LITERATURE AND ART.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13355, 8 December 1906, Page 4 (Supplement)

LITERATURE AND ART.

Mb. James Blvtjt has a, hew novel, "Unemployed, Limited," ■appearing with Mr. Heinemann. ; ■ ,

Miss Dorothea Conyers 1 has a new novel, " The Strayings of Sandy," appearing with Messrs. Hutchinson.

Mrs. Henry de la Pasture recently finished a story, "The Lovely Lady of Grosvenor Square," which Mr. Murray announces.

Mr. H. O. Bailey,, the author of " Beaujean," ha« finished' a knew/ story, entitled " Springtime," which Mr. John Murray will publish. ' . " ' "

A book on old English gold plate, with numerous illustrations, is announced by Messrs. Bemrose. The author is Mr. K. Alfred Jones. , ;■>.■

" The Sinews of War," the story in which Mr. Eden Phillootte and Mr. Arnold Bennett collaborate/ is being published by Mr. Werner Laurie. . .

An attractive book of the autumn publishing season will be a, collection of the famous cartoons that. have appeared in Punch during the past sixty years.

Mr. H. H. Bashford is publishing with Mr.'- Heinemann a novel entitled "The Trail Together." The ."-scene of it is laid in Manitoba, and the hero is an English "ne'er-do-weel."

An English edition of Prince Hohenlohe's memoirs is to be published by Mr. Heinemann as aoon as they can be translated, The book is, at this moment, out of print in Germany, for only a .small edition was issued, ...

Mr. Eveleigli Nasji is publishing a volume, "Success in Life," by Dr. Emil Reich, -whose lectures -to fashionable people on Plato were an excitement of the last London season. , These lectures have already been issued in book form, and no doubt they will bo followed by another course when the season comes round.

Mr. Lewis Melville is writing a book on " Bath Under Beau Na«h," a good subject. How good it is has been demonstrated by the success of " Monsieur Beaucaire" as a play and as a story. Mr. Melville is well instructed in the period, and Mr. Eveleigh Nashwhat's in a name? is to publish the book, will have it fully illustrated.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sir Nigel," which has been appearing 'as a serial in the Strand, is forthcoming m'lwok form with Messrs. Smith, Elder. It introduces us once more to the hero of that admirable romance, "The White Company." Also it pictures the national life of England about the same time, and it is written on tho same broad lines.

" Red Rubber" is the eloquent title of a book by Mr. E. D. Morel, which will appear soon,, through Mr. Unwin. Needless to say," it refers to the administration of the Congo Free Stale, a subject about which Mr. Morel is ever vigilant. . Sir Harry Johnston has written an introduction for the book, which, in effect, is an indictment of King Leopold.

Mr. Vincent Brown," who wrote "A Mag-" dalen's Husband/' a story that attracted attention, has another book appearing with Messrs. Hutchinson. It is called "Venus, and the Woodman," the forme., ill this case, being- a beautiful and unscrupulous -woman who is' murdered in a forest. It is plainly a crime of passion, and the story itself is largely a.study, an analysis, of love and passion.

The " Voyages'' of Captain Dampicr have long been difficult to obtain in a complete form. Xo complete edition, in fact, has been issued since 1727. though the old sailor, has been kept in memory by several biographies and partial reprints. Now Mr., John Masefield, a sea writer of authority,'' is editing a two-volume edition of the " Voyages," which the firm of Grant Richards will publish.

Who was Yittoria Colonna? It is scarce- j ly necessary to ask those acquainted with Italian history. She belonged to the fifteenth century, and to one of the mast war-like families of Italy. Nevertheless, her name stands for what is highest and most, spiritual in the history of her times. Mrs. Maud Jerrold has written a study of Vittoria Colonna. with sonio account of her friends, and Mr.'Dent is to publish it.

Lady Bell, who lias written " The Dean of St. Patrick's" and other novels, has- a serious hook, as the phrase goes, appearing with Mr. Arnold. It is entitled "At the Works," and it is a description of the industrial and social condition of the ironworkers in the North Country. A second new book which Mr. Arnold announces is "A Hunting Catechism," by Colonel Mey-sey-Thompsonia handbook to the huntingfield.

"Queens of Old Spain" is a book by Major Martin Hume which will appear this autumn— Richards. It deals .-with those queens who, for their greatness, their political importance, their attractions, or their misfortunes stand forth most prominently in the romantic history of Spain. Major Hume, who is at. present in the Peninsula, writes with the accuracy of a historian and the lighter touch of "a popular author.

The print-collector has, since the days of Evelyn and Pepys, been an interesting person/but be lias ever been a member of a small company. Still, the collection of prints has been a growing hobby, and it, may be 1 stimulated by a, volume which Messrs. Cassell are about to publish. This is a work by Mr. Malcolm C. Salaman on the old engravers of England in their relation to contemporary life and art. The volume is, as such a volume should be, admirably illustrated. ~.."■• j

Most of us have heard of Miss Malvery and hex- excellent work among the poor of how, in order, to gain first-hand knowledge of their inner life, she ..disguised herself and became one of them. Bho cut herself entirely off, for the time being, from her friends, and engaged in the various occupations of a working* woman. Out of her experiences she has, written a book—a human document, indeed—which Messrs. Hutchinson are to publish under the title "The Soul Market."

The art of the singer! That is the title and subject of a book Mr. Murray will shortly publish. It is by Mr. W. J. Henderson, who is well known in the world of music. Its purpose is to offer practical hints about the technique of vocal art and some suggestions as to style. Mr. Henderson's ultimate aim has been to show that the principles of singing, as discovered in the seventeenth century and taught in the eighteenth, are those upon which the real art of to-day rests.

Mr. Sidney Lee's book on Shakespere and the modern stage and kindred subjects will appear through Mr. Murray on an early date. " The articles," save Mr. Lee, *' treat of varied aspects of Shakesperean drama, its influences and its traditions ; but I think that all may be credited with sufficient unity of intention to warrant their combination in a single volume." Their main endeavour is to survey Shakesperean drama in relation to modern life and to illustrate its living force in current affairs.

; A lucid account of the theory of evolution, free from technioalities, and making an easy understanding of the subject possible! Such a work has been written by Mr. F. W. Headley. of Haileybury College, and will be published by Messrs. Duckworth. . If it be ■ a book for the serious reader, then they are issuing two novels for the other reader. One of these, " Tho Heart That Knows," is by Mr. C. G. D. Roberts, the American writer on natural history. The other, entitled " Don-a-Dreams." is a tale of vouth and life in a great city, and is by "Mr. Harvev O'Hi"iOns, ■ ':/ . . - . °