The San Francisco call., 1905-01-08

berry VIII write about Great Masters
of Literature" and John La Farge win
continue his papers ON the "One Hun
dred Masterpieces Of Painting" An
ether contributor will be the Rev.
Charles Wagner. author OF 1.-The Simple
Life" and there will be stories by
George Madden Martin, Stewart Ed
ward White, Jack London, Mary Ray
mond Shipman Andrews, Norman Dun
can, Josephine Daskam Bacon, Henry
Wallace Phillips, James Hopper and
others. Myra Kelley will write In a
new vein. There will be pictures In
of illustrators may be named Andre
Castaigne. Maxfield Parrish. Jessie
Wilcox Smith. Alice Barber Stevens,
Fanny Y. Cory. Fogarty. Frost, stsr-
ner, Glackens and Guerin-
Without giving titles or names OF
authors, Lippincott's promises for ths
new year everything that its readers
have learned to expect-and more.
Since the librarians OF circulating libra
ries report that 20 per cent OF all books
taken out by their clients are novels.
Lippincott's will continue its pro-
gramme Of a complete novel in each
number. designed for relaxation, not
for instruction or propaganda. They
promise, too, to I'LL out each month with
short stories that "snap with freshness
and originality" with poems for rnanv
tastes. with things to make the reader
laugh. In other words, the undertake
ing Is to follow the established lines of
the magazine, and do it all better than
ever.
Mary Austin's old California ro-
nance, 'Isodro," which is now run
ming in The Atlantic Monthly. will
continue till March. when 1t will be
followed by 1.-The Coming of tba
Tide" a serial by Margaret Sherwood.
Another extract from Emerson,s
Journal is promised; Colonel T. w.
Higginson will write more LITERARY
"Reminiscences" the papers on "The
Ethics Of Business will continue. and
Andrew d. Whites history of 'aTbe
Welfare of Humanity Against Eccle-
siasticism" has more chapters to come.
Again, there will be many instailments
OF that remarkable find" Thoreau's
private journal (of thirty-nine manu-
script volumes), edited by Bradford
Torrey, and a somewhat unusual
anonymous series of Letters to Liter
ary Statesmen" the addresses Ifvin~
public men, some of whom ara
known to possess enough humor 70
forgive the occasional wickedness Of
the letters In consideration Of their
Wit. There Will be short stories of
course, OF The Atlantic stamp. one Of
them, Blue Peter" by H. M. Rideouts
and in the way Of literary biography.
Hans Breitmann Papers," by Eliza.
beth Robins Pennell, niece and execu-
tor of the late c. G. Leland. These
will include imprinted Breitmann bal
lads and many letters from famous
authors.
The publishers of The c.rftsc
nounce for next year, among many
other attractive matters, Talks With
Tennyson," by Miss Elizabeth r.
Chapman; New England Recoliec-
tions," by F. B. Sanborn, and some
unpublished letters of Chopin, trans
lated from the French, and edited by
the Marquise de st. Maurice. The sub
ject Of American cities in nterature
will be continued with papers on Phil
adelphia, Chicago and New Orleans.
and Frank Weitenkampf has a series
Of articles on American social life as
portrayed in caricature. Parallel with
this will be papers on social life in
England. Arthur Cotton will furnish
two sketches of Italian travel, and
Myrtle Reed number OF essays-one
of them on ''Women's Clothes In Mems
Books" There will be also essays on
literary matters by the late Laurence
Hutton. H. w. Boynton. Elizabeth
Luther Cary, and Francis Grierson.
Lighter matter will be contributed by
Bailey Maillard. Edith Dickson
White. Frances Duncan, Caro-
yn Wells. etc.
Rider Haggard, the author of "The
Brethren" is much more than a writer
IF stories, though the world has known
him for the last dozen years only as
Iuch. Back in the '70s he was a big man
IN South Africa-master OF the High
Court Of the Transvaal and the man
who, with Colonel Brooke, hoisted the
British flag over the South African re-
public. He was mighty hunter In his
South African days. and many Of the
adventures so excitingly set
,ut In his novels are written directly
rom actual happenings. 1t was in the
sos and COS that he began to produce
lis famous novels, In 1901 he took UP
lis investigation of the condition of
agriculture in England, and is now
noted for his tireless work in the best
interests of the British farmer.
The Variorum edition of the works
If Beaumont and Fletcher Is to be
published in twelve volumes by the
Macmillan Company. A. H. Bullen.
inder whose general direction the edi-
ion has been planned, has intrusted
he editorship of the individual plavs
o various eminent British scholars.
Volume contains THE Maids
Tragedy" "Philaster." "a King and
70 King" THE Scornful Lady's and
The Custom of the Country: also
Ibundant footnotes. fac smile title
'ages and introductions.