The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

mental journey" together with Ideer
Oder Das Buch LIE Grand. which might
be called sentimental Journalism" has
been prepared by Prof. r. H. Fife. OF
Wesleyan University. The volume was
published August "a by Messrs. Henry
Holt and Company. who at the same
! time issued the Harzreise separately with
a vocabulary. But whatever may be
urged against the Harzreise as a spelling
book. Is does give the rapid play OF
that fsardonic) smile" which was
Heine,' according to Matthew Arnold.
And In Prof. Fife the student viii have
a safe and capable guide.
Richard Harding Davis. in his vivid
description of THE Two Conventions al
Chicago" in the September Scribner.
says that the first thrill of that extraor-
binary meeting came when a woman
u delegate from California. for the first
time in the history of the United States,
cast her vote in a National Convention.
George Meredith. in one of his letters
to Robert Louis Stevenson. published In
the September Scribner's, speaks In high
praise of his Travels with Donkey
and of his article on Thoreau. The
friendship of Stevenson and Meredith
began when Stevenson lived for a short
time at Dorking.
Harold MacGrath's THE Rebel Night
ingale' is a dashing. romantic novelette,
of love and adventure in Ainslee's for
September, the setting Paris and the
Italian lakes. The hero is a young
American millionaire. the heroine fas-
cinating prima donna, rebellious at the
tricks she thinks love has played upon
her. A delightful Irish ex-prizehghter
father adds humor and interest to this
story, which is absolutely devoid OF any
dull moments.
Messrs. Henry Holt and Company have
just arranged with Mr.. Andrew Melrose.
Of London, by cable, for the publica-
ton early in October of Germany and
the German Empire" by G. II. Perris.
author of Russia in Revolution, "A
Short History of War and Peace" &c,
on which the author has been at work
for some years. Mr.. Perris tells the
story of the rise of the new German
World-Empire. His belief that a polit-
ical revolution is inevitable and the his
torical Interpretation on which his the
sis is based will excite lively interest.
Harper & Brothers announce that
they are putting to press this week for
reprintings Elements of International
Law" by George B. Davis, and "A His
tory Of the American People" by Wood
row Wilson. The latter work consists of
five generous volumes and is Illustrated
by Howard Pyle. Frederic Remington,
II. c. Christy, F. C. Yohn, and others
1t contains 4 great number of new por-
traits, prints, and plans, and a COM
plete set Of maps in color for the study
of the political. sociological, and geo
graphical history OF the United States.
THE Moth" a new novel by William
Dana circuit, is announced for immediate
publication by Harper & Brothers The
story Is chiefly concerned with the char
acter. life, and temptations of a very
beautiful and spirited girl. the mother of
two young children. whose husband has
lost all the interest In her except as a
source OF income. She falls under the
influence OF two other men-one urging
her forward to ruinuus indiscretions the
other striving to restrain her impulsive
nature. The influence of these two men
on her life forms the theme of the story
as it sweeps along TO the point where the
woman's eyes are finally opened to the
startling results Of her indiscretions.
the Putnams are planning to bring into
print late in August a volume that de-
serves to live as long as Americans honor
the founders and builders of the nation
Common Sense on the Origin and De-
sign of Government in General. with
Concise Remarks on the English Consti-
tuition, Together with the American
Crisis, l776-17S3" the cumbersome title
under which Tom Paine's epoch-making
treatise originally appeared. disputes
with this authors Rights of Man the
of being the master achieve
ment of the great political writer and
free thinker. Fearless and forceful In
argument. Paine in his Common Sense"
advocates with marked ability the sepa-
ration of the colonies from the mother
New additions of popular books are
engaging the attention OF the Macmil- ,
in Company at present This last week
tas seen the reprinting of Gertrude |
Atherton's Julia France and Her |
Times" John Masefeld's The Everlast- |
ms Mercy and the Widow in the Bye !
Street." Jane Adams "a New Con- |
science and an Ancient Evil Kathleen |
Sorries' Mother" E. S. Bradford's |
Commission Government in American |
Cities" Rachel Capon Schauffier's THE |
Ioodly Fellowship" II. c. Kings Moral |
md Religious Challenge of Our Times" |
md George Hodges 'Everyman's Re |
igion." One of these books has been !
'eprinted as many as fourteen times, |
while the others are in their third, fourth,
md fifth editions.
The Strand Magazine for September
a recently discovered story by
'Ouida," entitled THE Marriage Plate"
This story. We are informed. was written