The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

man to Miss Florence Wilkinson, whose
poems are attracting more and more at
tention. the venerable poet and critic
writes; Last evening I made some ao-
quaintance with your rich collection of
lyrics and ballads, The Far Country
Indeed I have always been reader of
your contributions to the magazines, and
of course could not have failed to reeog-
nize the lyrical gift which you have so
instantly and abundantly at your COM
mand. My enjoyment of your work, 1
am sure, has been shared by a multitude
of others Messrs. Mcclue, Phillips &
Company are Miss Wilkinsons publishers
Twilight Fairy Tales" and 1.-THE En-
chanted Land" are two volumes of chill
dren's Stories respectively by Mrs. Bal
lington Booth and Louey Chisholm, which
the Putnams plan to bring out early IN
the autumn. The flrst-named book evnces
the same knowledge of chlldrens tastes
and feelings and the same graciousness
and delicacy of sentiment which made
Mrs. Darlington Booths earlier books of
fairy stories popular. The author of THE
Enchanted Land" Is following up, with
this volume, previous series of stories
which scored a success with little people
some time since.
The most important and recent Italian
historical studies, THE History of Ven
, ice,' by Pompeo Molmenti, will be pub
l1shed by A. c. McClurg & Co. this au-
tumn in the translation made by Horatio
f. Brown, British archivist in Venice.
Ihis monumental work will be completed
IN six volumes, each with a colored 'front.'
| ispiece, and about $50 Illustrations Two
volumes will be ready In October two in
the spring of 1907. and the rest during the
Following autumn Molmenti is today a
senator of Italy, president of the Societa
Blbliografica Italiana at Milan, and has
been director of public instruction in Ven
Ice, and president of the Royal Academy
or Fine Arts. Author of numerous books
OF historic and artistic value his account
or the private life of Venice from the time
of Bellni. Giorgione and Titan until her
decline amidst carnival merriment and
the laughter in Goldoni's comedies, was
originally published in 1877, winning the
Querini-Stampalia prize offered by the
Royal Institute of Venice. It has since
been rendered into every important Euro
pean language Horatio f. Brown, the
translator into English. has availed HIM
SELF or the new edition just brought out by
the Institute Italiano d'Arte Grafica
which has been SO greatly enriched by the
researches of Molmenti since the first ap-
pearance of the work that 1t may be de-
scribed as new. A beautiful type designed
by Bodoni more than century ago ha
been revived for this monumental work.
by the University Press at Cambridge,
giving the contents a fully suitable ap-
parel. Mr.. John Murray will issue the
work for England
Howard Chandler Christy has gone on
well-earned vacation to the Canada
woods, having Just completed the most
telling working year. probably in his his
tory. His new pastels, which will be pub
lished at least a month earlier than usual,
are easily the highest accomplishment in
this department SO far in his career, while
the forthcoming Christy Calendar, already
on the stones, shows a marked advance
in technique and beauty over Its prede-
cessors. This years book, entitled THE
American Girl as Seen and Portrayed by
Howard Chandler Christy," is In the same
plane Of excellence, being, beyond all
doubt, the most elaborate of the books in
colors issued under his name. Moffat,
Yard & Company promise 1t October /.
Moffat Yard 4 Company announce for
early publication Mr.. John W. Munson 8
"Reminiscences of Mosby Guerilla a
work Of uncommon interest and of per-
manent historical value. Mr.. Munson
Joined the Partisan Rangers in the begin
ming Of their career and was one of the
very last to leave Mosby after the war
was over. Throughout. he was one Of the
most daring and resourceful Of the guer-
rillas, as he was one Of the most trusted
by their famous chief
In writing these "reminiscences, he has
had the hearty cooperation, not only OF
Colonel Mosby himself, but OF many ac-
tive members of the command who are
still living: some of them men of great
prominence In various parts of the coun-
try, north as we'll as south. He has been
at great pains to gather the actual facts
of every important raid and sklrmish
which he describes, consulting Federal
and Confederate records as well as tho
personal recollections of men engaged on
both sides.
After our months of muck raklng" 1t
will be a pleasure to read T. Baron Rus
sells "A Hundred Years Hence: The Elk
pectations of an Optimist," to be pub
lished by A. c. McClurg & Co. in October.
With profound penetration the author
discovers the under currents Of modern
life which set toward Righteousness and
moves with them for a century In the d.
rection they compel. Few questions that
bewilder the thoughtful of today fail of
a favorable answer when when seen from
such a vantage point, and no device more
revolutionary than a more general edu-
cation in social ideals Is required for the
Transformation. Enlightened public opln-
ion moving hand in hand with such in
ventions as those which have marked the
last generation will bring the world not to.
bt,f partainIv Inward pnrfnctfon Mar