The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

The title of the new book is "A Stumbling
Block
e. Phillips Dependents new novel, "a
Lost Leader to be published by Little,
Brown & Co, August "a, has for its hero
a striking character who has elected to
stand aloof from the conflict of the pollti-
cal world. Mr.. Oppenheim has written a
realistic romance of modern life.
David Homer Bates's memories OF Lin
coin in the Tele graph Ofhce''-Mr. Bates
was manager of the War Department Tele-
grsph Office and Cipher-operator 1861 -1S6O
will be issued in book form this fall by
The Century Company.
One of the most interesting announce
ments in this season of publishers an
nouncements is the news that the Macmil-
Ian Company will publish in the fall the
first English translation Of the Memoirs
of Alexandra Dumas. This fascinating
work, which is well known In the French
original, gives a picture of the great ro-
mancer which is no less entertaining than
his own marvellous tales. 1t is full of
anecdotes OF Dumas and his contem-
poraries, and in this respect is a treasure
house of literary history during the period
of Dumas life.
The love affairs of literary men seem
to have an unfailing hold upon the general
sympathy, and a stronger hold, it might
be said. than the sentimental experiences
of any other class Of people. In a book
called THE Love Affairs of Literary
Men," which will be IN early fall pub
lication-Miss Myrtle Reed has briefly re.
told the stories Of the loves of a grour
of writer's who are assured, all of them
of immortal places in English literature
1.-THE time Qau npyqr come whan anvthino
that throws light upon their lives, char.
acters and work can be a matter of indif
ference to the world. Here we may read
Of the mysterious, double love affair Of
Swift with Stella and Vanessa, Of Pope
almost grotesque attempts at the role o.
lover. of DIR. Johnson's ponderous affec.
tons, of Sterne's sentimental ~philander
ings and of Cowper's relations with tn,
fair sex. We are told, too. of the love,
of Keats and Shelley. a story in the for
mer case distressingly painful. in the lat
ter a tale in which the tragic and thu
joyous are woven In a mingled web. Here
too, we meet Edgar Allan Poe as a lover
and we read OF Carlyle's wooing, and pc
ruse the unpleasant, but not uninteresting
chronicle of his married life which resulted
so unhappily for Mrs. Carlyle.
The Macmillan Company announces new
fiction for the fall by Agnes and Egertor
Castle. Marion Crawford. iona Gale. Jacl
London. Mark Lee Luther. Samuel Mer
win and H. x. Webster. Alfred Ollivan
and Mabel Osgood Wright. Mr.. Crawford.
new book. "Arethusa." is a story Of thu
East. Jack London's contribution will b,
a volume OF short stories with the Lon
donesuue title Love Of Life" The new
story by Alfred Ollivant. with the cd,
title. Ped Captain" is somethins
Of a mystery, and 1t Is difficult to predic
lust what an author may do who ha
already produced such very different book
as Bob Son Of Battle and Danny
The Merwin-W Webster book is, as Nigh
be expected from the authors of "Calu
met K" an up-to-date American story
Outside Of fiction, the same company
list for the fall will be large. For younI
readers there will be. for instance.
Life Of Theodore Roosevelt" by JAIME
Morgan. which should find a large mum
Der of readers as the next Presidents
campaign draws near.