains numerous illustrations
by Frederick l.. Griggs.
Guy Wetmore CarryIs new humor-
Gus story. Far from the Maddening
Girls" will appear in the Ladies'
Home Journal, with illustrations by
Peter Newell. 1t tells Of the expert
ences Of a young bachelor whose aim
is to keep ''one mile from a woman"
and miles away from the girls
o. Henry. who is Sydney Porter in
real life, has gone to THE Walrus
and the Carpenter" for the title of his
novel Of Central America, which he
calls "Cabbages and Kings" This is
Mr.. Porter's first long story. although
his stories have won for him one of
the meteoric successes of the past year.
Americans who contributed several
hundred thousand dollars to the suf-
ferers from the India famine Of 1899
1900 can learn how this money was
distributed in the relief work by read
ing I'm Famine Land" work written
by an American missionary, Rev. ]. e.
Scott.
William Dana Orcutt, whose book
for children. "The Princess Kallisto,"
was published last year, has written
a novel which A. G. McClurg II Co.
will bring out. 1t is entitled Robert
Caveler" 1t Is the romance Of the
explorer Robert Cavelier De La Sales
life.
Charles NJ Skinner, author of
Myths and Legends Of Our Own
Land" has made Arrangements with
d. Appleton Il Co. to bring out a new
volume. dealing with Yards and Gar
dens." The author will show through
text, photographs and diagrams how
the small city plot or the back yard
may be beautifled.
DR.. William Bauer, the German eth
nologist, who has been studying the
southern tribes in the interior Of Mex
leo for the Royal Museum Of Ethnolo-
gy Of Berlin, has compiled an inter-
esting and remarkably complete vo-
cabulary of the languages spoken by
the different tribes. The Zapotecan vo-
cabuary Is 5000 words, the fullest yet
obtained.
A love story, written almost wholly
In dialogue, entitled "A Woman's
WILL" is among Little, Brown Il Co. 8
announcements. The author is Anne
Warner, frequent contributor to the
periodical press during the past few
years. 1t is story of an unhappy
American widows summer on the con-
tinent. The scenes Of the story include
Munich. Zurich and Lucerne
The readers of 1.-The Letters of a
SelfMade Merchant to His Son." and
those readers were many. will welcome
the announcement that George II. Lor-
inner has another book ready for pub
LEGATION. 1t Is to be called "Old Cor
gon Graham" and is. like it's prede-
cessor, in the form Of letters; but the
new letters tell the self-made mer-
chants own story and do not concern
themselves with the son.
Children Of the Tenements' Is one
of the few books Of short stories pub
lished last year that reached real pop
ularity. Its genuine human interest
and Its strong human appeal were no
doubt the cause Of the demand for
four editions; but it is also true that
these stories by Mr.. Riis derive from
their simple truthfulness strange
power to touch the emotions to smiles
and tears. Wholesome and genuine
they are above all things: and SO is
their author. whose autobiography
1.-THE Making of an American" has
given more real pleasure to its readers
than almost any other biography Of re.
cent years.