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Show INTERESTING COLLECTION. MacmlUan'p Annual. Edited by E. V. Tjucas. Published by the Macmlllan Company, Xew York. This volume formerly appeared last fall under the title or" "Lucas's Annual." It is now presented by the publishers in a mu;-h less costly edition. The happy idea presented itself to the editor, E. V. Lucas, of making a collection of new material by living English authors which represents the literature of our times. Among the contributors are Sir James Barrie. who writes in the character of an Eton boy; Arnold Bennett, with a series of notes u nd impressions; Austin Dor-son. with a characteristic poem; Hugh Walpo'e, with 3 cathedral town comedy; "Saki," with i caustic satire on the discursive drama: Stephen Lea cock, the Canadian humnr-Nr. humnr-Nr. with a burlesque novel ; Mr. Lucas himself, ,and Ernest Rramah. the author "'' "The Wallet of Kai Lung," with one of his gravely comic Chinese tales. M-. i Lucas had placed at his disposal in the preparation of this work some extremely ; interesting letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Stev-enson. John Hubk'.n and Robert Browning, Brown-ing, which are here meie public. |