The Washington herald., 1913-07-06

] close range study Of the Panama Canal
and Its workers, Zone Policeman IS. )"
One Of the few successful novels that
has not been reissued in 50 cent editions
Is Helen Hunt Jaclson's Ramona" :"
which the publishers. Little, Brown. &
Co, report in its eighty-ffth edition
Ramona has been dramatized on the
Pacific Coast. and it has also been
taken up by the movies"
August IL to see book publication by
the Century Company Of Jack London's s
John Barleycorn,'' which has attracted
| such attention and comment during its
serial publication in the Saturday Even
ing Post.
Owing to the fact that there Is no
copyright treaty between the United
| States and Russia. Henryk Sienkiewicz,
the Polish novelist. will receive no share
in the nlmins Of Quo vadisr'
Under the title of MY Lady of the
Chimney Corner Alexander Irvine,
author Of From the Bottom Up" has
written the record Of his mothers lowly
beautiful life and Of his own childhood
in an Irish hut. The book, its publish
ers, the Century Company, believe, will
challenge comparison with Barrie's Mar
garet Ogilvie." The book is scheduled
for August issue.
A. s. NJ Hutchinson, the author Of
THE Happy Warrior one of the sue
cessful novels Of the year. is resignins
his position as editor Of the London
Daily Graphic to devote his entire time
to literary work.
Ethel M. Delrs novel, The Way Of
an Eagle" has not only been immensely
popular, but it has also been translated
into French. German. Danish, Swedish,
and Dutch. Her new novel. The Knave
Of Diamonds" just published by the
Putnams. is already in its fourth i'm
preston.
Henry Holt & Co. are having to
print a new edition of Charles p.
Burton's boy Scouts of Bob's HILL"
one of the pioneer Boy Scout books for
boys. and the latest of the successful
Bob's Hill stories.
Miss Constance DARCY Mackay's THE
Pageant OF Patriots (HolD, is to be
reproduced in Maplewood, n. J.. on
July 4. by a cast largely made UP of
Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. This
occupation OF play-acting was probably
not originally contemplated in forming
these two organizations.
Moffatt. Yard & Co. announce the
immediate publication Of wild Grapes"
new story by Marie Louise Van
Saanen (Mme. AlgD. The authors pre-
vious book, ANNE of Treboul." was pub
lished several years ago. The theme of
the new story is centered around a type
of women that Is fortunately in the
minority among American women, but
nevertheless IL Is one whose demoraliz-
ing influence must be reckoned with.
Men do not sufficiently recognize her at
sight. They often treat her as a child
until 1t is too late.
To meet the demand in Germany for
Mr.. George ]. Kneeland's CONNER
cialized Prostitutions in New York
City" arrangements have been made for
a German translation of the book. and
Of the three forthcoming publications to
be issued by the Century Company for
the Bureau of Social Hygiene. The
translator is Frau Adele Schreiber, of
Berlin. a prominent worker in the suf- |
frage movement in Germany. !
The Putnams will publish in July the
first three volumes (entitled respectively.
to Manhood Scientific
Career Inaugurated." Dynamic Soci-
ology'D of a work entitled ''Glimpses Of
the Cosmos" by the late Lester F.
Ward.
The "Reminiscences OF Augustus Saint |
Gaudens' have been edited and amplified |
by his son. Homer Saint-Gaudens, and |
he work will be issued in the fall by |
the Century Company in two large |
volumes. with many illustrations show
ng Saint Gaudens' work, and persons
md places associated with his life and
career.
Jeffery Farnol has dramataized his
irst successful novel. The Broad High
way for production in this country in
he autumn.
Alexander Irvine. who has written
he story Of his Irish peasant mothers
ife in MY Lady of the Chimney Corn
r." was the youngest OF the large
amily of children. and fulfilled his
nother's hope in becoming a missionary
Imong the poor. The Century Company
will publish the book in August.
Swords and Ploughshares." by Lucia
Ames Mead. which the Putnams recently
published. will make its mark among
hose most effective for the cause of
eace on earth. 1t seems sure to help
trongly in that which gives the right
asis of thinking and materials for its
'est processes to men and women who
i've calm thought to the whole subject
oncerned.
A little book entitled Sentence Pic
ures." printed in India red on craft
aper. has been issued by ]. B. Lippin-
oft Company. and will be sent to any
hort graphic quotations from the writ
1gs of Will Lexington Comfort-epi-
rammatic bits of philosophy on such
ubjects as war. vanity, mastery. love.
cath. &C. Mr.. Comfort has been highly
raised by critics for his remarkable
over of crystallizing thought or an
motion into a striking and unforgettable
antence.
National Supremacy: Treaty Power
ersus State Power" by Edward s. Cor
in, of the department of politics at
is a book Of unusual timely
,terest, which Messrs. Henry Holt & s
o. expect to issue early in July. 1t will
irnish a most thorough study OF the
nestion of the competence Of the ma
onal government in the business of
aking and enforcing treaties in relation
the reserved power Of the States.
Interesting information in regard to p
homas Hughes Arnold, and the Rugby
fhoir fyp,as 10 O feature of the intro L A