The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-09
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY. CHAIR

fiction e Outdone; Works on Theology
and Religion increasing More Rapidly
The making pf books continues to grow.
There We're more issued in 1904 than in
l9OS, and doubtless there were more issued
IN 1903 than there We're in 1902, tho we
forget. + there had beer less we feel
such the phenomenon would have been.
mentioned. The Publishers, Weekly is
our authority for the following:
The total output Of new books and new edi-
lions In the United States advanced from 1855
in 1903 to 8,29l in 1904, an increase Of 426;
put the Increase in new books alone was much
more marked, being from 5,793 to 6,971, or It's,
while new editions fell off about $50.
While the number of new works in fc-
ton Increased only ISL, the number Of
works in theology and religion increased
by 40, or nearly threefold; literature and
collected works increased BOG, or nearly
doubled, while books on fine arts and illus
trated books increased about so per cent
There was also an increase in poetry and
the drama from 421 to $50, or more than
25 per cent.
The books by American authors number
5,97s out of 1921, or ~ per cent.
A Little known Book by Disraell.-E. p.
Dutton & Co. are to bring out this month
a new edition Of little- known work by
Benjamin Disraeli, earl Of Beaconsfield.
It Is Lord George Bentinck: a Political
Biography" An Introduction for the
work is being written by George whitley.
Bentinck was the last Of the great Eng
lish protectionists
A Dickens Magazlne.--ttA new magazine
called The Dickensian came into life in
London with the beginning of the new
year." says the New York Times Saturday
Review. Its name relates to Charles
Dickens and the publication is to be de-
voted solely to that great writer and his
works. The word signifies a follower
| student or admirer OF Dickens. 1t is a
word for one painfully to contemplate, tho
not quite SO bad as the word 'Dickensonian
(havlng the same meaning), which we
have been occasionally compelled to elimi-
4 nate, from manuscript. Why not simply
The Dickens Magazine? B. w. Matz, Sec
rotary of the Dickens Fellowship, is the
editor of the new: periodical, which will
copy. Percy Fitzgerald and Arthur Waugh
are among its early contributors
| Personal RemIns cences OF John Brown
Id. w. Winkley tells some of the things
he remembers Of John Brown in Johr
Brown, the Hero, little book just issued
The stories are of John Brown in action
DR.. Winkley writes from personal knowl
| edge and gives such glimpsesa of the
l.
John Brown books.
| James H. West Company, Boston.
i Marriage of William Ashe" Due Ir
March.-The Uneasy Chair has beer
| strongly tempted to start a guessing con.
test as to the outcome of ssThe Marriage
of William Ashe," now running serial,
in Harper's Monthly. Lady Kitty is {
creature of SO many whims, that it seem.
the toss of a copper which whim will
tprevan when Mrs. Humphrey Ware
chooses to drop the curtain. Lady Kit,
is like the parrot-you never know wha
she is going to do next. Yet the reader
Of the story gets greatly interested in he
and hopes she will master her foolish i'm
pulses and be the wife. she ought to b.
! for William-long suffering William. How
ever, Harper 81 Brothers announce tina
the book will be out in March, and, tn,
\ The Chair breads the end, it Is glad tn
agony will soon be over with.
| To tell of the life Of the tories of Bos
ton In revolutionary times, their ideals
J and devotion to a cause which seemed t
them just, would make a story brillian
and striking. Dwight Tilton has given
suggestion Of such a story in the frs
J, few chapters Of My Lady Laughter, bu,
, from either patriotic or popular reasons
Constance s. Drake y soon becomes tn
:. Estanchestzof American patriots There i
a possibility that love and mot logic ,ha
something to :doiwithi the 5metamorphosis
j as the once stout tory naiden is found t
be madly in love with an American officer
There is little plot to the tale.S It i
rather a picture, in many strokes, of tn
siege of Boston. There is an abundanc
OF, history mingled with anecdotes of his
) torical persons. The history is undoubt
edly accurate, but presents nothing NOR
than is ordinarily found in the school his
tories. The most pleasing parsonage
2 the long array is Lieutenant Charlton,
; polished English gentleman, who anon
other scenes would probably have wo
: the hand of Constance Drake, instead {
being defeated in his purpose by tn
: extremely conscientious but OCCASIONAL
rude John Brandon. L. S. X.
: C. NJ, Clark Publishing Comnany BOSTON