The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
Literary Notes

An interesting holiday edition Of III,
week Of November Z is Jack London'i
The Call Of the wild" (Macmillan)
This immortal story. proclaimed by man,
to be Mr.. London's finest piece Of work
has been issued in attractive form here
tofore. but never In the sumptuousness o
the present edition. For 1t Mr.. Pau
Bransom. the well-known animal artist
has made sixteen paintings which havs
| been beautifully reproduced in color
| More than this every other two pages
carry black and white illustrations, ais<
Mr.. Bransom's work.
OF the regular edition Of Kathleen Nor.
riSr popular story, Mother" (dacAlinanl,
probably no les than twenty. editions
have appeared. Besides this there wa
issued early in the spring Of this year
an Easter edition and there In nov
bound In An attractive cover Of the ever
popular Christmas holly and u further
enriched BY the addition OF ffve full page
illustration by F. C. Yohn.
Zona Gales story. "christmas' (Mac-
millan). which was announced for pub
location last week. has been postponed un-
til November 6 This il q handsomely IL
Illustrated little book which, both In pic
ture and story. II fun Of the good cheer
Of the Christina slide. y-..--
Father Bernard Vaughan. the Jesuit
missionary and lecturer, who in dis
patches from Chicaso has been reported
as missing. is the author Of book on
Socialism entitled Socialism from the
Christian Standpoint" which the Mac
milan Company Is to publish this month.
A single glance over its broad pages in
spires ever-growing wonder that such q
feat Of transliteration should never have
been attempted until the present time, as
The Modern Readers Chaucer," which
Percy Mackaye and J. g. p. Tatlock have
prepared. The fourteenth century spirit
reflected from Boccaccio and other italian
writer's rings through this prose text
A great deal Of interest attaches to Kip
lings new volume Of poems entitled
Songs from Books" just issued by Dou-
bleday. Page & Co., for in i appear .
number Of verses never published before.
Doubleday. Page Co. announce the
publication Of THE Street Of the Two
Friends" by F. Berkeley Smith. 1t Is
and decorated by the author
In this novel Mr.. Smith returns to the
Paris. which he knows 80 well.
In Knocking the Neighbors." by George
Ade. just published by Doubleday. Page
& Co., this Hoosier humorist returns to
his fables in slang with q new and mod
ern assortment Of tales to point out the
straight and narrow path to We Of this
dizzy age The illustrations by Albert
are particularly appropriate for
the volume.
"The Devils Admiral II the striking
title Of a new adventure novel by Fred
erick Ferdinand Moore, which IL to DO
brought out next spring by Doubleday,
Page & Co. Mr.. Moore il San Francisco
newspaper man.
Doubleday, Page & Co. will bring out
next spring two new books by Maurice
Leblanc, creator Of the famous detective
criminal and criminal-detective, Arsene
Lupin.
".Lincoln's Own Stories" by Anthony |
Gross. ID published by the Harpers. The
numerous anecdotes told OF Lincoln and |
~ Lincoln that have long been current |
VeT0 C3x0Iuuy WluuOWGu ol10 VCIIu6Q
Ar. Gross. This collection-khe result Of |
,is enthusiastic study Sof the subject
contains the best Of the stories Of LIN
.oln's boyhood. Of his law practice, Of /
lis earlier political activities, and OF bis |
yreat years IN the White House.
Harper Brothers are putting to. press
his week for reprintings: The Voice." BY
darxaret Deland; Strange Stories from
by George Cary Eggieston, and
The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods
Book" by Albert Biselow Paine.
The Buccaneers" . book Of verses By
DON Seitz. with frontispisce and dscora-
Ished By Harper Brothers. The very
tiles: when Henry Morgan eails,"
Porto Bello." ''Tortuga," 'Roncadof
leef." &C., call up pictures Of the color
III days when the "Ruck and rin OF every
ind from Hull to the Barbary Coast
hrilled the West Indies with their splen-
or and cruelty.
The Ways Of the Planets" By Martha
vans Martin. u published by Harper
'rothers. It presents to the geneeai(
sader an accurate and Interesting &C.
punt Of the planets. their movements
uIluB tu0 ye4Is - WSsA - eoSy VitSCSsOuD
,r Identifying them.
The Green c." BY Josephine A. Meyer.
book for younger readers. b one Of the ,
Iarper publications for this week. II Il
,lis the story OF - high school Boys I
russie to win the &C. given for certain /
Ehletic achievements how, delayed BY 4
isch3ef and adventure. and helpsd byi /
sspns in Honor and beeyary, - finally
EF1no NJ lstter. .ss & II