Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1895 — BITS FOR BOOK WORMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Rudyard Kipling, who is said to Mvt postponed his contemplated visit to India, Will bring out what he calls “The Other Jungle Book” in autumn. Charles Kingsley’s daughter, Mrs. Harrison (“Lucas Malet”), has written a new novel with the queer title of “The Power of the Dog.” The hero believes himself haunted by a dog. There are said to be quite a number of unpublished manuscripts of Nathaniel Hawthorne In the market They; are held at high prices, but are of interest only to the autograph collector, v Walter H. Page has resigned the editorship of the Forum. Mr. Page haa been in the service of this review for more than seven years, and has had exclusive control for more than four years. /.' The work of the Spanish dramatist, Jose Echegaray, has begun to attract attention outside of his own land. Two of his plays have been translated into English, “Mariana” and “The Son of Don Juan.” J. M. Barrie, after finishing his forthcoming novel, “Sentimental Tommy,” labored over It a whole year until he became satisfied that he had done his best “And how much do you think you have Improved or altered it during that time V” he was asked. “About pne per cent,” was the reply. f ** * .*-•■ • Iu a recent chat with an American pewspaper man Alphonse Daudet said: “I cannot tell you how I admire your people. But I can say that we should all admire them hi ore if they were a little more honest aboutrpaylug Freneh authors royalties on books which they have written and Which have been translated into Engllsh_,foi~ .the_bencfit of the United _ States.” Mrs. Humphry Ward left three years —or was It four?—between “Robert Elsmere” and “David Grieve,” and as much between the latter and “Marcella,” but between "Marcella” and “Bessie Costrell” there Is less than a year, and In January she will have a long novel ready, to be begun in a magazine. As each story adds some $40,000 to her bank account, she is In a fair way of getting rich.