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Show I HE NEW COPPER HANDBOOK. Copper Handbook. A Manual of the ipflcr Industry of- the World. Volume I. Complied and Published by Horace Stoveus, Houghton, Michigan, 1007. bis is tlio seventh number of Ihc ihIb presented liy Mr. Stevens on copper industry and trade. The hco gives an apolojfy for the short-drs short-drs of this, volume, these beine-jable beine-jable to a lire in the j)rcmise"s o? nrintcrs and binders that destroyed copies of Volume. VTV, the edition current, also 1 So copies of Volume i hand for rebiiidinc. The electroplates electro-plates of the edition were buried r several tons of brick and mortar ;omo months, and upon being exile! ex-ile! were found considerably dam-. dam-. so that resetting a large 'pari of tvo volumes was obligatory. After ffrc the author suffered from a se- ! case of blood poison following the j of a rabid cat, which disabled him j , considerable 'time. Pivo months' was' lost in these troubles. And it impossible to revise the long chap-f chap-f detailed mine descriptions eon-jg4626 eon-jg4626 titles for the issue of a new m during 1007. Still, as the Cop- I handbook is an annual, the- missing i year's issue would bo a serious ke. therefore it was decided as the i alternative, thai the 1907 edition lappear with the prolihiinarv and tical chapters fully rewritten, but I line descriptions unchanged from receding year. The. fourteen pre- ' jKfP(i'm,u' ""changed in tho four prcccd-ibSBPff prcccd-ibSBPff annual editions from sliecr lack of -fwSHR6 to revlS0 llcl- These proliminarv 'piapters have now been revised care- miliy. nnd greatly amplified, making iMTent;f."rce chapters in the present edi-uB'0ii.1t'us. edi-uB'0ii.1t'us. vovk requiring six mouths; f IMftKP statistical chapter has been re-ulKKsed, re-ulKKsed, as in all previous editions. The Mgorfr, therefore, is fairly up-to-date, cx-iHBpt cx-iHBpt as to the long list of mining com-i! com-i! jmiu.e.s and their operations. As a rule fcsjMOivcveiY there is little lost in this, be-Kbus& be-Kbus& these companies are reasonably jfMgniiancnt in their organization and RH? cnaDKcs would be Comparatively few , tJMg'H single year. , mlho volume opens with "The Hislorv Copper, " showing its wide distribii-img? distribii-img? throughout the world and the meth-Ti'or meth-Ti'or W0.rkl."P ,l from t"c primitive c iiMuiiiK .win treatment io me gjjMHentific methods of the present day. RiiW??" c0-mc.s TllL Ecology of Copper,'" .aB&"e0ri,tl0n "0L altogether technical, popular enough to be Understood, siK . beinAr,.,l,loifl!i-goiiig and satis-AiB?.cloi'.v: satis-AiB?.cloi'.v: the C'hemislrv and Mincrnl-iiM&'i Mincrnl-iiM&'i ot (,PJcr" ' s more of ji tech-cal tech-cal nature and is as full aud complete 'fc40u)d he desired, "The Mining of .Copper, tollovrcrt bv "The Milling and. i"Mci'nt ration of Copper. "."The llvdro-a llvdro-a urK.v of Copper.' "The Pvro-l2o Pvro-l2o a lnrgy ofCoppcr." "Tho Kleo'iro-aelallurgy Kleo'iro-aelallurgy ol Connor." "The Allovs of rM0,,,,L,r- 'Brands and Grades." '"'The ,f Copper." and "The Glossary," Wlp ' L"ll:iPrs both technical and popu- -KjJhe copner deposits of the L'nited iWatcs. of t anndn. of- Mexico, of Souf.li jWnorica. ..1 Europe, of Asia, of A us-tTBB us-tTBB Vi Ol,0.a"u'5'' occupy each a .-.hap- iE-r" lUo.n Pilaws a long list of the WPPiM- mines of the world, with concise c3crfpMu,s and official directory. This TOcmiiMcs the bulk of he volume.. dE s fo,low'l 'v tables showing gen-Jtv?-7 7nlcr staiisti.es. including the rndiu-iion of the various countries. Utls"si-,,?s- d,rilcndsr .assessment?, JK-H" a,,lz:tt'.i"'. number of shareholder. 'Kfvi, w""IC I0"wc(I by au csiiiuato. "'Uwvl tul',lr production of copper rtur-WW rtur-WW "'o present century. Tho tables iWA "'c'c;,s,n'? estimates, up to the Jlfiff ' m lnd,I ,a rnlifying proof jiVjat inc author does not consider the aW'pcr deposits in the least likely to be illr j " A,Rtl11 working index com-I com-I Iw ICV(, ,II'!C'. whlt'h is ccrtainh-llEt;! ccrtainh-llEt;! ?i il,h"1; interest and value to I'll1 ficsted in the production or sale mapper. The Copper Handbook has jjLdnie a .standard .reference work, in-'lb in-'lb lc t0 evc,'.v onc iu tlic busines to newspapers- printed in- tho min-W!r min-W!r regions. PRAISE OP MASONRY. wfe.1'1-"F,y ,1,clr ve shall H:Ejnow them." A ScrW of Strfkln- in itel?,f"1 f"iiWcns IlluLtrath-c ,,? i",e 'iff Tiif f J,r5-Mniis to one anotber in Times of distress and Danger. Dv "llS'WMarH;,KIliV-V--M- P" 'M- Trenton w,. .1.) Lodsc. No. r.. I-. & A. m Pub- MmBhtrp a-P ln?"-v ?"ring incidents 1 narrativeK in this slorv. Jn fact. Wfnro i of a remarkable i-haractor, thoy all go to the point of illustrat 'HE;. t,,c strong fraternity between iW?T!frC"i0l;-tl,L' I11V5lic t,',;- '"'here is " Bfei i ,on" Vfiry,seii6iblf. strai"-ht-M?riAat$ closely, folio wine historic 'W? .and. U10 Prollilities as to the onvy, both operative and ' TMS? , i'J"0' T,1C1 ?',lftr has had its film!? ' tnals.' ajI(1 " Ilsls "ot bepn free I WSL,nltajnn,'-,tni and trouble. But on rlMKt k' ,l-has Prospreil as no other "TOtiie rtncicnt guilds has prospered, W stands extremely high in tho fra-Bwi fra-Bwi . 1 ,lotln-v- Mnsonrv is wide- T.-,M.".f' P'a isc is gi-en .to its J". ''!' tunes and in ;,H i jJPWts. introduction is a I. once MPr I'lTsonal, IratornaU and liist-1m& liist-1m& ,uCS?iVV Til' Tl11' 5'":''ils nar--'Bi-n ii '.k ''"'c Pertinent: and KKfi 1,,'o"f-'l,.0ut- 't s work 'BSImJ ''h,,,iilllvnl- :,n1 ,IC lllnl II Kmd.n.i m i extremely popular) I m it without having ;, t.0;iyCy ;,ni 'feV op.n.on oi Masoi vUhaliVie hud I j HjBKsocial1,STI0' booklets. WKh"!V 1'v Marcus Il ifb. a- Company. IB .H? 1)00k tro;,ts of I'.-n.st in inpi&f il l Ic,0,""lt-'t-''ry. undertaking K I t POMtio,, or fiocialism. 1,11,1 ''nUt'Jiuvrasloii-Wwiv ''nUt'Jiuvrasloii-Wwiv , C;;'""rc L ,:,?T ;'.vbody. 1 1 , -S uiiaginuig. ,ftlfi'X:,te Alfinoiif. r.y .iiwn r'; w . 'K'l,,,(- r'''-insliod by 1 jft J, . iy u CoiTipnny. Chicago. , lM-rv i, U',,,,C Sbi-ialism." It' fee of i ,.-,K-S" 've(I 1,1,1 A" '" fcirfl Hip I, ,,Ir.,1,J1.ln'r". m Loudon mf I m ih- f1'" ,),r.. Allan, in whom I fl'lfla i1!nt ,most onlidenco, pre- m K'yn. c.rcdu, ns -a "sensible nln i ' '"ercas the credit is due at together to Dr. Allen: It, is" ncithei easy, nor profitable to' read such gush- up inconsistency as is carried in such works as this. .. I I OHATTERTON VINDICATED. ! 1I?hH,a. Cllat-,t?rtmi. the Marvelous Boy: 'i W or a. Strange Life. 1732-1770. p.1i,nLins.I:''VVaX.1 RuW. Illustrated. I Xcw York 'Ioa, Ya,l Company. I . ''''i's book is a strenuous i-ll'orl to lift Mroin the memory f tho wondornilly inccocious lad of Bristol the weight, of I odium undor which he has so long rest-eu rest-eu as the forger of ancient manuscriprs I and documents elor .William Harrett, I wbo used tlmm in his enormously pad-ded pad-ded and sloppy "Hislorv of Bristol " Jhe author of this book," while .-onccd-ug I hat, soiiip of the documents mn v nave Decn fabneatcd. insists that there is no knowing how manv of I hem were S!i"eM a.R Chatlerton kneV more about tho History of that town than UnLono ,Be- cvor knen'' and. he mnv ,'l"n' lhft ",fl archives ver'v mueli thai was genuine ami was mistakenly mis-takenly called forgery. And therefore, proceeding from these premises, the wntcr seeks to "clear from calumnv and undeserved reproach the memory of one of tne greatest minds and sweeVcst, souls that ever dwelt upon this earth." I Jje liisifcts that ihe most crying injustice injus-tice lias hfpii rliniA n"!. ........ :' ' memory by "the monstrous injustice" ot calling Jim, a foraer. and dwells with tender insistence upon the lovet tenderness, tender-ness, and good deeds that put the life tPi t hariertou noovc the possibility of us having wrought the impostures attributed at-tributed to mm. "It is time to have done with the-prejudice and bigotry tliat have obscured this glorious name." say? i Mr. BusselJ. Which is true enough, it. the case can be made clear, and cer-iiunly cer-iiunly be goes far in showing this lo be j tuc case. 7t JS l0 be remembered that j the age in which Chattertou lived was I on.?. w.wh abhorred shams and looked ; indignant rage upon anything , which was not genuine. It was no far I stretch from the time of these alleged forgeries to the Maepherson presenta-tion presenta-tion of his Ossiauii- productions, which J?am .lohnson denounced with super-heated super-heated vehemence as the grossest liter- I ar. imposture, and an imposture it was. true pnough. in a way, but bv no means 1 so vile as .lohnson mad? out, for it ' was tho. dressing up in literary and j connected form of old stories and le-go le-go nds which Macphcrson had heard in , tho Highlands. And it may bo in Chat- ' terton s case that even th apparent lorgencs had substantial bases to rest, , : upon. Indeed, the author of this work ' shows instances in support of this the- , pry that are both plausible and pcrsuad- ! , ing. And Ihe story that Mr. JRussell , ) gives here of Chatterton's career brief : ami strenuous it, was is well calculated ' In put one in cordial svinpalhv with his I ; oflort That Chatterton was not lacking ' defenders and hearty admirers in Bm- ! , !nl- ,Mr- "tissell makes clear. And that. ,' his brilliant literary gifts arc fervently i appreciated by Englishmen of taste nnd culture if; sufiicientlv artestcd by Skoal's taking pains lo gel out an edi- I .on , f, Chnttcrton's poems, for which' Mr. Bell wrote a preface full of admira- tion for the boy poet. Mr. TJussell has . made- his case so far as we are concerned; con-cerned; but loubtless the hard-headed hngJishmau who is wedded to former notions on this subject will refuse to concede as much. tr- .- ITALIAN LITERATURE. ' 'A iT?w'',,eV ,of r,a,lC and Other Studley In " o"r-r.aIurr- , B-v Nathan lTnskell Ipole. Published by Mortal, Yard &. company, New York. This is one of the soil of books in winch the lover of pure lileralure finds active and keen delight. In the first chapter wc have a general review of JJanfes vigorous literary abilitv a glimpse ot his great soul: the author tells what is known about Dante's preparation for his literary triumph'! and giv?s admiring analyses of fine ex- , prcssions. fn "Dan'le .nwl n, ( Picturesque ' we are treated to a view of the activity of Dante's mind i in absorbing those fhings in his en-' en-' v iron mont that, appealed to his sense 1 of beauty and of magnificence. In the succeeding rhapters wo arc told of ; Italy s lyric poetry and of the brilliant : contributions to it bv Petrarch, the ! early master of Uii'f style. Then we have a. measure of Boccaoio and the romance or story in prose, with high appreciation of the widely-known but sadly-naughty author of the Decameron, in the same connection is told Ihe story of the rise of the Italian drama, with its first writers and patrons, a slorv of infinite charm. The narrative of Goldoni and Italian comedy i. a most entertaining ono. doing full jlisticc to the father of this form of Italian literature. Last' comes the telling of, (he origins of Italian tragedy, with Ihe narrative of the life of AJficri. ono of wido vicisi-1 vicisi-1 tildes. the groat Italian traveled much, and was latp in coming lo his great: triumph. Fn all Ihe chapters 0no finds full recognition thai the stories, as stories, arc not original, but arc adapted so gloriously as to make thorn Italian. And it is well known that it was through Italian versions that these stoiies came into tho literature of the great nations-of Kurope. This work is one of the most delightful and unlovable unlov-able that we have seen iu a Jong tunc. THE REFUGE OF WORK. Thft Daughter; a Love Story. JJ Constance Con-stance Piuodley. Published by MoffaL, Yard and Company. New York. ! This is another story of the "suffragette" "suf-fragette" movement in' England, which i has incited great intellectual as well aF L'reu.l personal ncfivity. Delia, the well-beloved well-beloved daughter of "I'nclc .Sam" Wil 'lott and wife, Ruth, is an energetic, willful girl, who has her own wnv. and when she marries is determined 1 6 have it still. She not only refuses lo come under the conjugal yoke, but flouts her husband when he offers lo pay her bills, and scores him v.dion he doe's not give her something to do. So bhe goes to the suffragette managers, applying for work to occupy her superabundant energies. en-ergies. There Mrs. Dickerson. in charge of the headquarters, puts hor through a scries of finest ions, which bring out hor story, and she is told thai she is not a desirable recruil; she has given her best to a man, and offers her leavings to tho great cause. "The work wc are doing." Says the manager, "ought not to bo degraded into a refuge ref-uge for disappointed women.'' When Delia undertook to say a word for the lm.sba iid she had thrown over, Mrs. Dickersun fliired up. That's rlsllC Defend hub: Slick up for bla dignity llo wunted you; that's a ;jood enough excuse for blm, the best "ex -c.usc tnuii can present lo women. Hh' You run when the man uhnscs. but vou don't run very fn.sl; .If there's iiny danVer or dlt'appcurliiEr . out or reach, vou stop boctfisc you'jre ori:y for his dlaaiipotm-iimmii.: dlaaiipotm-iimmii.: -tiirn- at -IchpL. and ?ee how lie Is ' ru.r.? on .Yo,'r wondering: what he's icennfr, aren't you'.' To this thero was no rcplv by Delia, ic that she must have work. And i fhis mollified the manager, who approved,- advising her not to worry; but .,X?"'.T riK.Ul lo u,in 10 work; It's the L!llin U,H,t ran hri" Permanent hap-h hap-h Liu. "e. ,,as lo s,nllc apnlnst the t ,,. .i'iUs ,w" broupht up to think are ' m.- a,:, " s a struggle that's worth ' . 11:1' 1ecanse one isn't ilRhilnp to i 'c I'nve or happiness; one Is Ilpht-inu Ilpht-inu to help the women who are coming; I pfnsail(1 ait-v a11- ,l0" ay one get bap- i, But the heart yeanling arose in Delia . when the test came, in a way not to be resisted: aud she gave wav'to the nat-! nat-! ral instincts of womanhood without reserve, aud all was well with her. It is ri deep, woll-lhought-ont. storv. one iu ! winch principle and human nature arc 1 tyoth given their opportunities for iic-( iic-( tion. PLEASANT HOPE- STORIES. '' I J.ove": I.oplc and Othr Stoiie.i. iy Anthony Mope, Published by The Mc-i Mc-i Clure Company. New York. , When Anthony Hope lakes up ihe , short, story, with the inevitable juthv dialogue, as Ihe body and soul of it. tiierc is no.thing for the world to do but to read and enjoy This book is i made up of series of fifteen short, i stories by this famous and cntertainiii"-author, cntertainiii"-author, all of them in his very best I vein. Thu stories carried nre:'"Mrs. Ihistlotdn's Princess. "The Xecea-sary Xecea-sary Resources." "Miss Gladwin's i IV-V00' "Tho Prince Consort." What Was hxpected of M.iss Con-sjaiiLiii-?. ' "Slim-Fingcrcd-Iim." "The ' firay Frock." " Foreorduined. " "I'm-1 donee and the Bishop." "The Opened 1 Door " "Love's Logis." "La Mori a I hi Mode.' "The Kiddle ol (.'ounles Rniia," "The Lady 'and the Flagon." "The Duke's Allotment.". Not one I ot these but is first-class, entertaining ! reading. 1 IDEALS BROUGHT LOW. Katharin- Trevalyan. By Louise Maun- sell Fidd. Published by The McClurc Company. New York. j This is a story of the New York of today. to-day. The heroine is a girl of lofty ideas and temperament, of impulsive ! but strong character. She meets the , late of a good manv good girls who ; are desirable matches for the design-I design-I mg man. and she falls in with a fate much too common in mating herself with a worthless scamp. However, she oul-: oul-: Jives i his and comes into her own at last. The story .is one of manv details, and follows scarchinglv the ramifications ramifica-tions .and intricacies oi" Xew York society. so-ciety. The author appears to be in full touch with all of it. from the so-ciM.y so-ciM.y of the very rich and verv fashion- I able to those ot a world bv no means ' so elevated. The ability of the author I to depict all phases and grades of so- ciei.v is abundantly evident in the book i She depicts it all with characteristic color and incident, carrying its follies and foibles, giving due crcdil to its virtues, and depicting its vices and villainies in appropriate color. There is a succession of scenes, vivid and lifelike, life-like, describing dinners, dances, debutante debut-ante receptions, house-parties, midnight suppers, all portraying phases of the mail pursuit, of pleasure that enters into in-to the souls of its devotees, and in many cases spells ruin ami disaster, not only for the innocent, but for the de-signing. de-signing. Tt all forms a verv vivid pic-turn pic-turn of life, most captivating to note and pleasant to read. A NEW YORK TENANTRY. I The Tenants: An Episode of the 'SOs. Bv j I V,ry 5- Walt-- Polished by The Mc-; Mc-; Clure Company, New York. , ! . This is a story of Xew York, dealing deal-ing largely with a noteworthy if not historic, mansion, "the old'Owynne house. " and the tenants that runic to occupy ir. There was a great prejudice preju-dice in the first place against letting the G wynne house, but needs must, ami it was let. Those who came were altogether al-together charming people, some of lovely love-ly character; and the narrative lakes on the deepest human interest from the Mini- oi uieir appearance. If is, in fact, a charming story of wholesome in-I in-I tercst. quite apart from the rush and turmoil of business life, and also untouched un-touched by the gilded falsity of fashion fa-shion and folly. It, is a good, straightforward straight-forward story, one of the best of the year. A STORY OF TEMPTATION. The Forbidden r.oad". By Maria Albanesl. lus rated by Charleii Johnson Post. Published by The Cupplcs & Leon Co.. ow l ork.- The aim of this storv is to illustrate a case oi terrible temptation, and the author handles it in a way so as to draw the best possible lesson from it and lo show the high value of resistance re-sistance to evil, no matter in what Jorm it is presented. It is, in a way a story of mystery; two women figuring figur-ing prominently in it. eisher of whom might be the heroine until the denouement, denoue-ment, conies. The characters are Rupert Ru-pert JIaverford. the hero, a clover young man of lofty principles and reverential lo women; Camilla Lancing, Lanc-ing, a gay, flighty young woman; bn Samuel Droxburne, n rich man aboul town, unscrupulous and sclfMr ' Landing Granger, governess lo Mis'. I Lancing s children, n yn.at f,iOIUi lo Camilla. andt going to great length to serve her. I here arc many other char- ' aclers in the story, ami altogether the j (ale is one of a good deal of intricacy I ingeniously yoou a, wc I)r,.sejc'(j' f IN LONDON'S SLUMS. The Master Criminal." B r,. Slducv Va-toriio:ter. Va-toriio:ter. Illustrated i,v Charles John-j John-j son Pol. l-'nbllnheil by The Cimplcs fc ; Leon Co.. New York. J This is a plunge by the noted Kng-lish Kng-lish novelist into the underworld of London. The criminal life, of that (grout cilv he undertakes to pm-iure I much as Fugeno Sue did -that of Paris In order lo gel. the local color and be in touch with the world, he companions with thieves, grafters, crooks, murderers, murder-ers, and refugee1! from justice iu general. The story carries 'manv hairbreadth hair-breadth escapes, miserable tragedies, startling adventures, and with all showing very much goodness.1 tenderness, tender-ness, and holpl'ul synipnlhv in ) x. pccjpd places. The "Muisler CrimY mil" of the story is a man of strong character but perverted ideas, a thorough scoundrel, who considers himself him-self at war with fhr world, and i utterly unecrupiilons iu waging his side of that war. lie has stolen Guy, sou of a retired army officer, and trained him to be a criminal and conscienceless scamp. At Ihe same time he has taken a. girl from the slums, brought her up. us his own dnughlcr. and' has trained both Guy and this girl lo aid him iu his dishonest career, The way iu which the native goodness of the 'boy comes out. and the desperate love that the girl has formed for tire officers boy form complications- too hard for the ,: Master Criminal" to combat. It is al-! al-! together a story of a great deal of l force and of ingenious handling. I ! "VERSATILE POEMS. ' j Cowboy Lyrics. P.y Boberl V. Curr. Pub- i i llshcd by V. Ii. Conkcy Compnnv, Chl-j Chl-j capo. A surprising number of poems is car-, car-, ncd in this little book, and the versatility ver-satility of them is comparable only to the versatility of Western life. "The K'..jioic oi i no -volume is: "He spoke of his homo country like a man talkiu' bout, an old friend." And further j on we have this quairian: j On the trail of yesterday Itcl respective rnnelos plav; ; Iu the camp tiro burning "low. j blrunge. wild pictures come and go. . The' peoms fully bear out the fanci-lul fanci-lul character of this lilrlc extract. Per rnPs, J1'0 poqiu "The L'nd of The i rial is as good a measure of the merits of the work as an. It is as follows: , 'Twecn the old time and the new j I have sunn hl'url-.ori(p or vou You.-lean stranger to all rear, ! Careless border cavalier. j Now. old pnrd. that you are ;:'ne, And the gray and cheerless dawn I Or a day called Progress comes. ; And the throaty engine hums Down the. trail where vou and 1 Mndc our camps and "watched ihe- slcv Drop. Its crimson sunset bars .To a bunch of mav'rJck stnn Then, oh. then. I cry aloud . Curses on tho white-raced crowd On the heights or stone and.' wood. Standing whore our ln; camps stood. On the jangle of the street. And each pale worn face I. meet. On the coyote ways ot men .Sharp or rung beyond our ken Snapping o'er a brother's bones lror a pile of yellow stones. Hid we seek for gold or fame? I No. we played a careless game; And on the plunging ponies we Shouted back In mocking glec. , W hen In town the black gun spoke Thro" a smiling wreath or smoke. 1 Thus 1 dream and long and fret, For my heart will not forget Not rorget those old, red 'days ; Or tho trail its careless wavs; Not rorgel you know tho sign Answer mc, oh, pnrd of mine. i J A BROAD BURLESQUE. I Terrible Toddy and Peaceful Bill. ot. The I Quest or the Treasure Box. B II L. Sayler. niuHtratvd by. Ffgn.H S'albip. I Published by The Jtcllly.& Brlttoo Co I Chicago. ' This is a lively, broad burlesque on the political situation of the couutrv at the present time. Besides the title I I heroes, there arc introduced Dut temulk .Charley, Silver Bill. False Alarm Joel ! Big Smoke. Big Chief. Billv Whiski rs, doling Albert. Old dnkc Annon. Old Schucks. Hob. D Nuit, Hough Deal . George. Artie Tisvain. Kandv Curst. Kli Hew. and a largo number" of other I worthies, the chief scene "of their per formances being the Big Corral There ' are a good many center shots delivered in this graphic slorv. and the reader cannot help enjoying the whole of it. IMPORTANT CI-IANGE. The' following circular comes from Boston, under flute of April (!th: ..Messrs. Houghton. Mifflin . Co. an-nounco an-nounco the forthcoming .Incorporation oT their Ilrm under (he laws or Massarhu-S. Massarhu-S. aml uuor the lmine or Uoughton-Mirflln Uoughton-Mirflln company, for the continuation of the business of manuracturiilg and publishing pub-lishing bookn, founded bv Henry Oscar lloughton more than ilfty years ago. This will. Jjivolve no change In the management man-agement or conduct of the business, the present partners retaining their full hi-i hi-i crest ahd actlvo participation. Jnmes Dunran Phillips. Stephen B. Davol. Rogoi L. Sralfe. JSdwnrd R. lloughton and Ccorgo Harrison Mirtlin. Jr.. who Ii,im-been Ii,im-been actively associated with tho business busi-ness or several years, will lie members of the new corporation. V,. A.Uantlf MqiiUiIj, which. Juts been published by the house since 1S7.1. will licroiirter, beginning wllh the August number, be published by the Atlantic .Monthly company, or which Kllcry Sedc-wlck, Sedc-wlck, Waldo 15. Forbes. MncGrcgor Jeo- t kins and Roger Pierce will he members C HouglUou-MIMin company retaining an r Important Interest. No change In the I character or general conduct of the inng- I azlne Is contomplnled. BJIss Perry ion- p I . nucs ns editor, and the magazine lll I sill be printed at the Riverside Press B and issued from t Park street, L'o'-lon LITERARY NOTES. W. D. llowells. it Is hinled. Is writing in Rome. He has spent a part of Ihe whiter u tho ancient city renewing the impressions of forty-four years ago. ...T!1 Spevr Shakespeare- (Duf- Meld .t lo ). which Is edited bv Ur. F. ! J. i-uriiivnll. according to Ihe orthography ol the more nulhciitlc quarto and folio oi5lons. is a work that Is likely to strike the camp of spelling reformers with con ?V. .T,,0i,,' """'""lasts who still stand by their colons cannot construe stu b ties as "The quills upon the fretful por- mi0 ?8 an'tl,,mR a 'Host unfortunate unfor-tunate rolrogicsslon. Counters Leo Tolstoy has written a book about Iut husband and ii is soon l, Published In many dlffereni ,T nf i .SI!c..clll,s ",,R ll"K'"iphy-for 1,1 what 'I really Is "My Relation with Tolstoy and his Work as a Writer ' ''i18. Hlu'f,-Vf ,h(Tn '' husbamrs llter-i llter-i .idvlser and helper and a strange life she must have lu.dVlth that very err, ic cut. lhorousl,l' hiiicn-onablc uian of lal- ,.i?y..onc of tl,UK0 snhtorraiiftnii tenden-clcs tenden-clcs that act on Horary oIicIck. hc an e were elmry of bestowing on thol children chil-dren even In the. pious past Is ' c W-p ng wiMonV-.""'. ?',nr,t ..rw,,,,t ,,f ' "' "Ti I. m " I3l"fy." Tho heroine f The Mnsduerader" was named ICve story calle.j "The I,age of KvV" mmenrs C In a current Harper's. nil( now M y si, . fi chili's latest book has hoe,, entitled " T 0 lodgment of 10ve." Ihe latter however cpresentlnp not the name of the horclne bul the racln) woman In her marriage I destiny nnd the penalty that has " upon hc.r-and upon Adam. t,. " tor M " t I '."il iflr "" "' ''ny of U,(. ,rst moll "I1 Judging from precedent, there Is llkelx I namleCo,l,i,c0,a,V ''' Uh on "the j a curious coincidence there Is to be a production Iu London soon of .Mark J wain s "Pudd'iihcud AVllson." a milv 1 American play It will displace "Ti c I houaw Man." wh cl, the Kngllsh have le-M,l le-M,l .,1fls :1,.so. tn,,y "crlciiii. and whin, hey forced into a new book edition tha I 'm ,.l'ol,'don . ,,0,lsf! "r Harpers called "A 'bite Man." More than this, il," same atijr that made n success of one will be set to making It of Ihe other. Mark i wn n ins won the British mMc. wllh his books, am the play Is expected to be an uiKpialilled success. It Is remembered remem-bered tlinl "Pmld'ulicnd Wilson" has been played over here to the delight or ninny audiences, and "The Squaw Man" ,' Is running in New y0rk at -tho present moment. i it very seldom happens Hint Ihe most : popular llctlon of one year maintains Its 'J10 ,,0Nt- M,'-s- Ihnnell's "The fahuttle. Jiovvover. Is the novel .still niot In demand at the public libraries. For four consecutive mouths it has be?n one or the sl. best selling bonks, holding (ho very tlrst place during January and Keb-ruary. Keb-ruary. The publishers. Frederick A .StoIce company or New York, nnuounce a firth edition, which tilings the total to a number In excess or 15(i.ii00. All or ihese things compel, cvcii the most con- Hcrvattve to conclude Hint "The Shuttle""" h Just as much the book of this year ns it was the book or last. Mrs. Burnett ban : written a novel that. Is evidently not. Tor a (lay. i r JVIlIJl 'jol'evcd to be a manuscript I rrom Luther's own hand has been round ! in the library or a' Russian ' collector of, Hire books. It Is a volume of Biblical studies written In Latin, with a few notes 1 In German on the last page. i The Idea on which "The Flying' Death" ! Is based was suggested lo the author. I &ainuel Hopkins Adams, by one. of the exhibits In the Smithsonian Institute at Washington. In cojnpan.v with CharlcB . R. Knight, ihe artist, who docs much of the work or reconstruct lag prehistoric creatures for tho government, Mr. Adams was walking through the museum when his eye fell on a rork bearing a curious print. "That looks like a fossil handprint hand-print " he remarked. "It Isn't." said Mr. Knight. "In", fact, the nearest hand was soiiifs mlltlons'of years In the future when a ptcradactyl set his foot there -But' If you want a -.landmark, look up tho ptcrali odnn. ' Mr. Adams did so. anil from that dcrlvml the Incident of the "print on the' sand which, forms the baals of mvste'ry In his npvci: ' ' He who icinembers bis Shakespeare will probably not he puzzled by the name of William Dean Jlowclsls's newest novel. 4'ffl "Fennel and Rue" so far as tho rue hi II H l concerned. But fennel has no such faml- JPH i liar suggestion for most readers, although . I the mad Ophelia scatters It as well as IH I the herb of darker meaning. Perhaps ;fho- wl first part of the odd title which Mr. How-' B-'H ells has selected ror his book -may he ox-. ! plained by a passage in- Longfellow's f,S j "The Oolllet of Life ' "And he :wh- bat- luH , lied,, nutf subdued, a wreath of 'fennel iliM 'wore As-a wliole. It Is . perhaps as fit I! I a. name us could be. thought of -for a tale itH , which depicts In the consciousness of Its tll , hero. a yonhi? auditor, the mingling fir ' , HiH I the sense .of -triumph and tho sense of Iofs '11 1 that Is peculiarly possible to a complex. HllH , twentlelh-rentuiy Aiuorlcan. H |