The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
Books and Authors;
Comment and Gossip.


Fair August. Incidence leads her by
the hand and Pleasure and Laughter run
before her. Peoples deck her 1oose-blown
tresses, and from her horn Of plenty ta1l
the red and golden fruits of the carry
harvest The merry chatter OF the prooh
| is softened beneath her spell 10 CUR
gle of lazy contentment. over EWocd ana
field her mystic presence weaves SUD-
tie change. The erstwhile busy bee huns
drowsily, as it were, his own slumoer-
| song The breezes have lost their wonted
snortiveness and stir the pine tops with
| iangud signs. The very wash OF the sea
| an the Single is subdued as if the great
! restless ocean itself had succumbed to
| the mystic influence and would be at
rest Of all the months of the whole
year this is the month of rest, of relax
alton and recreation. of dropping the
burden and lies loafin'." Even the
farmer finds time for picnic or day
| tG, spend a-fishing.-From Country Life
! in America.
The newest rumor in literary Chicago
| deals with no less parsonage than the
wife of the city's Mayor. Literature viii
! be new field of conquest for Mrs. Car
| ter Harrison, who has been a social
| leader of unusual tact and charm during
| her husbands several terms of office
| Her abilities in this direction were
! brought to the public attention during
| the visit Of Prince Henry, when the
| Mayors wife was responsible for much
| of the success of the entertainments Of
! fered to the royal visitor. The nature
| of her forthcoming book is not generally
known as the publishers have made no
| definite announcement as yet. The read
| ing public, however, will be relieved to
| hear that it is to be fairy story for
! children rather than a society novel or
| historical romance. and those who have
| seen the manuscript are enthusiastic over
its delicate fancy and graceful style
| In the Editors Study of Harper's Mag
azine for August Mr.. Alden tells an in
teresting story of one of the many writ
| ers who have only once succeeded in
| gaining entrance to the Magazine:
! "In the war time nearly forty years
] ago. Western woman, who had lost
her husband in the field, and who hoped
to win a livelihood for herself and her
| little ones by writing, sent to this Mag
azine story which had no special dis
| tinctfon and was returned In the des-
perate mood that followed this rejection
| she sat down with pen aflame and told
| Why wrote It, and her story under
that title was accepted and published
| winning sympathetic response from all
! its readers. But this production, the
| echo of a vital moment was her cne
| story in the Magazine. Oliver Wendell
Holmes said that anybody could write
| one interesting novel if he could truly
| tell the story Of his own life"
| The Spectator, London. devotes con-
! siderable space to a review of An On
lockers Notebook, published in America
hv the Harners. and takes the anonymous
| English author to task for his attack on
the British aristocracy. The Spectator
! upholds the statement of Macaulay. that
| in the world. 1T is not a caste with us
It is .perretually recruited from the peo-
pie; Its cadets "a is are perPstually rejoning
later on that neither of the best nor the
| best-born rule in this country. So pro-
cratic author who has been belttlins his
| caste by exposing its weak points and the
more orthodox reviewer who upholds it.
| A curiously assorted party of authors is
at present travelling through Switzerland
under the literary e.chaperonage. so to
those of the party whose names are well
known in the book world are Miss Ida
NJ. Tarbsll the historian and magazine
| whose stories of children. collected and
| published under the title of THE Mad
ness Of Philip" have aroused widespread
| Wyatt author of Everyone His Own
Way; George Douglas (Browne), the
| Young author whose first novel. THE
| House with the Green Shutters has SO
astonished the critics. and Robert Barr
Alarms" "a Prince OF Good Fellows
| and other novels. The party will spend
| several weeks together climbing noun
| tains and tramping. In respect to pedes-
| trian ability they are iil-assOrted- Miss
| Tarbell and Miss Daskam are both athle
] tic and are good walkers. Miss Wyatt is
| of the other tyne. urone to mental rather
| than physical exertion. Mr.. Browne is a
] famous pedestrian. and has Trained over
| a. quarter of EuroDe. Robert Barr is
| said by his friends to be the most repose-
/ full man. physically. in ENGLAND. 1t would
| seem that Mr.. Mcclure might have diff
/ iculties with his flock. unless he can ar
| range for field glasses and seats on the
! hotel piazza for the sedentary members
| so that they car sit in neace and watch
their more energetic fellows toiling up
| mountain sides.
! The Fnclshman Rookman for July re-
| norts Miss Johnston's Audrey" as the
| second best selling book in England dur
| ;,e tho month Of June. And In Scotland
/ Bret Harte Openings in the Old Trail
and Mrs Virgins "The Diary of
Goose Girl appear on the list of best sell
ing books
The Daughter of the MaYflower.
l BY Charles Lee.
Through pioneer vicissitude
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