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his share. Unfortunately Hunters CON
siderable intelligence and accomplish
ments," 20 which Lockhart bears witness,
are all forgotten. while his rudeness TO
Scott Is still remembered.
Among its September publications the
Century Company announces two new
novels: "Brunhilde's Paying Guest" by
Caroline Fuller, author Of Across the
Campus" the story of an energetic youth
from NcFg York, who seeks health and
rest In a Carolina town where he has
some difficulty In adjusting himself to the
mild tyrar ny of his rather proud hostess.
The second novel, which will appear in
the latter part Of September, is by Bea-
trice Mantle and has for its title "Gret:
the Story OF a Pagan" in which IS given
the dramatic career of a somewhat pri-
meval woman in an Oregon lumber camp,
DR.. Max Lena's Napoleon" a work that
found extraordinary favor in Germany.
and viii appear shortly in an English
translation under the Putnam imprint, is
a brilliant study Of Napoleon's character
and career. One Of It's most notable fea-
lures is the way in which the author de-
picts the early mental development of the
young COrsican. Napoleon himself, IN his
st. Helena memoirs, makes Toulon the
starting point. as Il were, and most OF his
biographies have followed suit. Or. LEM
demonstrates that Il was bat one great
step forward in an existence already full
Of eventful activity. He throws much
new light on what may be termed Ma
poleon's First Phase" But the chief
value Of the book Is that It provides a
complete key to the whole tangled story
of the Napoleonic period. DR.. Lenz shows
how each campaign fits into the general
scheme Of Napoleon's rise and fall while
he succeeds in keeping the personal ele-
ment in the foreground and in presenting
a most vivid picture Of the man. a lead
| ing German critic has classed this book
with Lord Roseberys well-known mono
graph. as one Of the most striking con-
tributions to Napoleonic literature made
in our time.
A bookbinder was putting a binding of
lead on a book.
why lead?' a visitor asked.
This the binder answered, is a naval
code book, for use on a battle ship. All
such volumes are bound in lead"
But why?"
so that. In the event Of the ships de-
struction, the books will sink with Il.
For they contain secrets of immense
value, and every precaution must be
taken to keep those secrets dark"
In the department Of World Politics. ia
the August Is number Of The North
American Review, there are two COM
munications, one from London on the
topics: English Speculation on the Sug-
gested Transfer of the American Fleet 10
the Pacific" japanese Emigration a
, Problem for England as well as Amer
Tea; "a New Navy Scare" and from St.
Petersburg on the topics: Growing De
mands of the Nation" ''Anticlpations Re
garding the Third Douma:" a Grewsomc
Story Of Conspiracy and Assassination"
The Funk & Wagnalls Company VIII
bring out this fall a greatly revised edi-
ton Of their Encyclopaedia Of Social Re
form edited by William D. p. Bliss.
In its recent list Of prizes the Academic
Franchise includes TRANSACTIONS as well as
original works The Prix LanglOis d.200
francs) is divided between NJ. Legouin. for
his translation Of Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales and Madam Dieulafoy for her
version, 'L'Epouse parfaite." from Ray
Luis de Leon The Prix MarcelIn Guerin
5000 francs) is divided among a number
OF competitors-M Emile Haumant for
Ivan Tourguenieff. Ia Vie ct TEuvre:"
NJ. Maurice Muret. for la Literature
Italienne d'auiourd'hui:" NJ. Rodocanachi
for Les Femmes Itallennes a rEpoque
de Ia Renaissance" NJ ALBERT for La
Paix japonaise,' and NJ. Charles Diehl for
Figures byzantines"
Dufield & Co. announce the following
for publication this autumn: Painters
and Sculptors, a new and copiously Illus
trated volume Of art criticisms by Kenyon
Cox; Houses for Town or Country" by
William Herbert. with over 200 pictures;
Historic Churches Of America" by Mrs
y. Z. Wellington, with an introduction by
the Rev. Or. Edward Everett Hale. and
many Illustrations: plays Of our Fore
fathers by Prof. Charles N Gayley. Of
the University Of California; Poems Of
Edgar Allan Poe" edited by Edmund
Clarence Stedman and George Z. Wood
berry; 'HC 4se Health" by Dr. Norman
Bridge; '"The Holy Grail" a posthumous
drama by Richard Hovey; Gypsy
Verses" by Helen Hay Whitney; Pa
miliar Faces" a new book Of comic verse
by Harry Graham, and a new and spe-
cially illustrated Vermont edition OF Miss
Theodore Peck's Hester Of the Grants"
Or. II. P. Kennard is soon to publish an
elaborate work on THE Russian Peas
ant" In it he traces the history Of the
'moujik'' from the days of Herodotus to
the present time, and describes the cir
cumstances leading 10 the abolition of le-
gal serfdom in 1861. His object is TO re-
veal the stagnation Of the PEASANTS ex-
istence throughout the centuries. owing 10
the subsection in which he has been kept
by a reactiOnary bureaucracy.
a manuscript poem Of Shelley's. running
to forty-fve lines, was sold at Sotheby's
the other day for $500. Here is the first
verse:
The sun Is warm the sky is clear
The waves are dancing fast and bright
Blue isles and SNOWY mountains wear
The purple Hoon's transparent might;
The breath Of the moist earth is light
Around its unexpanded buds.
Like many a voice Of orr delight
The winds. the birds the oceans aood
The city's VOICE Itself is soft like solitude
SINGING LUTHER'S HYMN.
1t Became the War Song of Germany
and Was Popular.
In Hymns Every Child should Know"