Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30

lnmstakable as 1t is unfAced The literarv
pers in the country has said of it, II consider
1t, in its yay, the most original and beautiful
book of the season; certainly 1t Is unlike
anything the: we have had in its beauty and
Spirit"
That the japanese are unusually interested
a. the present time in the sociological and eco
nomic coDdition of America and Americans is
demonstrated by recent large order from
Toxic for Leroy Beaulieu's book, "The United
States in the Twentieth Century" for the
higher government officials and for use as a
text book in Japanese educational institutions.
In the four-volume edition of Fynes Mory-
sons Travels important addition has
been mad to the great series of Elizabethan
travel works inaUgurated by the Messrs Mac
Lehose. In Glasgow, and published in this
country y the Macmillan company. The pres-
ent work. covering roughly the last decade OF
the sixteenth century. has never before been
reprinted since its original publication in 1917
The complete titi. is follows: IAN Tim
erary written by Fynes Moryson, Gent Con-
tanning his Ten Yeeres Travell through the
Twelve Dominions of Germany BohmerIand
Switzerland, Netherland, Denmark, Poland
italy, Turkey, France, England. Scotland, and
Ireland The books uniform with the
well known MacLehose editions of Hakluyt
Purcias and Cofyat.
The Engls.. copyright on Lewis Carrolrs
Alice in Wonderland expires this MONTH
and it is said that British booksellers are
threatened with q flood of cheap editions of
the book A warning has been issued how
ever, by Carroil's publishers, the Macmillans
that the copyright of Sir John Tenniels illus
trations still has a number of years to run, so
that the real alice illustrations and all
can still be issued only by the authorized
publishers.
In the current Cosmopolitan Ambrose Berce
notes in sarcastic accents 1T Is alarming to
observe NJ announcements for the Immediate
future Of books by Rudyard Kpling Conan
Doyle, Mrs Humphry Ward Katherine Cecil
Thurston and Marie Coreli." Mr.. Bierce may
take comfort; it isn't quite so bad as that
Mr. kiplng is a. present in Canada gathering
material for new book; the recent literary
outpourings of Conan Doyle in London paper
have just been collected in book form; the
first installment of new serial by Mrs
Humphry Ward said to surpass even Lady
Roses Daughter in interest appears in the
November Harper's does also a new novel
by Katherine Cecil Thurston In Blackwood's
Magazine. That leaves just one rift in the
lutte of Mr.. Bierces plaint-and who knows
how soon the piping of the Corelan may be
heard in the land?
Among the most amusing chapters of Anne
Warmers third Susan Clegg book. Susan
Clegg and Man in the House, is the one
relating the inimitable Susan's experience at
the club womens Biennial" Susan was mis-
taken for a celebrity of the name, given a
room and bath at a hotel although when the
real celebrity appeared the scene Susan
unexpectedly returned home the noon train
and neishbor, Mrs. Lathrop, to whom she
related all of her experiences. The creator OF
susan Clegg Whose real name is Anne Warner
French, was herself delegate at the great
biennial convention of womens clubs which
met at the authors home, St. Paul. Mimi, and
brought the greeting from the Lyceum club
of London, Paris and Berlin, which she repre-
sented. She is said to have been the only
woman speaker who stopped talking when her
allotted two minutes had expired.
lie fact thai 'The Squaw Man" has just
been put into edition by the Harpers
may be looked upon kind of testimony
to rather unusual literary process. THE
squaw Man was book that reversed custom
in the making. Instead of the play, which
William Faversham has made famous being
made from the novel, this novel was made
from the play The adaptation, 1t will be
(Jule opp, with the consent of the play
wright, Edwin Milton Royle. At the time
there was some question as to whether the
novel might not be handicapped by the Ilay as
rorerunner Appai emily, however, the theme
itself is what determines the appeal of a
book.
Numerous signs point to a growing interest
Nietzsche, the German philosopher who died
less than :. decaGe ago in asylum Mad or
not, Nietzsche has undoubtedly been read more
in Europe in the last ten years than any other
philosopher In England and America, al
though he has been much discussed, his actual
work is less known, for the very good reason
that only & portion of it has been translated.
II is good news. therefore, that the complete
published the first volumes. Is progressing, and
that a new volume, Beyond Good and Evil"
has just been ADDED. The translator is Miss
Helen Zimmern The volumes already pub
Genealogy of Morals" THE Dawn of Day."
and 1.-The Case OF Wagner"