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into five monographs hs-"The Magic Art and
the Evolution Of Kings" The Pink OF the
Soul and the Doctrine Of Taboo -The
Dying Cod" "AdOnis. Attis, Osiris and
Bladder the Beautiful Of these mono
graphs the fourth has boen published. the
first two will he issued in the course OF the
new year and the remaining two by the end
OF 1909
A two volume work on Modern Egypt
by the Earl Of Cromer is now in press and
will appear early in the new year. The
authors interesting personality. his long
official connection with Egypt as Consul
General and the authority with which he
will speak on all matters Egy yptian will give
special value to the book
Miss Alvide Prydx. the author Of "Tho
Heart OF the Northern Sea- which has
been translated from the nth Norwegian
edition into English. has becn called by
10th Ibsen and Bjornson the greatest woman
writer in her country. She belongs TO an
old East German noble family and was
born on her fathers estate in the south
OF Norway In 1873. Pecuniary losses made
her family give up their estates and move
to Christiania. Miss Prydz has three times
received public grants Of money, which
have enabled her to travel in Germany.
Austria, France and Italy. Much OF her
work has been done at Palermo and on
the Riviera. where she enjoys living.
The anonymous author Of Father and
Son" says in his preface: -At tho present
hour. when fiction takes forms 10 ingenious
and so speoious. IL is perhaps necessary
10 say that tho following narrative In all
its parts, and so far as tho punotilious at
tention OF the writer has been able to keep
it 80, is sorupulously true. II IL were not
true in this strict sense. to publish IL would
be TO trifiO with all those who may bs In
duOsd 20 read is. II In offered 90 them a. q
document. a. a record Of educational and
religious conditions which. having passed
away. viii never return
f. Marion Crawford Ia one Of tho most
industrious as well as prolific OF modern
writer's. There are always serials spinning
themselves out in magazines over his sigma
ture. new novels appearing and yst other
new novels being announced al in process
Of writing. Meanwhile the great history
which he is preparing based on old documents
hidden for years in a private library In
Rome is engaging his serious thought and
work. A writer in Lily tells how an ingenu-
Ous person on an ocean liner. noting Mr..
Crawford's industry even AZ sea. asked
him why he worked so hard. "To make q
living" answered Mr.. Crawford blithely--
q simple and comprehensive explanation
that had not occurred to his questioner.
In all the years since MIR. isaacs made him
famous the author OF Ave Roma has
written all the round-in Sorrento, on his
travels. during his visits to New York.
wherever he happens to be He Uses a
pen, rarely dictates anything. and thO"gh
he makes many corrections he seldom
changes a plan.
A new book to be published soon is called
THE Genesis OF Hsmlet." by Prof. Charlton
Minor Lewis of Yale. who attempts TO solve
the Hamlet problem by discriminating "be-
tween Shakespeare's original contributions
tO the story and the legendary materials
that no Inherited Prof. Lewis's little
volume will also present among other
topics Theories Of COleridge and Werder,"
The First Qusrto. ""kyd" and "Belleforest 20
"The German Hamlet" and "Ophelia
The book trade hiss not - far ~orio,,S,v
felt the influence os the financial 81 ringepoy,
according 10 the CUhtS.Prs' Wpch!l. The
great advantage Of the book trade = tlJ.
books are on the bOr1erline between lUSII-
ries and necessities. and while many psopiC
" no would have bought more books par
ticularly Of the rare end expensive kinds,
will not do so this year. the loss will be
more than made up by tho purchasers
Of the many who will of necessity turn
from the costly gifts of jewels to less eN-
pensive reme,nbrancss in the form u
books.
In a new book entitled "Quintus HOratius
Flaccus. the Roman Poet. Presented 10
Modern Readers the editors, Charles
! b.. and John Cotton Dana, will present the
81 ory and certain OF the writings of Horace.
with notes on his habits. his friends, his
homes and his more familiar gods and
gpddesses. II will be illustrated with
maps Of ancient Italy and Rome. pictures
NJ HoTace's native town. Venusium. and
portraits of Horace and his lends.
II is interesting to compare the six best
selling books Of the months AS published by
he BOokmGn with the popular favorites
Df the middle Of the century. ~The Wea-
vers." THE shuttle" ~The Daughter Of
Anderson Grow. "The Younger Set, '"Satan
and THE Lady Of the Decora-
ion" are the books which have widest circu-
alton to-day. In 1864 Mary j. Holmes
wrote her first book. Tempest and Sun
shine and since then until her recent death
The wrote a novel a year, their net circula-
ion being reported as more than 1000. 900
,opies. Miss Susan Warner wrote "The
Wide Vide World in 1851. a book which |
n it's day was translated into French.
German and Swedish, and is said to have |
been the most widely circulated American
book next 20 -Uncle Toms Cabin IN 1854 |
The Lamplighter' was the most talked OF !
novel in the United States and more than
loo 900 copies OF il we're sold. Good old
fashioned tales these in which virtue was re- |
Varded and vice was punished and vigorous |
was enforced even at the cost OF |
good deal Of manslau ghteT to protect con-
'ention and provide the required happy |
ending.
"The Life and Works of Vittorio Car |
1accio" by POmpeO Molmerti and the |
ate Gustav Ludwig. translated by r. H.H. |
lust, has just appeared. To English readers |
his work has hitherto been a sealed book, |
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