Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-15
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1.-The real reward Of an author" said
Or. Van Dyke, in his speech at the din
ner Of the Lotus Club, doesn't come
in his pay. 1t comes in friendship.
10 be companion by the Preside or
on summer walks; to cheer loneliness
and assuage pain; to give a ray of
pure serene sunshine to men whose
hearts are tired-that is what is worth
while!'
"How to Write: A Handbook Based
on the English Bible" by Charles
Sears Baldwin, assistant professor OF
rhetoric in Yale university, is anounc-
ed for issue by the Macmillan Com
pany. The volume is said to make
available for practical use the value
of the English Bible as a model of
style, which has often been attested by
men Of letters.
A new book by Andrew Carnegie Is
announced by Doubleday, Page & Co.
It will be biography of James Watt,
containing about $4,000 words. Mr..
Carnegie began the book during his an
nual visit to Skibo Castle last summer.
The life Of the famous Scotsman who
discovered the use Of steam by means
of restless teakettle lid has held a
peculiar fascination for his latest BIZ
ographer for many years.
f. Hopkinson Smiths new novel,
AT Close Range" Is a collection Of
from knowledge gained at first hand
by Intimate acquaintance and personal
experience. The nine stories in the
book portray widely diverglng types
of character, the travelling salesman of
the middle West, the Italian Condo
lier, the heroic surfman of the life
saving service all admirably presented.
James Huneker's Book OF Dramat-
ists' contains studies of the works of
Maxim Korki, Of Hauptmann, Suder-
mann, d'Annunzio, Maeterlinck, and
several other prominent contemporaries
GUS playwrights. The study of these
uAoiAAoCicto 40 plOSCnCCQ W 1Ul IllC
thoughtful appreciation that has dis
tinguished the writings Of Mr.. Hume
ker. The author has spent much time
in Europe studying the conditions OF
the drama there in preparation for this
book.
1.-THE Autobiography Of Theodore
Thomas" edited by George P. Upton,
will consist Of two volumes. the first
containing the autobiography proper,
In eleven chapters, SO annotated as to
render the narrative as comprehensive
as possible; an extended account of
Mr.. Thomas life as a man and work
as musician; and an appendix, con-
tanning two articles on music in Amer
lea by Mr.. Thomas, together with some
Of the striking press tributes inspired
by his death. The second volume will
contain all the representative pro-
grams from 1855 to 1905, carefully ed
tied and explained. A limited large
paper edition will be brought out in
addition to the trade edition.
Some of the rare early writings Of
Lafcadio Hearn are about to be issued
in a limited edition by the Mintie
Press Of Covington, Ky, under the
title Letters from the Raven" The
edition will consist of 1000 numbered
copies. "My ideas Of perfect bliss"
wrote Hearn, while doing newspaper
work in New Orleans, would be ease
and absolute Quiet-silence, dreams,
tepidness- great quaint rooms over
looking street full of shadows and
emptiness friends in the evening, a
pipe, little philosophy and wander
ings under the moon. ought never to
havesbeen born in this century, 1 think
sometimes, because 1 live forever in
dreams Of other centuries and faiths
and ethics" How curiously prophetic
of his later career as a Japanese citi-
zen!