The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
Literary Notes

ALLCIuIy NOICS
To the many who have inquired whether
. second edition of Sara Teasdale's dis
tinctive volume of verse. Helen Of Troy.
and Other Poems" might net be In train.
II will be gratifying news that new edi-
ton, entirely reset. will shortly be pub
lished by the Putnams It is an encourag-
ing sign Of a deeper interest In poetry
when the public demand for q volume.
graceful and Imnassioned in an eminent
degree. 10 SO insistent that new edition
! becomes q necessity.
In a volume which Lippincott publishes
this autumn Jerome A. Hart will tell
what he knows about Sardou and the Sar-
dou plays writing Of the dfamatist. of
his family. Of his critics. his friends. his
methods Of work. and revealing not q few
secrets about the professional rewards Of
his connection with the theater.
The New York State library has issued
its regular annual publication: The
Best Books Of 1871
The work of William Goddard. who es-
tablished the first press in Providence.
was illustrated by an exhibition Of his
books At the John Carter Brown Library.
last Monday evening. Mr.. winship. the
librarian. spoke on the work Of the God
dard press.
The Last Frontier: The White Mans
War for Civilization in Africa is the title
Of q book Of travel by E. Alexander
Powell, F. r. G. s.. TO appear next month
from Charles Scribners Sons. This with
Befie Beach's book on Riding and Driv-
| ing for Women" Mrs. Dargan's new book
Of dramas. The Mortal Gods and Other
Dramas and Edwin Btorkman's fransla-
ton of two more Of Strindberg's plays.
| Creditors-Pariah." are among the more
important Scribner publications fer No
vember.
The first volumes of the Loeb Classical
Library" the announcement Of which
some little time ago created an unusual
stir in the book world. are just ready.
They include st. Augustines Confes-
sions'' In two volumes. 'Euripides'' in two
volumes. Terrence In two volumes. 'Ine
Apostolic Fathers" in two volumes. and
j''Propertius." Other authors are to be
| added TO these in the next few weeks,
twenty volumes in all having been sched-
uled for the first year.
, The Putnams will publish this fall .
volume by Clay W. Holmes, A. NJ. en-
titled THE Eimira Prison Camp" a his
tory Of the military prison at Elmira, n.
~, from July s. 1854. TO July TO- 1865. The
volume Is embellished with pictures Of the
prison and surroundings. and contains a
list of the Confederate dead in Woodlawn
National Cemetery.
"Subtly exposing common foibles and
artiicialities without satire OF cynicism
is one Of the things Kathleen Norris
story. The Rich Mrs Burgoyne," does
The story satirizes and criticises present
day club women and that whether the
book is taken as a guide to higher things
| or as a personal insult will depend on the
Temperament of the reader" Here. as is
not infrequent the critics contradic,
\ themselves MacMillanl
| Zola might have written a Man S
World" had he lived In New York and
not in Paris. Yet 1t IL doubtful IL he
could have told q better tale in betteI
way. for Nina and Anne tthe two princi.
novel; are just as true to life Is Mana
and Einon."-t tMacMillan.)
| When the first edition of James Bryce
new book. South America: Observation.
and Impressions ,MacMillan). was eN'
lhausted almost Immediately upon its pub
lication. a second large edition was or
dered printed. but before this was of
the press so many orders were received
for it that it was found necessary to in
crease the printing order.
| Among the new editions which the
Mac MILAN Company have published thi.
week aside from several reprints Of text.
books are THE Goodly Fellowship" by
Rachel Capen Schauffier: Burning Day.
light by Jack London: The Wisconsin
Idea" by Charles Mccarthy: Social
ism As 1t Is by William English Wall
Smith: Earth Features and Their
Meaning" by William Herbert Hobbs,
and THE Rural Life Problem Of the
United States.' by Sir Horace Plunkett.
Whether ones interest in outdoor games
is active or passive. The Book Of Winter
Sports" edited by ]. c. Dier and pub
diversion. II is not a formal textbook
Of rules. but is rather an attempt to
convey something Of the spirit of winter
Eames-the thrill of the toboggan's swift
fall, the birdlike lightness Of skate sailing
before the wind. the catch Of the breath
as the ice boat tips perilously. the almost
solemn hush OF the winter noun
tain side as the ski runner skins 1t on the
wooden wings Of Norway.
| G. H. Paris Germany and the Ger
man Emperor" is now definitely promised
by Messrs. Henry Holt 4 Co.. for Novem-
ber 3. This book is a historical interpre-
tation Of the rise Of the new German
world empire, with pcrtraitures Of such
figures as Goethe. Bismarck, and the
present Emperor.
A revised and enlarged edition OF a
Prisoner Of War in Virginia. 1s64-5.' BY
George Haven Putnam, adjutant and
brevet major. 116th Regiment. New York
State Volunteers. has been published by
the Putnams. The volume contains. in
addition to the authors text. an appendix
presenting statistics of Northern prisons
from the report of Thomas Stursis. firs,
lieutenant. Fifty-seventh Massachusetts
Volunteers. The narrative Is expanded
from a paper which was presented to the
New York Commandery of the United
States Loyal Legion. under the instruc-
tions OF the commander. In December. 1910
Under the title Of The Relentless Cur
rent" was issued some months ago by
Putnam. . volume which purported to be
written by Maud Charlesworth. In a
sense the attributicn of authorship was
correct. for Maud Charlesworth was the
maiden name Of Maud Baliington Booth
and to Mrs. Booths friends the identit,
Of the two must have been manifest. Mrs