The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-18
NEWS or THE BOOK WORLD
Some Of the Fiction That Is Promised for
This FalI-WelI-kno Names on the
List OF Authors-The Farmer and His
Wife Show Up at the ST. Louis EXPOSE
ton raby" by Baroness Won Hutton
/. Not UP to Authors Standard.

If anyone has any fear that the mills
OF the fiction writer's will cease or have
ceased to grind, so that he may have moth.
Ing to read in the long winter evenings
that are now not far ahead, let him go
bury his sorrow. The finished products of
dozens of writer's will be ready by the
time the frost is on the pumpkin. We
nave the words of numerous publishers
that they have books almost ready, and
we are trying to fortify both brain and
body for the impending deluge. We have
made no effort to collect anything like a
comprehensive list of the books to come,
books that all voracious readers will wish
to read, but here and there we have
picked up notice, and putting these to-
gether, we can give readers who have ex-
hausted the public library fiction depart
ment assurance that there is something
| coming.
10 take the first notice that comes to
hand from several on our desk, we find a
promise of book by Stanley Weyman
the author Of "Under the Red Robe"
This announcement insures for those who
are fond of real thrills from fictitious adj
ventures recounted graphically about
! three hundred thrills-one at least for
each page of the book We say three hun
dred because that seems to be about the
/ standard of length for novels these days.
1 Here again is an announcement that
| Joseph Conrad intends to keep his name
before the public with a story called
! 'Nostromo," and that Immediately upon
its publication he will set off for the
Mediterranean to bag enough local color
for another book, which is to be sea
story.
Gilbert Parker, the author of ''The Right
of Way" will shine Eve are sure he will
/ Shine) In "A Ladder of Swords. y
Tommy & Co.. is the title of a book
which Is to come from the pen or the
typewriter of Jerome K. Jerome. 1T is
the story Of an elderly London Journalist
and his young protege, quaint little
waif, who in spite of her name is a girl
That is what we are told; we haven't seen
the book.
4 Something not just in the line of fiction,
i but timely and from a master hand and a
mind we'll stored with Japanese lore, will
be Lafcadio Hearns Japan: An Inter
pretation.' After ten years residence in
Japan, Mr.. Hearn's Interpretation ought
to be worth a great deal.
Something-what shall we say?-some-
thing psychic" is coming from Rider
Haggard Mr.. EIaggard has been dreaming
dreams since his last book appeared and
this new book is said to contain the story
) of a revelation by means of dream.
| OF course Marion Crawford would not
let a book season go by without a contri-
button. His fall story deals with con-
temporaneous life in Rome and Sicily an6
will be called, whatsoever Shall Of
, fend-''
Old Gorgon Graham, the selfmade mer-
chant who wrote letters full of wisdom
TO son who was seeking to acquire
wisdom at a seat of learning, will be kept
before not unwilling public by George III
Lorimer in more letters
And there are others, oh, many others
probably carloads of them. Well, any.
, our attention from war news and politics
that Is while the politics lasts, which i:
up to some time early in November
be glad we have the war news for Z
diversion from fiction. We surely will
if the fiction is no better than some W.
: us, in very recent days.
!. The farmer (and his wife) who goe
: to an exposition and has all sorts o
e amusing and some trying experiences, ha
: become one of the properties of moder!
fiction. Uncle Bob and Aunt Becky
Strange Adventures at the Worlds Expo
;, sition is a. record Of the trip of two sue
: characters from Skowhegan, Ne, to ST
= Louis and back. They set out in a.
II oxcart and came back in an automobile
: having seen the world and become ''sat
: 1sf1ed to live a contented future Tn
!. type is rather well known, and if you Xix
that kind Of reading you will find amuse
e ment in the adventures of Uncle Bob an
a N,~1r