AMONG THE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15196, 15 July 1911, Page 13

AMONG THE ANNOUNCEMENTS

"Adrian Savage" is the title of Lucas Malet's novel. Messrs Chatto and Wiudus publish a line-paper edition of " The Poetical Works of George Macdonald," in two volumes. Sir Clement Kinloch Cooke has written a shilling "Life of Queen Mary" for Messrs Nelson. , In the new novel, r " Marjorie," upon which lie is now at work, Mr H. G. Wells is said to be turning his attention to the problem of household economy. The "Oxford'' issue of Scott's novels now includes "Guy Mannering," with introduction, notes, and glossary by A. D. Innes, and with numerous illustrations. To their " Centenary Edition" of Dickens, Messrs Chapman and Ilall have added " Bleak House," in two volumes, as well as a volume containing " The Mystery of Edwin Drooel" and "Master Humphrey's Clock.'' Thackeray's unpublished manuscript, "Cockney Travels," which Lady Ritchie has discovered, appears in the June number of Harper's Magazine both in England arid America. By special arrangement it will also appear in the Cornhill a month later. Mr A. C. Benson's "From a College Window " is out in a seventeenth impression from Messrs Smith, Elder, and Co." Mr Benson's very numerous admirers will be glad to have this characteristic volume in so agreeable a form. The latest addition to Mesfers Greening's Lotus Library is "The Diamond Necklace, 1 ' by Frantz Funck-Erentano. Mr 'Anthony Hope's new novel, "Mr* Maxon Protests," which has just reached Dunedin, is described as the author's comment and criticism on modern life and its conflicting codes of honour and morals. Mis Wilfrid Ward's new novel, "The Job Secretary," will be published immediately by Messrs Longmans. Messrs Long mans will also publish • Loril AvolmrvV reply to his critics'" On Marriage, Totemism, and Religion.'' Mr Max Beerbohm has almost complete a novel—an Oxford love story—which maj be expected shortly. "Max" has sliowi so much freshness and originality in tin roles of caricaturist, essayist, and drama tic critic, that his appearance as novelist will be looked for with special interest. Messrs Herbert and Daniel announce "The Regent Library," which will con sist of a succession of volumes severally composed of extracts from the works oi famous English writers. The llrst foui are Johnson, Leigh Jltint, Richardson, ani Wordsworth. Mrs Meynell will mako tin extracts from Johnson, and Mr G.' K, Chesterton will preface them.. Madame Marguerito Audoux, the authoi of "Marie Claire," is engaged, upon a long r novel, which will give a picture of tin lives of shop girls and factory girls ii Paris. Sho has also in hand a shorte] work, called " L ( a Valscrine." Tho scow is laid in the Department of Jura, mid tilt book deals with smuggling on tho easlen frontier. Messrs Motlmen announce " The Eallac of the White Horse,'' by G, K. Chester ton. This is a ballad of the reign oi King Alfred, and describes that monarch 1 : noble exploits, his character, his struggle with the Danes, the story of tho White Horse, and the battlo of Ethandune. Tin poem is in the four-lined ballad measure and goes with a swing. Another book bj Mr Chesterton is aho in the press, a boo! of detective stories, entitled "The Inno cence of Father Brown," which will bi published by Messrs CasseJls. Mr Hcinranann will publish immediatelj a new novel by the author of " March, in Germany" and " Hodwig in England." both of which had considerable success ane! ran into several editions. Tlx new book will for the first timo reveal the author's identity, nnd may he puhlishcc under her own name*, Sybil Spottiswoode, Messrs Williams and Norgate .■vnnmmw for June 1 the publication of the e.econc set of 10 volumes of tho " Home University Library," the remarkable scries oi new shilling books whefle issue was corn-

nwnccd in April last. Wo understand from the publishers tluit, on acoount of Uio exceptional demand .for this now batch of voluruo.s, tliey regret tfuit it will not bo posaiblo to cxecuto nil ilia orders jn full on tho day of publication, but as largo, a delivery as possible will bo arranged, Tlio third edition of Professor R, C. Punnet-t's well-known liook on Mendelism (which was first published in 1905) has been entirely rewritten and much enlarged. A number of illustrations, some of which are colourod, jiavo been added to llio noW issue, As tlio work is intended to ii<ppe;il to witio audience, tlio author does not give more experimental instances than are neccssary to illustrate tlio story, nor does ho burdcai it with bibliographical reference. Me-ssra Macmillitn aro the publishers.' .Miss L. M. Montgomery, the well-known Canadian author of " Anno of Green G;i bliis " and "Anno of Avonlea," has now completed her new book, "Tlio Story Girl," which Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons (Ltd.) -will publish shortly. The environment is again the author's loved Prince Edward Island, and tho story and incidents possess tho same simplicity and charm, which characterise Miss Montgomery's earlier books. The book was onginaUy intended for publication earlier, but the exigencies of an unusually large first edition, to bo simultaneously published in tho United States, Canada-, Orcat Britain, n.nd Australia, nece-yatated a postponement. Messrs Witimvby" and Co. have in tho press, and will shortly publish, an illustrated -travel .book enisled "Through South West-land," by Miss A. M. Moreland. It is a (.harming chronicle of a ride through a district in New Zealand which is still unknown to the outside world—a district full of tho charm of forest, of beautiful mountains and lakes, and of swift rivers which issue from glaciers that push their noses even among the tree-ferns of a sub-trcpical growth. The settlers in their isohtod homes appear and disappear as the journey passes onwards. Sis. volumes have appeared in Macmillan's centenary edition of the works of Thackeray—namely, "Vanity Fair," "The History of Pendcnnis." "The Ncwoomes," " The History of Henry Esmond,' " The Virginians," " Barry Lyndon and Catherine": and in June "Tile Book of Snobs" and "The Ycliowplush Correspondence," etc., -will be published. Tlio set will be completed in 20 volumes. The complete work will contain no fewer than 500 new drawings by Mr Harry Furniss, as well as the original illustrations, and each volume will be furnished with an artist's preface, the latter a -feature cf exceptional interest to lovers of Thackeray. The bibliographical introductions to each volume by Mr Lewis Melville aro a feature of this edition. " The (iublication of a new novel by Miss Corelli is announced. It is three years since- her last novel was issued. The new romance is of a nature to delight and enthral all lovers of the occult and the unseen. It will bs remembered that this novelist started her career with that remarkable psychical experience, ' A Romance of Two Worlds,' and other works of a- like character have come from her pen, notably 'Ardath,' 'The Story of a Dead Self,''and * Tho Master Christian.' The present work, as yet untitled, i 3 on the same lines of psychic thought, and deals with a strange love story of both mortal and immortal passion, combined with some new r.nd .startling suggestions on the actual causes of life and death. The writer propounds her theories with lucidity and power, bringing the latest discoveries of science to her aid in argument-. and proving herself to bo a deep student of mysteries which perplex, yet ever fascinate," tiro mind and enchain the attention. The book is lik? no other in its curious, yot perfectly logical, conception of the relations of'human beings as brought about by the natural laws of attraction and repulsion, while t-lie writer's imagination seems to he cxhaustless in its. poetic flights of fancy."