The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06

SeHteu al wrote readably. most or tnern
producing manuscripts and letters as east
ly read as the typewritten variety OF this
later day.
.eorse w. Cables Den"
In the woods just back Of his home IN
Northampton. Mass. and not more than 4
hundred yards from the house. the lit;le
author OF Creole Days" and other books
quite as well known IS having a den
bullt- For II long time Mr.. Gable has
wanted some place where he might 30 his
writing in greater quiet aud seclusio1. and
now he Will have il. The structure will De
a small one u two stories. Mr.. Cable Will
nave his iesk and books In the room which
VIII take up the entire ground floor. and
'he one above will De occupied "a part of
The year by Miss Mary r.. Burt. who has
written several books for school reading.
among them The cable Story-BOok-" The
Two have long been friends. Mr.. Gable
Is at present putting the finishing touches
on a new novel which will be published
first sefituy-later ia the year.
"rny Pays" Question.
]. p. o''onnor. the witty Irishman. was
at n gathering OF some sort I'm London
not long ago. when "a woman near by turned
the conversation TO Mis- Coreln and her
writings.
Have you read a Romance Of Two
Worlds" she asked II him.
No replied Mr.. O'Connor: where aid
they meet
From Desk and Dra
As yet no purchaser has been found for
Rudyard KipIine's former home in Brat
tlehoro. VI. Several prospective buyers have
appeared. however. and a sale may be ef-
fected In the spring. Most Of the furnish
ings are - go with the house. Mr.. Klpling
and his family have arrived in South
Africa. whore they will spend the winter.
The writer has rented a house near Cape
Town.
Miss Myrtle Reed. whose "L~ove-Letters
OF a Musician" have been very successful.
Is at work On a book which Will not at
all resemble her former product. the title
and plot Of which are as yet concealed
Two books on musical subjects which
may attract general attention will be pub
llshed In tho spring. One IS a philosophical
and comparative treatise on The Opera,
past and Present" by William f. Apthorp.
musical editor OF the Boston Evening
Transcript; the other a work on "Choirs
and Choral Music" by Arthur Mees. leader
Of the Mendelsshon GIee Club in New York.
f. W. Hornung, who is now adding TO
his Amateur Cracksman' stories. is
spending the winter IN PoyfllIpo. a village
not far from Naples. and on the bay. Mr..
Hornung Is an enthusiastic and skilled
cricket player. and Is a member OF j. NJ.
Barrie's famous literary team.
George Cary Eggleston has just finished
his biographical sketch Of Franklin for the
Hall Of Fame series. He has characterized
the man as an apostle of c-ommon-sense,
one who lacked all sentiment except pa
triotism.
The last poem in Mr.. Stedman's Amer
lean Anthology" IS The Parting of the
Ways" by ]. B. Glider. who. with his
sister. edits the Critic ana does much
literary work besides. After Mr.. s,edman
had prepared the collection, he read Mr..
verse In a weekly paper which
he picked up in a barber-shoP, and was 30
pleased with &c that he added It 10 his
work
In a quiet village. far from the fog ana
noise OF London. J. VI. Barrie is working
on a short novel which will appear in the
perhaps He Is also building an
other play.
A monumental work. the irst volumes OF
which Will be published in a few months. IS
Charles A Hanna's "Scotch-Irish Families
IN America" MIR. Hanna IL a national
a examiner who lives IN New York,
and for years he has spent all OF his spare
lime studying the genealogy and history OF
The people he has chosen to write about.
The first two volumes Will deal with family |
histories and the mlgrations to this coun-
and later ones will tell Of the part they /
in the Revolution, the development
81 the country and the Civil War. /
Mr.. Coates's life of Lord Rosebery, which |
has already come out in England, will be ,
in this country next month. Mr..
durrelfs life Of Joseph Chamberlain will |
also appear soon on this side.
The "Our Neighbors' series Of six books,
which are 10 describe the town and country
ife of the people OF Europe. will be writ
en- by the following: French. Hannah
lynch; German. W. IL Dawson: Dutch. a
of The Hague. whose name Is not
L~nnounced: Russian. Francis n. z. Palmer.
The whole will be edited BY Mr.. Dawson
The second volume of Doctor Morgan
)ix's history Of Trinity Church will be pub
ished before the winter ends 1
When Rudyard Kipling receives twenty
I've thousand dollars for the serial rights,
to one story-which Is the price he
ot for Kim and when Pau Leicester
Tord makes nearly one hundred and fifty
dollars from one romance-vhich
Q has done with Janice Meredith" II Is
bout time to relegate the joke about the
jagged, hungry writer to some museum OF
.ntiquity.
LEIGH MITCHELL HODGES !