The Washington times., 1901-11-10

adorn the pages of her new Juvenile, AS
the Goose Flies" which Little Brown &
Co VIII publish early in November
memorial of Richard Blackmore, the
novelist, is to be set up in Exeter Cathe-
! dral. 1t will take the form of a medal |
lion portrait or bust.
| Mr.. George Douglas. the Scotch novelist. |
author of THE House with the Green |
| Shutters" published by Mcclure, Phil |
lips & Co, was born in the West Of Scot |
land, and brought up amid a farming |
and mining population. At eighteen he !
proceeded to Glasgow University In his |
last year there he won scholarship |
| worth over A,0j9. With a portion of it |
| the future author went to oxford. Hav |
| ing finished there, Mr.. Douglas went
down to London, and with total capital
of &l1 started out as man Of letters.
Mrs. Mary st. Legcr Harrison, other
wise Lucas Malet." ana the author of
the just published History of Sir Rich
ard Calmady," is a widow and lives in
! London. The younger daughter of Charles
| Kingsley, the author, she married the
| Rev. Mr.. Harrison, one of her fathers
| curates. The young man was the son Of
| William Harrison. of Pyne d Harrison,
| the famous firm of operate iTnpresarios
| Mrs. Harrison, who is now nearly fifty,
| has in the last twenty yecis published
eight books. She is said to have been
| largely infiue0Ced II her york by BaiZac.
| De Maupassant, Daudet, TolstOy and
lhsen. She is woman of strong char
| acter Every one can have what he
| wants in this world she once said, IF
he only has the courage to take it when 1t
| comes. 1t doesn't do to hesitate, and if
you are afraid, why. it's all over with
| you," She meant in early youth to be a
painter.
The London correspondent of the Era
says:
81 was privileged recently to have few words
with Memdouh Bey, the Turkish poet, who is
now in London to establish a Turkish paper de-
voted to politics in general - 81 t.t. ia
| OF the Young Turkish party in particular. Mem
| dOuh Bey ascribes the decadence OF Turkish lit
erature to the bacful reign Of the present Sultan
| No one, he saws, 'dares to publish n book of
any literary value. Every writer is suspected Of
political motives and is Immediately subject to
persecution should he attempt to write anything
hut eommoaplaces. The result is that nothing
| appears except worthless pamphlets eulogizing
the Sultan and his system The works Of all the
best authors are prohibited. and, in consequence
writers have either suffered persecution or have
| been obliged to become eNiles in foreign lands |
The Sultan is particularly hostile to poets. Mem
douh Bey is an active, intelligent man Of striking
personal appearance, and pleasant talker. I am !
finding considerable difficulty he said, in start
| ing my paper. SO far | have come across but |
one man in London who can set up Turkish type, |
and he does something else for a living
Richard Wagner" by W. ]. Henderson, |
\ is the first volume in group of popular |
! musical biographies" which the Putnams |
| have in plan.
The purpose of the book is TO supply |
Wagner lovers with a single work which |
shall meet all their needs. The author |
has told the story of Wagner's life, ex-
planned his artistic aims, given the his |
| tory Of each of his great works. examined |
| its literary sources, shown how Wagner |
| utilized them surveyed the musical plan |
of each drama, and set forth the meaning |
and purpose Of its principal ideas. The |
| work is not intended to be critical, but Is |
! designed to be eypOsitory. 1t aims to give |
| the reader a thorough knowledge and un- |
derstanding Of the man and his works.
| Among the translations announced for |
| publication this month is THE Simple |
Life" by Charles Wagner. rendered from |
| the French by Mary Hendee. This essay |
is plea for simplicity in cur mode of |
! living-for simple thoughts, simple |
words, simple needs, simple pleasures;
\ simple beauty" An Introduction and |
| biogra phical sketch of the author are fur
nished by Grace King.
A History Of the Scotch-Irish Families |
Of America" by Charles S. Hanna, is to
be published by the Putnams. 1t will in
| cIude a brief history of Scotland from the |
earliest times to the beginning of the
eighteenth century; an account of the |
plantation of Ulster by the Scotch in the
time of James J. as taken from contem-
porary records. the "Ragman Roll of
the landowners of lowland Scotland in
the time Of the Bruce; extended accounts |
of the origin and location of the families
Of Scotland; an account Of the derivation
Of Scottish surnames in Scotland and in |
Ireland: together with consideration of
the part the Scotch-Irish took in the col
oniZation, separation and the final unfit
cation Of the American colonies.
A book of interesting facts by a we'll
known fact-gatherer is Ray Stannard
Bakers Seen I'm Germany He treats of
host Of subjects suggested by a close
observation of Germanys military and
civil life. Starting out with a compre-
hensive chapter on Common Things" the
author writes in brisk narrative style of
the Kaiser, the German soldier and work
ingman, the typical German professor,
scientific and industrial Institutions. edu-
cational ideas in Germany. with a glimpse |
of student life and in final chapter. of
the country prosperity and her prob
lens.
D. Appleton & Co.'S November an
nouncements include THE Man Who
Knew Better" by T. Gallon: Under the
Skyllghts" by Henry B. Fuller; The
French People" by Arthur Hassan; The
Apostles of the Southeast" by Frank T.
BulIen; The Alien" by + +. Montresor;
"Bookbinding and the Care of Books" by
Douglas Cockerell; While Charlie Was
Away" by Mrs. Poultney Bigelow; The
Fortune OF Christina NJ NaD, by S. Mac
naughtan. and the story OF The Art of
Building
THE Critic for November contains an
article on Edmond Rostand. by Henry
James, which will be Of general interest.
Those looking Tor unique and artistic
specimens of bookmakiug viii be glad
to have their attention called to Pre- |
Raphaelte BALLADS OF William Morris,
which have been selected for decorative |
treatment by ii. NJ O'kane.
The Elf Errant' IS fairy tale. by
Moif5t O'Nell, which the Macmillan Com |
pany viii publish Immediately. The au- |
thor has recently become known as the |
writer Of some Irish verses of fine quail
ity. This fairy story is an English fairys |
adventures among the elfs of ireland, and
running beneath in a sort Of apologize
is a yelled study of English and Irish
character This however. interfcres not
at all with the story, but will add to its
interest among the older juvenile read
ers.
"A tortuous and difficult channel may
add to the beauty OF mountain brook
but it does not add to the beauty
of a poem" writes John Burroughs
in the preface Of Songs OF Ma
ture," his anthology of English nature
verse. In all the poems which Mr. Bur
roughs has chosen for this volume. he
has demanded at least two elements
truth and simplicity. II am surprised"
he says, at the amount of So-called ma |
ture poetry that has been added to Eng |
lish literature during the past fifty years.