The Washington herald., 1912-10-13

lege teachers who hsve courses IN Eng
lish poetry or who have general courses
In Engiish literature where an anthol.
osy Of British poetry 10 required Ths
resources Of the Harvard library have
been at his disposal and have made n
possible for him to obtain an authorita-
tive text. and to correct eSrors hereto
fore appearing in -.generally accepted
editions. More than 100 poets are rep
resented.
James whitcomb Riley. whose birthday
on October z was widely celebrated. en-
joys the reputation Of being the most
congenial Of men. He loves joke. even
though II In on himself and he 10 noted
as story teller. When Mr.. Riley was
boy in Greenfield. Ind. he was . typical
younsster. and there are people still living
In that little town who recall l1s pranks.
They realize that II the boy they knew
had not set his name beside that Of
Longfellow. he would have set in with
Booths. From his earliest infancy. the
theatrical always appealed to him. Many
an impromptu gathering has been enter
tanned by the hour with young Riley's
limitations Of the town characters. No
poet. II In said. was ever better paid for
work than Riley. Much has been made
Of the amount paid to Kipling for . SIN
gle word. but Riley has received much
more. As high as $6 . word has been
given for his poetry. woman once
said to Mr.. Riley: Surely you have no
cause for complaining. You must be a
very rich man. I understand You sst .
dollar q word for all you writes
"Ye-e-es. Madam" said Riley. with his
slow drawi, but some times I Sit all day
and can't think Of word-not even q
dialect word"
Nicolas Soyer. of paper-bag fame, has
just written a book on cookery Of the
regular kind. i.e.. pot-and-pan cookery.
II should not be confused with ''Soyer's
Pnper-Bag Cookery" which appeared a
year or so since. Tho new book 10 enti-
titled "Soyer's Standard Cookery: COM
plete Guide to the Art Of Cooking Dain-
ty. Varied. and Economical Dishes for
the Household: is offered at-consider-
ing its bulk and comprehensiveness-th
moderate price of $50. and is published
by sturgis & Walto Company.
Messrs Henry Holt & Co. are cele-
brating the third and nth editions. re-
spectively. OF Miss Mary W. Piunnmer's
Roy and Ray in Canada and Roy
and Ray in Mexico by issuing them in a
new form at a popular price. Since the
old days Of the Knox boy Travellers
there have not been many successful Sc
ries Of travel stories for children. The
countries described have, however, not
hesitated to change and grow. This ac-
counts in part for the success Of Miss
Plummer's books
The charm Of Mr.. Dwight L. Eimen-
DORIS lectures has been limited hitherto
by the walls Of the lecture hall But
now the qualities that made his lectures
popular are preserved in permanent and
accessible form BY the publication Of "A
Camera Crusade Through the Holy
Land''-a narrative description. beautiful
in both word and picture. Of a Journey
city on the south. to Dan. on the north.
with excursions to Damascus and Mount
Hermon.
II is announced by the Putnams that
z. NJ Dell. the author Of THE Way OF
an Eagle" a novel of which over 1000
copies have been sold. has Just completed
new story to be entitled The Knave
of Diamonds" This new book the Put
mans will publish in the course OF 1913
The Religious Forces Of the United
States (Scribners). just issued in q new
and revised edition. Is an authority with
all interested in church progress and re-
ngious statistics. not only In the United
States and Canada but In Great Britain.
Germany. and other countries. Clerks OF
the National Library in Washington say
1t Is frequently sent for from both
houses of Congress. Its author. DR.. Car
roll. keeps up his statistical work. which
is used in all OF the year-books. He has
revised and brought the volume down to
1910. and given the returns for 1900 and
1910 in comparison with those OF 1890.
1F L.
New World IScribners). by Mai. Gen. A.
W. Greedy. is a collection of twenty-on
stories Of exploration. adventure. and
heroism. In his preface. Gen. Greely
says: "one object of this volume is to
recall in part the geographic evolution
of North America and its adjacent isles
The heroic-loving American youth is not
always familiar with the deeds of dar-
ing. the devotion to duty. and the self
abnegation which have so often illumined
the stirring annals Of exploration in Arc
tic America"
A new volume Of fiction by Henry Van
Dyke commands the attention of a large
body of readers. The audience which he
gained by The Blue Flower" The Rul-
ing Passion" and Days or has in
creased in numbers and appreciation
with every year. His books are always
II
Quantity. just published by the Scrib-
ners. is his most important work of
prose. 1t contains a number Of short
modern fables published serially as HALF
Told Tales" and eleven longer short
stories. They are French-Canadian stor-
les, such as THE Wedding Ring" psy-
Geological stories, stories Of the effect Of
music. and two stories Of redemption
In "Nora-Square-Accoun by Fanny
L. Mckinney. recently published by d.
Appleton & Co. the children's paper.
the Magnifying Glass. closely resem-
bles a real publication edited by three
little girls and called by them the
Triangle. This publication. like the Mag
nifying Glass. reached q point where
the editors were forced to announce:
This paper will be of this size
or smaller hereafter, and sometimes not
at ALL" Miss Mckinney has included
various delightful pictures from life in
this popular story for boys and girls.
The anonymous photographed story.
The Girl With the Rosewood Clutches"
is to be published this month by Nc
Bride, Mast & Co. The identity Of the
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