Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-26
BOOK NEWS

Little. Brown q Co. will issue this fall pocket
editions of the masterpieces OF AieAahu,o
Dumas, in fourteen volumes, and Jane Austen
novels In six volumes, uniform with the POCKET
Balzac, which this firm brought out rev
years ago. These desirable editions Will pc
supplied in both cloth and limp leather, fully
Illustrated. Pocket editions of two OF Mary WI"
Tileston's favoritc books, Daily Strength for
Daily Needs" and Prayers. Ancient and
Modern" will also be issued.
The '.Uncle Remus'' stories, which for years
have delighted young people, are at last 10 90
brought out in q sort of picture book FORM
which should extend their popularity to q stiii
wider circle. This should include even those
| young people who are not able to read and
| those older people who too busy to read
| The volume to which reference Is made ID en-
| titled Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, and
| is to be published by f., A. Stokes company
| this fall 1t contains many amusing advent
| lures OF Bre'r Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris
| and large full-page illustrations In color by
| ]. A. Conde whose work all know VINO nave
read Mr.. Harris .stories before. The pictures
are abundant. and their bright colors attract
the eye and persuade the most Indifferent per-
son to delve into the book.
An innovatioufIE the matter of art reproduce
ton is being made by r. A. Stokes company
In a new series OF monographs entitled Mas
terpieces In Color." Each OF these books.
which treat of the work and iife Of well well
manner is to contain eight reproductions IN
color of the masters most characteristic work.
Close attention will be paid to attaining hdel-
ty to the originals The subjects chosen Will
be, as far as possible, unhackneyed and many
of them will bn new to American readers the
selection of these is being made by a repre-
sentative now abroad who Is arranging for per
mission to make negatives direct from ORIG
The The volumes issued this fall are on velas-
quez, Reynolds, Romney and Turner.
Temple Bailey, the author OF Judy" one OF
the ten new books for the young on Littfe,
Brown 6 Co.'S fall list, is the daughter OF
Union soldier but educated in private school
In Richmond which emphasized old-south ideas.
zines, winning the second prize in the Ladies'
Home Journal love story contest four years
ago. Vivid remembrances of her happy girl
hood days made possible many Of the chapters
OF Judy" the longest story for girls she
has written. Miss Bailey now makes her home
in Washington, d. c.
remarkable book on Africa and big game
will this week be published by the Harpers.
The title is I'm Widest Africa, and the
author is that G. G.. Schillings whose previous
WORK. has already made him the most notable
and stirring writer on sport and adventure IN
Africa Some three hundred illustrations.
made from the authors photographs, are a
marvellous feature OF the book. for they make
clear what really wonderful results the author
has achieved. For with camera, nash lght
African wilderness, and not only secures de-
scriptions of the strange animals, large ana
small that haunt the mighty forests or roam
over the great plains, but secures marvellous
photographs as we'll. Never before has there
been a man with the initiative, the courage
and the skill to turn pen ana camera 10 such
account, and his vivid account OF mis- expert
ences, and his three hundred photographs are
an amazing and fascinating record Of wild
Africa that must befQre long vanish.
In Anne warmers new Susan Clegg'' book.
entitled Susan Clegg and a Man IN the
House." the inimitable Susan Clegg is per-
suaded to take boarder, Elijah Doxey, neph-N
ew OF Mr.. Kimball. the village grocer Elijah
says Susan sis so smart that he'll be ofered
place one OF the biggest city papers IN
little while. but in the mean time he's just
lost the place that he did have on one OF the
smallest" Elijah having been paid on with
an old printing press, his mother SENDS MIN
to the country to visit Mr.. Klmball, who pro-
poses to utilize Elijah and his printing press
by publishing a village newspaper. Elijah
Doxeys novel ideas as to- the CONDUCT or
newspaper, a visit by Susan Clegg to wo-
mans convention. her views on Democratic
and Republican parties. the material expert
ences OF Grandma Mullins son Hiram. cele-
bration Of Indepepaence day. MISS Macy
of Anne warmers new book. Susan Clegg
and a Man in the House will be- published by
Little Brown & CO. in October.
new book by Joseph Conrad is matter
of Importance and 1.-THE Secret Agent" which
the Harpers are publishing this week. will
add materially to his fame and to his con-
stantly widening circle of readers is
Powerful and realistic story 1t is written
with the fne literary skill of which the author
OF ''Nostromo'' and THE Mirror Of the Sea"
is such master. and it dips deep into the
human heart and WILDLY sets iortn VIM nu-
man nature It is story of anarchistic plot
and counterplot. and 1t portrays, as no other
author has ever before portrayed the lives
ana thoughts OF anarchists and the inner
workings of their associations. The principal
character the secret agent who gives title
to the story. Dis not only a trusted comrade
deep in the councils OF the anarchists put Is
also spy upon them in the interests of one
Of the foreign embassies. The story is set in
London, and Is OF deep and compelling inter-
est. Necessarily It is a story OF tragedy, and
IN the deljneation of 1t the very hearts and
souls at thu charantars are laid bare