The morning times., 1896-06-21
!, NUMBER OF the authors have gone on
extended holiday abroad and Will
\ not be home before fall. Among the
foreign colony of American writers

extended holiday abroad ana VIII
not be home before fall. Among the
foreign colony of American writers
are Bret Harte, Harold Frederic, Heu-
~ James, T. A. Janvier, who is from long
association a veritable Provencal; Edgar
Fawcett and Richard Watson Glider, who
is haunting the coast of the Mediterranean.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich goes to Tenants
Harbor on the Maine coast, but he never
knows before hand whether his "manu-
script is to turn out poem or a sermon. :"
Stephen Crane will spend be summer just
where he is on his brothers estate of
5000 acres in Sullivan county, New York.
He will not do any writing and expects to
spend most of his time o'borseback. Marion
Crawford sailed the latter part Of May on
his new yacht Aida for Mediterranean wa
tiers. He will knock about the coast of Italy
and Sicily during the summer,
Richard Harding Davis went abroad early
in the spring to help crown the czar. He
isn't returned yet. Mary Mapes Dodge
edits st. Nicholas from the Catskills dur
ing the summer. jeanette L. Glider ar
rived in old England yesterday. She will
spend her holiday abroad. joel Chandler
Harris will brave Atlanta heat during the
summer. watching the children and the
roses grow" Mr.. Harris is always at
work on one thing or another, and con-
siders home "a mighty nice place for a
holiday" W. d. Howelrs address while
the days are warm is Far Rockaw way, L. /.
He is finishing a long novel for the Har-
pers Agnes Repplier will spend July on
the New England coast and August in the
Adirondacks. Magazine work is claiming
all her attention.
1ti possible that F. Hopkinsou Smith will
have finished his new novel, Caleb West;
Master Driver before he leaves for the
old world. His tour-plans include July in
Holland, August IN Constantinople, and
September in Venice. Frank Stockton is
home at THE Holt Convent Station, n.
j., where be proposes to stay all summer.
A prominent magazine has his name to a
contract for a serial for next year, and
This, mainly, will claim his attention. The
White Mountains claim Mary E. wilkins,
Charles Dudley Warner will remain at home
among Hartford's Incompatible elms, Eliz-
ibeth Stuart Phelps Ward is out at East
Gloucester, Mass, and Kate Douglas Wig
gin returns from England the last Of this
nonth to take up her abode in her sum-
ner home at Qullcote- te-ol-saco, Maine.
| IENRY B. FULLER is disposng his pub
lie to receive him as a man of sur
prises. 1.-The Chatelaine of La Trim
ite'' came undisguisedly the work
of n novice. In the train of PEN
deri-Vani'' he brought the most fascinat-
ng ina ginative beings to brighten a jatied
tppetite. Now in "The Puppet Pooth,"
which the Century adds to his productions.
he flies to a new tangent. The name l.
put a binding thread about twelve sketches
n dramatic form. These plays are curl
busly stimulative. They are rigidly simple
in construction but their symbolism is in
mnstinssances provokingly my ysterious. One
reviewer has said that the theme of all
of them is the sad oriental tale that by
sin death came into the world. Scarcely.
They are like nature who yields not her
treasure without the tribute of endeavor.
To sift the gray twilight Of Mr.. Fuler's
symbolism is agreeable speculation, for
even IN the dim uncertainty, there are
shadows of great beauty and suggested
perspectives where the glow is Illuminated.
MattorlincE and Ibscn may have been
studied admiringly by Fuller-they were
not initiated. Northern Lights and
"Afterglow" are the only ones which
suggest stage presentat tiop, but very re-
motely. The disciples Of Henrick and
Maurice wonld find item en- 'oyable. Fuller
wears best i'll type, and tie suggestiveness
of this fanciful charm.
= HOSE who are familiar with Mrs
Herbert Martins Tier Debut"
"Britemartal,'' and Bonnie Leslie
Will appreciate what is in store for
her admirers in theiatest publication
by r. T. Fenno & Co. This latest novel is
called "Lindsay's GIRL who is an at
tractive type of yourg English woman
hood. The story is vivacious in movement
and is free from didac;ic cigressions, which.
cucumber rather than embelIish so many
Of the recent Eng ish romances- Mrs.
Martin keeps to her muttons,' and writes
story from start to finish. In many ways
the tale is pleasantly old-iashioned, hIi
Of the conventional breadth that will Sc.
.ure 1t a broader than discriminating uu-
dience. Mrs. Martin knows who are her
leaders and writes for them.
| IORACE SCUDDER tells story illustra-
/. tive of the extensive literary interests
of Cambridge. the city across tile
river from Hartford. Says Mr. Scud-
der: IA clever Cambridge woman once
said TO NE that when She met a Cambridge
man and Was a little al u loss for conversa-
ton she would turn upon him with the ques-
ton, How is your book coming on? and the
question rarely failed to bring forth vol
uble answer" In connection with this IN
teresting city it is announced that il this
lady were TO put this question to her lit
erary friends now she would receive a
clamor of response and all about one book
All Cambridge is at work on IL cornrositc
volume aboutthe old city. Horace Scndder
is contributing a chapter on its literary
life, John Flskc has the beginnings Of
Cambridge in hand. Tlioiuas Wentworth
Higginson has life in general to deal with
In his chapter. The president of Harvard
naturally discusses the university, and the
bishop or MaSsa aclIusctts discusses Har.
wards chapel. So OH through n notable.
list
The occasion for this volume is tlicssn.-
centennial Of the city's corporate life