The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.

SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON Notes of Books and Authors-POems by Mrs. Payne whitney-Mark Twain's Best-''what Know About Poker 0. Henry's Short stories-YaIe "A Mans success-L. c. Page I& Co.'s LISt-LIttIe, Brown & Co.'s.
 Some time in the coming autumn the Hampers will publish a volume of pO- ems by Mrs. Payne Whitney, daughter of John Hay. so lately dead. More ex- Dlicit information as to the contents of the volume and the date of publication is for the present withheld.
 There is apparently a never-fagging interest in Mark Twain's works, for real humorists are few, and the busy world is always eager for laugh. Some time ago the Harpers issued a uniform subscription edition of six of Mark Twain's books, calling the set g | followed by six more volumes, Mark Twain's Funniest Books" Both these sets proved so popular that they have recently issued eleven more uniformly bound volumes, making in all twenty three volumes, the same number as in their HiIlerest edition of Mark Twain's complete works. A large, new edition of the first series, the Best Books" has just been ordered printed.
 What I Know About Poker" is the impressive title of volume, now in press, by Richard Carle, the actor. The extent of the authors knowledge is in- dicated by the statement that he has } had an intimate acquaintance with the game for nineteen years, and that he regards his experience as so dearly won that he Is unable to set any price upon his book Any one who desires copy has only to forward two-cent stamp. to the authors address, and the book will be mailed to him. This may be altriiisrl, and it may be advertising.
 The short stories contributed by o, Henry to various Sunday newspapers are to be collected and published in book form by Mcclure, Phillips and Company in the autumn.
 Rex. B. Beach, author of "Pardners," has given up business and intends to spend all his time writing. At present he has on hand historical novel of Alaska and a series of western athletic stories for McClure's.
 Reuben Gold Thwaites, the author of France in America" and other histOr- teal works, was born in Dorchester, and received his education at the public schools there. Being ambitious, he stud jed collegiate courses by himself and In 1874 took postgraduate course at Yale. He was at this time but twenty one years of age He then became managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal until 1886, at which time he re- signed to become secretary and super intendent of the State Historical Socie- ty of Wisconsin, and lecturer on Amer ican history at the University of Wis consin He is a member of the Wis consin Free Library commission, and sga feFEaarhy~ president of the Ameri- can Library association, and. chairman of the American Historical Manuscript commission. He has published a num- Der of historical works since 1888, be- sides many monographs on the history of New France and the Middle West. He has also edited many important works. France In America" his latest work, covers a field to which the author has always given special study. It forms Volume VII. in the American Nation series, edited by Professor A. B. Hart of Harvard university.
 Theodore Roberts, who is about to publish through Messrs. Page and Company Boston, a Newfoundland story called Brothers of Peril" is him Self3a brother of the well-known nature writer and novelist Professor Charles c. D. Roberts, and the two are broth FITS. not of peril, but of William Car man Roberts, the editor. Charles G. D. Roberts son, Lloyd Roberts, is also well known in the book world as a ire uuent contributor to magazines and assistant editor of Outing. And then again. Bliss Carman is cousin of the family, which seems to have the wri- ting fever in its blood. Professor Rob erts has a book coming out along with his brothers from the same publishers. He has translated Cameron of Loch- iel," according to the title page, from the French of Philippe Hubert de Gaspe.
 Stephen Conrad has written a com- panion story to his bright and humor- ous Second Mrs. Jim" It is entitled Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie" and will be brought out at once by L. c. Page and Company. The same publishers have ready new edition of the two- volume illustrated variorum "Omar Khayyam," edited by Nathan Haskell Dole, and three juveniIes-"How Christmas Came to the Mulvaneys," by Frances Margaret Fox; Our Little Korean Cousin" by Leo M. Pike, and HOur Little French Cousin," by Blanche McManus.
 Mr Ruel P. Smiths "The Rival Campers is now in the printers hands. The adventures crowd one another rather rapidly, but through their means the author manages to give lessons in things necessary for the camper to know, especially if he be placed near