Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-18

serves they nave QUICKLY prepdreu al Sui-
ton of the novel at so cents. Ihe story
deals with lie among the cattle ranchers
of the northwest, and is full of thrilling
incidents. AS love story it is one of the
authors best.
Some of the most delicious bad English
seen since the famous Portuguese book is
that sent to D. Appleton & Co. by
correspondent in San Salvador Inc
Appletons, by the way, are the CHER pub
fishers of Spanish books in this henri
sphere, and they receive many remark
able letters from Southern America, but
they consider this the best thus far
I'd. Appleton and Company, New York.
Dear Sir: After greet you, fondly.
have the honor, to aim, the follows
words, with the object to inform you,
that having news about your plenty
Library. Y am asking yourself favor
If you please send me the price OF
'Chemistre but applied and not theoric,
being in the same time, In the engiish
languish and lastly send me the price
and the name of the Author.
Pardon me the mistaken.
your most faithful Friend,
PABLO A. zAvALA."
The advertisements of 1.-THE Master of
STAIR" by Marjorie Bowen, contains this
note: absorbing romance dealing with
the father of Nancy STAIR
Now, the The Master of Stair" says
a correspondent in the New York Times,
'in this book was John Dalrymple, first
earl of Stair, we'll known historical
person, and he died in 1907. The father of
Nancy Stair was John Stair, lord of Stair
and Acton in the Mearns. He was con-
| temporaneous with Robert Burns Cor was
so represented In the story, who was
4 l., lak
never existed except In the delightful
Imagination of their gifted creator, ELI
nor Mccartney Lane. as she has herself
assured me-"
The Century company will issue this fall
new series of books made up of stories
and sketches reprinted from st. Nicholas,
There will be six Of these books of adj
venture, travel and description, the scenes
laid in different sections of the United
States; and the books will be called
western Frontier Stories" "Stories OIL
the Great Lakes Island Stories,
Stories of Strange Sights" Sea Stories"
and Stories of the South"
The first serious attempt to recount in
Its entirety the life history of Robert
Owen, the great Socianst, Is made by
Frank Podmore in a two-volume work,
pleton & Co. The interest In all that con-
Germs him increases daily as is evidenced
by the largely enhanced value of all litera-
ture on the subject of the birth of the So
cialist and cooperative movement at New
Harmony, Ind, and the need has long
been felt for an adequate biography Of
the reformer. Mr.. Podmore. who was one
of the founders of the fabian society, has
had access to and has made full use OF a
recently discovered collection of unpub-
lished letters-some 30.J in number-writ-
ten by or to Owen.
The Macmillan company is to publish
this fall new translations of the Nor
wegian Bjornsons I'm Gods Way" and
"The Heritage of the Kurts.' Since
the death of Ibsen, his staunch friend
and ally, Bjornson holds indisputable
place as the most distinguished living
author of Norway, and one Of the few
living men who can fairly be ranked
as world authors. A number of his
novels and tales have already been
translated and are published by The
Macmillan company.
Miss Caroline Fuller, author OF
"Brunhilde's Paying Guest" is ma
tive of Maine and graduate of Smith
college. Her earlier published books
1ncluQ6 'ACTOSS tHo OdhhPuo oAiN
Alley Cats Kitten" beside which she
has composed 1.-THE Shepherd of the
Day. and the music for three songs
of Robert Browning.
Elizabeth Robins, author of that almost
masculine novel of life In the Klondike,
"The Magnetic North" has written
story of different locality and subject,
which will be published In the fall by f.
A. Stokes company. Its title Is Under
the Southern Cross and 1t relates In her
own words the romance Of charming
girls sea trip from San Francisco to New
York by way of Panama. She describes
in a piquant manner her ardent wooing
by a young and fiery Peruvian baron,
whose methods are Interestingly strange
to American readers. The book Is Illus
trated in color by John Rae
The Century company will publish Sep
TENDER Is novel by Beatrice Mantle, en-
titled "Gret: The Story Of Pagan" 1t
is the tale of the daughter Of an Oregon
lumber camp and Mrs. Mantle is pic
turing a life she knows, her engineer
husbands business carrying them among
many wild and unfamiliar scenes.
Apropos of the publication of 1.-THE
Story of My Childhood by Clara Barton,
II is interesting to note that Miss Barton
proposes to follow the initial volume with
several volumes bearing on her subse-
quent life.
The Touch that Heals
Is tie touch of Bucklen's Arnica Salve.