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Harper & Bros say that THE Orig
| inal Sherlock Holmes Stories" which
they publish in three volumes. are the
best sellers" on their subscription list.
with the novels of William Black close
y sharing in their popularity
1t is said that Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Ward has finished the best
novel she has ever written. Hough-
! ton. Mllln X CO.. Boston, will publish
! it. and the proof of the pudding is the
eating according to il very old and
homely proverb.
In one of his recent literary notes
Mr.. Alden. usually impeccabe in his
facts. calls Mr.. London John" and
hopes he will soon stop calling himself
/ by the absurd Jack" SO he might.
If his name were John. or almost any
I thing but what it is and that is just
jack no more nor less nor other
Mary Austin. whose novel of the
great Southwest THE Land of Little
Rain" merited more notice than it re
ceived from the public, has finished
new story "Isidro.' Il tale of South
ern California and Mexico, which has
been accepted by the Atlantic for Sc
rial publication. Mrs Austin will also
! publish il volume of short stories of
the California desert under title. The
Basket Woman"
Although as a poet the late Guy
\Ent h..
known through his Fables for the
Frivolous" and Mother Goose for
Grown-Ups." he nevertheless contribute
ed considerable serious verse to the
magazines. This has now been col
lected and G.. +. Putnam's Sons will
make volume Of 1t, publishing it in
the fall, with the title, Tuition of
Time and Other Poems
That Joseph Conrad is Pole is
we'll known to those conversant with
literary gossip. Why he happens to
have such an easy" English sound
ing name was not understood until
it Is known that his real name Is
Joseph Conrad KorZeniowski. When
he was sailor on an English mer-
chairman he found his messmates I'M
able to pronounce his name. so he
dropped it. Another Jaw-b breaker"
has thus been spared us.
VIII Irwin and Gelett Burgess, au.
thors Of The Reign of Queen lsyl''
and The Picaroons," have left their ma.
tive California for the East. Some
,,Jn
so close to life that each became per
soma non grata in the Golden State.
But they are not the first authors to
desert California for New York. Bret
Harte set them the example years ago,
and lived, as some think to be sorry
The Bobbs- Merrill Company, Indian
apolis. prompted by the success of Hal
lie Erminie Rives' The Castaway,"
based on the life and loves of Byron.
is urging authors TO dip into the ro
nance in the lives of dead authors
pointing TO the wealth of romance la
the lives of Sir Thomas Overbury. Sir
John Sucking, Marowe. Lodge,
Greene, Decker and several others
Much of it would be called by harsh.
er name than romance in this day and
generation.
Leo Wiener assistant professor of
Slavic languages at Harvard. who not
long ago published through the Put
mans an Anthology of Russian Liter.
allure" in two volumes. has undertaken
to produce Il complete translation OF
TolStos works. His edition will run
TO twenty-four volumes and will in
clude much material which has not vet
appeared in English. and the best one
can say for the ambitious professor is
that he might have put his time and
labor and attainments to better Use.