The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-18
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS.

Edmund Gosse is collecting q new vol
cal Kit..Cats." The book will be ready
this spring.
sue to its readers Thomas Hardy's recent
novel. Jude: the Obscure" as we'll as
II. F. Benson, who wrote "Dodo," has
new novel in the Knickerbocker Press.
called 1.-THE Babe, B. A." Mr.. Benson's
story deals with the uneventful history
Of an undergraduate at Cambride univer-
sity.
strain Of his recent poetical iabors, ana
SO 1t is said. Of the mass Of congratula-
tory correspondence that has been thrust
Mrs. Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes) has
decided. so 1t is said. to abandon her
"The- Gods Some e-AIortals-and-Lord-W Wick
enham" manner in her new novelette,. Its
title does not suggest a new mood-"The
Herb Moon"
twenty-four children. He saw a child cry.
ing in the street. and asked: What Is
the matter. little boy?" Don't you know
me. papa?" said the boy. He was one Of
the twenty-four children.
Justin Mccarthy Is at work on mono-
graph dealing with the present Pope, more
than half of which is finished; and new
novel, and collection of short stories.
both Of which may be published before
own "reminiscences"
1t has been often remarked that few
noted American authors are university
men. and yet one is surprised by the fact
that such stylists as the late MIR. Curtis
Mr.. Howells, MIR. Aldrich, Henry Jane
and Bret Harte were not graduated frou
any college. Some Of them. indeed, hat
no academic training whatever.
Joseph Chamberlain Ia almost as grea.
a reader as Mr.. Gladstone and has appar
rently the same catholicity of taste. Or
his bookshelveS will be found among his
torians Macaulay. Froude, Leckey, Ma
pier, Alison. Freeman. and others. Sev
Italian literature-others to poetry. Chan
Ger, Spenser. Milton, Byron, Tennyson
and Alfred Austin stand cheek By low
in the poets corner. B..
Mr.. Howells is said to be dramatzins.
with the help OF Paul Kester. one Of h
best and best-known novels. 'The Rise O
Silas Lanham," which William Gran
will probably produce Doubtless tn
intoxicated at the dinner party will be
prominent feature. The very qualitic
which make Howells a writer of charm
Ing fiction would seem to be ill-adapted I,
the effective drama.
Mark Twain, who is now in India. o,
was the last time he was heard from, say
that he works from II In the morning til
It is time to dress for dinner, and then h
uOse0t STOP Oi OWI dCCOTu, Out DC
cause his family drags him away from hi
desk. Mr.. Clemens does not call writin.
hard work. He says: THE mere physi
cal work would not hurt me or any on,
else-you can sleep that of: the mento
part Of 1t Is nothing but amusement--l
Is not work" All the time he work, h
smokes. and he says that he could nc
work without smoking. He did not sto
once for over a year. but in that time h
FREDERICK Macmillan. the present hoe
Of the great publishing house bearing hi
name. was at one time. II IL said, g,
American citizen. That was several year
ago. when he represented his firm In th
country. He took out naturalization pr
pers, thinking that as an American citize,
he might have better chance Of holdln'
the copyrights In his own books, but :
was Of no use. An American citizen ha
no better protection against the Americs
pirSss than ,s British sss,sst Mr Ma
granddaughter Of Thomas Lord. th
founder OF the house OF Lord & Taylor.