The Washington herald., 1907-07-14
BY HECTOR FULLER.

tense and Her Friends" by I. A Taylor.
Queen Hortense. who was the daughter
of the Empress Josephine. and the step
daughter of Napoleon I, married Louis
Bonaparte, who was for a while King
Of Holland. She was the mother of
Napoleon III, and also of the Due de
Morny. The story Of her career makes
/ exceedingly interesting reading. The book
/ Is deliberately illustrated with twenty-f0ur
! full-page portraits and two photOgravure
portraits and is published in two vol
umes.
The Macmillan Company announces the
following from among its fan publications:
Merry Rockhurst," a novel that will be
in the style of THE Pride of Jennico.
by Mr. and Mrs. Egerton Castle. THE
Crucible," a novel which sets forth a sit
uation without a parallel. by Mark Lee
/ Luther. author of THE Henchman." RED
Coat Captain by Alfred Onivant, author
Of Bob, Son of Battle"
aAAAANA41L L. 4feAAAr HAAO - INV All AASl 0Ef
enty-seventh year, is bringing out he1
ffty-fourth novel, THE Heart of Jessie
Laurie" Dodd. Mead & c.. her present
publishers. have brought out thiTty-eight
Of her romances.
Eleanor Gates is home from an extended
tour through Italy, where she has writer
Cupid. the Cowpuncher," a humorous
novel, dealing with the Western Ife Of
the United States. Miss Gates recently
/ became the wife of Richard Watson Tully
the co-author with David Belasco OF
THE Rose Of the Rancho"
There has been erected recently, by
the Newdigate family. a monument tC
/ George Eliot at Arbury. Mary Ann Evans
who became famous under the pseudonyu
Of George Eliot. was born at the Soutl
Farm. Arbury, Warwickshire. Rober
Evans. George Eliot's father, was estat,
agent and bailin at Arbury, or Chevere
/ Manor, as the novelists call it. L.adl
Newdigate's letters have been publlshe,
in q volume called 1.-THE Chevereis o.
/ Cheverel Manor" and in these she say.
that written keys 20 all George Elioti
earlier books were passed round in tn
neighborhcOd Of ATbuTy, giving the rea
names Of places and people side by sid
with the authors slightly disguised no
menclature," The Lady Cheverel Of ''AIr
Gilfl's Love Story is said 10 be tn
second wife of Sir Roger Newdigate, a
he is the Sir Christopher Cheverel o
the same narrative.
New volumes In the Thumb-nail serie.
TO be published by the Century Company
this fall VIII be Longfellow's Tales of
Wayside Inn" Dickens Seven Poo
Travellers" and The Holly Tree" an,
Stevenson's Travel with a Donkey" Tn,
designs for the stamped leather cover.
viii be, as before, the work Of Mrs
Blanche McManus Mansfield. The sam.
house also announces for fan publication
/ Frances Hodgson BuTnetts fairy story
/ THE Coy Lion" a new story of schoO
life, Tom Dick and Harriet" by RALPH
/ Henry Barbour; Captain June" By Allie
Hogan Rice, and "Abbie Ann" by th
author Of the Emmy Lou stories
George Madden Martin. and a book O
play pictures and rhymes. Father an,
Baby" by Emile Poulsson.
Having secured from Small, Maynard (
Co. the copyrights to Richard Hovey'
books published by that house, Dufield 4
Co, Of New York, will issue with thei
own imprint at an early date Along tn
! Trail" The Birth of Galahad." 9Th
Marriage Of Guenevere,'' THE Quest O
Merlin" and "Taliesin" In addition L
| these dramas they will bring out shortl
THE Holy Grail and Other Fragments.
with an Introduction and notes by Mrs
Hovey and a preface by Bliss Carman.
Clement Shorter pronounces Gusta-
4 Frenssen,> the author Of "John Uhl." tn
most popular author in Germany. Mex
III popularity to Frenssen is Clara COIN
Viebig, the writer Of several works, in
Guiding Die Wacht am Rhein," whom
; the English critic calls the Marie CoreU
Of Germany. Max Eyth, whose "Sketche
from the Pocketbook Of an Engineer
has gone into ten editions, Is a grea
favOrite, while die Wiskottens." by Ru
dolph Herzog, Is IN its twenty-ffth ed
ton. Frenssen's new novel for this sea
son is called in translation THE Tbre
Comrades, and is a love story which
unlike his previous works. does not ad
vance anything new or radical on re
Il ligious or social questions.
Followers Of Dickens in England are or
ganizing an exhibition in celebration o
the SEVENTEEN anniversary Of the publlca
ton Of 'PIckwick'' At the exhibitio,
. many old editions Of the book viii be dis
played and pilgrimages will be made {
Sudbury, Ipswich. and other places iden
tilted with Dickens works.
, Having completed bis latest novel, "Car
Eiola." Theodore Watts-Dunton is busll
engaged in its revision and in a careful
correction Of the proofsheets. It IS de
scribed 10 the title as "a Story q
Karma," and its scene is laid partly Il
England, partly in Venice, and partly i
Hungary. Like its authors "Aylwin," I
is long, extended, and discursive nara
tive.
. There are few writers who shun public
, ity more than the Countess Won Arnheirs
author of Elizabeth and Her Germa,
Garden" The countess has lately with
drawn her name from all announcement
} and publications Of her books. and ha
refused her photograph to all the news
: papers and magazines. She is an English
woman, married TO a German count. an
lives on the enormous patronymic estate
Of the latter. She has a family OF thre
= children.
In the literary department Of the Mort
American Review for July 5. Margare
Potter's THE Princess" is reviewed b
Frederic Taber Cooper; Wright's Life c
Walter PateT" by Thomas Walsh. an
Viereck's ''Ninevah. and Other Poems b
! Clayton Hamilton