The times., 1901-06-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Under the general editorship of Mr.
Caspar Whitney, the Macmillan Company
have in preparation the THE American
Sportsmen's Library" a series of books
each of which viii contain an authorita-
tive monograph on one of the main
branches of American sport The sub
jects of some of the volumes will be:
% The Bear Family; ~ The Deer
Family: (3 The Musk OK Sheep and
Goat; (D Cougar (Mountafn Lion or
PUMA; (5) Wild Cat and Lynx; GO Trout
and Salmon; "a Bass, Mascallonge,
Pickerel and others; (S) Tuna Tarpon
and Jew Fish; (9J Upland Game; Quail;
Grouse (Rufied and Pinnated) Turkey,
etc; Q0 Wild Fowl Ducks, etc. Each
volume viii be written by a sportsman
well-known in his own field, and the
Illustrations WIZ also be drawn by men
VINO have made specially of their par
ticular subject.
Miss Edith Wyatt was born twenty
seven years ago at Tomah Wis, where
her father, civil engineer, was building
g railroad. After four years his profess
sion took him to Dubuque, Iowa, whence
in four years more, he moved his house
hold to Clarinda, in the same State. After
tw" years he was able to make Chicago
his home, and there he determined to re-
main, in order to give his children less
random education. Miss Wyatt studied /
al the Girls Collegiate School until she
was eighteen, and then took a two years
course at Bryn Mawr College. The in
stitution still retains a tradition of her
that she was the most amusing girl that
ever cheered homesick or weary students
She returned to Chicago and for four
years taught elementary Greek at the
school where she had prepared for col
lege. During this time she became more
and more occupied with writing 1t was
her avocation. but it gave her far more
enjoyment than her vocation afforded
more than anything else And for the
last three years she has devoted herself
entirely to that art.
Herman Knickerbocker YieIe, the au-
thor of THE Inn of the Silver Moon"
which is much talked of by the fortunate
ones who have read it, gives an amusing
account of his efforts to acquire French
profanity. Upon his first visit to the
land OF the lively Gaul he was provided
with vocabulary that served it's pur-
pose only so long as things went we'll
when things went i'll, he found himself
without natural outlet for his feelings.
Accordingly he set to work to find out |
what trenehmen@say when they are mad.
Ihe first experiment was at a restau- |
rant when from a neighboring table he
overheard slight dispute between the |
waiter and guest. The guest had or
dered a small bottle of red wine and the |
wine.
II do not want it, said the guest.
Il am sorry said the waiter. but
monsieur must drink it. for, unfortunate |
ly, the cork is drawn"
Mr.. Viele waited breathless for the ex-
plosion.
This" said the Frenchman, bringing |
MS hand with violence to the table, lis |
very extraordinary" C'est bien extra |
ordinaire-no more-and the waiter quail |
ed before it. The traveller made a note of |
the expression and uses it still when very |
much provoked, but he waited several |
days for another lesson.
This came on the top of an omnibus. All |
the seats were taken, but a stout gentle |
man insisted upon climbing up. At first |
ne contented himself with wobbling from
one pair of feet to another, but presently |
he attempted to insert himself between a |
slender passenger and his wife. The slen-
der one bore this in silence until a more |
vigorous wriggle on the part of the in /
truder knocked off his hat; then, goaded |
past endurance, he exclaimed, Monsieur
eeS not polfteu' The stout man climbed |
down abashed by merited rebuke, and the
traveller made another note.
This was not encouraging, but Mr.. Viele |
did not give up hope till one day he was
nearly run down by a cab and having no
gave the offender a sharp rap on the
shoulders. 1t was a rash act that might
have brought trouble, but apprehension
faded before the Joy of promised knowl-
edge The cabman lashed his horse. and
going, turned across his shoulder to make
'.Soiled Pigi' he called back, angrily.
The novelist gives these as his reasons
for believing the French unequal to the
of golf.
Maurice Hewlett is preparing revision
of his "Earthwork out of Tuscany for