The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
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PUBLISHERS SCAN FICTION MORE
York, March 6.-There
are very clear signs that the deluge Of
fiction is falling Mr.. Herbert p Will
liams Of the Mcmillan company calls my
attention to the fact that publishers are |
taking less and less Of doubtful fiction
than formerly. He sees evidence Of this
IN the reduced fiction lists Of the pub
fishing houses this spring, and in the
small number Of novels issued in 1905
as compared with 1905. Here Is good
news. The reading public will gladly
take fewer novels If It can get better
ones. If publishers are scanning the man
uscripts tsubmittedrto them more closely
and setting higher standards as to quail
Try, there surely is ground for rejoicing
on all sides.
Fiction which comes up to the highest
standards Of the promised new era is to
be found on the Mcmillan spring list.
One piece Of this is Eden Phillpotts 'The
Portreeve." This is novel over which
| even the conservative among the eastern
critics have waxed enthusiastic. TIL e
our n a ! will print review Of the
book very soon.
Owen WIster's New Novel.
Another piece Of very high-class hc-
ton Is Lady Baltimore" by Owen Wis
ter. have already had a taste Of this
and know 1t to be good-very good, in
deed. 1t will appear April 4.
"Coniston," by Winston Churchill, has
been delayed. The author is writing and
rewriting it with great care The pub
fishers are paying much attention also to
the illustrations, of which there will be
more than hundred. "Helianthus," a
novel on which "Ouida" has been at work
several years, Is promised for the not dis
tant future. IF Youth but Knew" by
Egerton Castle is promised for April 2,
and "The. Vine Of sibham," by Andrew
, Macphail, a novel of the Puritans Of old
New England, is to come out in April or
May. g., .a...s.-
In history and biography the Mac
MILAN company has already issued Lord
Randolph Churchill" by Winston Spencer
Churchill, and to come soon are Vol. v.
, of Herbert Pauls "a History of Eng
land" and Vol. TX. Of 'The Cambridge
Modern History" by Lord Acton, LID.
A book Of more than usual noteworthiness,
: also, in the same department. is "A His
tory OF the Inquisition in Spain," by
Henry Charles Lea, LID, the first vol
: un1e OF which was recently issued. The
author secured much Of his material
? from the vast archives of the Spanish
: government A life of John Wesley
). by c.. T. winchester, and the Vikings of
the Pacific" by Agnes G. Laut, and a
Memoir of Archbishop Temple" by
seven friends, are other books Of a histor-
ical nature Just from the presses. Three
' ters" series-Mrs. Gaskell, Charles Kings
l ley and SHAKESPEARE are in immediate
, prospect. ..-
!. H.. j New Nature Book.
"The Life Of Animals-the Mammals ;
NV ho nj
the mammals-theh four-footed, furry
creatures; their ancestry, their place II
e nature, their means Of making a living
f. their characters and accomplishments. I
:, is brilliantly and bountifully illustrated
!, with new colored plates, more than
: hundred unpublished photographs from
=, life, and many original drawings. This
% might rank among illustrated books, bu
q under that distinctive head the Macmil
Ian company include the following, which
are Of special note: g%7a ~, q
= 'Tarry- at Home Travels, y by SEdwars
t Everett Hale, DID,, IT will try here,
writes DR.. Hale, mostly by memories
- sometimes by expectations, with an occa
~ sional word of the present fact, to inter
=, est the average reader in some plan TO
~ seeing some part of his own home, whic
IS he has never seen until now The pub
le fishers are devoting much attention to tn
Country" by F. j. Smell with fifty illus
n trations from photographs by H. Snow
den Ward, is a part of the we'll know
70 Pilgrimage series. Both Of these books ar
r to be ready early this spring. -
Valuable Art Book.
IF Among the company's art books "Pre
~ Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelit
: Brotherhood,'' by William Holman Hun
g., -.lI-x k~1~1 -
The $50 Illustrations include forty fin
piotogravure reproductions. AT the hea
1g Of the list Of dramas promised for tn
rk spring, and, indeed, already due, also,
- ''Nero," by Stephen Phillips, author
" "The Sin of David" Under the head
dramatic books also might be classe
THE Development Of Shakspere as
n Dramatist' by George P. Baker of Hal
ct ward. ..~@ = - III -.-:..
no /, The age of the return to the Ian
Q brings the first volume of "Cycloped
of American Agriculture one Of i
! early results. 1t is edited by Professt
L.. H. Bailey Of Cornell university, ar
B, will be the product Of several hundre
contributors. In the line of referent
rf books also is Blacks Medical Dictior
re- ary,' by a physician, which aims at gi,
ns ing general view Of medical science ar
to treatment to the average reader.
n St. Paul Mans Book.
10 st. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, prcduc
G a book on sociology, the work Of Re
John A. Ryan, professor of ethics and ec
nomics. 1t bears the title "A Livir
~ Wage" and is vigorous defense Of tt
: laborer's right to a. wage that will enab
him to marry and maintain family
conditions Of reasonable comfort. TT
e. author contends that this right is as S.
&e cred as the right to live, and that the o
litigation to pay it Is as binding as that
paying ones. debts.
Dairy Chemistry" by Harry. Snydt
;. BIS, professor OF agricultural chemistr
and chemist Of the Minnesota agricultur
experiment station, now ready, treats
~ the; composition and testing Of milk; t
changes which take place In the ripeni
i of cream; and the manufacture Of butt
I and cheese. s..
w. s. HARDWOOD. formerly Of Minneap
! lis, is at work on new book for t
Macmillan company, to be called "a NJ
) Earth" His former book treating Of t
VI work of Luther Burbank, Is in its four
-5h TWO IMPORTANT BOOKS
TRAvEL.-A. Vessels company g
! about to issue Siberia, Record
Travel, Climbing and Exploration
{. Samuel Turner, fellow of the Ro!
Geographical society, with more than
Illustrations and maps Another book
the same line by the same company
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