The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

century ago. just published by p. Apple
ton * Co, Is 'Tbe Tents OF WickednesS."
by Marian Coles Harris. draws a picture
of so-caIled smart society" in New York
as seen through the eyes Of an American
girl brought up In French convent.
Roman Catholic beliefs are woven
through the boob. and II is from the
standpoint of this church that many of
The discussions regarding divorce are car
red ou.
The Life Of Henrik Ibson.' by Ed
mund Gosse, is new volume In the Lit
erary Live Series which will be published
this fall The material, which has be-
come available only since the death Of
lbsen. and the possibility now of judging
his work as "a whole makes this new
biography particularly valuable and in
terestiug.
What promises 10 he one OF the lead
ing novels of the year was published
on the 18th Of this month by Charles
ScribHer-s Sons-'The Fruit Of the
Tree" by Edith Wharton The story
Of the book is pervaded with an atmos-
phere of broader humanity than that OF
the House OF Mirth.' and is concerned
with one Of the elemental questions %
life, The title OF the book is tai en-
from the third chapter Of Genesis. the
third to the fifth verse.
Among the descriptive and historical
books of Che week are the four following
publications from Dodd, Mead K Co:
Venice" by Beryl de Selincourt and
May Sturge Henderson. with numerous
Illustrations by Reginald Barrett. Of the
Royal Water Color Society. Stafford
shire Pots and Potters." by c. Woollis-
croft and Frederick Alfred Rhead. pro-
iUsely Illustrated with COlOred plates.
half tones, and line drawings, Ger
many. as described by great writer's,
compiled by Esther Singleton; "A ROYAL
Tragedy" being the story of the assas-
sination of King Alexander ana Queen
Draga, Of Servia, by Chedomllle Mia
tovich, formerly Seryian Minister to
Great Britain.
Messrs. Houghton, Mifin & Co. an
nounce for publication this autumn
volume on Augustus St. Gaudens. by
Royal COrtissoz. Ii will contain a
memoir OF the sculptor and a study of
his work by one who was his intimate
friend. It will be illustrated with fine
photogravure reproductions Of St. eau
dens' work.
The Century Company announces a
series of historical volumes under the
general edito-ship Of Prof. George Lin
coin Burr. Of Cornell University. There
viii be ten volumes in all, each by a
specialist In the field Of which he writes.
but all working together to secure unity.
Il is designed that the series, when CON-
pleted, form a history OF the world from
the viewpoint Of modern scholarship.
upon lines essentially new
The second volume in the translation
OF the Memoirs Of Dumas" which the
Macmillan Company is publishing, covers
the period Of lS22-25. That was the period
Of his start in life as a writer in Paris
and the volume tells much about his
earlier relations with his great contempo-
raries in the French capital
Two volumes on Woman Through
the Ages are presently to be expected
AApttA A'-- LINN ANNitA4. AliNg bNElN Win
a study Of woman in ancient Assyria
Babylonia, Egypt, and Judea, and pro-
ceed to the history Of the subject in
Greece and Rome, in the Middle Ages
in the Renaissance, and in modern times
The late Lord Randolph Churchill once
declared that the letters written to him
by Sir Henry Drummond Wolff~ were
like a glass Of the best champagne
exhilirating and stimulating" This
suggests that there Will be good read
ing in the "reminiscences. which this
experienced diplomat now has in press
The book will certainly contain much in
teresting political gossip.
N. Philippe Bunau-Varila will shortly
issue, through Dunod ct Pinat, lie De
troit de Panama" a work in which he
critieises the current solution Of the prob
lem.
On October p Doubleday, Page e Com
pany will publish "The First Nantucket
Tea Party," an original document written
in the eighteenth century. deliberately il
lustrated by Walter Title: "A Sovereign
People" by Henry Demarest Lloyd and
John A. Hobson; Water Lilies and How
to Grow Them, another of The Garden