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Literary News and Notes President Roosevelt has signed a con tract with The Outlook to act as an asso ciate editor after his retirement from the Presidency in March next This is made subject to the existing contract to write the story of his African travels tor Charles Scribners Sons His work in connection with the Outlook is to cover political and economic topics William Dean Howells Mary E Wil kins Freeman John Kendrick Bangs Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Mary StewartCutting Alice Brown Henry van Dyke Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Elizabeth Jordan Edith Wyatt Mary Heaton Vorse and Henry James have written a composite novel The story is entitled The Whole Family and will be published next week after having run as a serial in Harpers Bazar where the puzzle was to find which author wrote what chapter The plot hinges on the engagement of pretty Peggy the daugh ter of the house to a fickle youth who is in love with her aunt and the whole family gets delightfully tangled up about it As a literary device this book is bound to create a pleasant little stir The November Everybodys is an elec tion number That is three out of