The age-herald., 1900-11-04
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The Bookman, a literary magazine of six years standing, has been awarded gold medal at the Paris Exposition.
 Up to the day of Paul Leicester Ford s wedding day a few weeks since, he had sold 24S,0O0 copies of his last novel, "Jaunice Meredith and ten thousand more were then in press.
 'Winsome Womanhood is the title of Margaret. Sangster's new book which will soon appear. Typical phases of woman's life as chapter titles will give Mrs. Sang ster opportunity for many delightful fla miliar talks" as she calls them. Features of the volume will be pictures illustrative of different chapters, posed by winsome American women, and initial letters to chapters, formed of reproductions of fa- nous lace handkerchiefs.
 
 It is said that when Rudyard Kipling was last In America he suggested to Ernest Seton-Thompson that the latter write a ''Wooderaft Book" in which the animals, trees, and flora of the woods would find accurate and popular exposition. The au- thor of Wild Animals I Have Known" liked the idea, and it will form the basis of his next piece of work. The story will first appear in the Ladies' Home Journal in Jan uary, and will be fully illustrated by the author himself. It will be called 1.-TWO Lit tie Savages in the Woods" and will give the experiences of two boys who go camp ing in the woods and live in the open air for an entire year. The work will be in a sense autogiographical, since the author himself was one of two little savages."
 Among the passengers of the good steam- ship Pennsylvania, of the Hamburg-Ameri- can line, which sailed abroad in July, was MT. Poultney Bigelow, the well-known journalist and itterateur. MT. Bigelow has written some thoughtful and scholarly work subjects dealing with conditions in many parts of the old world Although only about 45 years of age, he has already attained a we'll established career in the literary profession. That MT. Bigelow be- lieves in the old aphorlsm that "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' was proven by the fact that no one on the steamer seemed to enjoy to a fuller extent tn pleasures and recreations of ocean life. Dressed in a polo suit, with picturesque red sash, he was to be seen in almost every game of shuffie- board, quoits, sand bag, etc, while at the two dances given on deck there was no more graceful and enthusias- tic dancer. Another accomplishment which MT. Bigelow possesses Is that of after-diu- ner speaking. At the captains dinner, WHICH IS alWayS the event or the lIerndn steamers, the most notable person on ship board is chosen to give the captains toast. This Mir. Bigelow did with great dignity, taste and happy good humor. MT. Bige- lows White Mans Africa" was translated into French few months ago, and is now receiving much praise among Paris review CTS.
 Word comes that MT. William Dean How els is to become of the literary ad- visers to the reorganized firm of Harper & Brothers. He will revive the department of ''The Easy Chair" in Harper's Magazine, which was made famous by George Will liam Curtis and abandoned after his death. By special arrangement the Harpers have secured from MT, Howells both periodical and book rights to all his future works. It will be remembered that Donald G. Mitchell Qk MarveD was the first incumbent of ''The Easy Chair" which was established as far back as 1851. MT Howells conducted for some time the department in the maga- zine known as '"The Editors Study in which he was finally succeeded by Charles Dudley Warner. Simultaneously with the revival of .'The Easy Chair in the Deeem- Der Harper ."The Editors Study will be