Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-02-26 | Page 18 | Literary Notes

LITEEAEY NOTES. Mr. Jack London, whoso rocent novel, "The Sea-Wolf," Is one of the most popular books In tho Unltod States, has mjh to tho Mncmll-lun Mncmll-lun company the manuscrlpto of his now bsok "Tho War of tho Classes " In tho Washington's Birthday number of the louth's Companion will bo found somo thoughtful and suggestive observations on the characters of Washington and Lincoln. Thoy aro conUbuted by President rienry S Prltchott of tho Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and aro prompted by tho occurrence occur-rence in Kobruary of the birthday anniversaries anniversa-ries of both the great Presidents. The publication of the "Letters of Henrlk Ibsen," recently announced by Fox, Duffleld & Co., has boon unavoidably postponod until tho end of March or the early part of April Tho difficulties of tho translation, togothor with tho extent of tho correspondence, which la much moro comprehensive than was at flrst promised, have mado a lator dato of I'sUq imperative, A for of Iho loiters, chosen from Ibaen'B correspondence with George Brnnie and publlshod In tho International Quarterly and Tho Critic, have attracted keon attention Tho entire book la do3tlnod, In all probability' to tnko tho placo of tho autobiography purposed pur-posed by the great dramatist, which lllnesj and advancing years, howovcr, havo mado unlikely of fulfilment. Mrs. John D. Hammond hns written a dramatic dra-matic story of the South at tho present day, which tho Macmlllan company will publish at onco under tho tltlo of "The Master Word " Incidentally her novel brings out with unc'x-nmplitd unc'x-nmplitd clearness somo aspects of present-day .rolatlons between tho two races In the South Tho marked and Increasing class distinctions among tho negroce, which are the hopo of tho raco and of tho South, are part of tho oubstanca of this story- The ever vexatious servant question ! vigorously vig-orously attacked In tho Kebmnry Atlantic In a paper entitled ' Put Yoursolf In Her Place." by Jano Seymour Kllnk. Miss Kllnk haa been