Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11
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Ming VICTOR Emmanuel or Italy,
great admirer of William lie QueuX,
whose latest romance, 1.-THE Closed
Book" has recently made its appear
ance, has bestowed upon that popular
novelist the Cross of the Order of the
Crown Of Italy, the highest distinction
in the gift of that monarch.
''Three Weeks in Europe, the Vaca-
ton of Busy Man," is the attractive
title of a book of travel by John U.
Higinbotham, which Herbert S. Stone
& Co. bring out. Mr.. Higinbotham
took the conventional tour, but he does
not describe it in the conventional
way. The book is illustrated with
many admirable photographs.
Apropos of the serious illness Of
General Lew Wallace, the sale of his
''Ben-Hur" is reported to be constant
" increasing, although it is now "a
years since it was first published by
the Harpers. 1t has now reached a
total of nearly one million copies. The
royalties from the book and from the
play have made General Wallace a
rich man.
Life in Sing Sing" is the title of a
book published by the Bobbs- Merrill
Company. 1t is written by "No. 1900"
founder and first editor Of 1.-THE Star
of Hope" the monthly paper issued by
the convicts, gentleman who, we are
informed and can readily believe, ''had
an unusual opportunity" to observe the
peculiar life of the great pathological
institution on the Hudson.
Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theo-
logical School in Cambridge, publishes
through Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Bos- :
ton, little book for children entitled
when the King Came" recounting
the narrative Of the gospels in form
Of stories chrOnologically arranged, ac-
cording to the conclusions of modern
scholarship. These stories have stood
the test of ten years reading aloud
from manuscript to children and are
now first printed.
Henry Harland for the first time in
several years spent last summer il
England. He has a permanent home
in London, but usually when the sea-
son is over goes either to the CONT
nent or to his old home at Norwich,
Conn. The early part Of last summer
Mr.. Harland spent at Hampton Court,
where he had as neighbors Mr. and
Mrs. G. N. Williamson of lightning
conductor fame. At the end of the
summer he went to Cranberry, where
he was busy on his new novel; which,
it is said, will be very different from
his recent work.
Charles Raymond Macauley, who has
contributed the interesting illustrations
for the Mcclure Phillips edition Of
POe's tales, issued under the title Of
Monsieur Dupin," is probably best
known by his cartoons made four or
five years ago for various New York
daily papers. Previous to his taking
up the work Of cartoonist, Mr.. Ma
cauley had many vocations. Begin
ming as drug clerk, he was success
lively stenographer, bookkeeper, a
decorator in watch factory, an &C.
tor, law student, a newspaper man
and an editorial writer.
Writing to a friend about Mrs Rog-
er A. Pryors recent book, "Reminis-
cences of Peace and War;" Miss Ellen
Glasgow says: Last night / sat up
spellbound until / finished it, begin
ming with laughter and ending in real
tears. 1t is vivid, true, and positively
heartrending at the last How won
derful, how trebly wonderful she isl
OF all the women I have ever known,
she, seems to me not only the most
fascinating, but the richest in all that
makes for perfectly rounded nature.
And then this book! The tragedy of
it | can understand, for it is not diff
cult to be tragic; but the delicious,
piquant, never-failing humor-the hui
NOR that brightens tears-this, l con-
fess, has taken me completely captive"
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