But "The Fortress" will not be the only book, published within the next few weeks, on which Mr. Walpole's name will appear. Everyone knows that he is an ardent admirer of Sir Walter Scott, and in this, the Scott Centenary Year, he naturally pays his. public tribute. Partly. this is to be done in a Scott Omnibus, entitled "The Waverley Pageant." This is a selection of seventy-six favourite passages which Mr. Walpole has made from Scott's novels and to which he has written an introduction. The publisher will be Eyre and Spottiswoode, -Mr, Walpole's homage will also take another. form. About two years ago he purchased Sir Walter Scott's Letter Books, containing some thousands of lettens written by many hands to the great novelist. These form the basis of a book flo be published by Murray, with a lengthy title, "Sir Walter's Postbag: More Stories and Sidelights from his Unpublished Letter Books, written and selected by Wilfred Partington." To this volume Myr. (Walpole has written a Foreword.
And yet one more. The Golden (Cockerell Press will bring out in September "The Apple Trees." In this little book will be four chapders of reminiscences by Hugh Walpole and there will be engravings thy Lynton Lamb.
(Miss Macaulay ona Dangerous Age When a fairly prolific novelist is silent' for the space of two years ~yyou-may be sure that some weighty problem is occupying: his or her attention. He or she is. probably quietly at work.on some unusual task, as Miss Rose Macaulay: is at the present time.
The brilliant author. of- those brilliant novels, "Crewe Train," "Potterism" etc., has for some time been engaged in writing a story of the tumultuous years before the Civil War. The story is based on fact and in it no words are used which were not in common usage at the time.
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