The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
ROCKS AND BOOKMAkING,

chosen for the initial venture. Doubtless
there are souls unattuned To subtlety who
will read tho story without realising that
fiction has crep, into the stronghold Of
conservatism.
4 French translation Of Mrs. Humphry
Wards latest story, LADY Roses Deugh-
ter" appearing in Horpcrs Magazine is
being prepared by Nine. Blanc Crheodore
IL n zon).
Beerbohm Tree hns accepted for per-
Torrance at His Msjesty's Theatre a drama
in blank verso entitled -Flodden Field
by the Pet !. .ureate. An elaborate pro-
duction S promised.
Justlis Miles Folman's second novel.
Journeys End" which is ready for puhli-
cation, wesv.s q delightful story around
young Englishinnn who suddenly M
herits a Dukedom, an English girl whom
he has known from boVhood and q young
American actress who has made his play s,n =
tesstul. Rumor mentions that the actress
~ more OF less faithful r,pft trait sketch of
Ethel Barrymore, but the gossip has not
the authors sanction. Mr.. Formah whose
name has tecome familiar to magazine
reaLtrs within the list Two years, is painter
as well ~ author. After being graduated
from Yale he spent several years In art
study AZ the Julien stelier, and his early
stories are distinctly Partisan in flavor.
Ap,opt@ of this Yale candidate for literary
aurels, Yale is furnishing very promising
contingent Of young writers. We have had
our modern authors classified according TO
States. II would bc interesting to see how
they would line up when classified under
college headings.
Sarah Bernhsrdt is a versatile genius
and has proved It. but she has heretofore
refused 10 be csjoled into writing maya
zine articles. Now, at last. she has de-
parted from her custom, and the january
CornhW will contain her first magazine
article. The Moral Influence OF the
Theatre
More than 81 900 has been subscribed
to the fund for an Exeter Cathedral Me-
mortal to r. ID. Biackmore and the sub
scrplion lis, has been closed Mr. Black
more never ceased to feel surprise at the
popularity Of "Iornn Doone.- which he
considered far inferior to his novel Spring
haven yet Lorna Doone" keeps its hold
ul'Oii VIC BiDiti anu VIC iib'tidNe't
which Harper d Bros published three
years ago is st i'll selling briskly.
r. V. Risey has written four books,
all Of which have been vehemently dis
cussed. and prophets are foretelling a
brilliant caree~ for the young novelist
He was born =. New York and il now living
here. He has been secretary to the Ameri-
can Legation in Denmark, and has also
lived in Stockholm. Paris and Germany.
Ellen Glasgow. who il spending the
winter in New York. is at work upon an
other novel, which will deal with Virginia
life, but will he in no respect historical.
1t will be odd to have future holiday
seasons come around without bring n <
the usual three Henty books. and boys
will miss the presents which have for years
been a foregone conclusion. Mr.. Henty's
books may not be great literature, but
they are wholesome, stirring tales, and
boys like them. Of how many Of the books
written for boys can one say as much'
And while literary lkings are under
consideration reference may be made
to the fashion in which grown-ups are
attempting TO force nonsense literature
down infantile throats. As a matter OF
fact, 1t is the rare child who likes nonsense
verse or story.
Even the beloved Alice is food for grown
ups rather than for babes, and though
the mother may read the Jabberwocky
and chortle in her glee, the listening in
fants are likely to maintain their gravity,
and at the end inquire politely. But what
does it mean?"
No fond parent in this day Of nonsense
faddism would confess the narrowing
fact. but the average child much prefers
Straightforward one-sylable tales about
when l was little girl to the most mas
terly nonsense. And yet the juvenile
counters of the book shops are buried
under the seasons nonsense books. Prob
ably the parents who buy them will enjoy
them.
Laurence Housman's Bethlehem a
play founded upon he story of the Nativity,
Is published this week by the Macmillan
Company. The play has been produced
with music in London and has awakened
considerable interest.
Through a Misrepresentation many re-
viewers have greeted Frederic Remington Is
novel John Ermine" as his first story and
have commented with interest upon the
artists new departure As q matter Of
fact Mr.. Remington has written number
OF books. all fairly successful. but his re-
markable work with the brush and pencil
has overshadowed his clever pen work
Mr. Remington's New Rochelle studio
would he a parad;s, for any normal small
boy, for il is veritable museum of Indian
and cowboy curios.
Probably when Mrs. Sarah Mclean
| Greene put the festive doodle bug int o
that delightful novel "Winslow Plain "
she did not expect him to attain great liter
| airy prominence. but she builded better than
she knew. From one end Of the land to the
other enthusiastic men have hailed the
doodle with JOY. have plunged into print
with their own doodle "reminiscences. have
asked with surprise why the doodle was
never before exploited in literature. Has
| he passed, with the dodo? Do urchins
no longer lie fat on their bellies. beside
the little tunneled heaps of dirt, and cry
Doodle. doodle. doodle" until their Joy
and delight appear? Il Mrs. Gr~.ne's
account only reminiscent
| French translations Of English titles are