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hat the Literary fights Are Doing, - t be dead are now pro- serfec- accepted 1} r influenc: % his subsequent ) Miss Wo: of these letters is 1833, Balzac sia, from Etrangers’ t not knows t ere any authentic knowl- ts; but it began & cor- e between its writer and Bal- h ended in their marriage in 155, at what date Madame name; it must bave te early in the correspondence, he never knew it exactly until in September, 185, at £ its letters show more of Balzac than eny other pen than his, nself. ent volume are trans- er protest and are undoubtediy s, or are filled with interpo k doctored up by M, in the pr ba le de Epoelberch de Lovenjoul for of establishing the slander his book, ““Roman 4’Amour."” s the following we certainly was not written by so great a my flower of heaven, I send you a r; 8 black, but I hasten it 1 my hair grow, and Because I want enough and bracelets! oughts, in all the lines s of my life, in all growing for you. s time, but I 1 have been have given it a offers ample proof to skeptical that these passages in some of the erpolations and for e reader is forced to the sion from the marked char- of the genuine epistles. the following lines ring of the hand of they 1 my evening. 1 am seated st my R . have gazed through space at the 3 3 sitted, and where I went 1o sth, rest, strength—to refresh head, to he forget the hell of ng here a few tears fall. I ie extent of the abyss; 1 weigh the scek In the depths of my heart the e lies the principle of my power, yeelf. Of these great scenes, ween God and ourselves. My could see me you would know I war 80 £ad in leaving you; you wouid rehend the mesning of what I said when with spparent galety, “I go to plunge back into the vat and remew my mis- eries His letters are filled with talk about his work, but it is seldom that he .re- of his rare revelations of the soul of his work:" veals the great mind and soul behind it Here is, as Miss Wormeley says, ‘‘one 1f you only knew how, after this solitary life, lon ture by a rapld rush across 1 thirsts for the immense, te: for Nature seen in the mass. not judged on its grand lines, sometimes . sometimes rich with sun, as lands instead of ou would not tell es my torture; it ace on which I sleep. had innumerable financial t through them all he never space, scel moment allowed business diffi- his poor health to interfere antic labors of his pen. He nd, one ideal, to whom he erything, and that one was ka. His letters to her give idea of haw he worked and pre- early the remarkable per- man. Witness the follow- s poor as Job, and once ancs to settle w dearly is men make it to such thing as a 1 that T shall change g to bed at mid and work 1 shall be an w e a” or “C ps like a in apitalist ulevard bome to 1 rise at mid a bath two at 6 o'clock hours of work ere are three printing smes, well, they midnight to midday, I 1 am twelve hours rovising, in the . from mjd- t my proofs. At 5 I bed, and am wakened at mb Yesterday my armchair, the companion of my vigils, broke. It is the second that I have had ed under me since the beginning of the battle that I fight sion 1s In what T have nishes even publishers. Yet there are people who still say, ‘"He brings noth- ing out.” | this labof will seem nothing, 0 long as it gives me liberty, independence. When I think that I still need seventy thousand francs for that, and to get them I must spread six bottles of ink on twenty-four reams of paper, it makes me shudder. I had vesterday, after writing to you, a vio- lent rush of blood to the head. From 3 In the morning till 3 in the afternoon I corrected without pausing six folios of “La Comedie Humaine” (“Les Employes™), into which 1 inserted passages taken from the ‘‘Physiologle de I'Employe,” a Mttle book, written in haste, about which you know nothing. This work, which was equivalent to writing in twelve hours an Svo volume, brought on the attack. My rose bled from yesterday until this morn- ing. But I feel myself mors relieved than weakened by this little natural bleeding—bene- fictal, I make no doubt. To settle this point, reflect on this: and sten: Walter Scott wrote two novels a year, was thought to have luck In hi tonished England. This year I shall hax he as- duced: (1) “Le Pere Gorlot,” (2) *“Le Lys Dans la Vallee,”” (3) ‘Les Memoires d'une Jeune Mariee,”” (4) ‘“‘Cesar Birotteau.”” three parts of the “Etudes de Madame Bechet, and three parts of the *‘Etudes Philosophiques” for Werdet. And, finally, I shull have finished the third dizain and “‘Ser- ephita’ But, then, shall I be living or in my sound mind in 15362 I doubt it. Sometimes I think that my brain is inflaming. I shall dle h of intellect. These efforts have not yet saved me from my financlal cri This fearful production of books, involving a: it does such messes of proofs, has not sufficed to liquidate me. I must come to the stage, the returns of which are enormous compared o those we get from books. The intellectual bat- tleflelds are more fatiguing to work than the s where men die or the flelds where they sow their corn; know this. France drinks braine, as once she cut off noble heads. 1 am much fatigued, much tortured, much worried, especially about money. That wire, which pulls one back at every moment from on high into this heap of mud, is intolerable; it saws my neck. Like nearly all men of genius he had his weaknesses and fads. He was erratic and egotistic. He had no business head and was always filled with grandiose schemes by which he hoped to eventually surround himself with all the luxurles of wealth. Bric-a-brac and antiquities were his special hobby; while he believed firmly in somnambulism, mesmerism and hyp- notism. He cultivated long hair, lost money in stocks and carried a most re- markable cane of which he was very proud. Regarding the cane what he has to say to Mme. Hanska on the subject is interesting and well shows his ebullient, boyish nature: 1 will put in my parcel of April 17 the two caricatures of men in plaster by Dantan, who has caricatured all the great men. The chiet point of mine is the famous cane bubbling with turquoise on a chased gold knob, which has far more success in France than all my works. As for me, he has carlcatured my stoutness. 1 look like Louis XVIIL These two carica tures have had such great success that I have not as yet been able to get the: It is true that I go out little, and s!* at my work for twenty hours. You can’t imagine what suc- cess thia Jeweled cane has had; it threatens to become European. Borget, who has returned from Italy, and who did not say he was my friend, told me he heard of it in Navles and Rome. All the dandles in Parls are jealous, and the little journals have been supplied with items for six months. Excuse me for telling u this, but it seems to me it is blographical, and if they tell you on your travels that I have a falry cane, waich summons horses, erects palaces and spits diamonds, do not be sur- prised, but laugh as I do. Never did the tail ot Alciblades’ dog wag harder. But I have three or four talls of the sams kind for the Paris- ians. Balzac was most frank in his expres- sions to Mme. Hanska regarding con- temporary authors, with many of whom he had a personal acquaintance. What he thought ¢f Dumas and Hugo may not prove uninteresting: 1 cas understand, dear Countess, ho@liked at “'Les Mousquetaires, wall fiiformed, knowing, above all, the history o ¥abnce, wos only from the istorical point why you LILITH PROM TME PAINTING BY DANTE ¥ ROSSETTL view, but even t f the Kings and the private din- On. certainly sorry to i from disgust with wasted one's time—the he Cabinet re of the Queens, i this book, life is made. It is not last page of a novel of ot the sentiment with we re-read Scott, but T re-read Dumas. He is or, but he ought to repounce y it and know it better. alls about Vietor Hugo. ersatio a little like Humboldt, admitting more dialogue. He Adeas. He execrates Racine and considers him u secondary man. He is There is more of good Though the good is an out- 4 though all things are alculated in him, he is, In the main, a & man, besides being the great poet that he is. He has lost much of his quality,, his force and his value by the life he leads, al = opinfon of himself, as brought in one of the epistles, presents a very accurate estimate of his character: I have told you something of my life; I have not told you ail, but you will have seen enough to understand that I have no time to do evil, no leisure to let myself go o happiness. Gifted with excessive sensibility, having lived much in the solitude, the constant ill-fortune of my lite hae been the element of what is called so improperly talent. I am provided with a great power of observation, because I have been cast among all sorts of professions involuntarily. The foregoing excerpts give a very fair average of the interesting points of the Balzac letters as translated by Miss ‘Wormeley. W. P. Trent, In a recent ar- ticle upon Balzac literature, says with ref- erence to these epistles and their char-’ acter and value: “They are not spiritual documents, like the Browning letters, or documents deal- ing with the amenities of friendship and gocial life, like the Stevenson letters, and it may be doubted whether, in transla- tion, they would appeal to one-tenth of the readers that have recently been fascinated with these two epistolary collections. Yet they set before us a far greater man than either Browning or Stevenson, and thelr value will increase with the years.” Too much cannot be sald of the thorough and pralseworthy work which Miss Wor- meley has done in this book. She pre- sents in addition numerous footnotes of great value to the lover of Balzac, and also translations of several letters from Monsieur Hanski, together with other in- formation by way of explanation or neces- sary to complete the chain of the author's correspondence. (Hardy, Pratt & Co., Boston; $1.50.) History of American Horses and Representative Horsemen. The Turf, Field and Farm Publishing Company has always been well to the fore in advancing the interests of horsemen and assisting them to bring the horse of pleasure and utility In this country to its present high standard. All lovers of the steed and students of the sclence of breed- ing and developing thoroughbreds will read with avidity the recent historical edi- tion of the Turf, Field and Farm entitled, “History of American Horses and Repre- sentative Horsemen.” A later work.upon the subject is also promised, of which the following prospectus is presented: “In a later edition the subject will be continued and brief sketches of horses which stand out conspicuously, giving value to families that branch from a firm- ly rooted tree, will be introduced. The history of epoch making races will also be written. The road-riding movement, which grew under the fostering care of ° such men as Robert Bonner, Cornelius and ‘William H. Vanderbilt, Frank Work, John D. and William Rockefeller and Lawrence Kip, until the dawn of the present era of speedways, will receive earnest considera- tion, and the triumphs of such breeders as A. J. Alexander, Leland Stanford, Willlam Russell Allen, J. Malcolm Forbes and John E. Thayer will be deseribed. The development of horse shows, riding acad- emies and the hunting fleld is a theme of surpassing interest and pages will be glven to it. The hackney, the French coach horse and the heavler breeds will recelve attention and the second histori- cal number will prove just as instructive _And a Little Gossip the Bookworm féas Chanced to feear. By B. G. Lathrop. as this one. Finally all the matter will be revised and bound In one great volume."” . The present edition 1s a condensation of all the principal facts relating to the his- tory of the horse and is a clean, terse rec- ord of the progress made by American breeders. The volume is profusely fllus- trated with excellent photogravures of prominent horsemen, of their model stables and of famous stallions, brood mares and race horses. A most valuable article upon “The American Thoroughbred and Racing” ap- pears under the signature of Robert S. Nevill (“Trebor’). In addition to an in- teresting discussion upon the-subject sug- gested by the title Mr. Nevill has com- piled a condensed of the most im- portant American events and winners for the past elghteen years, which gives an excellent idea of American racing during that period. Another meritorlous paper that will prove of ald to the trotters is given by Waiter T. Chester (“Griffin") upon the subject, “The Light Harness Horse in America.” It contains as an adjunct to the text statistics of early achievements and a comparison of obsolete with pres- ent methods. (Turf. Field and Farm As- AR, FALRY , CILAAN I A [rrem tme PanTING BY DY SAmERON snciation Publishing Company, New York.) “Indian Story and Song "’ “Indian Story and Song” is a book of aboriginal songs which-have hitherto ap- peared only in scientific publications. At the Congress of Musicians, held at the Trans-Mississippl Exposition in° Omaha, July, 1898, so much interest was taken in the essays of Alice Fletcher upon the songs of the North American Indians that a number of them are herewith presented in thelr matrix of story. To a student of archaeology they are of great value. Many of them have a com- mon motif and are parts of one cere- monial action, but the motif is treated differently in each song. Their brevity is noticeable. They have no introduction, being almost abrupt. This is owing to the relation of the song to gome story, for the latter is always found- ed upon a dramatic circumstance. *Every song had originally its owner; be- longing either to a soclety, secular or re- ligious; to a certain clan or political or- ganization, or to some indlvidual. Each society had its peculiar songs, as also the individual; and only by purchase could the right to sing be transferred. There was no important personal experience where it did not play a part, nor a cere- monial where it was not essential to the expression of religious feeling. This was because of a belief that music was a me- dfum of communication between man and the unseen. Therefore the Indian used his song In every experience from the cradle to the grave to insure the assistance of the unseen power when confronted by any undertaking, such ag war, the hunt for game, for sport or for love. He sang not as our modern tenor clamoring for ap- plause, but poured out his feelings re- gardless of artistic effect. Indian singing was always in unison, and as the several voices moved along in octaves the different qualities of tone pro- duced harmonic effects. There is no uni- form key for any particular song, for the Indian has no mechanical device by which he can determine pitch. Among the songs in this collection is stirring dance song, which, like all the others, has been harmonized by Professor J. C. Fillmore. It is light and spirited and is the call of the people to thelr leader, Ishibuzzhi. One which might be called rather flow- ing in style is a trysting love song. The words, “I see them coming,” are sung by a youth who awaits his Indlan lass, and lto her it is the fulfillment of hope and ove. The Song of the Deathless Voice s per- haps one of the most stirring sung. It is in a majestic and martial spirit and re- counts the experience of a number of warriors and their leader wha went forth to harass and drive a powerful people from a territory rich in game. One day they came to a large grove, ‘where they pitched camp that they might rest a while. Some went forth for game, while others watched and repaired their moccasins and clothing. Night came on, and while those whose duty it was to cook ‘were busily preparing the meal others sat before the burning logs and told stories of battles and strange advensures. ‘The meal ready, the leader was called upon to perform the usual sacred rites observed before eating, and at a signal from him each one bowed his head to make the silent petition to Wakonda, the power that moves all things. The leader litted his head, and from the pile of meat in front of him took a bit and raised it to the sky as an offering to that mysterious power. Suddenly through the stillness there rang a song, the echoes in the hills and valleys catching and repeating the strain. Each man grasped his bow while the leader exclaimed, “The fire, the fire!"” At once many hands were rubbing the flaming wood into the earth. The leader hastily commanded his men to form a ring around the spot whence came the song, and while the voice sang on the ring became smaller and smaller until in an open space the shadowy form of a tree loomed up. The song went on unceas- ingly, until the tree becoming plainly vis- ible there could be no chance of escape for the singer. The Indlans kept their bows drawn and arrows strung while they slowly closed in. The song ceased, but no human being could be seen. Instead at the bottom of the tree lay scattered the whitened boues and grinning skull of a man. Death had claimed the body of the ‘warrlor, but had failed to silence the voice of the hunter, who when ilving had often defied death. In the book each song is given with the Indian words and is arranged for piano accompaniment. There is also presented a short explanation and the legend con- cerning the origin of the melody. Miss Fletcher's work will prove very charming to all interested in the picturesque lore of the Indians. (Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. $150.) History of the Anglo-Boer Conflict. “The Anglo-Boer Conflict: Its History and Causes,” Is the subject for a 134-page little book by Alleyne Ireland. Mr. Ire- land fs also the author of *“Tropical Colon- ization.” His obfect In the present case is ‘““to provide a brief and accurate ac- count of the events which have led up to the war, for the use of those who, while feeling an Interest in the situation, are unable to go over all the ground covered by the many writers on the subject and by the very extensive official documents of the cas¢ RS STILLMAN PROM THE DRAWINS BY DANTE § ROSSETTU Mr. Treland has spent the greater part of twelve years in the British coloni a the present volume shows the hand of one familiar with however, his subject. The author Is decidedly pro-British in his d many bits of evidence gen- dered of intrinsic worth from a Boer standpoint are either wholly omit- ted or slightin, passed over. In Mr. Ireland’s review he divides the history of South Africa into six periods: (1) From the final British occupation of Cape Colony in 1814 to 182, the year in which the Transvaal became a separate state. (2) From-18i2 to 1857, the vear .in which England resumed sovereignty over the Transvaal. (3) The revolt of 1880 a the conventions of 1881 and 1884. (1) T growth of the Uitlander grie the re-erection of the Transva; () The Jameson raid. (§) The interfer- ence of Great Britain In order to segure redress for the Ultlander grievances. The author candidly admits and cites instances of British ignorance and mis- management in the affairs of the Trans- vaal, blaming high officialsfof the past and present for the wars whi®: have been as well as the existing difficulty. He warmly espouses the cause of the Ultland- ers, however, taking up strongly the ques- tion of taxation without representation; thelr educational and political grlevances and outrages on person and property. Mr. Ireland presents his arguments in a concise and readable form. His book is not long and is well worth reading if taken in connection with the work of some other author having a pro-Boer tendency and who dwells on the arguments omitted in the present account, (Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. 75 cents.) «“Personal Impressions.’ The first number of “Personal Impres- sions” is out. The magazine is published by D. P. Elder and Morgan Shepard, the San Francisco publishers, and will prove an addition to the literary fleld of Cali- fornla. The cover is most artistic, and both the quality of the paper and typo- graphical work create a favorable im- pression. The point of the magazine is to give *‘a simple record of current liter- ature enlivened by the touch of personal opinion,” and in addition to champlon the cause of anything pertaining to the art and beauty of San Francisco and Cal- ifornia. The initial number contains a very valuable article upon “The Cala- veras Big Trees,” by David Starr Jor- dan; an interestting resume of the best literature published regarding the Trans- vaal question, some pages for the chil- dren and numerous other features and fancles which show careful and thought- ful work. ‘‘Personal Impressions’” de- serves a warm welcome from San Fran- ciscans. A Novel on Mormonism. Stnce Brigham Roberts’ election to Con- gress, giving rise, as it did, to widespread discussion, there has been revived an in- terest in Mormonism which seemed to dle away after Utah took her place in the sisterhood of States and promised to walk thereafter along conventional ways. To meet the growing demands for a ‘more complete comprehension of the prin- ciples which actuated the founders of the Mormon church, there has been repub- lished Mrs. Paddock’s story, “The Fate of Madame La Tour.” The story told in the book is of stirring interest—of interest all the greater be- cause the main incidents of the book are said to be of actual occurrence. The La Tours were a French family of wealth and position, the head of which, becoming interested in the new faith taught with so much ardor by its emissaries, sold his pos- sessions and migrated with his family to- ward the new Land of Promise described in glowing colors by the Mormon leaders. Before the end of the journey M. La Tour died and his family soon found that their wealth had from them for- ever into the coffers of the church. Mme. La Tour, who had never shared with her husband his blind faith in his new relig- fous guides, discovered that her doubts as to the singleness of the purpose of the Mormon leaders were but too well found- ed. Not only was she bereft of fortune, but in revenge for her refusal to comply with his wish to make her one of his “spiritual” wives, the head of the church began a series of persecutions having as their object, not only Mme. La Tour, but all of her children as well. The hatred directed toward Mme. La Tour culminated in her death. Her children were more for- tunate, and one by one escaped from the net which was woven by the Mormon leaders so closely around their people that many who tired of Mormonism and tried to escape from Utah were unable to do so. Besides the picture of early Mormon- ism the novel contains excellent bits of description of life on the plains and in the early mining camps of the Pacific Coast. (Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York; $D. Overheard by the Bookworm. D. Appleton & Co.'s-announcements for March include *Bird Studies With a Cam- era,” by Frank M. Chapman; the fifth volume of “The History of the People of the United States,” by Professor John Bach McMaster; “The Principles of Taxa- tion,” by the late David A. Wells; History of Russian Literatur v Wallszewski; berry,” by Henry Wilton Thomas; “‘Mirry- Ann,” orma Lorimer; “The Immortal Garland,” by Anna Robeson Brown; “Stories From the Arabian Nights,” by Adam Singleton; “The Elements of Dif- ferential and Integral Calculus,” by J. W. A. Young and C. E. Linebarger; “Stories of the Great Astronomers,”” by Edward S. Holden; “The Storied West Indles,” by F. A. Ober; ““The Chronicles of Sir John Froissart,” by Adam Singleton, and “Ad- vanced Elementary Sclence,” by Edward G. Howe. The career of “The Smart Set,” the mew standard monthly magazine that has just been published in New York, will bs watched with keen interest by reason of the fact that it sets out to be the literary organ of society—that e tion that is usually su out b As a matter of fact, the first number of “The Smar ' is refutation of this conventional theory, th om start to social re- tly wr literary. “The Idle feature of the number, field-Taylor and Reginald s a flerce travesty on their is by H de Koven, and own set. Other contributors are Mrs. Burton Harrison, Julien Gordon (Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger), Caroline Duer, Sarah Cooper Hewitt, Eliot Gregory, Julian Hawthorne, Edgar Saltus and Ella er Wilcox. The magazine i{s hand- printed, and is “smart” to the last line. An experiment of great interest to read- ers of the Bible is announced by the Mac- millan Company. They will publish im- mediately, in current and popular Eng- lish, the epistles of the New Testament. The work has been done by Rev. Henry Hayman, D.D., rector of Aldingham, Eng- land, Honorary Canon of Carlisle The author's plan has been to keep with the mose careful fidelity to the thoughts of the apostles, while claiming a perfectly free hand as regards the language In which he has ventured to present them. In the latter respect he reverses the prac- tice of every earlier version in our lan- guage, but the departure is justified by the changes that have taken place in our native tongue. The result will be found to be very helpful in the understanding of the epistles. The authorized version is printed on the left-hand pages and the modern English on the right. The evolution of the wholesale Atstrib- uting house into a publishing factor has received its latest exemplification in the case of the H. B. Clafiin Company of New York. Early last year the management concelved the idea of issuing the expen- The parts suppressed by the R n censors are in many respects the most in- teresting, the most powerful and the most vital; for they are those dealing with prison Mfe In Russia, the politieal persecutions ¢pd the exile prisoners. The Russian edition gcontains but Mttle more than half the complete story. The author’s royalties will be devoted to the assistance of the Russian Douk- hobors, who are now emigrating & Can- ada to escape the persecutions which they have been undergoing at the hands of the Russian Government. The London Guide, published by Charles Alvin Gillig, appears for 1900 in its fou:- teenth edition. It has been revised, amended and brought up to date in ~v respect, and should prove very valuabie to Americans who contemplate visiting the Paris Exposition and incidental have in mind a trip over the channel to see Old Landon Town. The opening of the Paris Exposition. now so near at hand, renders of special in- terest two books dealing with the two e tremes of Paris life. One of these is “Bu- hemian Parls of To-day,” by W. C. Mor- row and Edouard Cucuel, with 106 {llu: trations. Owing to the big Lippincott firs the book was out of print at Christmas time, and many of those fortunate enough to secure copies of the first edition svld them at double price. A new and largo second edition 1s now ready. The work is a thorough portrayal of this phase of Parisian life, The social and diplomatic side of Paris 1s treated in one of the most absorbing of new novels, “A New Race Diplomatist,” < this week. From the President's selection of a diplomatist, By a most novel method, to the end of the work its inter- est Is intense, and its contrast of ths American spirit with that of the old world civilizations will be a delight to those re- Joleing in the patriotic atmosphere of the present day. e, The sales of “Janice Meredith” continue unabated. The publishers report for the first five days of last week—flve months after publication—a sale of 5500 coples, or 1100 & day. On March 1 the Century Company had sold 200,000 coples of the thres books by Rudyard Kipling which bear its fmprint— “Captains Courageo and the first and second “Jungle Book: The April number of Scribner’s Mag: zine, as is usual with the Easter lssuse, will have a brilllant colored cover. The design is by C. A. Hinton. This lssus will also represent the work of a notabie group of English, French and American artists. Ernest Seton-Thompson, author of “Wild Animals I have Known,” will describe the life and adventures of a cu- rious lttle animal of the Southwest The author known as the kangaroo rat. with his own tilustrates this ar 1 story sketches. H ham's article on the battle of Magersfontein appears rich {llustrated wit phs which wers developed, pri gands of miles from the battlefleld. Whigham will know nothing of his re- sults until at some future day he picks up a copy of the magaz! He simplv knows that he snapped a camera in the direction of the fighting and inclosed the films in a tin box. Those who expect to visit Parls this season will be particularly interested in Miss Tarbell's article on “The Charm of Paris,” which is to appear with abundant fllustrations by a group of the best modern ar S. “The Black Wolf's Breed” seems to have made a universal hit. The Toronto representative of the Bowen-Merrill Com- pany, publishers, telegraphed to them post h “How soon can you ship ons thou “’n!in“ Sold first edition on date of publicatibn. Mr. R. H. Russell, the publisher, will shortly start a monthly periodical, which, unless a more promising title suggests ! self, will be called The New Magazine. This publication will probably make its bow to the public with its May number. It will conform in size to the standard American monthly. Its contents will be principally short fiction, with a few seri- als. The best artists have been engaged to make the illustrations, and the most approved methods will be emploved in col- oring many of the pictures. Besides the fiction an effort will be made to carry features which may be sald to be identi- fled with a “‘monthly, newspaper” In text as well as {llustrations. Some of the English critics have fallen foul of the dialect of Mr. Dooley, which may be American, they say, but can hardly be even American-Irish. And now it turns out it is the dlalect of County Roscommon, in Ireland, and that the pa- tives have enthusiastically approved its accuracy. A new edition of “Diana Tempest,” ons of Miss Cholmondeley’s earliar novels, will shortly appear from the press of D. Appleton & Co. According to the lates report, her “Red Pottage,” combining the English and American editions, has now reached the one hundred thousand mark. It is interesting to note, by the way, that the American edition brought out by Har- per & Brothers has long since outstripped the one {ssued in London. The forthcom- ing edition of “Diana Tempest” will con- tain & portralt and critical blography of Miss Cholmondeley. This is a featurs in the publication of fiction which, it is sald, will shortly be included in other forthcom- ing novels being prepared by the Apple- tons. The - April number of Personal Impres- sions will contain an article by Professor T. R. Bacon on the “Historical Writings of John Fiske™"; “An Appreciation of Wil- lam Keith,” by Charles A. Keeler (the supplement is to be a reproduction of one of Mr. Keith’'s paintings); and literary an- nouncements and reviews by various con- tributors. The Old Book Room is to be devoted to California, and the Children's Room will contain “What Betsy Did.” MecClure’s Magazine for April will con- tain an article by Willlam Barclay Par- sons, chief engineer of the American- sive copyright works of popular authors in China Development Company, giving the moderate price editions. Beginning with® rusult of his recent commercial explora: a limited edition of 100,000 coples of “The Honorable Peter Stirling,” by Paul Lel- cester Ford, the clever author of the pres- ent favorite “Janice Meredith,” they fs- sued in rapld succession “The Forest Lovers,” by Maurice Hewlett; ‘““Teila, by Robert Barr; “A Lady of Quality, by Mrs. Burnett; “Trilby,” by George du Maurler; ‘“Adventures of Francols,” by 8. Weir Mitchell, etc., ete. The experiment proved to be a complete success, the editions, necessarily limited, being rapldly exhausted. The same policy, it is announced, will be continued into 1900. An article in the March Home Maga- zine that will be read with eager interest in light of the Boer war is Hudson Max- im’'s on “Curious Facts About High Ex- plosives. Mr. Maxim is the authority on this subject. What he has to say is valuable. * The illustrations are quite as unique in their way, one of them showing Mr. Maxim in the act of lighting a cigar With a burning stick of dynamite, which he holds in his hand. It was feared that Count Leo Tolstot's health would prevent his completing his novel, “Resurrection,” but his publishers in America, Dodd, Mead & Co., announce that it is at last ready. The authorized English translation is by Mrs. Loulse Maude. This edition is the only one thorized by Count Tolstol, the transi, tion having been made from his manu- script and urlnder his direction. “Resurrection” is the only lo written by Count Tolstoi lylncen‘",:::al. Karenina.” It is most dramatie, vivid and realistic In its study of character and delineation of Russian life of the present day. It is a story of the resurrection of two souls and embodles the author's views as to the brotherhood of man, the im- morality of many of the political condi- tions of the time and his implicit belfef in the teachings of the New Testament. The Russian edition 1s emasculated. tions in the most secluded parts of China and showing what an immense market China offers American farmers, manufac- turers and merchants. The article will be fully illustrated from photographs taken by the author on his journeys. Books Recelved. “The Domestic Blunders of Women,™ by @ Mere Man. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York. $L “Recent Advances in Astronomy,” by Alfred H. Fison, D. Sc. Herbert 8. Stone & Co., Chicago and New York. $§1 3. “The Free Trade Movement and Its Re- sults,” by G. Armitage-Smith. M. A. Her- bert 8. Stone & Co., Chicago and. New York. $1 2. “The Seckers,” by Stanley Waterloo. " Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago and New York. $135. “How to Prepare for a Civil Service Examination,” by Francis E. 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