The Washington times., 1906-08-25
Many MacmiIlan Histories-

close hy the issue Of the fifth and final
volume f. Marion Crawford and Prof
Giuseppe Tomassetd VIII bring out the
first volume Of a History of Rome In
the Middle Ages and volume " OF
The CoUnbridge Modern History" deaf
ing with the thirty years war. VIII also
make its appearance.
Books and Authors.
New novels by Clara Louise Hurnham
and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. and
Il volume OF short stories by Alice
Brown are among the volumes az &c
ton promised by Houghton Mlnlln *
Co. for fan publication. The same house
Will issue the Life ana Letters of
Lafcadio Hearn.' prepared By Elizabeth
Bislanc; Bliss PERI S Walt whitman
and a rs.y life Of John Sherman by Hon
Theodore Z. Burton.
Among the illustrated volumes OF
travel 10 be published shortly by Il.
Macmillan Company viii be q new book
by Clifton Johnson, entitled Highways
and Byways OF the Mississippi valley,
and an account OF THE Fair Hills OF
Ireland" by Stephen Gwynn. himself an
Irishman Other volumes OF a similar
character on the Macmillan fall list will
at-H0me Travels" Prof. a. Y Williams
Jackson's Persia Past ana Present
4. y. Lucas "A WandeTer IN London.
and Mrs ST Julien Ravenel's Charles
ton; the Place and the People"
J. NJ Barrie has taken those chapters
OF The Little White Bird" that contain
the story Of Peter Pan and edited them
IN such a fashion as 20 make a COM
pIetely rounded tale OF the episode. fo-
the benefit OF those who have made the
hero's acquaintance through the play,
and who believe in fairies" New
drawings for the volume have been
made by Arthur RaCkham. whose illus
tratiOns for Grlmms Fairy TaleT' and
RIP Van Winkle' were exhibited last
year IN London. The pictures for the
new Peter Pan" book VIII be printed
in cOlOrs
John Bigelow's book on "The Mys-
tery OF Sleep" has been translated into
Russian and IS published with a pre-
face by Prince Tarkhanov. in view OF
the present turmoil and disorder IN
AIuscovy. the title OF the volume IS as
apt as fits contents are doubtless ailuT-
ing 10 the people OF that troubled land.
Mr. BigelOws work had already been
translated into French and German.
AtN A~'t-- +fs+fr NtAtNN A.ahFa '-7llll6 az
tobiographical story Of a working girls
experiences in New York is said TO
have largely influenced the plans Of the
Trowmart Inn, the new hotel Tor work
ing women. modelled somewhat on the
lines OF the Mills hotels for men, which
was recently opened in this city When
the book first appeared. Mr. Martin,
the protector OF the 'Iun," sought an
interview with the author and Is said
TO have followed many OF her sugges-
lions, the results OF painful personal ex-
perlences with lodging houses for wo-
men
f. W. Balm. the translator Iadauter or
authOrl OF the entertaining collection OF
Hiudoo love stories, entitled The Dielt
OF the Moon" has now completed a new
volume called "a Draught OF the Blue.
which is listed for early publication bv
the Putnams. Like his previous book.
the present volume is. OF purports 10
De, rendering of Eastern originals.
From the Fleming II. ReveU Company,
the American publishers Of the text.
hooks of Esperanto" we are constant
ly receiving accounts OF the grcyy.Da.
vogue OF this new universal language
An Esperanto convention is 10 be held
ga NI-l-N- -- LltAr AUGUST
10 September +, at which dclezates from
America will be present for the first
time. \ young peoples Esperanto So.
elety, recently organized in this country,
is said 10 have the names Df 200 mem.
Ders on is v0ils
y. Baron Russell hus written volume
entitled a Hundred Years Hence: The
Expectations Of an Optimist." that Is an.
nounced for publication by 4. c. Nc.
Clurg & Co. fl October. Unlike 50 many
other social forecasters, aIr. Russell
does not see IN socialism the universal
panacea. He believes that the hope OF
The future pests upon the education %
the people and the awakening OF the
public conscience. and that by the end
Of the century scientific and inventive
progress viii have made This q world
well worth living IA hopeful culClu-
sion that is OF more personal interest,"
SO our gfandchIlcren than 10 ourselves.
Sidney Mccall. the author of Truth
Dexter" and THE Death Of the Gods
has written a new story of japanese
life, which Little, Brown & Co. viii
publish this autumn with many Illus
tratons. Its tile IS The DEag1a
Painter"
A new novel by Roy RoIfe Gibson
is 10 be the leading holiday book issued
this autumn by the Baker s Taylcr
Company. II IS entitled Katrina" and
tells the tale OF newspaper man who
lives over again the love OF his youth
in The little daughter OF the woman
he lost" There VIII be six uustIa-
tons in color by Alice Barber Stephens
THE Total Discourse" or William
Lithgow's Travels" is to DO brought
out in sumptuous style this fail By
James MacIehose s. Sons. Glasgow.
uniform with their recent edition oiy
..Hakluyt's Voyages" II viii be com
plete in one volume, the full titIe OF
which is as follows. The Total Dis
course of the Rare Adventures and
PainefulI Peregrinations OF Long Mine
teene Yeares Travayles from Scotland
20 the Most Famous Kingdomes in Eu-
rope. Asia and Africa. Perfited by
Three Deare Bought Voyages, I'm Sur
Weighing of FoFty-eight IIugdOmes. An
cient and MOderne." William LtJUs0W
was born in LanNrl5, 10 1872. and In
1910 he started on his "painefuu Pere-
grinations" of nineteen years, during
which he states that his painefun