Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-07-26

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Wolfville stories and sundry novels,
has become the editor Of the new mag
azine called Human Life.
During the last twenty-eight years
John Vance Cheney has published 800
poems in the leading magazines, and
the best Of these are to appear in
book form next fall from. the press of
Houghton, Miff1in & Co. This volume
should show his lyrical powers at their
best.
The Macmillan Company, New York,
will publish a new story by Nancy
Huston Banks, entitled 1.-THE Little
Hills" The title refers to the little
hills in life we all find SO hard to
climb. If '"The Little Hills" should
prove as charming a tale as "Old-
Held" its predecessor, the public will
have occasion to be grateful to Mrs
Banks.
The home Of the Cosmopolitan has
'oeen removed from Irvington-on-the-
Hudson to New York City. The Twen-
tieth Century home remains at Irving
ton. 1t is understood that, though
John Brisben Walker has resigned the
editorship Of the Cosmopolitan and is
to be succeeded by Bailey Willard, he
retains the conduct of the Twentieth
Century Home, and will embark in
the book publishing business in the
large building he erected for the Co.'S
mopolitan.
About mile from the western edge
Of New Haven, on a hillside which
commands an extensive view of the
city and Long Island Sound, visitors
are regularly shown Lugewood, the
home OF Donald G.. Mitchell, the Tx
Marvel Of those much loved books Of
half century ago, "Reveries Of a
Bahelor'' and Dream Life" Though
Of a previous generation, and the
friend, in his day, Of literary men like
Washington Irving, Mr.. Mitchell is still
On nearly every spring day to be seen
at his home, hale and hearty, even un-
der the burden Of his SO years.
Charles Henry Webb, better known
to American readers under his pseudo
nym, John Paul." died May "a at his
home in New York, in his list year.
AS boy he went to sea, but later be-
came a journalist. In 1864 he founded
"The Californian" to which Bret
Harte and Mark Twain contributed;
he afterward edited and published
Mark Twain's first book. AS writer
he is best remembered by his happy
parodies. He wrote a number Of books
and considerable verse for the maya
zines. Having also an inventive turn
Of mind, he devised an adding ma
chine, a cartridge holder and several
other contrivances of that kind.
Now that the last Of Henry James
articles on New England has appeared
in the North American Review it is
interesting to listen to the comments
Of a puzzled public. The general YER
dict seems to be that unless the reader
belongs to the exclusive class that can
boast, like Hamilton Mabie's tabled
lady, Of being able to "read Henry
James in the original" he will get but
the vaguest impression Of Mr.. James
Impressions" Yet out Of the fog
some thoughts shine clearly. We
know that the ancient analyst"
found much to admire in American
scenery, even though the American
sky is "too frequently peeled Of
clouds" We know, too, that in this
empty sky the huge democratic
broom seemed forever being BRAN
dished, and that wherever he went he
was much struck with the "over-
whelming preponderance Of the unmiti-
gated business man." Equally forci-
BILE is his conviction that over the land
the women appear to be Of a markedly
finer texture than the men.