Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1901 — BITS FOR BOOKWORKMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BITS FOR BOOKWORKMS

“Warwick of the Knobs," a new novel by John Uri Lloyd, author of “Stringtowu on the Pike,” will be published in book form after its serial publication. “The Inheritors,” a new novel, is the )oint work of Joseph Conrad, author of •Lord Jim,” and Ford M. Hueffer. It gives an analysis of London life in political circles. William Archer's volume on “The Poets of a Younger Generation,” a series of essays and criticisms on the work of the men of the present day in England, will be brought out soon. A new religious .work to be published immediately Is "The Book of Genesis In the Light of Modern Knowledge." It Is by Dr. Elwood Worcester, who regards the biblical story of the creation In the light of the recent discoveries made at the excavations in Babylonia. “Substitutes for Saloons" is the title of a volume written at the request of the New York “Committee of Fifty,” and is a practical study of the saloon and Its place In the life of the workingman. It shows the Immense social influence of the saloons and treats of the progress made by substitutes for them. The second volume containing the scientific results of Nansen's north polar expedition will appear simultaneously In this country and England, Norway and Germany. This volume contains the reports on the astronomical observations, those on terrestrial magnetism and the results of the pendulum observations. George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Israel ZangwUl, Robert Hlcbens, Frankfort Moore, Egorton Castle, Austin Dobson, Sarah Grand, Percy White, Mrs. F. A. Steele, John Davidson, H. B. Irving, Elizabeth Robins and Barry Pain form the distinguished group of authors who consented to contribute to the “May Book” issued lii aid of the Charing Cross Hospital, London.