Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
NOTES OF THE BOOK WORLD.

Probably no publishers announcement of
the year will bring more widespread salts
faction than that of A1cC,ureP Phillips that
they will soon bring out Conan Doyies
THE Return of Sherlock Holmes. stories.
Sherlock is a more universal favorite with
out doubt, than any character ever created
in fiction. He belongs to the library, to
the kitchen, to the parlor floor and to the
attic. His name and what it stands for
has become a part of the English language
as thoroughly as Kodak, and it Is GER
tainly cherished closer to the heart. There
is good reason, then, to believe that the
opportunity of having the stories, which
have been appearing in a weekly maya
zine throughout two years, in compact book
form, with characteristic and impressive
Illustrations, will be hailed with joy by
thousands upon thousands of people, many
Of whom are not usually considered in the
reading class. People will find him the
same old Sherlock-only more so; grown
with his readers. The tangle of mystery
in these thirteen stories is more intricate
than ever before, yet the wizard Sherlock,
nscrutable and intrepid, unravels the knot
with magic deftness. His adventures are,
indeed amazing and bloodstirring. He
adds many cubits to the stature of his
reputation, and the world will thank DR..
Doyle for his daring act in resurrecting
his beloved hero.
The first of a series of seven stories -
Jack London, author of THE Sea- Wolf"
is published in The Youths Companion for
February 16. 1t is entitled White and
Yellow and tells of an encounter between
the fish patrol of San Francisco bay and
fleet of lawbreaking Chinese shrimp-catch-
ers The next story in the group, to be
published in the issue for March 2, relates
the thrilling capture of Big Alec, King
of the Greeks"
Willie the late Paul L. Ford will be
orable Peter Stirling than for his edition of
the national classic. The Federalist'
(Henry Holt e Coz. it is a pleasure to be
able to record that this excellent monu-
fourth edition. 1t is probably the most
complete and exhaustive edition of this
work of the fathers. A very unique fea-
ture of it is the notes showing how their
views have either been justified proved
incorrect by subsequent events in our his
tory.
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler CMrs Alfred
Lawrence Feltin), the author of Kate of
Kate Hail." published by d. Appleton a.
Co, tells of unique way of spending a
honeymoon.
My husband and 1 wrote it together
during the first years of our married life
she said in reference to the book each
as nearly as possible writing exactly half
Someone jeered at it as a honeymoon at
tempt but l replied that though there
might be wiser ways of writing a novel,
there were certainly more foolish ones of
spending a honeymoon.
The Macmillan Company announce the
following new editions: The eighth of Mr.
Herricks novel, The Common Lott the
fourth each of THE Queens QUAR-" who
soever Shall Offend" The Singular Miss
Smith and THE Day Before Yesterday"
the sixth of Mrs. Elys "A Womans Hardy
Garden" the seventh of DIR. John W.
Streeter's The Fat of the Land the
ninth of THE Garden of a Commuters
Wife" the tenth of 1.-THE Call of the
Wild and the eleventh of Mr.. A f. W.
Mason's novel, THE Four Feathers"