. The Argonaut . Burbanks life and work, by Harwood, is on the Macmillan Companysfall list of books. Gertrude Atherton, whose headquarters inthese later times seems to be Munich—forshe says the atmosphere of that city is fa-vorable to literary work—is now, accordingto her publishers, the Harpers, spending avacation in the Alps—exactly where is notrevealed. There are hints of new storiesfrom Mrs. Atherton, but little is said aboutwhat these new stories are to be like. A German translation is being made ofWarren Cheneys story of Alaska, The Wayof the North, bearing the imprint of Double-day
. The Argonaut . Burbanks life and work, by Harwood, is on the Macmillan Companysfall list of books. Gertrude Atherton, whose headquarters inthese later times seems to be Munich—forshe says the atmosphere of that city is fa-vorable to literary work—is now, accordingto her publishers, the Harpers, spending avacation in the Alps—exactly where is notrevealed. There are hints of new storiesfrom Mrs. Atherton, but little is said aboutwhat these new stories are to be like. A German translation is being made ofWarren Cheneys story of Alaska, The Wayof the North, bearing the imprint of Double-day, Page & Co. The author, who lives inBerkeley, by the way, has just started on atrip to Alaska on a freighter going to Ka-diak. The Putnams have down for publicationnext month a translation of a volume on Sex and Character, by a German,Otto Weininger, who committed suicide attwenty-three. The volume is divided intotwo parts, the first dealing with the physicalside, the second with the psychological, ap-. George Bernard Shavj in his library. belongs to the Musicians Library, Theeditor is a Schumann enthusiast, and writesan eloquent tribute to the romantic composerby way of an introduction, in which he saysthat here we have the most genial andprofound representative of the romanticschool of music. The work contains awonderfully good portrait of the composer. Published by the Oliver Ditson Company;$ Giotto, a monograph of a very satisfac-tory nature by Basil de Selincourt. Thebiography is evidently written by a man whosincerely admires the paintings of the greatFlorentine master. He preserves an eventone of hostility toward the destructivecriticism of the modern school. The illus-trations, each of which occupies a full page,number some forty odd, and thus convey tothe elementary student a good idea of thegeneral character of Giottos art. Imported by Charles Scribners Sons; $ An American Girl in Munich, by MabelW. Daniels, which will be read with keendelight by a
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