The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-28

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.,rans- ths, Mr. Ai-'. smbissoa has slvsys
l~i him ~ IN. ,nor- ~-rtu,i- .iA- q ~rf'ias.
AMI bio graduating ~--sy In coll>s- teal
wtth ,hs inau-nr~ % ths Nidll- Wet "a
pts nafional literature
Hi- ais-, wotk L. d-ctdsily ~ the hight
orier. being . comic op~rs. Tn. sultan II
sulu. : whlrh b. Just on"ludinx q .uc'e--ful
run In Chicaso.'
Ri~- Carman has 0uts,ripp~d IA. Pct
Laureate anal the other English bards and
has already turn~l over to his publishers
an od- on the c~nrunaiion % KING Edward
l. & Page A Co ~ Boston are 70 launch
tho OBJ In this country and are putting II
INTO an attractive hookle, with elaborate
initials. rod and black ink. hAnd-made
paper and all tho royal insignia ~ book
making
Apparently every ruoc~-sful young
woman novelist has a book ~ early verse
cuncral~i somewhere among her youth
ful mi-d.msanors Ellen Ola, gov wrote
poems before she plunged into hction.
and Doubleday a Page Are to colIec her
ver-~ In a volume hat ~ln he illumined
by the bright white high, tina, leafs upon
The Ba,,l. Ground
The late Paul Leicester Ford began work
last wear upon q novel dealing with the
time Of the Georges. The plot was q prom
ising one. and the book started Oh with
a swing. hut. later Mr.. Ford told tho pros
receive publishers that he was out ~ step.
| and hat the story refused TO march.
Finally. he laid Il aside. for the time.
and began work upon m extensively an
nota,ed edition Of weems's Washington. :
Examination Of Mr.. Ford's manuscript
shows tina, the Georgian story Ia In too
| embryonic and tangled a state for Use.
but the Washington is far enough along
for q possibility Of completion and publ
cation.
Mrs. Mary Z. wilkins Freeman has de-
veloped q literary vein that il surprising
oven TO her friends. Spook stories are q
far cry from her New England realism.
and ye, the supernatural has always had Q
hold upon New England minds.
The Wind in the Rosebush' was a de-
lightfully creepy mixture Of commonplace
material and psychic uncanniness, n now
Mrs. Freeman il AZ work upon a aerie~ 81
such tales which will he brought out by
Doubleday A Page in tho autumn.
Stanley Weymsn continues to make
historical novels while the sun shines. A
new novel from his pen Is announced for
the fall season.
Evidently Hi!aire Belloc leads q double
life. Tho public kne him a. q conven-
,ional and serious-minded university man
who wrote q con<cientious and wearisome
biography Of Danton. Now in his Path
10 Rome IL . revelation Of a scholarly vaga-
bond.
The Path to Rome cannot ba recon-
mended ~ a tourists guide for parties Of
school girls travelling toward tho Eternal
city under proper chaperonase; nut the
man who wants n ro!licking. brilliant. au-
dacious, philosophical, comrade on a Ro-
man journey might do worss than choose
| NJ. Belloc.
Their. is a Roman pilgrimage such as
Rabslais might have made. though some
what expurgated. and with a hint 81 Fran
CHS Vil!on met and saluted at the cross
road. II must br a mighty comfort for a
man with all this usjy life in him 20 break
away from tie academic tradition ~ dignity
for oncr and 60 rampins across Europe
like a collese-traincd faun: and it's a som
| fort 10 a weary reader To 70 with him
Apropos on Hilaire Belloc. he has q very
clever sister. Marie ADELAIDE Belloc was
educated in England. a. was her brother.
and. like him. she IL an enthusiastic stu
den, and a writer 81 history. Her history 81
the Prince 81 Wales has recently hem ne
published under the title Of History Of
. Edward VII
A volume is IN he published In COM
view. Bullcn and Hpling are among the
best known writers 81 sea ver-~ and story
who are to contribute To the book.
More ladies in gardens Elizabeth and
her German gardens conJured ny a host Of
Ewes and Eiens
In q Tuscan Garden which IL pub
lishNd this week by John Lane, 10 by an
anonymous writer who sets the stamp 81
femininity upon every paragraph, II is 4
breezy. sw~eet-sccn,ed story, fun 81 Italian
sunshine and atmosphere.
T'p-to-daie animal stories are surpris-
ing TO the r-ader who hasn't watch-d the
evolution Of the fad A clever little Amer
lean woman has spent the las, two years
ing material for a book,
She mas t1hfeu lHr iouku nv ot 'nf
PEASANTS. buTetcd an appalling way
through the long, stormy winters, zone
here. there and everywhere with fishermen.
shepherds. hunters. Occasionally che has
sent stories Of her experiences To American
and English magazines-chleny the latter.
short time ago she wrote To q New York
friend:
If you love me. tell me what Ia meant
nv 'hunanfn,er.st' in stories Of birds and
beasts. wrote q putin story, what !
thought n very good story about IN" putin
catchings, and I have sent IL 10 various
sd'tor-. They all sent IL back with praise.
but tell me Ia put human interest In II.
L have h-cn shut away here 81 long
that | have no, kept up with catch phra-~s.
Do YOU. who are at the heart of things
explain "a NV be~tlder-d brain how TO put
human interest into pufins.
Marion Crawford 6oce most ~ his work
I'm America, ard takes HE vacations With
lis family a, his Italian home in sorrento.
n. has, however. a work den Of q curious
sort Ia Italy.
II /. an old watch tower on the rugged