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Show Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories, for Little Children," are now gathered in a single volumo from the various periodicals in which they appeared, ap-peared, and are presented with pictures devised by the author. They are in accord with the sort of gloss that youngsters expect their elders to provide, and make a very charming book for the little ones. Doubleday, Page & Co. are the pub- Ushers. Hamilton Wright Marble's essays entitled "Under "Un-der the Trees," has been reisssued with elaborate illustrations and decorations by C. L. Hintou. These graceful writings on nature in her various moods will be glad to possess them in holiday dress. Dodd-Mead Company are the publishers. The A. Wessels Company announces the issue, In a limited edition of 500 copies of "The Legends of the Iroquois," by W. W. Canfield of TJtica, N. IY which will contain a portrait of Cornplanter, the Seneca chief, from whom most of the stories are derived, and an engraving of the sacred Stone of the Oneidas, one of the most interesting relics of Indian occupation of this country. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's "Eleanor" has been dramatized, and will shortly be presented at the Court Theater in London. Preparations are also being made for its production in this country. W. D. Howell's new book, "Literature and Life," has just been issued. An Important book published by the Century Company this week is John Bach McMaster's "Daniel Wehster," with especial reference tr his political career. J. S. Stimson (J. S. of Dale) has returned to literature after a silence of several years. His new book, "Jethro Bacon and the Weaker Sex," will soon appear under the publishing publish-ing firm of Scribner's. Among the books published this week by Little, Lit-tle, Brown & Co. are "Glimpses of China and Chinese Chi-nese Homes," by Edward S. Morse, formerly professor pro-fessor of zoology in the Imperial University, To-kio; To-kio; "The Spiritual Outlook," by Willard Chamberlain Cham-berlain Selleck; new illustrated editions of Miss Alcott's girls' stories, "Little Women" and "An Old-Fashioned Girl," with full page illustrations; and a now thirty-two-volume Barrington edition of the writings of Charles Lever. Thomas W. Lawson, the well-known yachtsman, yachts-man, has brought out at his own expense a limited lim-ited edition de luxe, "A History of the American Cup." Mrs. Carter H. Harrison enters the rather crowded field ' of authorship -with -more claims to welcome than most authors can advance. Her first book is "Prince Silverwings and Other Fairy Tales," and is particularly charmingly adapted to young readers. The stories, it is said, are the completed forms of many impromptu entertainments entertain-ments devised by Mrs. Harrison for her own children. chil-dren. The new book is gaily bound and attractively attrac-tively illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins. A. C. McClugg & Co. are the publishers. Scribner's Sons announce the early appearance of "Nova Solyma," a romance in prose and verse unearthed last winter in England by Walter Beg-ley Beg-ley and believed to have been written anonymously anony-mously by John Milton. The surprising part of the find is, not that it was a hidden manuscript, but had been printed and published in Latin in 1648, and bears the imprint of John Legat, publisher, pub-lisher, London. It probably was dropped out of sight during the political fever at that date, and is said to strongly resemble the writings of John Milton. Harper & Bros, have just published Howell's "The Flight of Tony Baker," and it is said to be one of the most charming and interesting boys' story books extant. Dr. Goss, whom the success of "The Redemption Redemp-tion of David Corson" might well have tempted to prolific production, has allowed nearly three years to elapse before making his second venture. Dr. Goss chooses for his heroine a young girl, born in Athens, brought up by a father enamored of Greek J m W v IHl classicism, saturated with its spirit. She knows olf y&B nothing of Christian teaching, but the theories of P y & W JK fate and retribution of Greek tragedy are familiar iT IfH to her. Her black waiting woman, steeped in the ! 11 kf f ' Bri age old lore of ancient Thebes, a hypnotist j HJLt, IB' and magician, a charmer of snakes, human only j SJFjf jlM1 in her love for the young girl, leads her mind j fj f, f,j IflB back into the dark ages. To this young girl comes i fcjh'4B a pagan of today, a sensualist, a man without j jf jj fB principle, no moral rules govern his inclinations, I ( B 'I I' i ?H and the inevitable occurs despite the Egyptian's j , "f j fH watchfulness. The young girl then determines on I' t :jH revenge as taught by the Eumenides. She haunts in, 'i4H the man's footsteps, drives him from his native 3j i B city, from his political career, makes him a home- f j M i'jisljB less wanderer, dreaming of suicide as the only U) -' M means of escaping his Nemesis. The girl is finally j M1 1B stopped in her career of revenge by the unfolding j ff f . "B of the corner-stone of Christianity. This is an L k k H outline of "The Loom of Life," and is in reality a 'fH well-told story based upon the every-day social ' J! 2 lBI evil. Bowen-Merrill Co. "are the publishers. ' I P jH "Views and ReviewB," by William Ernest Hen- l L i''IH ley, published by Scribner's Sons, is one of the lfvL H clearest and most comprehensive art criticisms of 5fbfaH today, and instead of outlining mere treatisles on j $jj lkH the various subjects handled, the author makes j JsfflB careful studies of each subject, which serve to en- j 'fj j. H lighten as well as interest students in the higher l ' H studies of art and artists of yesterday and today. ) in H It is a work which will win upon its merits the i Up ? ' ,,H indorsement of critics in classical art and Its an- !j ljd'"jH cient and modern exponents. II PM tH |