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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1896. 



on Japanese crepe paper; "Siegfried the Mystic" 

 was by Ida Warden Wheeler; "Out of the Past," 

 by E. Anson More, Jr. ; ' Birkwood," by Mrs. Julia 

 A. B. Seiver ; " Vashti, Old and New," by Marvel 

 Kayve; " Libra," an astrological romance, by Mrs. 

 Ellen M. E. Ames (Eleanor Kirk); "Whose Soul 

 have I now ? " .was asked by Mary Clay Knapp ; 

 " Daybreak : A Romance of an Old World," by 

 James Cowan, deals with life on the planet Mars ; 

 " Forty Years with the Damned," by Charles Aikin, 

 describes life inside the earth ; " A Fearless Inves- 

 tigator" was anonymous ; and "A Triumph of Des- 

 tiny," by Julia H. Twells, Jr., was directed against 

 marriage. 



Among volumes of short stories are to be enumer- 

 ated " The Suburban Sage " and ' Love in Old 

 Cloathes," by Henry Cuyler Bunner ; " The Holy 

 Cross, and Other Tales " and a " Second Book of 

 Tales," by Eugene Field ; " Break o' Day, and 

 Other Stories," by George Whart on Edwards; "A 

 Guest at the Ludlow, and Other Stories," by Edgar 

 Wilson Nye; "That First Affair, and Other 

 Sketches," by John A. Mitchell ; " The Land o' the 

 Leal," by David Lyall ; "A Mountain Woman," by 

 Elia W. Peattie ; "Compound Interest, and Other 

 Stories," by Mrs. O. W. Scott ; " The Flower that 

 grew in the Sand, and Other Stories," by Mrs. Ella 

 Higginson ; " A Wonderful Christmas, and Other 

 Stories," by Katherine E. Vernham, chiefly of waifs 

 and strays ; " The Real Issue," by William Allen 

 White, the scene of which is laid in Kansas ; " A 

 Hypocritical Romance, and Other Stories," by Caro- 

 line Ticknor; "Hopkins's Pond, and Other Sketches," 

 by Robert T. Morris; "One Day's Courtship" and 

 "The Herald's of Fame," in one volume, by Robert 

 Barr (Luke Sharp) ; " The Maker of Moons," by 

 Robert W. Chambers; " T rhe Story of the Innumer- 

 able Company, and Other Sketches," by David Starr 

 Jordan ; " The Cat and the Cherub, and Other 

 Stories," mostly of the Chinese quarter of San Fran- 

 cisco, by Chester B. Fernald ; " An Elephant's 

 Track, and Other Stories," by Mrs. Mollie E. M. 

 Davis; "Uncle Jerry's Platform, and Other Christ- 

 mas St ories," by Gillie Gary : "Meg Mclntyre's Raf- 

 fle, and Other Stories," by Alvan F. San born ; " Pen- 

 hallow Tales," by Edith Robinson ; " Mrs. Hallam's 

 Companion, and the Spring Farm and Other Tales," 

 by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes ; " Six Stories and some 

 Verses," by Robert Beverly Hale ; " My Fire Opal, 

 and Other Tales," by Sarah Warner Brooks ; " A 

 Reluctant Evangelist, and Other Stories," by Alice 

 Spinner; "Cinder-path Tales," by William Lind- 

 sey ; " A Round Table of the Representative Amer- 

 ican Catholic Novelists," stories by Eleanor C. Don- 

 nelly, Anna Hanson Dorsey, Ella Loraine Dorsey, 

 and others ; " The Ebbing of the Tide : South Sea 

 Stories," by Louis Becke ; " Tales of Languedoc," 

 by Samuel Jacques Brim, with an introduction by 

 Harriet W. Preston and illustrated by Ernest C. 

 Peixottq ; " Old Dorset," chronicles of a New York 

 countryside, by Robert Cameron Rogers ; " The 

 Fatal Gift of Beauty, and Other Stories," by C. E. 

 Raiinond ; " The Lucky Number," a collection of 

 slum stories, by I. K. Friedman; " Artie," a story 

 of the streets and town, by George Ade, illustrated 

 by John T. McCutcheon ; " Fables for the Times." 

 by H. W. Phillips ; " A Chance Child," " Comrades," 

 " Hendrex and Margotte," and " Persephone," four 

 tales by Marah Ellis Ryan, in one volume : a com- 

 pilation of " Fireside Stories Old and New," in three 

 volumes, by Henry T. Coates ; and " Stories from the 

 Chap-Book," by many celebrated writers. A new 

 uniform library edition of Mark Twain's works was 

 entered uponl 



Fine Arts. Prominent among works of this class 

 is Russell Sturgis's historical study of " European 

 Architecture," embellished with 10 full-page plates 



and 250 illustrations in the text ; and from Prof. A. 

 D. F. Hamlin we have " A Text-book of the History 

 of Architecture," while " The Story of Architec- 

 ture " was told by Charles T. Mathews, giving an 

 outline of the styles in all countries. "A History 

 of Greek Art " was written by P. B. Tarbell for the 

 "Chautauqua Reading ( 'irele 'Literature Series," and 

 contained an introductory chapter on art in Egypt 

 and Mesopotamia. "Architectural Masterpieces of 

 Belgium, Holland, etc.," were collected into an ex- 

 pensive volume. A " Text-book of the History of 

 Sculpture" for use in schools and colleges was 

 written by Allan Marquand and Arthur L. Froth- 

 ingham, Jr. " Modern French Painters," a series of 

 biographical and critical reviews by American art- 

 ists, edited by John C. Van Dyke, with 37 wood 

 engravings and 28 half-tone illustrations, was a 

 sUperb volume, and " The Florentine Painters of 

 the Renaissance," by Bernhard Berenson, formed 

 Vol. II of his work upon " The Italian Painters of 

 the Renaissance." " How to listen to Music," by 

 Henry E. Krehbiel, offered hints and suggestions 

 to untaught lovers of the art. Anton Seidl, assisted 

 by Fanny Morris Smith, Mr. Krehbiel, and others, 

 edited " The Music of the Modern World," explained 

 and illustrated for American readers in 25 parts, of 

 which 6 were published during the year. "Shakes- 

 peare's Heroes on the Stage," by Charles E. L. 

 Wingate, was a companion volume to his " Shakes- 

 peare's Heroines" ; William II. Birkmire wrote on 

 " The Planning and Construction of American 

 Theaters " ; while " Audiences," by Florence P. 

 Holden, contained a few suggestions to those who 

 look and listen. George C. Seilharner's completed 

 " History of the American Theater. 1749-1 797," filled 

 three volumes. An exceedingly costly work was that 

 entitled " Oriental Ceramic Art illustrated by Ex- 

 amples from the Collection of W. T. Walters," with 

 115 plates in colors and over 400 reproductions in 

 black and white, the text and notes of which were 

 by S. W. Bushell, M. D., the whole being complete 

 in 10 sections, and the edition limited to 500 cop- 

 ies. W. P. Jervis, in " Rough Notes on Pottery," 

 claimed to give a complete history of pottery, 

 ancient and modern ; Mrs. L. Vance Phillips con- 

 tributed the " Book of the China Painter " to 

 the " Art Amateur Handbooks " ; and Mrs. N. 

 di R. Monachesi prepared " A Manual for China 

 Painters." " Ornamental Fragments, Scrolls, etc." 

 were the subject of a volume by Theodore v. Kra- 

 mer and W. Behrens ; and " A Collection of Scale 

 Drawings, Details, and Sketches of what is com- 

 monly known as Colonial Furniture " were meas- 

 ured "and drawn from antique examples by Alvan 

 Crocker Nye, architect. Mrs. -J. W. Shoemaker, 

 George B. Hynson, and John H. Bechtel were the 

 joint authors of an " Advanced Elocution." Among 

 illustrated gift books are to be mentioned " Venice 

 of To-day," by F. Hopkinson Smith, in 20 parts, il- 

 lustrated with 40 plates, half in color, and 126 typo- 

 gravures ; " The Eternal City : Rome," by Mrs. Clara 

 Erskine Clement Waters, in two volumes ; " Pictorial 

 Wagner," by Ferdinand Leeke, with an introduction 

 by Henry T. Finck ; " Pictures of the People," by 

 Charles Dana Gibson; "Captive Memories," com- 

 memorative verses interwoven with California flow- 

 ers, by James Terry White, illustrated by J. S. 

 Daniell, M. I. Morrison, and others ; " Friar Jerome's 

 Beautiful Book," by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, with 

 decorations in old missal style, by W. S. Haddaway ; 

 drawings by Albert B. Wenzell entitled " In Van- 

 ity Fair " ; a new illustrated edition of Hermann 

 Grimm's "Life of Michel Angelo"; the Surrey edi- 

 tion of Irving's "Bracebridge Hall"; "The Al'ham- 

 bra," of the same author, illustrated with drawings 

 of the places mentioned, by Joseph Penncll ; Tho- 

 reau's " Cape Cod," with 100 sketches in colors by 



