The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

this new Crawford book is The Little
City Of Hope"
Hereafter Mcclure. Phillips & Co. will
be known as the Mcclure Company. the
policy Of the new company remaining
practically unchanged. S. 5. Mcclure is
stin president Of the book publishing in
terests Of the arm, and with him will be
associated J. ". Corrigan, vice president
and general manager; Harold Roberts,
treasurer. and o. W Brady. secretary.
AS before, also. the magazine interests
Will be in the control OF the S. 5. Nc
Clure Company. The Mcclure Company Z
fall list viii include works by c. n. and
\. L. Williamson, Anthony Hope. Myra
Kelly. Stewart Edward White, Mary Stew
art Cutting. George Madden Martin, O,
Henry, and Ellis Parker Butler
THE Letters Of Queen Victoria" edited
by A. c. Benson and the Yiseount Esher.
ana published by the authority Of the
King. VIII be brought out this month.
They win be published in three volumes,
and will cover the Queens correspondence
from childhood 10 the end of the prince
consort's life
A new Idea ia American bookmaking is
inaugurated with Booth Tarkington's
/ His own People" The double lining
papers have been decorated with a view
OF the grand canal in Venice. where the
story opens. and the famous view from
the Pincian HilI in Rome IS shown in
colors at the end OF the story Laurence
Mazzanovich. the Russian artist and per-
sonal friend of Mr.. Harrington. has in
terpreted the characters in the story. and
the lining papers are the work OF Mr.. st.
John Harper, the illustrator of Keats
Endymion.
The new novel by A. Z. " Mason, the
author Of -Four Feathers" Is 10 be
called "The Broken Road" II viii be
published some time in October. The In
fiuence OF the road on the lives of the
two men who are the central figures "
the book gives a curious character to thv
story and an interest of a most unccn-
ventional kind. The scene Is laid in Eng
land at first and then in India. and the
story is full of that dramatic interest.
that tense and Tepressed vigoT of style
OF which Mr.. Mason showed the begin
nings in his earlier books The increased
power and scope Of this new story, the
more forcible delineation of the eharac-
teTs, and the extraordinary way In which
he manages to Interest the reader almost
equaliy Ia all the personages OF the
story. show a marked development of his
great talent.
Henry van Dykes new book. Days
on" viii be published early in October.
The full title IS Days on and Other Di-
gressions," and 1t contains the accounts
Of number OF days in the open air
spent in fishing, hunting. and wandering,
as well as couple OF short stories. The
book is dedicated as follows:
To my Friend and Nesahor Grover Cleveland.
whose years Of great work a statesman have
been checred By days of good play 3 fisherman
this book Is dedicated With warm arS deep Te-
CARDS.
The Illustrations are particularly good.
and are reproduced In full colors. The
book is on the same lines as Fisher
mans Luck and Little Rivers which
have become classics Of their kind. on
the title page is a quotation from Emer-
son.
] do not count the hours I spend
In wandering hy the SEA
The forest il my l1ed friend.
Like God il useth me:
0T on the montaiH-cTest sublime,
Or down the oaken glade.
what have ] 70 DO with Time
For This the day made.