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reflections; for this Southern lad who had
| the sturdy wisdom 20 stick 10 his coiors
10 eject the substance as against the sbad
| CIV ~ moment when the bravest the
trpest aud the oldest were In Doubt WIN,
! 70 do-and who In every situation know,
:" wen how 10 put his best foot forward
ana TO perform his duty. presents MS
pic'nre OF our common manhood aud race
equally exhilarating and encouraging "a
DOM simple American upright ard down
right, and equal to every demand Of pubu,.
ana private station: the at professional
descendant of Paul Jones and Isaac IInn.
OF Perry and Decatur: the nt colleagu,.
of Dewey and schley and Sampson; all
honor TO him and them, to the service they
have emblazoncd under all skies from one
end of the earth to the other. back and
forth across the multitudinous seas"
~
| Neil Munro's new novel, Doom Castle.
is nnaliy announced for publication within
the fortnight hy Doubleday. Page & Co.
1t Is curious fact that this now far,ons
Scottish author did not know word Of
| English TIL he was 10 years Of age. YET
| the London Spectator recently set him
down as being possessed Of the greatest
since the death OF Stevenson. Born and
brought up as he was I'm n wild ana rc
mote part Of the Highlands Of scotland OF
an old race OF hunters and hockmasters
who spoke only the Gaelic tongue. Is n
not strange that he has added some weird
and fascinating eiemcuts to literature the
new novel is said TO be a story OF mystery
introducing some historical pcrsonSges of
I hnFp .,pn lie I ~
=
After completing the FIRST four volumes In
the series Of Historical Guides. Paris e
venice, Florence" and "The cities OF
Belgium Mr. Grant Aliens lahors were
cut short by his death, He had. however.
sufficiently mapped out the plan Of tho
series for sympathetic hands 10 carry on
bis work. Mr.. G.. G.. Williamson has been
asked to continue the series and had talked
over the series with Mr. Allen many times,
Thus he knows well what were his Ideas
aud with many Of them is In fullest accord.
He has Just completed The cities Of
Northern italy" which will he issued imme
diatey by the a. Vessels Co. New York,
and Mr.. Grant Richards, London.
~
Some new estimates have heen made a.
to the sale of Mr. Kipllngs books or
The Days Work" alone more than i0o,OOu
copies have been sold Ia This country and
Of the authorized editions Of his works
certainly no less than half million vol.
umes have been disposed Of in the United
States An estimate If the recent sales
of he earlier uncopyrlghted works has
led person of statistical tendency to he.
lievc that at least 100000 honks by him
have been sold in the last three years.
The Last Lady of Mulberry published
by the ArpetoHs is attracting @s9ncwcd
attention, owing to the recent publication
Of the fact that the romance is founded
upon true episode of the Italian quarter
in which the name Of Mrs. Grover Clcye
land played conspicuous part. 1t seems
that sculptor in Italy. strangely uufamll
lar with the fuces Of American Probabilities,
was tricked into making bust from a
photograph Of Il New York concert hall
singer the person who sent him the pic
ture having represented that II was a
likeness of Mrs Cleveland The fraud
, was not detected until the marble arrived
In New York and was taken from tho Gus.
tom house by Mulberry banker who
had been induced to pay the duty upon
, the representation of the trickster on this
side that 1t was bust II Mrs. Cieye
land The banker, OF course. expected to
, get a piece Of property upon which he
would he able to realize handsome proht
To his dsmay and subsequent ruin he
, parted with his last dollar to pay the
customs charges he found, on opening the
packing case. the marble efhgy Of peas
ant woman bearing no resemblance what
ever to the first lady Of the land. Upon
this episode Henry Wilton Thomas the
author. founded his narritiye, adding much
thereto that is entertaining II not always
convincing. At any rate, there has set III
n lively demand for the book, exceeding
ANYTHING it has enjoyed since It's hrSt
publication one year ago, Many readers
Of fiction who were not particularly NJ
tractcd by the subject Of the Italian quar-
ter before are now evincing deep inter
est in the book. which is uudeniably clever
, both in conception and literary treatment
~
Miss Myrtle Reed, author Of that de-
lirhtful book. love Letters of Musi-
. clan" has another one in the hands OF her
. ppblisbers. G =. Putnam Sons, which they
VIII bring out this autumn, II is called
"Thc spnster Book and will he looked
. forward TO With great pleasure by those
who have read her first Miss Reed was
: brought up on the rolling proiries Of IN
+ nols and saws she has lived the love let
+ tors. every word of them, and was happy
I "a learn mar they had met an appreciatvC
e welcome in Texas.
+ Society Woman Who Writes.
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