The Washington herald., 1908-03-29


that should be read widely. CNew York:
Charles Scribner's Sons)
-'The Footprint and Other Storiea.'
The stories that make up Gouverneur
Morris new book. The Footprint, and
Other Stories which has Just been pun
lished. are as remarkable for their va
riety Of plot and character as for the in
terest and humor with which they are
/ told The Footprint itself is a tale OF
Oriental magic and mysticism. described
with vig0r Of color and a sustained
sense Of mystery and horror that makes
lasting impression. Then there is q
story OF love on ranch. another OF some
Russians in New York, another of an
English stowaway full Of a dry wit OF
dialogue and ingenuity Of plot that pro-
Voke the pleasantest Of chuckles. and still
another inimitable phantasy called "A
Carolina Nights Dream. about finding
which We feel as the hero did when he
found the ingredients for cocktail. "a
meeting that could only be attributed 10
the good fortune that had consistently
| followed him for eighty years" The
Little Heiress: or. The Hunted Look" a
/ story Of distinctly modern sentiment and
| The Crocodile" a tale that Is indeed
weird. are two OF the other stories in this
unusual and enlivening book New York:
Charles scribner's SOns9
Jedge waxem = Wabash Q. waxen,
member Of Congress from Wayback.
whom some thought had permanently re-
tired from business-has made his reap
pearance. he has been rediscOvered by
the man who first brought him to the at
tention Of the public. Mr.. W. J. Lamp
ton, the well-knOWn writer OF humorous
verse. Il Is made known. too. that the
/ G. w Dillingham; Company Of New
/ York. will shortly issue "Jedge Waxem's
PocketboOk." a book without which it
would hardly be possible 10 carry on
/ political campaign The pOcketbOOk con-
Jains some 800 honest and fearless politi-
/ cal maxims The binding Of the new
/ book viii be a novelty.
Svante Arrhenius. whose new treatise
/ on cosmology Is called Worlds in the
/ Making" is a Swedish scientist and direc-
! tor OF the Physico-Chemical Nobel Insti-
tute al Stockholm. His book has been
translated from the German by Or. H.
I Borns. and has just been published by
the Harpers in this country.
I
! He who remembers his Shakespeare will
probably not be puzzled by the name OF
William Dean Howens' newest novel.
"Fennel and Rue" so far as the rue is
concerned. But fennel has no such IA
niliar suggestion for most readers. al
though the mad Ophelia scatters 1t as
well as the herb OF darker meaning. Per
I haps the first part OF the odd title which
/ Mr. HoweHs has selected for his book
/ may be explained by passage in Long
] fellows The Goblet OF Life~-"Aad he
who battied and subdued. a wreath OF
fennel wore As q whole. IL Is perhaps
as ft a name as could be thought Of for
tale which depicts in the consciousness
Of its hero a young author. the mingliug
Of the sense Of triumph and the sense OF
I loss that is peculiarly possible 20 COM
plex. twenteth-century American
The Public Library gives out the follow
! ing record Of book popularity during the
past week In nonfction. Ibsen's Dolls
/ House ard "Hedda GabIer' and Thorp's
/ Industrial Chemistry" in fiction. fAther-
toms Ancestors and Glasgow's An
cient Law" In the juvenile department
( the call was for Langs Blue Fairy
Book and Alcott's Eight Cousins"
! Books on travel and on civil service ex-
1 amlnations were also in demand On The
latter subject II was Leupp's How 10
Prepare for Civil Service Examinations
{ and Pergande's Manual Of Examinations
for Government Positions Concerning
f. travel the call vas chiefly for Stoddsrd's
! lectures and Burton Holmes lectures
II is a little curious that Prof. Simon
Neweonab. whose article upon Prospects
CT Aerial Navigation in the current num-
Der OF the North American Review is
most conservative, should be the author
Of q romance which vividly describes the
invention Of the first airship. His Wis
dom. the Defender" IS in many respects
[ a remarkable novel, and while Prof New
comb has. Of course. attained eninence
Z chiefly as an astronomer. his experience
. in other than scientific writing has IN
/ dOubtedly helped him to make a book
Ike "Sidelights on Astronomy for which
the Harpers report a continued demand,
more humanity interesting than most
works Of its kind.
The Whole Family the remarkable
serial novel now appearing in Harper's
Bazar. IS conceded by the critics 10 be
\ the most striking feature in the maga-
zines this year The Whole Family" Is
written by twelve of Americas most IA
nous authors. whose names are given
here:
william Dean Bovells. MARY E Wilkins Freeman.
John Kendr1ck Bang. Mary R 5. Andrews, Mary
Stewart Cuttirg Alice Brown Henry raR DYKE.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Eiz7heth Jegdan. Edith
Watt. Mary Heaton VorSe and Henrv James
The novel is unique and wholly different
from. former composite novels in the fact
that each author writes his chapter IN
the first person and as the rlouthpiece Of
one member Of the family.
Two volumes Of poetry will be published
by G. p. Putnam's Sons during the next
month The first Of these to appear viii
be --Narcissus. and Other Poems" by
I Grace DEMO Litchfeld. consisting Of {.
narrative poem. from which the title 20
the volume is taken. and a collection OF
lyrics. The second 10 appear is by Mss
Gerda Dalliba. and is entitled An Earth
Poem. and Other Poems
A collection ef-the addresses Of Gov.
Hughes will be published this month by
II G p. Putnam's Sons The book begins
with an introduction written by President
Jacob Gould Schurman. OF Cornell Uni
versity. which is az once brief bio
i graphical sketch and an estimate OF Gov.
Hughes career as public man; and,
after this. il offers a generous number of
selected speeches. which are arranged in
three divisions. Under one head stand
addresses relative OF the speakers atti-
tude toward public Office and official duty.
under a second head come the addresses
concerned with the question OF the regu-