The Washington herald., 1907-11-03
THE WORLD OF BOOKS
LITERARY GLEANINCS AND GOSSIP

torical novel This met with a good re-
ception from the critics and thu public.
and from that time onward had no fur
Their difficulty in disposing Of my manu-
scripts
Two books which are scheduled for
early publication in November by the
Fleming II. Revell Company are Jesse
ben David" the story Of the Shepherd OF
Bethlehem and the Three Wise Men. by
James NJ. Ludlow; China in Legend and
! Story" consisting of seventeen stories.
! true 20 legend or fact ten Of them studies
/ Of the Chinese people as heathens. and
/ seven Of them as they are when they be-
/ come Christians. by c, Campbell Brown.
/ By the middle Of the month there will be
/ published The Continent of OppOrtu-
nifty being a prOfusely illustrated work
/ on South America, by Francis +. Clark.
/ Among the November announcements
of the Mcclure Company are cupid, the
/ Cow-Punch." novel by Eleanor Gates.
author OF The Pow Woman" Wards
of Liberty" new collection OF short
! stories, by Myra Kelly; Magic Case
ments, a companion volume to THE
Fairy Ring, published last year. edited
/ by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archi-
! bald Smith; The Confession OF Harry
Orchard" edited by George Kibbe Tur-
ner; THE White House, the story Of
the most famous residence in the United
States. by Esther Singleton; "Remco's
Manual Of Apartment House Service" a
digest of information on the management
and care of apartment houses.
Mr. w. Clark Russell has found in a
| London secondhand bookshop a letter
written by \. ?. Willis 70 Capt Marryat,
from which it appears that "a duel be-
tween the American writer and the Eng
lsh novelist was at one time imminent.
Willis was on visit to England when
Capt Marryat wrote for the MetropOH-
tan an article 10 the personal illusions
contained in which Willis vigorously ex-
cepted The chief offense lay in the fol-
lowing sentence.
Although We are well acquainted with the birth.
pGrentage and history q Mr. Willis previous Co
his continental tour, We viii pass them over Ia si-
leucei and think NJ. Willis viii acknowledge
that we are generous IN so doing
MY own honor and that OF my family
are sacred" exclaims Mr.. Willis. "and
while l live no breath of calumny shall
rest on either" lie trusts 10 receive that
explanation impeTatlvely demanded. He
regrets 10 represent by letter the claims
for satisfaction which he would have
intrusted TO friend had Capt Marryat
been in England Apparently the affair
ended without blo0dshed.
z. P Dutton & Co. have Just published
in The MUSES. Library "The Poetical
Works of Thomas Campion. edited, with
Introduction and notes, by Percival
Vivian; in the New Universal Library"
A Summer in Skye" by Alexander
Smith ana .The Life OF Cardinal VOL
sey, 10y. George Cavendish. his gentleman
usher.
What does the man in the street who
reads books at all really like TO read?"
asks a reader IN the London Daily Mail
At his most intelligent we believe he
does both buy and read the MANY vol
umes OF classical reprints which are be-
ing issued in such numbers at prices 10
suit his pocket Otherwise it would not
pay the publishers TO produce them.
What he or his feminine counterpart
reads In the way Of fiction, not perhaps
altogether at his brightest. is indicated
by the returns made by a librarian who
tabulated the first 800 volumes issued by
him on certain day last month. The
authors whose books were asked for
We're the following in order Of numbers:
Rider Haggard, Marie CoTelli. Conan
Doyle, G. A. Henty, Joseph Hooking
Charles Garvice, Rosa Nouchette Carey
Fergus Hume Miss Braddon, Nat Gould
+. Phillips Oppenheim. W lie Queux,
Silas Hooking. Mrs Hungerford. Adeline
Sergeant, Edna Lyall, Mrs. L. T. Meade
Florence Warden, Mrs. Alexander. Guy
Boothbv Max Pemberton. Rita. John
Strange Winter Curtis Yorke II is as
surprising a list as any Of its kind we
have seen. II does not contain the name
Of a single novelist undeniably Of the
first rank, either living or dead Il is a
pleasant surprise to find Mr.. Rider Hag-
gard heading such an assembly. and Sir
a. Conan Doyle not far from him. But
what are we 70 think Of Mr.. Rudyard
Kipling's total exclusion, even when we
have resigned ourselves 20 that Of all the
great English novelists Of the past and
OF Mr.. George Meredith and Mr.. Thomas
Hardy Of the present. Rudyard KlpllnE
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chosen-seven times-and the other is
left Il is amazing, And what has be
come of Mr.. Hall Game?
Next week D. Appleton & Co. will pub
lish When Men Grew Tall, the story
of Andrew jackson told in the form of
a autobiography, with numerous Illus
trauOns, by Alfred Henry Lewis. On the
Goth Of next month 'Ewing's Lady" a
novel Of New York and Western life by
Harry Leon Wilson, author of THE
Spenders" and The Lions Of the Lord,
viii be. published.
The publishing business founded by the
late George Allen for the purpose OF
bringing Ruskin's works before the Brit
iSh public many years ago, will be con
tlnued under the direction of his two
elder sons, who We're for the past twenty
five years closely associated with him.
The firm name will be changed to George
Allen & Sons.
The Macmillan Company publish this
week the following new books; My Mer-
~ Rockhurst," by Agnes and Egerton
Castle; THE Convert" by Elizabeth
Robins; "The Rate Of Interest" 10y Irv-
ing Fisher, Phi D.; THE Dancing Mouse.
by DR.. Robert NJ. Yerkes; New Theology
Sermons" by Rev. R. J. Campbell: THE
Lakes of Northern Italy" by Richard
Bagot; The Man-Eaters Of Tsavo, and
other East African Adventures" by Col
J. II. Patterson; Celebrated Crimes"
Vol /, by Alexandra Dumas; THE Let
teTs Of Dean Hole "Vagino- PeritoneaI
Operations" by r. Wertheim and The
Micholitsch." translated by Cuthbert
Lockyer, VI. =.
A writer IN the current Harper's Week
" disclOses an interesting anecdote of