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| { H | | TORS—— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1897. 23 \ NANSEN’S ACHIEVEMENT. e e s hron, New York. Eor saie by A. M. Robertson, Post street, Lity. Price 81 s a record of one of Dr. Nansen's new book the most heroic achievements of modern times. The work is ling interest and it teaches a life lesson of bold and persistent en- deavor, which has a value far beyond the ad- expedition give o geo- Admirable as was the the solution of the dition the results ol graphical knowledge. wisdom which foresaw problem of vir it 1s far more A suDjec & plan as Nansen’s the purpose persiste 11 be resolved upon and { in through'such ardu- ous labort on tinuous peri gelea) w consists of two large i 1is & complete recora of the Axcic vosage of exploration of the ship e ai nree years from the mid- e 5303 to the midsummer of 1896, g mlen o record of the fificen months’ sieigh g Nansen snd his companion Licutena <en, across the ice floes to tbe fariheat point morthward ever reached 55 e is an appendix by Otto Sv wao became caplain of the Fram en left the ship 10 go on his E s search for the pole. The work con- i 120 full-page illustrations and sixteen . n fac-simile from Nanse’ own skeiches. These pictures ada wonder- nterest of the narrative. is futile to argue that 15 trips of discovery are inexpedis spirit of man will never rest satis- oot of the globe has been Nansen says i and every problem solved. Since ansen’s theory of the correct method of aching pole has, by the results of his expedition, been 5o fully vindicated we may 20w ¥ expect that the exact mathe- mati o1 tie pole will be reached g all the Arctic regions or ¥ explored and mepped. He . the problem of Arctic exploration 6 came 10 the conclusion that there was : current flowing from the New Siverian Islands westward across the polar regions, and that the surface of this current was & mense icefloe. Consequently the P ¥ for a ship to closely ajproach the e was for ber to sail far to the north of & in midsummer and be frozen into the floe drifting with it across the pole. Th ed to siart into the current far north, and for that reason Nansen un- e sleigh journey, which carried b o the pole than eny of his predecessors. Dr. Nunsen, besides being a fine scholar and with & simple eloguence t toread. It is said that he £ood at narration, and even at | school he had a fine atitude for composition. | Long before this great work he had written | has a books and magazine articles, in which his vig- orous style and p etical ireatment of his sub ject aroused very favorsble comment. His success in telling of this last is commeusurate with that w stter was rewarded. The word-patating is, in f at expedi which the so vivid and complete that it makes the re as if he were accomps Land of the Midnight Su b our des.re for further | herto inaccessibie region & earn sor t ished r g such results on pag dence of rare capucity One of the surpris the arrative is the comfor 3 a | could live in the extreme o high Jatitades: TtSs and ais com- | panion suffered ternbiy during their loug sleigh journey, but even when the tempera- | ture feil to 53 Fahienbeir below zero the men werestili abie £ walks over the great plains o 1 perspired so | sreely under the s that they were frequently forced The honors w rded to Dr. oug as the s uerves who, like him, | r lives for the ad- knowledge, and pos- sessed of zih of purpose and un- daune g lisplayed through a v e in the execution of his pla . or continued progress in ) earth to man's necessities and | e e it 1% & story of strenuous en- | a will stir the blood of every lover | s | FAMOUS TOBACCO USERS. ! A book lately pubushed in London gives | ilormation about tobacco | 1 anonymous writer, and is, as | asserts, “an amusing miscellan cdotes relating to the great rms and uses.” The book is 1y named “Tobacco Talk.” | eal names are given to men who s doubtiul whether Shakespeare ornot, aud a reason for his ab- % 1s found in the fact that his patron g Jan was one of the eariiest anti-to- Jonson was a smoker. Na- poleon once suid that tobacco-smoking was a habit only fit to smuse siuggards. This re- mark was somewhat in the nature of ‘‘sour grapes,” the great man being unale to forget the effect of first cigar. John Milton s d » pive of tobacco every night before retiring. Richard Fieteher, Bishop of Lon- don, was the first k0wh churcaman to smoke reaching the north pole, | or pride that 80 dsTing | familiar with her work, its exceilen | lunched on a bee.” | eatches sight of ner husband’s fuce in the glass. { question as to which of the two was the best | story writer. Itis most too early yet to pro- | nounce judgment. Kipling has made his | fame, and his sister is just trying her wings as | it were in & trial flight into the world of litera- ture. Musicians tell us that the great body of the public love that music most which isa selection of the best they have repeatediy heard. It s not because something new | could not be found of equal merit, but that | the more subtle beauties come siowly to the apprehension of the average ear. So in & measure it is in literary styles, and when Alice Kipling has written more, and we grow es may boti increase and be more {ully felt until she fairly rivals her famous brother. The scene of the story is laid in India. IN THE DARK CONTINENT. THE DAY OF RESIS—By Lillian Francis Men- tor. G. W. Diilingham Compan Price $150. For ‘sae by Wilam Doxe ace Hotel, San Francisco. A story of wild adventure in the heart of | Africa is told in this book with evidentty no | intent to tell anything that wes at ail prob- able. A parly of Americans go through the Dark Continent seeking the strange Land of On, which they believe is cut off | from all communiestion with the restof the worid. After terrible dangers and sufferings | from privation ihey discover the Land of On, | and are feasted by the King and the natives | who think the white people have descended | from some other planet. There are no old or | feeble people among the Oaites, and the visit- | ors learn that the habit of the natives isto killall the old. The Americans find a won- Qeriul land of enormous diamonds. The book 15 full of tales of periland improbability. THE COURSE OFVTRUE LOVE. | HORACE :VERKTI—By the Marquise Clara 1 sza_G. W. Dillingham Company, New Y ork | Price 8150. "For sale by Will.am Dosey, Pal- ace Hotel, San Francisco. | Horace Everett was neglected by his mother | during his boyhood, but he repays her with | kindness when he growsup, even to the ex- | | tent of renouncing his betrothed in order to | support the mother, who has very extravagant | | tastes. The heroine, Cynthia Mortimer, who | | is beloved by Horace, is described as oue of the sensitive and grandly sacrificing type who | | prefers to be man’s helpmeet rather thun his rival. Fortune fayors the hero, so that in the | end he is able both to care for his mother and merry the woman of his choice. The book is of average merit | CLEVER STORY ABOUT AUTHORS. " BROKEN AWAY—By Beatrice Ethel Grim. shaw. Johu Lan . The Boo ey Head, London | and Lew York. Price 81 50. For sale by W illiam Doxey, Pawc- Hotel, Cits. A story of perhaps quite sufficiently shining merit to be called splendid is tuis about the author Stuart Rivington and his wife Eva, and | thelr various friends and acquaintances. | Stuart is represented as having a most fertile | agination for the production of plots for | his fiction, together with the possession of tne most artisiic temp:irament, *the intense seusuous joy in beauty of every kind, that can revel in a ray of sunlight fitered through green jeaves, and ascend on a bar of solemn rgan music, heard amidst a dim medieva glory of sapphire ana ruby windows, 10 the vers gates of heaven.” His wife is also tal- ented and is a great heip to him. She was am- bitious until she met Stuart, but surrendered | her desire for a career as s00n as he came inio her life and conquered. As sne expresses it, | & women’s ambiiion dies when her love is a successful and happy one. ! The stcry opeas with a scene which quickly | convinces tne reader that he has secured something really worthy of perusal. The wife, | to whose judgment twenty chepters of & | new novel have been submitted, tells her husband plainly that his work is not 800d, that his mannerisms have increased and | that hischaracters are getting misty. that it | is ot worthy of him and if published will | cause people 10 say that he is gett; written | out” etc. Thereupon Stuar: decides to | break * uway entrely from Lis accus- tomed environment in order to seek fresh in spiration in complete chauge of scene where, | as he puts it, I can heal me of my gricvous wound, and spin copy like a spider who has The story takes lis title | from this central incident, and the reader is | referred to the volume itself for a complster exposition of Stuart's sacrifice and the iuter- esting results which ensued thereater. In one exceptionaily clever chapter the | author pictures Eva sitting in Stuart's study talking volubly and with self-forzetful enthu- | sm ebout & woman's umbitions, loves, | thoughts ana feelings, while Stuart lovingly | rests his chin upon her shoulder. Sudden! | What special emotion his reflected expression aroused in her we are left to guess irom her | rapid action which foliowed the sight of it. She sprang from her seat, jerked her hus- band’s head from its inquisitive position and ! walked out of the room with this remark of i spiritea indignation. *You may talk to your self. 1am not going to let you cut me up into copy. One might as well live with & micro- scope?” | A STUDY IN CRIMINOLOGY. OUR RIVAL, THE KASCAL—Ey Ienjamin P, Eidridge and William B. Wat < Pemverton Pubiisiing Company, Boston, sinss. The authors of this book are the Superin- tendent of Police and the Chief Inspector of the Detective the city of Boston, g a repiy with which one might not be nf always kept a cigar burning as he e. Guizot, the French historian, said that 1al proiouged his lite ten years. s, in his diary, states that he was forced to use tobscco during the great plague asa dimnfectant; he “bought some roll tobeeco to smoke and chew, which took away the appre- hension.” Charies Lamb smoked the strong- est and coarsest tobacco and called it his “‘evening comiort” and ‘“morning curse”; he once expressed a wish that his last breath might be drawn through & pipe and exhaled 10 8 pur T 1642 Pope Drban VII issued a bull against the use of tabacco in churches, threatening one with excommunication Wwho dis- ed. Among other famous men who are men- tioned as universal u.crs of tobacco are Bis- marck, Lord Brougham, Mr. Spurgeon, Emer- son, Cariy'e, Huxley, Victor Hugo, Bulwer, Lytton, Tennyson, Gibbon, Charles Kingsley Dickens and Thackeray. On the other hand, many great men have been opposed to the use of the weed. Some of these were Voltaire, Rousseau, M ‘beau and Swinburn-, who is quoted as saying: “james I was a knave, a tyraut, a fool, a liar and a coward; but I love him, [ worship him, because he slit the throat of that b nckguard Raleigh, who invented filthy smoking. Tnis tirade is qualified by another writer, who says that tobacco has made more good busbands, geod men, kind masters and indul- gent fathers thau any other biessed thing on this universal earth. BY KIPLING'S SISTER. A _PINCHBECK GODDESS—By Mrs. J. M. Fleming (Alice M. Kipling). D. Appleton & Co., New York. Price b0cents. For saie by William Doxey, Palace liotel, ~an Francisco. The wide fame of Rudyard Kipling as 8 mas- ter in the art of story-telling has undoubtedly paved the way for the favorable reception of this new novel by his_ sister. Kipling is & name to conjure with. The mere sound or sight of it will draw attention to any work that bears the name upon its litle page, and thousands will read the book out of curfosity 10 see what sort of work the sister of 50 rare a genius is capable of doing. Those who read it expecting from her some- thing worthy of the relationship will not be aisappointed, for the book Is far and away be- yond the ordinary in siory-telling. is so very different from ner brother's that she can advence iuto fame with- out there being any necessity for drawing. a tive merits. widely there of literature comparison of their rela- Doubtiess s tastes differ so will be many good judges who would divide on the England. Talleyrand ok snuff, and ex sed himself by sayiug that all diplomais 10 take suuff, a« it afforded & pretext for | Her style | house -one day and met there a visitor from aud it is a summing up of long years of expe. | study of eriminal and their pictures the lonz contlict be- emi:s of mankind who s-ek by | | rience and | methods. It tween the e force or fraud to rob their fellows of life or | | properis, and the defenders of society, the | Iipolice ana deteciiyes awho overy Sear Nt deve.op more astute ulert the new shifts of reso volume is strongly and h half morocco. A very interesting feature in the book is the | chapter on the *‘meking of criminals.”” As much of the pith of it as can be given in a brief space is as follows: ““Orphanage, iale- | ness, misery and wretched home life, or lack of home life, in great cities are {ruitful sources of crime.” “Wantof a trade is a permanent and potent occasion of crime.” Those are compassionate views. Here isa harsher one: “Greed and envy, love of pleasures, debauch- ery, idleness, hate, vengeance, suiden fary— behold the principal causes of criminality.” And here is the way, the students of scientific bent state the case: “Environment Is the ultimate controlling factor in determining careers. STORY OF A HEROIC LIFE. MEMOIRS OF MARSHAL OUDINOT. Com piied from the souvenirs of the Duchesse de . &i0. D. Appeion & Co. New York. Price $ For sale by Wiliiam Doxey, Palace Hotel, City This narrative of the life of the great marshal | of Napoleon arouses our admiration for the | heroic and nonorable soldier. Itis mostin- | teresting to read the record of the part he took | in the campaign of that thrilling epoch of the | | i ess in order 10 b-file | cful villainy. The ndsomely beund in world’s history when France wes fighting the whole oi Europe, and by the courage of her troops znd the consummate skill of her mili- tary chieis was alarming the Continent with the dread that she might conquer the world. The story is mainly told by the papers of his second wife, the Duchess of Reggio, who writes well and had opportunities of knowing the exact truth about many of the most interesi- ing features of his life. The piecing together of these accounts and the filling out of the narrative into a complete library work is done in admirable style. The book is vaiuable as a | contribution to history, and it would be quite | entertaining reading if it were mere fiction, | An episode told of his ear.y life shows both his impuisiveiy hot temper and his humanity. After being badly wounded in battle, when he got his head 0 neariy shot to pieces that, as he expressed it, it was merely he:d together with bandages, he was dining at his faiher’s Paris. The visitor so disgusted Ondinot with his praise of the cruelties of the revolutionisis that the wounded youth flung a plate of beans in his face. The rapidity witk which Oudinot advanced in his military career was very remarkable, and Le won the highest esteem both from his { Riine, in the pl: | stormy career.” R oy HHoroi e e issar, e g A DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN. O T Ly o superfors and his subordinates. His respect for justice and his kindiy ru.e drew to him the affection of his troops no less than his valor n the battle-field excited their admiration. When at a very eary sge he was piaced in command of the gresadiers, who were the picked veterans of tire army, he was given by them the pet name of “Father.” Notonly did he receive high praise from his master, Bona- parte, but he zot letters of commendation and | cordial friendship from Emperor Alexander and other foreign sovereigns, which, strange 10 say, he wou by fiznting aguinst them. His record in that way is unique. There is much entertaining gossip in the book about the great historic persouages of that time. An extract which is at once & good example of the style of the work and a spirited picture of Oudinot sveaks thus of his youthful cam- peigns: “Then commenced for Oudinot the intoxicating ana terrible life that he adored. For three yesrs on end, winter and summer, he waged war between tne Moselle and the s 0f Alsace or the wild re- glons of the Vosges, wherever the ficht was thickest, tos:ed from danger to danger, dis- puting tne ground foot by foot, advancing or Tetreating through precipitous mouniain passes, victor and vanquished turn by turn, forgetting everythiug so that he micht keep before his mind the great image of his coun- try, and o returning to embrace his wite and his first Lorn in its eradle at rare inter- vals when 100 serious a wound had made the sword drop from his erippled hand. And as he was in this his apprenticeship in war, so was he to remain throughout ihe course of his SHORT PAPERS ABEUT PRATTLERS. THE CHILDREN — By Alice 1 Meynell. John Lane, The Bodiey X w York ana fon- don. ' Pric- 81 2. For sale by William Loxey, Pulace Hotel, CIL, Like evervthing else that comes from the Bodley Head this little book is artistically got Itconsists of a number of pretty essays caildren and their charming talk. The anthor isa woman who can think and writs well enough to make her thoughts worthy of transfereuce to other minds, and the process iseffected in smoothly flowing sentences which cause no jar Here are t sions: A little girl dictates in a letier toa cousin, “1 hope you eajoy yourself with your loving dolis.” ~Another tiny phrase-maker says, “I'd better go, bettern’t I, mother ?'* AN AMERICAN CLASSIC. TWICE-TOLD thorue. to the reader’s literary nerves. TALES — By Nathaniel Haw- Maynard, Merrill & Co., New York. A selection of seven of this great American | suthor’s short stories are given in this little volume in very clear print. It is one of May- nard’s English classic serfes, and contains & brief biograpnical sketch and some critical opinions. Of Hawthorne Heury James well sald: **His work is 100 origiual to pass away. Among men of imagination ne will always nave his niche.” HOWELLS’ NEW BOOK. In “The Landlord i Lion’s Head,” 1o be publisned this month by the Harpers, Mr. Howells has made studies of two distinct pheses of our civilization—life in the rural districts of New England und the social life of Boston, with particuler reference to its relation with Harvard College. To both he {has brought his fine art at its best development, and he has produced a novel marked by rare subtlety in its presenta- tion of contrasting types of character and by exquisite beauty in 11s feelings for nature, the opening chapters making one of the best pic- tures of the New Eugland country ever achieved in our literature. In his hero, Jef- ferson Durgin, Mr. Howells has chosen one of those bafiling types of character that he likes to study, and he has produced a por- trait of extaordinary fidehty snd vigor. He traces young Durgin’s development from a mischievous little rustic to a Harvard undergraduate, ana through the love affairs that betray the conflicting elements in his character. In the studies of Harvard and Bos- ton life Mr. Howells has used material new to fiction and this fact sione would make the book unusual, even if the material were not handled with masterly skill. Dur- gin's flirtation with the young girl of society is managed with exquisite delicacy and it is made not merely interesting in itself, but significant of the conditions that ullowed it 1o be possible. Throngh ail these revela- tions runs Mr. Howells' satiricai humor, samples of original chiid expres- | Igwing them a delicious buorancy. Thoug in its simplicity of motive, ‘the novel | seems & perfect reproduction of every- | day life, it yet contains sirikinely dra- atic sitnations, developed with convincing | | natoralness from the play of charseier. The very restzaint with which these are executed intensifies their strength. Indeed, there is a | dramatic element in the hero’s relation wit | early ail the people around him, even with | the simple-hearted young girl who loves | him, Cynthia Whitwel. Cynthia, by the way, is one of the strougest and most ovable women that Mr. Howells has introduced in fiction; in every sceme in | which she figures she carries herself withan | alr of quiet strength, oi simple dignity, and { of unse fish devotion. - Her father, too, is & masterly study, with his rustic shrewdness and his devotion to the planchette; and as for | the young girl, Bessie Lynde, her character | bas been probed with such scill thatone can- | not but marvel at the iusigit that penetretes | s0 deeply into human motives. | PRETTY BOOK OF VERSE. A VINTAGE OF VERSE—By Clarence Urm: From the press of Wi.liam Doxey, San Franci Price $1 25 In his latest volume the anthor of ‘A Rosary | of Royme” has coliected together many of his best poems that have veen publishea in varfous veriodicals and others that are entirely new to | the reading pubiic. | A msjority of the verses sing of the glories | aud beauties of Caliiornia and the cons: ge | | erally, and nearly all of them are ch Mr. Urmy hias a style that is vers pleasing and nas written the poemsin “-A Viutage of Verse” in s bappiest strain. The book is most artistically got up. It is vound n <reen cloth, with outer lettering of gold and rough edges. It is fresh from the press of William Doxey of this City, who has brought out a number of very tasty volumes recently—books whose appearsnce from an aruisiic poiut of view eauul unything brought out by the publishing-houses in the East. SOME SHORT POEMS. EASTER BELLS—By Margaret York: Harper & kiros. o eiison, Pos. s.reet, Ci: Sancs Price $1 In ihis little volume is a collection of very brief poems which have for their inspiration Home, Hope, Household Love, Comfort und | Heaven. Here is & sample in & few lines: A COQUETTE. 1 am never in doubt of her goodn | Iam slways afraid of her mood, | Iam never quite sure of her temper, For wilifulness runs in the blood. You may call her coquette 1f it please you, Enchanting, If shy or if bold, 13 mv darling my Winsome wee lassle, Whose birthdays are three, when all told. STUDY OF ASIA. “LIFE IN ASIA”—. Cate Smith. Silver, s o e e e i, SLYS | Asn combination of instruction and enter- tainment, admirably condensed, this book is to be commended both 10 young scholars and to those of older growih who have neglected | tolearn much about the continent of Asia, with its ancient civilization, its strange peo- ple and its religlons, and its beautiful struc- tures. The volume is & part of the Young Folks’ Library for school and home. edited by Larkin Dunton, head master of the Boston Nor- mal School, and is the sixth of a series calied “The Worid und Its People.” It was intended asa supplemeniary reader for use in schools in connection with the study of geography. It contains & mep and a large number of good iliusirstions, and treats compactly of the his- tory, geograpny, social customs, architecture and religions of Asia. NOT ON THE MAPS. { THE FASCINATION OF THE KING—By Guy Boothby. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Lo. Price 81 50. The king whose fascination forms the groundwork for tnis sltogether fancifal ta e is his Majesty, Marie I, King of the Medangs. 1t will be & very pardonable iguorance vn the part of the reader if he does not know where his Majesty’s kingdom is. Even the author of the book is somewhat hazy as to the situa- 110n of the land of the Meanngs, but he locates it vaguely somewhere in Asis, probably be- tween Indin and China. The fascinating king's government, we are assured, is recog- nized by the great powers of Europe. His Majesty, Marie, was a Veuetian, and he be- | beautiful wo: | 1atter, “Lycidas” and the “Pica Piper” are | or sfiiton, we will take but ome poem from came king by sheer force of ambition, courage and intelligence, combined with a wonderful power of attraction. try when it was in a state of disorder, as the | result of faulty administration, and made himself such & power that upon the native king's death he prociaimed himself monarch, securing himself on the throne despite his foreign birth. An English lord, while visiting Venice with his sister, met this strange sovereign. The sister, Oiivia, who had been rated as the most an in London, falls in love with ud accepts his offer to share his Marie, throne. LAST NOV[FBY TliE DUCHESS. THE COMING OF CHLOE—By “The Duchess” Philadeipnia: J. B. i ippincoit Company. For sale by Joseph A. Hoffman, Sutter street, Cliy. Price 31 25. The death of an author is usually followed by a renewal in the demand for his works, and doubtless this, the lastof Mrs. Hungerford’s works, will be eagerly sought by a large class of readers w om she was'so popular. This story is on the same order as her other later writings, which, however popular, ean- not becommended as taking a high place in literature. They are bright and iight and full of gayety, and thereis no harm in them. We who are so familiar with the adage that *per- fection comes from praetice” fiud matter for surprise in the fact that “Tue Duchess,” when 1570 fn the ari of novel-meking and a mere sirl, should have produced s work-like “Molly Bawn,” which so.far excels anything she was enabled o write in riper years. WESTERN CHARACTERS. THE MISTRESS OF Frederick Th THE RANCH — By per & Bros For sae b street, C iy, Price $1 5 Rich conversations in the dialect of Western ranch lite, with the dialect unusually weil | done, are the festure of this novel, which together with strong character drawing make it worth commending. The mistress of the | ranch is a sweet, 1lite-ate girl, who comes out to take possession of the land and stock left her by her brother. She is accompanied by & sister of such forward imperious manner that people mistake her for the ranch mistress. On this error hang many of the strong and amus- ing incidents of the story. A splendidly done character from a Western standpoint is that of & cowboy in charge of the ranch, whose mesterfulness tempered by good-nature leads him to victory in many sharp encounters with the vixenish wouid-be mistress of the ranch. THE TEN BEST POEMS. An interesting though perplexing task for the fancy of erudition is here proposed: “To the Editor of the Sun—Sm: Will you please name the best ten short poems in the English language? H.D.” Before the choice is attempted we must agree what poem is short. Compared with the great epics, “Comus a=d Soarab” snd “Rustum” are short. Compared with the hort. If these four were eligible they would have to be amoug the ten. “L'Allegro” and “Blenheim” are shorter still. But, interrupt- ing our correspondent’s wishes by his words, we will choose from the traly short only. In | s0 doing, it will be well to say that, to prevent the list from being swamped by Shake.pears each. Again, that one will be chos:n some- what arbitrarily, witnout prejudice to 1its rivals, With these preliminary explanations we venture upon selection: Sonnet, “When in Disgrace” (Shakespeare). Bannockbarn” (Burns). “The Tiger” (Blake). Pibroch of Donald Dhu” (Scott). ‘Bugle Song” (Tennyson). Sonnet, “When I Consider” (Milton). “Hohenlinden” (Campbell). «“Brahma” (Emerson). At the Church Gate” (Thackeray). Gunga Din” (Kipling). The list of others, running from more un- alloyed sentiments to more intense and purely distilled poesy is by no means brief. Bui, looking among the short poems bearing the divine stamp of poetic renius, for the vivid, the pleturesque, the lyrivally complete, the intetlectually impressive, and the passion- ately inspiring, the ten given above are cer- twinly very powerful claimants for their pihces. And what a marvelous lot they arel— New York Sun. LITERARY NOTES. The Macmillan Compauy announces & new volume by Shailer Matthews entitld *“The Soctal Teachings of Jesus; an Essay on Chris- tian Sociology.” Professor Dicey’s work on the English con- stitution was remarkable for the number.of exampies drawn from the workings of the American constitution. He is revising the book for & new edition. Massrs. L. Prang & Co. of Boston have for warded us samples of their well-known series of Easter cards and booklets. The publica- tions of this firm are dainty and artistic, and can be recommended in preference to.im- ported foreign work. It may be noted in this connection that every detail of Messrs Prang’s productions is made and completed in Am- erica. The Harpers are to publish late this month aint Eve,” a story by the wife. of Barry Pain, author of ‘“Stories and Interludes’ and other works. It is described as & clever work, with characters interesting and true to life sna with vivid and sprightly did- logue. A notable feature of the book will be a frontispiece by Burne-Jones, the celebrated English artist. The Macmillan Company announces a new Dbook by Mre. Steel, whose recent novelof the great mutiny, “On the Face of the Walers,” has had such a phenomenal success. The new book is a Scotch story entitled *In the Tide- way” and will meet a warm welcome from those who remember the author's “Red Row- ans,” which the Boston Evening Transcript descrives as wholesome and sweet and fresh as the moorland air itself.” Thomas ¥. Crowell & Co. have completed ar- rangements for the publication in the United States and Canada of Dean Farrar's new book, “Men I Have Known.” The volume will be made up of the Dean’s reminiscences of Rob- ert Browning, Tennyson. Arnold, Stanley, Dar- win, Tyndall, Lowell, Whittier, Holmes aud many other famous men of England and America. It will be illustrated with portraits and fac-simile letters. The Macmillan Company announces a work entitled “The Myths of Israel, the Ancient Book of Genesis,” with analysis and explana- | tion of its composition, by Amos K. Fiske, suthor of “The Jewish Scriptures,” etc. The author resolves the ancient Hebrew took of Genesisinto the mythsand fragmentsof myths | of which it is mainly composed, and explains their significance and bearing iu the literary and religious development of the Hebrew people. ley Head, 140 Fifth-avenue, New York, a copy of the first issue of the International Studio. This new monthly art magazine will be the American edition of the London Studio, & pub- lication favorably known on both sides of the | Atlantic for many years. The issue before us is filled from cover to cover with sketches, sug- gestious and good letterpress, and at the pric | 85 cents, is wonderful value. We bespeak & goodly measure of success for the newcomer. Donahoe’s Magazine for April hasan inter- esting table of contents. Josn of Arcis the | subjectof a beauufully illustrated paper by | Beatrice Sturges, forming the initial number. | Dr. J. J. Mangan writes most entertatningly of Jumes Clarunce Mangan, and the Rev. D, McCrea gives a graphic skeich of the Giants Causeway. “‘Investigating the Trusts” is an important topic vigorously discussed by James E. Wright, who unalyzes the trustsand their work in his usual trenchant style. Space is devoted in the North Ameriean | Review for April to a consideration of “The Uprising in Greece,” Sir Charles W. Dilke, M.P., presenting an English view of the affair, and the Greek Consul-General at New York, Demetrius N, Bottassi, the Grecian. Mr. | Botassi claims that the present conduct of He went into the coun- | Greece has enlisted the sympathies of the entire civilized world, and justified her people in their claim to be reckoned with as an im- poriant element in the regeneration of East- ern Europe. Ceptain Mahan and the Hon. Theodore the forthcoming “History of the Royal Navy,” which will be published by Messrs. Sampson Low. The firsi volume will gover the period 1066 to 1603, while the second will come up 10 1760 aud the third to 1802. Here a notable whole of volume four will be needed to cover it. Beginning in the year of Waterloo the fifth volume is to take the reader to the period in which we are now living. The April Month contains a long, illust rated review of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen's *Farthest North,” by an Lmerican Arctic explorer of in- ternational reputation, General A. W. Greely. The froatispiece of the number is a portrait of Captain A. T. Mahan of sea-power fame, whose Life of Nelsou'” has just been published. The Lounger chats as usual of a wide range of matters—literary, artistic and otherwise—and the illustrations are numerous and interest- ing, as usual. This newcomer among our monthlies is making a strong bid for popu- larity; and if quality can insure success—as it often does—the paper's iuture should be secure. The April magazine number of the Outlook takes timely notice of the approaching dedica- tion of General Grant's tomb by publishing an article on “The Historic Utterances of General Grant,” from the pen of -General James Grant Wilsou, the historian, friend and war comrade of General Grant. The short, crisp, *‘rifle- shot” sayings of Grant were many and tne author describes in & most interesting way the circumstances which called each forth. Por- traits of Grantand Lee (some heretofore uu- | published) and fac-similes of famous historical documenis illustrate the article. The Outiook Company, 1$3 a year. 13 Astor place, New | York.) “The Mistress of the Ranch,” by Frederick Thickstun Clark, which the Harpers are to publish this month, is likely to be much dis- cussed. It is reported to be a conspicuous example of American realism, a care ul picture of dramatic phases of ranch life, with close studies of characters. Mr. Clark has alrendy done good work in the novel whicn the Harpers published last year, ““On Cloud Moun tain,” and he glves promise of becoming a prominent figure in the band of Wesiern writers who are doing o much to present in literature the characteristics of & transient and & most picturesque sspect of our civilisation. Harper’s Bazar wiil begin the Eastar num- ber a very important new department, en- titled “Club Women and Club Work,” and conducted by Mrs. Margaret Hamilton Welch. Here the thousands of enthusiastic club women in the United States will find intelligent recognition of their endeavors and appreciation of the great things which are accomplisned by organized women in single clubs and in Stata and National federations. Reports will be given of club work, brief and to the point, together with portraits of club leaders, and pictures of club buildings and inte- riors. The initial article will display several interesting views of the New Century Club house of Philadelphia, and in subsequent is- sues the Bazar will keep ciub members in- jormed of what is going on in the worid of the woman’s club. tration at Washington” by Albert Shaw ap- pears in the April Review of Reviews. Dr. Shaw draws an interesting comparison be- tween the American and British administra- tive systems, pointing out the distinction be- tween “Ministry” and “Cabinet,” in both the- ory and practice; he also treats quite fully of Mr. McKinle/'s process of Cabinet-build. ing, its various difficulties and adjustments, and outlines the noteworthy characteristics of the President’s official family as finaily se- lected, both individually and in ensemble. . The article further defines ‘ ‘the larger execu- tive group at Washington”—the various as- sistant secretaryships and important buresu headships, and 5o far as possible the reader is informed as to the persounel and status of these important offices for the coming four years. Altogether, Dr. Shaw has made in this articie an exceptionally useful contribution 10 current history. We have received from John Lane, the Bod- | Roosevelt will be among the contributors to | epoch is reached in naval history, and so the | constantly | An elaborate study of “The New Adminis- | EWS AND REVIEWS OF THE WORLD'S LATEST LITERATURE HERE AND THERE. Tan Maclaren has writien two pupers, giving his “Impressions of Ameries,” wnich will ape pear exclusively in the Oatlook. Some correspondence beiween Burns and Mrs. Dunlop, which was discovered not long g0, is expected 10 appear in print tnis year. Messrs. E. P. Dattou & Co. will issue “The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Master of Balliol College, Oxford,” by Evelyn Abbott and Lewis Campbell. A Byronic revival secms to be coming. Sev- | eral complete editions of the poet are an- nounced, of which the one edited by Mr. Heuley is receiving much sttention for its scholariy notes. The following advertisement, which is copied from an Australian paper, published iu Sydney, reveals a curious multiple want: “Wanted—A man ab.e to teach French and the piano and look after a bull’” Horace Walpole died on March- 2, 1797. Some regret has been felt in England because nobody thought it worth while to commemo- rate the day in any manner. It passed almost unnoticed. This is 0dd; too, for in all English social and semi-literary history there is no more picturésque figure than Walpole. 1. Zangwill left England in February to ex- plore some of the sites of the historic ro- mances of his new book, “Dreamers of the Gheito,” which canuot be ready before the au- tumn, if then. He will ultimately go on to Egypt and Palestine, and will tecture at Jeru: salem on Easter Sunday, which 15 also Passe over. Paul Laurence Duiibar, the negro poet, is in London, and the London Figaro very ill- naturedly remarks: “There is nothing re- markable about Mr. Dunbar’s poeiry, except the color of his skin. And, after all, it is only natural that a lift attendant shonld have mo- ments of exaltation.” Dunbar was an elevator boy, hence the biting sarcasm of the last sen- tence. It is understood that a successor to “Looking Backward” may be expected before very long. Edward Bellamy kas published no book in the ten years since “Looking Backward’ ap- peared, and in view of the careful attention given to the new work and the increased 1n. terest in the subjects which he treats, the ap- pearance of a new book is likely o pe the | event of the year. The largest sales during the past month were 1ealized by Lord Roberts' “Forty-one Years in India,” and amoug novels the list i hended by *“On the Face of the Waters,” ana “McLeod of the Camerons.” The only other novels that are selling freely are “‘Peier Hal- ket” and Authony Hope's *“Phroso,” which young people are reading with avidity; it is excelient literary pabulum for them. One of the latest schemes in periodical liter- | ature is a magazine that publishes articles on | the promise of the writer o buy 200 copies at | 5 ceuts each. “This will briug your name as | & magaziue writer,” says the publishers in | their letter to aspiring writers, “‘direct to the atiention of your friends, toZether with the opporiuuity of submitting to publications of a more pretentious character atready published contributions of which you are the author.” Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher! The following advertisement taken from the | New York Critic is selt-expianatory | MERs. STEEL’S NOVEL OF THE MU. TINY “ON THe FACE OF 1 HE WA LERS. First editlon published January, 1897; second, | January 20; third, Januarv fourth, | January 80; fifth, February 8; ~ixth, Feb: | ruary 15; sevenin, Fevruary 27; ¢ightn, | March17. Ninth edition now in press. our congratulations. | The Macmillan Company are welcome to | | Raymond Blathwayt writes to the Gentle { woman tnat & mative bootblack who, was | biacking his boots in Japan asked him if he | had read Wa hingion Irving’s “Sketch Book.” The boy said that he was not only reading it, | but that he was reading 1t in English. This | certainly shows more intelligence tnan is | possessed by the average New York boot- | black, who probably has never heard the | name of Washiugton Irving, and usually does not know enough English to read him, eveu if | he has heard of his books Only the other day we were wondering why Austin Dobson was 80 persistently silent. News arrives of his resolution to break that ilence, not with new work, to be sure, but | with a new arrangement of some old things. | He is preparing & single - volume edition of his poems which, it 1s said, he willsend forth | as theone he cares to be remembered by. 1t will preserve most or all of the contents of ~0ld Worid Idylls” and “At the Sign of the Lyre,” aud there will be included & number of fugitive pieces composed six.ce the publica- tion of thiose volumes. An amusing story of au encounter with Thomas Hardy has recently been credited to | Dr. Weir Mitchell. *“While traveling in Eng- | 1and,” he is quoted as saying, “I fell inio | conversation . with a stranger, who proved to | bea man of great intelligence aud culture. We discussed recent novels, on which we spoke with much freedom. I expressed my opinion of °T. me parts of which I thought were very me.odramatic, especial em- phasis being laid on the first part of the com- pound word, ‘In fact,’ I said, ‘they are so | mellow that they approach the stage of rot- tenness.’ As we were parting the gentleman said: ‘You may be interested to know that my name is Thomus Hard: y. It is stated that Beatrice Herraden's “Hilda Strafford,” whicn was recently pubHshed, has alrendy reached a seventh edition in London. The expianation is that the first edition was three or four times subscribed, and the demand since has been so large that Messrs. | Biackwood are now forced to go w press again. “It would be interesting,” says the Academy. 1 “by the way, to kuow of how many coples each edition consisted. The seme publishers will shortly publish & long novel by Miss Harraden, called ‘I, Too, Have Come Through Winery Terrors,’ a iitle that should iake the popular taste as effectually as ‘Ships Taat Pass in the Night.”” Messts. Dodd, Mead & Ce. are the American publishers of Miss Harraden's stories. Mr. Laurence Hutton has for years made & specially of the collection of death-masks of prominent men. His collection ef some sixty such masks has just been contributed to Princeton University, ana includes those of Napoleon, Washington. Lincoln, Thackeray, Daniel Webster, Queen Erizabeth, Dean Switt, Coleridge, Laurence Sterne, Keats, Professor Richard Owen, Richard Brineley Sheridau, Sir Isaac Newtoun, Dion Boucicault, John Mo Cullough, General Shermsn, Harry Edwards, Lawrence Barrett, Mary Queen of Scots, Henry Clay, John C. Caithoun, Walter Scott, Edmund Burke, Sir Thomas More, Oliver Cromwell, Robert Burns, Robert Bruce, Aaron Burr, Ed- mund Kean, David- Garrick, Frederick the Great, Robespierre, Murat, Mirabeau, Beeth- oven, Mendeissonn, Haydn, Wordsworth, Charles 1I, Napoleon IiI, Goethe, Luther and Dante. An English writer calls attention to the fol- lowing advertisement which appeared in the Athermum of England. He thinks it suggests a new fleld of employment for successful au- thors. When the creative spirit temporarily deserts them they can turn their attention to the work of tuition. Here is the advertise- ment: “WANTED—A well-known Author to give Advertiser Postal Lessons in Nove! Writing. State Terms. “TO AUTHORS, NOVELISTS, ESSAYISTS, ETC.—Young beginner seeks tuition in liter- ary methods and guidance in the formation of style, more especially with a view to short- story writing.” “There is a delicious brevity in the expres- sion ‘state terms,’” says the English Critic. “I wonder, however, that the literary beginner did not suggest a sysiem of payment by re- sults. The successful teacher might be en- titled to claim a fair percentage of the earn- ings of his pupil during the first few years of his literary career, and & royalty on the sale of his novels.” &