The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

! chapters in his book socialists at
/ Work. the different characteristics pre-
/ sented by socialism as it appears in Ger
many, Italy, France, England. and Bel
gium- Other chapters deal with the pro-
gramme of socialism, socialism and So
cial reform. socialism in the parliaments.
in art, and in literature Descriptions Of
certain recent historic events are also
given together with pen pictures and es-
Inmates OF the leaders Of the movement
In the Century for next month a long
delayed contribution to the literature Of
lreminiscence will appear under the title
Memoirs Of General Grants Last Days"
by George F. Brady, who, at the time
this series OF forthcoming articles was
written. was the last survivor of Gen.
Grants surgeons The authors recent
death naturally adds to the interest Of
these "reminiscences, which give an ex-
ceedingly intimate and in many ways
characteristic picture of the man about
whom they are written
Eight essays by Prof Hugo Munster
berg. which have appeared during the
past two years in various magazines, will
be published this month by the Mcclure
Company in book form under the title
"On the Witness Stand" Other books
for the month are THE Sword Decides"
a novel OF Southern Italy, by Marjorie
Bowen: THE Under Groove" a story Of
adventure, by Arthur Stringer: by Wild
Waves Tossed" a novel of the sea, by
Capt. Jack Brand, L. S. N: "Yolanda OF
Cyprus" a poetic drama Of the sixteenth
century in FIVE acts, by Gale Young Rice,
which will be played next season by Don
aid Robertson.
A new novel by Mary Austin will be
among the fiction of early spring. The
story. to be entitled santa Lucia" is Of
California, with the interesting difference
that it is the newer suburban California
in the vicinity of San Francisco, and not
the city proper which supplied "Ances-
tors" to Gertrude Atherton. or which Of
fered the early campfire coloring to Bret
Harte.
Mr.. William Dean Howells has been so
journing at Rome in house in the Vic
veneto. just below Queen Margherlta's s
palace. Recently he left for Genoa, bound
thence for Gibraltar and Algeciras, and
writing en- route several descriptive arti-
cles which have been appearing in New
York newspaper. The previous visit of
Mr.. Howells TO Rome was made forty
four years ago. II is expected that one
result OF the present visit will be a
novel which will have its setting in mod
ern Rome.
A
Mr.. Rockefeller while in Augusta. Ca, TO
the effect that he was getting to be an
old man now" but was proud and glad
to say that he had never touched whisky
in his life. A writer In the current Har-
per's Weekly retorts: so far, so good;
but If it is true, as alleged, that Mr..
Rockefeller acquired in middle life the
habit of eating sinkers from railroad
lunch counters, and that the digestive
collapse which troubled him so much
from five 10 ten years since was due 10
that reckless practice, he has not much
TO be proud of in the way of dietetic dis
cretion. More rum and fewer doughnuts
might have left him better man. though
he is pretty we'll again now"
Mr.. William Roscoe Thayer has added
thirteenth paper, "Giordano Bruno's
Expulsion of the Beast Triumphant, "
to the original twelve essays forming his
'ItalIca," which is TO come out this
month.
The library board of the United States
navy recently ordered eight copies of
''The South Americans" by DR.. Albert
Hale, thus placing its stamp of approval
on book which has been generally rec
ognized as the only book Of exact, ample, |