Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

II. c. Bunner then editor of that periodical,
and on Mr.. Burners death he was pro-
devote his time to writing novels, and he
has since produced three. Mrs. Wilson has
| been for some years engaged in illustration
partly for the book press and partly for the
periodicals She is now ranked as one Of
| the leading woman illustrators of the coun-
| try and is unquestion1bfy one of the most
industrious.
Mr. Axel Josephsson of this city trans
| lator of viktor Rydberg's Swedish romance
! ''Singoalla,'' recently sent a specially bound
| copy of the English version to Queen Alex
andra of England and has received a
| graceful acknowledgment from the queens
secretary.
Charles Scrbner's Sons announce the
| purchase from Harper-& Brothers of the
| earlier books of John Fox. jr.. published by
| that firm. These are -FOUR In number, The
! Kentuckians' "a Mountain Europa" "A
Cumberland Vendetta ana Hell Ter Sar-
| tain and Other Stories
One of the notable books of the fall sea-
| son will be Letters from the Holy Land"
| by Ernest Renan to be brought out in
| September by Doubleday, Page & Co. The
! book will contain the correspondence OF
| Renan with M. Berthelot, while gather
| ing material in Italy and the orient for
| the famous Life of Jesus. In these let
| tiers the marvellous style of the great
| Frenchman is revealed in attitude of
I
| works and full of freshness and charm.
| Frankness marks all the communications.
| The letters have been translated by lo-
renZo O'Rourke, who contributes an intro
| duction The letters will be Handsomely
| brought out with photogravure portrait
The title of Marie Corellis new story.
| which will be published on September 10, is
| Gods Good Mana Simple Love Story"
Dodd Mead & Co. will publish it in this
| country.
| Henry Harland the author of My Friend
Prospero,' has finished novel upon
which he has been working. 1t is said that
it deals with American life. Mr.. Harland
| is now in London but he intends to spend
the rest of the summer on the continent in
the country. His admirers will be sorry to
hear that he was seriously i'll during the
spring. He is in much better health now.
Mr.. Burton f. Stevenson, author of "The
Holiday Case" (Which Messrs Henry
Holt & Co. have printed five times
here which has been reprinted in England
and is being translated in Germany, has
had an amusing experience. He has re-
ceived letters from several widely sepa-
rated members of the Holiday family in
this country. The first letter came to the
author from a young lady in Chicago, who
| expressed surprise that Il name so unu-
sual as hers should have been used for the
| heroine of the story, and begged to know
| whether the author had ever known any
| one of that name. Next came letter from
| prominent lawyer of Tennessee, who
made the same query, stating that his fam
| lily was the only one in America spelling
their name in just that way. Still an
other branch of the family heard from
| in California and now it looks though
there might be a reunion of the Holidays
| if this sort of thing keeps on. Mr.. Steven
son was not aware that the name was ar
especially peculiar one, although he never
knew any one named Holiday, but evolved
it, after some experimenting, attractive
and easily pronounced.
The Century Company reports that tn,
third edition of The Rose of Old st
| Louis issued June 10. is now on the press
The sixth edition of ''Tilie: A Mennonit,
Maid has been needed, and the tenth edi
ton of when Patty Went to College" ha
just come from the press. Mrs. MauC
Wilder Goodwin's -Four Roads to Para
disc has been printed three times
Booth Harrington, the author of 'Th
Two Vanrevels' and The Gentleman from
Indiana" has. returned to America afte
nearly years stay in Europe. He lived il
Rome last winter, and has been spending
most of the spring and summer in Paris
He will live next winter In New York, ant
expects to spend his time studying phases
of political life and continuing the politica
stories which he has been writing for Nc
| Clure's Magazine. The stories will b.
brought out in book form by McClure-Phil
lips ia the spring of 1906.
A. c. McClurg & Co. Of Chicago will pub
lish this fall a number of books of varied
| interest including new romance by Ran
dali Parrish. author of the now famou:
when Wilderness Was King" which is t!
be called My Lady of the North; a booe
of boyhood memories by Clarence S. barrow
| entitled "Farmington' Florence in the
Poetry of the Brownings, selection OF
their poems dealing with the art and his
tory of Florence, illustrated with many re
productions from photographs. and edited
| by Anna B. McMahan; and two importan
| additions to the McClurg series of Amer
icana reprnts-Lahontans New voyage:
to North America edited by DR.. Reubar
. Gold Thwates, and "Gass' Journal of The
Lewis and Clark Expedition edited b!
Dr. James X. Hosmer. Two other volume:
: of a historical character are "A Short HIS
tory of Oregon and an account of Negro
Servitude in Illinois and of the SLAYER!
: Agitation in that State Messrs. McCiurt
. have prepared for older boys and girls two
l | capital stories of adventure; one in thu
manner of the Henty books entitled III
| Search of the Okap, and a story of tive
children in Labrador called THE Wander
f ing Twins They are also to bring out TIL
| first volumes of a series of Life Stories
for Young People which are popular bio
| graphical romances translated from TIL
German; four volumes will be published
this fall under the titles of Beethoven
| Mozart" 1.-The Maid of Orleans ant
civilian Tell" For smaller children Their
is a book of entertaining fairy stories b!
Thomas Dunn English, best known to TIL
| world as the author of Ben BOlt Illus
, | trated by Lucy Fitch Perkins and entitled
1.-THE Little Giant" The list of children
books is completed with a collection of lit
l | tie songs illustrated in color. with the fe
: | lictous title of when Little Boys Sing"
"The Distribution of Wealth. by Thoma
| Nixon Carver. professor of political econ
omy in Harvard University will b.
, added to the long list of important eco
l ncmic works published by the Macmilla,
| Company. The authors direct aim is t
find out how men determine or ascertain
l as they do. the values which are set upo1
! things in communities with which he l.
acquainted. in civilization of which he II
: a part. 1t is clear that such a record OF
and accounting for. existing facts will be
far more serviceable foundation for RENE
;, dial suggestions in the future than an!
= theorizing, or long historical discussion.
A unique bit of news comes from japan
= apropos the vogue of the English version o
Mani ko' in that country. Not only Il
the novel used there as a text book in thu
{ English schools, but a dramatic version ha
e been made for the purpose of instruction
Y | and entertainment in the Ladies' Univer
sity at Tokyo. One of the university pro
fessors writes to a friend in this countr.