The Washington times., 1901-07-21
LITERARY NOTES.

Channing Pollock, whose work as ;
dramatic critic and playwright has al
ready won recognition, has written nov.
ei OF Oberammergau, entitled Behold ths
Mani which is soon to be published by
the Neale Company of this city The pio,
IS original enough to be startling and tn,
pook Is llkely to cause considerable dis
cussion both on this account and be-
cause of its genuine merit.
An account of "A Pilgrimage to wes-
SEX by Give Holland. author of My
japanese Wife will appear in the August
number of the Critic" illustrated with
reproductions from photographs taken by
! the author. Among these illustrations is
the latest portrait of Mr.. Thomas Hardy,
and the one that he considers the best.
The letterpress of the article has been
| whose instruction a map of the WesseX
country, which is also reproduced, was
made.
The August number of the Smart
| Set contains a novelette, entitled Miss
Sylvester's Marriage" by Cecil Charles.
| Other features are The Price of Admis-
! sion," 10y Felicia Goddard; THE Sun
flower Girl. by Justus Miles Forman;
| Orchids or Arbu.us?" by Katrina Trask :;
In the Matter of Watchman. by Guy
| Somerviile; Taken at the Flood a 500
| prize story, by Beulah Downey Hanks;
| In Regard to Madras by II. Knapp
| Harris: Mr.. Potroon. by Charles
Stokes Wayne, and lie Commissionai.e," !"
a tale in the original French, by s
| Boucherit. Edgar Saltus contributes a
| brilliant and amusing essay. entitled De
l'Amour." OF the conspicuous poems may
| be mentioned ''Pierrots House. by Bliss
Carman: THE Mirthless Princess by
Guy Wetmore Carryl; "Escapade,' by
Josephine Dodge Daskam, "Afterglow.
by Myrtle Reed, and Roses, by Clinton
Scollard.
An interesting contribution to the July
number of "The Critic" is article by
A. ID. Albert. jr., on Joseph Jefferson as
a painter. The article is illustrated with
number of half-tone reproductions from
Mr.. Jeffersons canvases. Mr. Albert,
while he appreciates the sympathetic art
of Mr.. Jefferson, is quite conscious that
his is not altogether original, though en-
tirely charming.
DR. Edward Everett Hale relates this
story OF a recent experience: Il was rid
ing on a railroad train" says he, and
the newsboy came along with an armful of
books. He stopped at my seat, and asked
me if | didn't want to buy book. No.
sir, said /, 1 write books l don't buy
them. Folks who write books don't by
any possible chance ever buy books
d
moments, and passed on. Pretty soon he
came back, holding a book open. Say,
mister he broke out, L reckon here's a
book that you'd like to have, because it S
got your picture in it He handed to me
a copy of Holman Days book of Yankee
half-tone cut of the queer-visaged old
man who illustrates the part Long
Shore ! bought the book right then and
there; and, before l had arrived at my
a alf N
Hale, when he related this anecdote to
the author of Up in Maine, asked Gu
riously, who is that old man whom
newsboys on trains mistake for me?'
The eminent preachers amusement was
deepened when he was informed that the
picture was that of Elbridge Gerry Carr |
OF Mexico, Me. one of the quaintest char |
acters in the State, a writer of rhymes |
and real son of the soil. Mr. Carr |
wears medalthat he claims was sent to |
him by Queen Victoria in return for a |
poem that he wrote and sent TO her at |
the time of her Jubilee.
Not long ago Mr.. Day received from a |
massachusetts city rather singular let
ter. The writer. well-known business
poem entitled Plug l recognize my
grandfather" At this point the author
nerved himself for a fiery arraignment
He had believed that all the descendants
of Plug had long passed out of reach of
BOOKS. The verses, il should be under
stoou' contained no more definite appalla-
tlon than the mere title of Plug" The
letter went on 10 say: Il remember the
old man well. You have drawn his pic
ture to the life. but / must say that YOU
maven made him out quite so mean as
ne really was. / have heard ii related of
MIN that, though he had the largest or
shard IN town and hardly knew what to
40 with all the apples. he would give |
yistdors isi9, only the worm-eaten fruit. The
Incident that gave him the name of Plus,
IS accurately related. and. as a slight
testimonial to the authors clevern SIS
nave purchased several copies of the
book and have sent them to other raia
ives" 'ei iei"-