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Show LITERARY NOTES. Mr. Kipling's unacknowledged borrowing borrow-ing In his "poem,"' "The Files," from the Groat Olivers, disturbs the Manchester Guardian. That Journal quotes the two singers thus: First Kipling: When tho conchlmarlan horns Of the reboantlc norns LTsher gentlemen and ladies, With new lights on Heaven and Hades, Guaranteeing to Eternity All yesterday's modernity. , Now Olivers: In the music of the moms, Hlown through the conchlmarlan horns, Down tho dark vistas of tho reboantlc norjiB. To the genius of Eternity. The publishers, Doublcday, Pago & Co., have rocelved a letter from the TYench Minister of Public Instruction stating that he has aubscrlbuti for a cortuln number of copies of the French translation of Hooker T. Washington's autobiography. "Up From Slavery " This Is an honor Jliat tho French Ministry of Public Instruction bestows be-stows only on books considered as having a great educational value for the children of the public schools and the reuders of popular libraries. Tho action of the Department De-partment of Public Instruction Is In keeping keep-ing with the unanimous praise that his work received from tho French reading public and the critics. Th Scrlbnors will publish this month a translation of "Tho Gospel anel tho Church," by Abbo Alfred Lolsy, .1 work which created an enormous sonsatlon throughout the Cnthollc world when It lirst appeared In Franco. While It Is u crlticlHin of Jfarnack's famous lecture on "An Essence of Christianity, ' tho book also alms at a positive statement of Christian Chris-tian doctrine 11 is divided fnto six sections. sec-tions. "The Sources of the Gospel," "Tho Kingdom of Heaven," "The Sop of God," "Tho Church," "Christian Dogma" and "Catholic Worship." Tho book is a very valuable contribution to the religious thought of tho time, and incidentally will give studonta the point of view of tho progressive party In tho Romnn Catholic church Abbe Lolsy Is woll known as ono of the most able and Accomplished leaders In tho movement fot greater freedom of thought and action In the Catholic church of France. A new novel by a new writer, Emerson Glfford Taylor's "A Daughter of Dale," is announced by tho Century company, the dato of publication May 18. The book Ih said to tell most entertainingly the story of Barbara, the "daughter of Dalc' her devoted grandfather, an honored professor of Dale, and hor two rival wooers, students stu-dents In tho graduate school at Dale. Mr. Taylor Is a graduate of Yale, a Yalo doctor cf philosophy, and an Instructor in rhetoric at his arma mater. This week the Macmlllan company publishes pub-lishes the second of its series of copyright novelB In paper covers, of which tho first, Mr. WlMter's "Tho Virginian," has already al-ready reached ;m enormous circulation. The now book Is "Calumot K," by MossrB, Merwjn and Webster, a stirring tale of business Hfo In Chicago and the Great Lakes, which wan spoken of on Its first appearance In JOook form as ono of tho best stories for a man ever written. Next week the jQ3ue In this popular series will bo "The Choir Invisible," by Mr. Jamea Jane Allen, to be followed the next week by Mr. Marlon Crawford's "Tho Heart o Rome." "The Highroad " just published by Herbert Her-bert S. Stone .t Co. Chicago, Js the story of an ambitious American widow, who determines to give her dajughturs tho social advantages which shu herself lacked. Sho Is clever enough to succeed In Hpltc of poverty and obscurity. The story of tho way sho plays hor roln and marries her daughters off to tho rich and great in said to be Immenncly.entertaining. It bears every evidence of lelig a record of spicy facts, but the author insists that It lo all fiction. Tho Baker & Taylor Co. announces the complotlon of arrangements for English editions of two Vccent .bopks, "The Strife of tho Sea," by T Jenkins Halns, which has attracted very, wldo attention both In this country and abroad, and "My Matnlo Rose," Owen Klldares story of his rlso from tho Bowery "Tho Strlfo of tho Sea" seems to appeal very strongly to English publishers as the sort of work which the English public will appreciate, but what seems curious In thin relation is thai a story of a man's rise from the Bowery struck the English publisher us unlikely to appeal to his public, because It was so American. If the popular English Eng-lish books, which deal with special phases of London life, were failures In this country, coun-try, there would bo a small chance for English works, Howcvor. the start or "My 'Mamie Rose" in America Ib most promising, being now In Its fifth thousand, It Is not generally known that Prof N. S, Whaler, whose book, "Tho Citizen," just published by Messrs. A. S, Barnes & Co,. Is attracting so much attention, has had a military record. He served In the Civil war as the commander of a battery. His connection with Harvard university, whoro ho Is dean of tho Lawrence Scientific Scien-tific school, as well as professor of geology, began nearly forty years ago, but his life and experiences have beep much broader and more varied than thoso of the usual college professor. He has had exceptional opportunities for a practical acquaintance Willi questions rotating to education, Lho suffrage, tho duties and rights pf citizens, the relations of labor aqd capital and the negro problem which aro, discussed In "The Citizen,'' which is peculiarly Immediate and practical in its Interest. England has discovered a now woman novelist and, oven staid reviews llko the Athenoeum aro waxing enthusiastic In her praise. Mrs. Violol Jacobs is a young Scotchwoman, Scotch-woman, and her first book, "Tho Shecp-Slealers," Shecp-Slealers," called out flattering prophecy, of which "Tho Interloper" Is, If sho may trust English critics, a brilliant fulfilment. fulfil-ment. Doubleday, Page & Co, will publish the new novel in this country. Tho Atlantic's scries of papere on "Modern "Mod-ern Advertising," which lias attracted interest in-terest throughout tho country, Ih continued con-tinued In the May number. Tho topic for this month Is "The Humors of Advertising." Adver-tising." The author is Rollln Lyndo Hartt. a clever Journalist nnd ossaylat, who treats tho comic side of advertising In a most original and witty manner. Will N. Harden, author of "Abncr Daniel," Dan-iel," bus left Now York and gone South for tho summer. Ho expects to travel around most of tho time, studying now Southern types as material for a forthcoming forth-coming book. Mr. Harben was asked why he chose the warmest part of tho year for travel In the South, to which he replied re-plied that In his experience tho coolost and most comfortable of his summers aro thoso spenl In the hill and mountain lands of tho S,outh. Somo of the time will bo passed In Atlanta, which Mr. Harben declares de-clares is a thoroughly delightful place for summer residence His next book will bo published In the fall by Harper & Brothers. Broth-ers. Gclett Burgess, co-author with Will Irwin Ir-win of "Tho Picaroons" and "Tho Reign ; of Queen lsyl" (McClurc-Phllllps). has so idontlfied hlmaolf with the amusing side of llteraturo that no one would suspect ho had made his literary debut as a writer of melancholy verse But he did. In tho following original manner ho broke Into print. When he was a student at tho Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having ongaged in a competition with a frlond as to who could write tho most mourning poom, Mr. Burgess won tho prize with some stanzas, which bogan: "Tho dismal day, with dreary pa.ee, hath dragged its tortuous length along" It was decided that thl3 must bo printed. To effect this Mr. Burgess's friend wrote a letter to the notes and queries column of the Boston Transcript, saying: "Can you tell mo the name of the author who wrote the poom beginning: 'The dismal,' otc. ?" The query was printed nnd tho obliging friend responded promptly with tho following fol-lowing answer: "The poem asked for In query No. 2110 Is by Frank Gelott Burgess Bur-gess The wholo poem runs as follows." and gave It in full. A new edition of tho Lewis and Clark Journals, with an account of tho Louisiana Louisi-ana purchase, by Prof. John Bach Mc-Mastcr Mc-Mastcr and an Identification of lho route, has Just been issued by A. S. Barnes & '"'o. In three convonlcnt small rimo. volumes vol-umes with maps and Illustrations. This issue presents the famous Blddlo edition of 1S1I In a moro convenient form than U has been offered beforo, and Prof. Mc-Mastor's Mc-Mastor's study of the Louisiana purchase adds greatly to tho value of a publication which takes rank as the most popular edition edi-tion of these classic Journals. Tt Is announced that each of the Hummer Hum-mer and autumn numbers of The Cqptury will carry out a special plan. The June Issue, for Instance, will be a 'Western number, Hn long and full table of contents con-tents representing, by subject or by contributor con-tributor every tranaalieghnny btnte or Territory. It will be. In a certain sense, a Western exhibit for thu St. Louis fair There will be eight articles of speclul significance to the West and of much general gen-eral interest, including a word for for-ostrv for-ostrv from ex-President Cleveland, four striking- color pages, eleven stories, be-aldo be-aldo further chapters of Jack London s The Sea-Wolf," and various other features fea-tures that promise much pleasure anel profit. Tho July Jssuo will be a special fiction number, but will havo also a paper on "The Now West Point." with Impressive Impres-sive drawings from the architects' plans, and two or three articles touching Interests Inter-ests In thof ur East. Andre Castalgnea pictures of the World's fair, for which the studies wore made on the grounds, aro making ond aro. promised for a.n early nuinbor, A bov reader Interested In Cant. Cur-tls's Cur-tls's Indian story. "Captured by fho Navujos," has Inquired of the Hurpera whether the Caollan himself was over cuptured by Indians. To this question Cnpt, Curtis has replied as follows: "No; 1 was never captured by the Indians, I am pleased to bo able to say. No soldier Over looked forward to capture bynhem without expeotlng cortain and sure death, with poaslble torture. I was once In' a fort which was besieged by redmen and realized what 1 had sometimes read as happening to army men thnt wives have asked their hubands not to allow thorn to fall alive Into the hands of the Indians. In the stress of tho Blege re ferred to, when It was exceedingly doubtful doubt-ful that wo should survive, and all depended de-pended upon the wlft arrival of a rescuing res-cuing party, Mrs. Curtis asked me to make such a promise to save one bullet for her should we be captured. I did J not mako tho promise for who could? and for forty-eight hour3 suffered Indescribable Inde-scribable distress in trying to contrive some way of concealing wife and child from a relentless and merciless foe." The Scrlbnors arc importing Reginald Y yon's "The Balkans from Within," a work which Is attracting a'good deal of attention Just now In England. The author au-thor describes a remarkable region in u peculiarly Informing manner, presenting a. vivid plcturo not only of tho land, but, Intimately,' of the people, and, sugg3-t sugg3-t vcly, of tho remarkable present situation. situa-tion. The book Is admirably illustrated. Its political side Is pf the highest value at tho present time. It is "dedicated (without permission) to the ashes of the Berlin treaty," and thp author blames tho powers for having r'baseiy deserted" tho bravo and Innocent races they undertook un-dertook to succor, He bolleves that tho outlook for peace Is not promising and offers strong evidence. The publication, "Social Progress," edited ed-ited by Dr Joslah Strong, has brought to tho publishers and the editor an Immense Im-mense number of letters from ministers and. public speakers, who have fairly overflowed -srith gratefulness. It seems that In the compilation and classifica-. tlon of statistics Dr, S.trpng hap furnished fur-nished n. vast deal of Information on all topics of human uplift, which can be found nowhere else. Curiously enough, too, the labor leaders have found It of the greatest service to them and have been loud In their praises of it. |