The Washington herald., 1912-10-20
LITERARY REVIEW OF. LATEST PUBLICAI ATOMS

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AQssasstppi. entitled "Econente Begin
.ninss Of the Ear wsst"-Maemiliaa
: Among Msax. Hsaiy Hot . Cos
forthcoming October books. Anne 0han-
noa Hoproe's Making . Business wom-
an holds prominent place. These
payers selicited much interest when they
appeared in the Saturday Evsning Post
~. Philadelphia, ibnt since then the
stthor has ,added considerable new ma
tsrial to satisfy the. .rSAders Legitimate
curiosity As to the details Of the prog
.ness and further fate! Of some Of the
enaraeter,. especially q the resourosful
.Bittner. II b said 20 be very truthful
and helpful picture Of a. woman's sue
cessful making Of her own way.
On Hsnrx Holt 4 Cas- Can list 10 Bur
ton Esbsst 'stevepson's Home Book of
Verse" which the publishers believe win
be the biggest collection Of English and
American authors ever brought together
In stngle yq,une. including some LOO
poems from sDme LOO writerh One Of
the many interesting features will bs the
arrangement in happy Juxtaposition Of
such poems ~ The Lady Poverty" BY
Jacob Fischer, followed by The Lady
Poverty" by Alice Neynen: "Opportun-
ty." by J. ]. Ingalls,. followed by the re-
ply written by Judge Walter Malone:
Tho Man With the ,Hoe.r by Edwin
Markham. followed by the reply by John
Vance Cheney; Resignation" by H. W.
the reply written. By Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Ward.
"a Mans worM.' /" says George Ham
lin Fitch. is a sood novel to read slowly
and with care. Tor II Is 30 packed with
knowledge Of human nature that in q
hasty reading one will miss much of this.
its most valuable feature Many great
questions are discussed here. but never
IN q didactic way. and always with
knowledge Of life that serves to convince
any skeptic."
Beethoven.s love affair with the Count
ess Giueciardi has been made the center
OF a novel which has already run into
several editions in Sweden. the land of
its origin. The book 10 called. after Bee
thoven's composition, Quasi. Una Fanta-
sia." and the author II Johan Nordling
English. French. Italian. Dutch and Rus
sian editions arc in preparation. Tho
book has Just appeared under the stur-
gis & Walton ca. imprint. Its success
is attributed % the passionate intensity
OF the love story. to the charm and
faithfulness of its pictures Of tho life
and times Of Beethoven. to its grace
and delicacy on its lighter sides. and in
general for its fine artistry.
A fine love story il Martin Redneld's
MY Love and To- While this nne old
adjective has acquired by . manner OF
using some suggestion Of q commercial
stamp. 1t il the single word which best
commends itself for the immediate pur-
pose Of description. We are applying It
to book which Is the product Of q
mind sensitive to literary values and
to the variations OF the human equation
Macmillan.
p George Cram Cook. whose novel The
Chasm'' Fred. A. Stokes Coz has been
pronounced tho best novel with q revo-
lutionary theme ever written, In the au-
thor Of. The Battle Hymn Of the Work
ers." which Is being sung at most Of the
Sochnst mass-msetings during tho pres
ent campaign. Emil .seidel declares II
better than tho "Marseillais,-
The American type Of beautiful woman.
adjoining book-wrappers. covers OF the
best magazines. and famous posters, has
been standardized by Just five artists
Clarence Underwood, Charles Dana Glib
son. Henry HUT, Harrison Fisher. and
Howard Chandler Christy. To his Ameri-
can prettiness, Underwood Is fond OF
adding certain dash by using the motor
car. the aeroplane. the football game.
Two years ago. the Stokes Company is
sued a volume OF his collected pictures.
with accompanying verses by various
poets. called Girls OF To-day" The vol
ume proved 30 popular that this fall they
are issuing another called American
Types" a collection OF sixteen full-page
Underwood pictures in color. and forty
six in black and-white.
ben Greet Shakespeare for Young
Readers and Amateur Players (S cents
net. cloth: 90 cents net, leather). Illus
trated and decorated by Frances Rogers.
These two books are uniform with the
others of this edition which have been
brought out in the last year by Double
day. Page & Co.
The name Of O. Henry, whose last col
lection of work will appear from the
press Of Doubleday. Page & Co. this
fall under the title of Rolling Stones"
is probably one Of the most mentioned
names in American literature to-day. but
there is another and perhaps as signifi-
cant a fact about o. Henry which does
not accompany the mention of his name.
This fact is humorously set forth by Ir-
win s. Cobb. in q recent Issue OF the
Saturday Evening Post. entitled 'Iitera-
ture.
A new edition Of President A. Law
renee Lowelis, THE Government OF
England" Is published this week by the
Macmillan Co. By the addition Of a
new chapter on the House of Lords.
President Lowell has brought what Is
come to be regarded as the most complete
and authoritative comment on English
customs and institutions up to date In
the moro important particulars.
The Macmillan Standard Library"
that series Of 5o-cent editions Of well
known books. SO successfully inaugural
ed last spring. has been enriched by
number OF notable volumes this fall.
These include Hamilton Mabie's Shake
epeare. Poet. Dramatist, and Man."
Francis G. Peabody's The Approach to