The Washington times., 1910-02-26
New Selection Made of
Great Short Story
Writers.
General Gossip and Com
ment Cleaned From
Publishers.

Tree Inn" and from DR.. john Brown
his never-to-be-forgotten Rao ana l,.laLs Iils
Friends" catholic selection covers
recent short-stOry writers-among them
Stevenson. Bret Harte, Frank X STOCK
ton. Thomas Hardy, Henry James,
Marx T.vain, Gilbert Parker. Conan
Dovle Ia5 a Sherlock Holmes story.
The Adventure Of the Speckled Band.
The selection from Kipling is The Man
who W ould Be King Finally. there Is
even a story by that most modern OF
sboTt-Storv writer's O. Henry, THE
Hiding Of Black Bill" Historical REFER
ence Is well served by such an assembly,
and good reading Is assured,
The author covers a wide range OF
fancy I'm the volume Just issued under
his name The work Of Lucretius.
AIarlOwe, Camoens, Cervantes as we'll
as more modern and popular versiner5
Is carefully dissected and explained.
The human side of the poet, the man
part of him. Is LWelt upon at length
as we'll as the psychological reasons for
his work The subtle beauties eX-
pressed IN the songs these famous old
singers have caught from their tancy
and handed down for future genera
tions are carefully explained. Yet the
hook IS not in the least stilted or aCa-
dernic It Is well prepared and very sat
isfying TO those who care for such read
ing II is instructive 20 those who had
not given the subject much thought
C'ThC Inspiration Of Poetry By
George Edward WOodberry. The Mac
milan Company. New York, publishers)
Frederick Logan Parsons The Last
American Frontier" is the latest add
ton 70 the series Of Macmillan books
which goes under the title OF Stories
from American History" Another vol
ume of the same series which is 70 ap-
pear next mCItn is John r Spears
The StoTy OF the American Merchant
Marine"
Today mas been fixed as the time for
the issue OF the first OF the HOughton
Miffiu spring fiction when The Dukes
Price, an international romance by
Dimetra and Kenneth Brown. is 10 be
issued from the press A O. Learned
has illustrated the book. Today also
Clara Louise Burnham's "Flutteriy,'
fairy story FOR children. viii be sent
out.
George cary FgrIeston. while engaged
In reading tAe proof sheets Of his His
tory Of the Confederate Var lSturEls
& Walton Com pany). was overtaken by
an Hines n iCh has temporarily set
back the WORK of bringing this book 70
It's fiIaI completion. II Is understood,
however. that the book viii make its
appearance ly lhe middle Of March.
Prof A l. F-othiuEham. author OF
Monuments q Christian Rome" who
has the chair Of ancient history and
archaeology at Princeton University, has
Just read the last Of the proof sheets
Of his Roman Cities Of italy and Bal-
malta and that book will appear early
in March under the StUrEis & Walton
Company imprint
II IS somewhat OF a surprise 10 learn
that IN autocratic Russia women have
more rights than in many democrats
countries John ", Foster IN his DIP
lomatIc Memories (Houghton, Miffiin
Company points out that more than
100 years ago the Empress Elizabeth
conferred upou women absolute equality
Of cIvil rights with men
Readers OF Spanish In this country
have had but little opportunity 10 be-
Selgas. the poet and novelist. whose
writings cover q wide range. To
bring this neglected author to the at
tentfou Of American students, Herbert
s. Kenyon, instructor In the Uni-
versity OF Michigan. has prepared a
voCa bUlary edition OF IA MaripoBa
Blanca" one OF SelEas' short novels,
The edition IS the second IN the new
series Of Spanish texts announced for
publication by Henry Holt & Co. un-
der the general editOrship OF Prof 7.
r. y. Ford. Of Harvard University.
Il VIII appear about the end Of the
month.
winston Churchill will remain
abroad until Spring, going up the Nile.
and visiting IN France and England
on the way back. His new novel VIII
be called ~The Modern Chronicle"
II rs said that A r W. Mason. au-
thor OF -Four Feathers" Running
Waters" etO>. finds IL imposes bic 20
continue his literary work and keep
up his interest in parliamentary af-
fairs at the same time. Consequently
he will not offer himself for re-elec-
tion.
Houghton, Mifflin Co. present the fol-
lowing list little Brother o Dreams"
a tender, poeticaI story by Mrs Elaine
GoodaIe Eastman; John Forsyth's
Aunts,' by Miss Eliza OTne White: THE
Earliest Sources for the Life OF Jesus"
by Prof. Francis Q. Burkitt. Of Cam
bridge, Englani: Paul and PaUlinism," ="
by DR.. James N5Offatt; Church and La
bOr." by Charles SteIzle. The Prin-
Ciples Of Education by Prof. William
G. RuedigeT. Of George Washington Uni
versity. The First Book Of Stories for
the Story Teller" by Miss Fanny L.
COe. ana school editions Of Little Folk
Lyrics, by Frank Dempster Sherman;
"OId Ballads in Prose" by Miss Eva
March Tappan. a translation OF the