The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04
PEN AND SCISSORS

Elm AMI ONl0OOASO
The lectures on the American Civil
War which Dr. James Ford Rhodes
delivered at oxford last year are to
be published later in the month IN
book form by the Macmillan com
pany.
8 x. Crockett. whose novels, The
SticAit Minister, The Men Of the Moss.
Hays, and Loves Young Dream are
f~avorably known in this country, has
a new book ready for publication. 1t
will probably come from h press
early in February.
The following books have just been
published by the John Lane Company:
The Old Gardens OF Italy: How to
Visit Them, by Mrs. Aubrey LIE Blond,
with 100 illustrations from photo
graphs taken by the author; roman
tic Trials of Three Centuries, dealing
with some of the famous trials &C
curing between the years 1850 and
1850, by Hugh Childers. with num-
erous illustrations; The BIRD OF Time,
a volume of love songs. folk songs,
etc, OF India, by Sarojini Naldu;
A Legend Of Old Persia and Other
Poems, a boo of verse by A. Is. >.
Tennyson, and Vital Lies, by Vernon
Lee.
Harry \. F'ranck has finished the
manuscript of his Zone Policeman SO,
much bothered at the last by the
problem of finding an available type
writer in Quito. He is planning to do
eight more South American countries
and be back in New York some time
In 1914. The same authors first sue
cess. \ Vasabond Journey Around the
L6Nn1 hos fnSt hnan cont fo nreSS Tor
its sixth printing.
a significant event in connection
with the inauguration Of President
Wilson will be the publication by
Houghton Mifliin Co. Of a limited edi-
ton In one volume Of three Of his
essays: Mere Literature. The Author
Himself and On an Authors Choice
Of Company. When h papers first
appeared several years ago, their au-
thority and distinction Of style won
for them IN immediate and perma-
nent position and their republication
in a special Riverside Press edition is
a tribute no more to the distinguished
author than to the intrinsic value Of
the essays.
Arthur Strirger's new novel, The
Shadow, made it's official appearance
on Saturday, January 25. It's central
theme-a detective who follows a fug-
1.-Two on q ZigZag race around the
world, never giving up the chase
though 1t costs him everything-was
suggested to Mr.. Stringer by Detective
w. p. ("Camera Eye") Sheridan, who
told the story Of one Of his own long
pursuits Of a prisoner all through
Brazil and other parts of South Amer
lea, losing the trail more than once
but ~persevering until he landed hii
man.
Now that stage setting has actually
begun for the compaign OF 1915, by
the Progressive denomination Of TheO-
hore Roosevelt. added interest at.
taches to the question-"What will be
Colonel Bryan's attitude these next
three years and more?" Whether he
enters the Wilson Cabinet, or holds
himself as a free lance outside. Colo
mel Bryan seems destined to remain a
picturesque figure in the political are
na. n this act lends permanent
value to A Tale Of Two Conventions
the book lately published from his
pen by Funk & Wagnalls Company
IL Is q revelation of Bryan, and o.
others. at Chicago and Baltimore. a.
men and things came strongly into
focus during those days of party hea1
Ion TO be remembered.
English counties are gradually be
inG pre-empted by novelists. Thoma,
Hardy has made WesseX his own ter
ritory: Eden Phillpotts has staked Of
no Dartmoor district of Devonshir,
FOR himself; n now Jeffrey Farno
has proved his right to the FAIR coun
ty OF Kent "the garden Of England
AS IL to ac~centuate his claim, the au
thor OF h Broad Highway has lai,
h earlier genes Of his forthcomin
novel, The Amateur Gentleman. 1
the same county. And nothing plea Sc
Mr.. Farnol more than praise of Kent
II am glad" he rejoined h othe
day. when told that some America:
visitors to his fayorite county had eu
togizcd that as tho most beautiful dis
trict OF England.
The leading German reviews Of i'm
portance are exceedingly slow in rt
yiwing important books, and the Ge,
man publishers. in order to mai
their books known. are In the hah
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