The Washington herald., 1912-03-24
LITERARY NOTES.

The Putnam Company 10 getting ready
to place upon the market q new edition.
entirely reset, of Eve Triumphant" by
Pierre de Coulevain. This novel has
gained the much-coveted title OF being
crowned by the French Acadamy. It Is
the story OF two American women in
Europe and OF the experiences to which
unconventionalIty subjects them. The
book is entertaining and is sure to please
American readers as much as II did the
Academicians. It made something OF a
sensation when II first appeared in Paris.
The American colony was particularly
excited over IL. for the portrait seemed
to be painted from the life OF that
colony.
The Century Company is issuing q series
of six books under the title Of. Century
Readings in United States History" The
volumes are entitled: Explorers and Set
tiers" 'aThe Colonists and the Revolu-
tIon." "A New Nation" The Westward
Movement" The Civil War" and THE
Progress OF a United People" They are
intended 10 be books Of interest for gen.
eral reading as well as for school use.
Ian c. Hannah. the English authority
on the Orient, whose Eastern Asia:
A History Is being much quoted apropos
=
through the Eastern States on the part
OF England in the development OF the
Orient. himself a Briton and once
college president in China. he has been
showing that 1t is partly because the
Englishman Is so eyerlastingiy insular
that he can force his personality and
rule on alien peoples.
The beginning OF the annual fight On
A. l. Il
spring. and bookstores are already dis
playing copies of The House Fly; Dis
ease Carrier" by DR.. Leland o. Howard,
chief of the Government Bureau of En-
tomology. His book Is a tragedy in five
acts, with the 1y for hero, ending not
only in the lamentable death of Mr.. Fly,
but even in the determination of HIS
race unto the fourteenth generation. For,
according to DR.. Howard, fourteen gen.
erations breed by September from one
single over-wintering fly. and the four
teenth alone consists OF 5,5sS, ~, ,ooo. 900
offspring.
In their Connoisseurs' Library Messrs.
on wood Sculpture" by Alfred Maskell
The author comprehensively treats
growth and DEVELOPMENT Of this art.
hdo ~ many pOlhAo VI NDuNdGL Will
other arts. Beginning with the wood
sculpture OF Egypt, which had already
attained an extraordinary degree of de-
velopment. the author points out the in
Vulnerable varieties of decorative wood
work, from the German medallions in
wood and the miniature wood sculpture
of Flanders to the large-scaIe sculpture
Of choirs and choir stalls. effigies, cof-
fers, chests, and panelings.
Curious condolences sometimes occur
in the publishing world in regard to IT,
ties. One publishing house recently re-
ceived. within two days. three manu-
scripts from three different parts OF the
United States. bearing the titles: ''The
Man Between THE Woman Between"
and The Land Between This Is a case
surely calling for diplomacy, IL by
chance all three books should be ac-
cepted for publication.
"The Bandbox." by Louis Joseph
Vance. to be published by Little. Brown
& Co.. soon. is a spirited. lively story.
with continuous action, clever conversa-
tion, keen Characterization. and, above
all, plot that never has done duty be-
fore. The hero is a playwright. and one
of his characters Is brilliant young
actress.
An unusual discussion of the adven-
turous side Of aviation. in the April
Century, by Edward Lyell Fox. will deal
with the "Fatalism OF the Fliers" He
win consider the psychology Of the fier
and his reckless dependence on fatality.
The Century Magazine announces an
other Napoleon -hnd.v Mr.. A. W. Broad