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Show LITERARY NOTES. For Mr. William Watson, that great poot, tho times aro out of Joint. He believes be-lieves that to tho vast majority of Britons Brit-ons "tho very names of all but two or three, at most, of the supremo masters of our language the two or three of worldwide world-wide acceptonco and honor aro unknown," un-known," and when wo ask him for an explanation ex-planation of "the phenomenon of so huge an Illiteracy" It Is Immediately forthcoming. forthcom-ing. According to his article In the Fortnightly Fort-nightly Review, the trouble Is largely due to what ho calls "Tho Stato Discouragement Discourage-ment of Literature." Unhappy Britain! It3 statesmen and soldiers, its bankers and browors, its scientists and artists, aro knighted, and sometimes even more generously gen-erously honored, but its authors aro left to languish with practically no official recognition at all. It Is truo that from tlmo to tlmo a literary man Is given a pension. Wo bellovo tho late W. E. Henley Hen-ley enjoyed that boon, and other cases might be cited. But It Is useless to offer of-fer evidence of this sort to Mr. Watson. Ho cannot away with tho fact that tho English man of letters receives no assistance as-sistance from the Stato In tho acquisition of "a vlHlblo position." It is too bad. New York Tribune. Tho Harpers are printing still another edition of Mls3 Marie Manning's "Judith of tho Plains," a book which has grown steadily in favor since Its publication last October. Mlas Manning Is now making a visit to Siena, Italy, but will shortly return re-turn to her winter quarters on tho Piazza dl Spagna in Rome. She will not return to America for somo months. Caspar Whitney, editor of Outing, Is planning nn extended trip through South America, beginning some time In February. Feb-ruary. Mr. Whltnoy has traveled In nearly near-ly every land studying tho way tho people peo-ple live In tho open. His proposed trip will very nearly complete a world circuit, in tho course of which ho has encountered encoun-tered strango udventures and has had many hair-breadth escapes. Ho expects to embody his South American trip In a comprehensive book on tho subject. Ho will at the samo tlmo be acquiring material ma-terial for more of Ills vigorous works for Outing. Few novels of recent years have had more decided and Immediate success than "Tho Deliverance." Yet Doublcdav, Page & Co. published Miss Glasgow's" much-heralded much-heralded i.ovel In the Junuary off-3eason. n hen the book business Is supposed to be dead During the holidays a largo first edition was printed and spoken for Immediately, Imme-diately, and another edition started beforo the day of publication. January I5th. "The Pit." which did hardly better, was published on tho samo dnto last year. Llko tho very successful "I'll." "The Deliverance" has tho largeness and profundity pro-fundity of real literature, plenty of humor hu-mor and nn absorbing love story. It Is almost Impossible to believe that this powerful and searching novl was written writ-ten by n woman, but Miss Glasgow Is a very real young woman ami a very good looking one too, as her photograph will attest. "The Ingoldsby Country" is tho tltlo of a promising book which the Macmlllan company will publish next week. Mr. Charles G. Harper, tlio author of "Tin Great North Road," "Tho Dover Road." and other volumes of local Interest, has rambled and dwelt In this corner of Kent, ann has gathered the literary landmarks of tho "Ingoldaby Legends." Tho volume In freely illustrated from pen-drawings, photographs and other sources. "God's Living Oracles." by Dr. Arthur T. Plorson will bo published by tho Ba-kor Ba-kor Tuylor company the 1st of March. Tho great popularity of Dr. Plcrson's previous religious writings are guarantees that this work will meet with a hearty reception Tho origin of the book was in tho Exeter hall (London) lectures which Dr. Plerson delivered In 1S03. Tho Interest Inter-est in them and tho enthusiasm with which they wcro recolvcd wero so great that a very largo hall had to be procured pro-cured to accommodate tho crowd of people peo-ple who Hocked to hear him. Tho question was recently asked whether wheth-er tho short stories published In Harper's Har-per's Magazine wero written mostly by men or women. -An examination of the pages of this magazine for 1S03 resulted In tho statement that of the 110 short atoric-a published In Harper's during that period, Ufty-four wcro written by mon and Ilfty-slx by women. AH tho serials appearing in Harper's In 1503 wero by women wo-men "Lady Rosa's Daughter," by Mrs, Humphry Ward; "Sir Mortimer," by .Man' Johnston, and tho novelette "Judgment." "Judg-ment." by Alice Brown. While thero were a number of English authors represented in tho fiction throughout tho year, tho largo majority were American. Most of the authors were of established reputation, reputa-tion, but there wcro also many new names Introduced to the readers of tho Magazine. Mr. Cheslorton's biography of Browning, Brown-ing, tho most popular of recent Issues In tho English Men of Letters sorles. is Just going Into its third edition, and Mr. Jack Lo.-st-'s novel, "The Call of tho Wild." lntn'fiC- seventh. New editions are also pre'pJ-Hig of "The Adventures of Elizabeth Eliza-beth In Rugen," which promises to outstrip out-strip Us predecessors; of Mr. Phlllpott's "romanco of the west countr." "The American Prisoner;" "The Garden of a Commuter's Wife:" "The People of tho Whirlpool;" and ".Modern EngllHh Prose" by Profs. Carpenter and Brewster of Columbia.. Co-lumbia.. In theso days of dispute between bird authorities It Is refreshing to note tho legitimate work of a real student of bird life. Herbert 1C Job's papers on the raro birds of Florida now appearing In Outing, aro attracting wide attention His treatment treat-ment of tho Ibis, tho great whlto heron, and the aigrette Is thorough us well as Intimate. "Tho Great Cuthbert Rookery." In February Outing, la jwrhaps tho most nolablo artlclo in tho norles. Tho frequency with which ono hears dc-, dc-, raanda for, ood books ,of, shorj: jtorloa, which publishers and booksellers regard as the height of tho unsalable, 1b ono of tho anomalies of the publishing business. Possibly tlii! reason Is that a really good short Btorv or "ihori-story," an Prof. Brander Matthows tells ono to write It-is It-is of rare fulfillment. An ef.way In thlH difficult and Interesting field Is announced by Fox. Duflleld & Co. from the pen of Nelth Hoyce, author of "Tho Forornn-ncr." Forornn-ncr." It will bo published under tho title of "Daughters ol Women." nnd consists of nine tales, tho titles of which taken together promise a piquant Interpretation Interpreta-tion of fcmlnlno mood and character. Tho llluatratlons. whloh are printed In color, aro hy Horace T. Carpenter. The Wogglo Bug Is to be one of the star characters In L. Frank Baum's new book for children, "Tho Further Adventures Adven-tures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman," Wood-man," Mr. Baum Is at Coronado Beach, California, putting the finishing touch to his story and Incidentally playing golf. Thoso who know Henry Harland's work and have read his recent successful novel. nov-el. "My Friend Prospcro" (McClure-Phll-llpn) will no doubt Imagine that Mr. norland's adrnh-itlon would bo especially for the clover, cultivated, polished "typo of manhood. Not at all Mr. Harlanu's fnvorlto among American heroes is "Bill Dovery." Mr. llarland thinks "Bill" a most magnificent person, typical of tho American In his most pronounced and characteristic form, a man who should not only be elected Mayor of Now York, but President of tho United Slntow, A visitor at Mr. Ilarland s apartment during dur-ing his lvcent visit to Now York found a framed camp:dgn plcturo of Mr. Devery occupying the place of honor on tho walls. A now edition of "Tho Autobiography of a thief." "recorded" by Hulchlns Hap-good, Hap-good, Is soon to bo Issued by Fox, Duflleld Duf-lleld & Co. An edition has also been sold to England, who'ro the public Interest In criminals and criminology. If less sensational sensa-tional than on this aide of tho Atlantic. Is nono the less real Tho book will appear thero under the Imprint of tho Putnam's London houso. "The Autobiography," by tho way, was madc the text lately of a suggestive "talk" by Mrs. Julia C. Lath-rop Lath-rop of Hull house. Chicago. Mrs Lath-lop Lath-lop quotes the Thief, which sho says scorns "almost too good to be truo." In criticism of tho "mlslnken public policy of leaving the most costly and delicate concerns of every stale the care of so-called so-called delinquents and dependents to people peo-ple who lack education and Ideals." Mrs. Lathrop llnds the book Interesting as showing "how tho prisoners and other Inarticulate In-articulate objects of fpubllc charity feci about It." Among March publications the Century company announces "Order No. 11 " by Caroline Abbot Stanley. Order No. 11 brought ruin to hundreds of Missouri families, whom Its provisions drove Into a hostile country-, while their homes wero plllnged and burned. The order was part of tho bitter harvest of tho border war-faro war-faro between Missouri and Kansas In the days when the Jnyhawkers find Quan-trcll's Quan-trcll's men terrorized the land. Around this period and this motive Mrs. Stanley has woven a story of lovo and war. It was only ton days after putting tho final touches on his great work "Religions of Authority." whlcii Is being published In America by McClure-Phllllps. that Au-gusto Au-gusto Sabaticr died. On tht day that he wroto the last word of tho completed book ho camo out from his study to his wife and said earnestly, "My work Is now dono and I may dlo contentedly." Ho had planned to finish a courso of lectures and thon talce a long hoped for Journey through the Holy Land. After having delivered de-livered tho lust lecture of the course ho returned very III, nnd In throo days was dead, leaving to his executors to bring out hlB wcrk, probably tho broadest and sanest history of religion written in our time. "Tho Fugitive" by Ezra S. Brudno, Just published by Doubleday. Page & Co., shows how tho Jewish Immigrant becomes a useful American citizen. It hns tho plcturcsquo background of life In tho Russian Pole, and then the 8ceno shifts to tho New York Ghetto. Subsequently the hero, who is an emancipated Jew, takes his placo among tho world's workers, "Tho Fugitive" Interprets a new relation botwocn the Jow and the Gentile, and shows that love Is the leveler of all creeds. Mr. Brudno was born In Lithuania, a Russian Rus-sian province, and he has had overy opportunity op-portunity to gnthor his nintorlal first hand. His publishers regard this book a genuine "Ilnd." Dr. Joslah Strong, who is best known an tho author of "Our Country." and as tho head of the American Institute for Social Servlco In New York, has prepared a year book undor tho title "Social Progress." Prog-ress." Tills Is nn encyclopaedia and almanac alma-nac of social, economic and religious statistics, sta-tistics, which havo been compiled from the latest sources nnd from all parts of the world. Tho book Includes statistics of labor unions nnd labor troubles, child labor, la-bor, civil service, co-operation, divorce reform. Institutional churches, social settlements, set-tlements, public ownership, tho Initiative and referendum, temporanco, and all of the leading political labor and reform movements of tho world. In selecting a title for his new book, which Is to be a sequel to "Tho Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum has decided upon "Tho Further Adventures of tho Scarecrow Scare-crow and tho Tin Woodman " These characters havo Imjou permanently fixed in the minds of children by Montgomery and Stone, the comedians of the spectacular stage production of "Tho Wizard." The now book will be brought out September 1st by tho Rellly & Brltton company. Chicago. |