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Show iii I ------ . I The third of Zola's "Four Evangelist" novels 1 1 will appear this season in an English translation by Ernest A. Vitzetelly, with the title of "Truth." I It is from the French of "La Verite." John Lane will publish it in this country. T I Henry Holt & Co. recently sent to press on S the same day the seventeenth impression of "Ru- j pert of Hentzau," the seventeenth of "Idle I Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" and the forty-sixth J of "The Honorable Peter Stirling." It is announced that ex-President Kruger's autobiography, au-tobiography, which will be published simulta- I neously in many countries on November 16th, will P j be a volume containing one hundred thousand M words. The Munich publisher, Lehmann, has paid Li ! a high price for the book and serial rights in all I ! languages. A French translation has been aril ar-il ! ranged; Nighaff has purchased the rights for Hol- II ' land, and Fisher Unwin has acquired the copy-C copy-C right in the English language for Great Britain. I !' Canada, the British colonies and the United States. m ' The book contains the story of Mr. Kruger's life H I from childhood to the negotiation of peace. F pi ''The Climax," a novel by Charles Felton Pid- m gin, is published by the C. M. Clark Publishing H ;l company, New York. S 1 1 "The Heart of Christianity," a forty-page bro- 1 I chure by William Hayes Ward, D. D., LL. D., is ! II published by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. i j H '; "The Story of Lizzie McGuire," a parody on H j "The Story of Mary McLane," is not sufficiently 'j well written to be even amusing. Published by M 1 1 Henry A. Dickerman & Son., New York. d ' j "The Admiral's Aid," by H. H. Clark, is con- m fidently recommended as a rattling good story for H I boys of nine or ten. Published by the Lothrop pj I Publishing company. Boston. H l 'b 1 B jj ! Charles E. Benton of the One Hundred and Rj H I Fiftieth New York Volunteers, is the author of a B WB I volume on the Civil war, entitled "As Seen From i'l tlie Ranks." The book gives simply the author's Hfjiffl ' personal recollections. It is well written. Pub- IJjS I lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. ! I 8 Among the new books for young people are 1 I "Jeb Hutton," by James B. Connolly, "a tale of 8 i adventure and1 character-testing episodes along the B Savannah," and "King Mumbo," by Paul du , 8 Chaillu, "a graphic account of the great explorer's RllJi perilous and exciting adventures in the African Hfn( forest." Both books have effective illustrations. Blffif i Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. K(M i BfiH Helen Hunt Jackson's California articles, hith- Hi j erto printed with her European travel sketches, HjjHff aro now Published ln a separate volume with illus- B hi H ' trations by Henry Sandham. The volume includes H'ii "Father Junipero and His Work," "The Mission Ht'fi ' Indians in Southern California," "Echoes in the H j jj ' City of Angels," "Outdoor Industries in Southern Hoi ' California" and "Chance Days in Oregon." Pub- Bjlffi lished by Little, Brown & Co., Boston. Hil i i Hfiji I, The article, by Governor Taft on "Civil Gov- H IS ernment in the Philippines," which appeared in H iffi the Outlook last May, has now been put in book- K vm i form. This important contribution to the litera- Hn Wtt 1 ture of the subject is prefaced by a sketch of B Taft, written by Roosevelt while he was Vice- HPwi President. The volume, of a hundred and fifty Kma pages, Is well printed and ' attractively bound. IkIh Published by the Outlook company, New York. |