The Washington herald., 1912-07-21
Literary Review of Latest Publications

fact and concerns a little skye terrier
whose long and eventful life In the Scotch
Highlands is chronicled In most fasc''
mating manner.
Harper & Brothers announce that they
are putting to press this week Tor re-
printings The English Colonies In Amer
ica." by Henry Cabot Lodge; Ten BOY
from Dickens" by Kate Dickinson sweet.
ser: shakespeare" by Edward powden;
THE. Adventures Of Huckleberry FINN
and "Roughing It." by Mark Twain. and
Pony Tracks" by Frederic Remington
..rhe Street Called Straight" by the
author Of "The Inner Shrine" one OF the
latest Of the Harper books. has now run
into its fifth edition within five weeks
from date of publication. The scene OF
the story is in a suburb of Boston and
many of the localities described may oe
easily located by one familiar with that
section.
The fiction (Augusp number Of Scrib-
ners Magazine will contain snort stories
by John Galsworthy. Richard Harding
Davis. Henry van Dyke, Mrs. Andrews,
and others.
John Galsworthy, during his recent
visit to this country to produce The
Pigeon" at the Little Theater. made an
extended tour. part Of 1t In the South
In the August number of Scribner's
Magazine he gives an impression OF the
old South in short sketch entitled
That d-Time Place"
Richard Harding Davis contributes to
the August number of Scribner's Maga-
zine a romantic story Of adventure as
sociated with the flbusteftng schooner
Three Friends. A young salesman OF
fighting lineage is a hero In spite OF him-
self. The story is entitled BLOOD VIII
Tell
Mrs. Andrews who recently took sun
day magazine prize for her story me
Counsel Assigned" sailed for Europe on
June %, but left for the Scribner August
number a fishing story with setting IN
the Triton Club Of Canada, and in New
York.
Few people know that the Yale Art
School contains a remarkable coilectioh
of Italian pictures 1t will he described
in the August Scribner. II is knows as
the Jaryes collection.
Among the letters Of George Meredith
in the fiction number of Scribner's Masa-
zine (Auguso are several to Janet ROSS
who was in so far as Meredith ever drew
his Characters direct from life. his mooei
for Rose Jocelyn In Evan Harrington.
Both Colonels carry a spear that
knows no brother when their brother
will not bend his neck for them to step
on" writes A. Maurice Low in the cur
rent issue of Harpers Weekly. Both
men are the brothers OF all humanity
when there Is a step upward to be made
and humanity can be used for their self
ish purposes To the end the parallel Is
maintained Col. Roosevelt went to Chi
caRo to give his orders and to be ac-
claimed a dictator. and he left the dls-
credited bolter of a ridiculous faction
Col Bryan went to Baltimore TO sweep
down all opposition and for the fourtn
time TO be fastened as a milestone around
the neck of Democracy. He LETT dis
graced and exposed"
Some interesting details or the oegln-
nings of college baseball are contributed
to the issue of Hsrper's Weekly for July
L. BY Edward Bayard Moss. The nrst
intercollegiate game was played In leos'
when Amherst met Williams Negoua-
tions were carried on by mail Tor Two
weeks until 1t was amicably settled that
each party should use its own pail. wnich
must always be caught on the ny. sixty
FIVE runs were to be the limit Of the game
The game was played in four hours. Am
herst beating Williams by the score OF
6S to Scc.
The Wide World for August is par
ticularly interesting number. L.
johnson describes and illustrates The
Black Forest and Its People,; Randall X
Howard writes stirring paper on
Hunting the Wild Horses Of the West,
and Jack woodson describes The Dog
Derby of Alaska" John Boyes contin-
ues tn. romantic story of How ] Be
came King" and F. Harris Deans
brings TO a conclusion the amusing ac-
count of his European walking tour IN
which he covered 40 miles on foot. The
Bridge Assignment" Alone on a Runa-
way Train" and "A Death-Voyage at
Niagara" are accounts of thrilling ad-
ventures. The number is excellently il
lustrated-
Mark Twain and Margaret Deland are
two authors whose books are highly
recommended to school-teachers for va
cation reading by Ange V. Miner in
The School News and Practical Edu-
Gator She particularly praises Mrs.
Deland's ''Thes Iron Woman as interest
ing and exceedingly helpful, while from
Twain she selects ''Innocents Abroad
as peculiarly adapted for this season OF
the year. My Mark Twain" by W. d.
Howells. is another book that she con-
siders well worth while for every one
both the teachers and the taught.
One can get a good knowledge OF
Rousseau's work from the pages Of his
tory, but 1t is the mission of the histo-
rian to relate facts as they occur. rath-
er than to draw intimate pictures of the
actors as they were. This field Is left
open for the historical novelist, and 1t
was the knowledge of this that led Henry
Mountjoy to write The Minister Of Po-
lice" AS a student in Paris Mr.. Mount
joy made a careful study of Rousseau
and his companions who played their
parts in the great drama Of the French
revolution. He has become thoroughly
imbued with the spirit of the times. and
his book gives vivid pictures OF Rous-
seau. De Sartines, lie Due de Richelieu.
Louis Nv. and others, who were the
leading figures of the time.
Although THE Wind Before the Dawn"