The sun., 1902-07-09
a book BY Mr. Ahh'ch s .l-.y. --hons

a book bv MT, tkhbh " hsavs vehone
svrnt
Ths unusual aau.s 20 Sheppard Stevens.
sr,hor % .In ths tAgis'~ rsious 1. doubt
l.-- responsible foe tho tat tAA, reviewers
all ovt tho country p-rsi.t In speaking %
her In tho masculine g~uder
Sheppard Stevens y 81. Louis woman.
and beflre writing this last book had
alresdy published two historical novels,
whkh w~re well r~-iysd
Lord Acton. Who die-I lA-, m,ush. vas
littl. known e. Amet .can-. W, he vas ons
- tho grea,e-' scholars - England. a gifted
tslksr, - prvtiEiuu- worker, q rtorehou-e
Of erIditiou. Hts library 20 0O.ooo volumes
Was the llnes, rriya," library In England.
and no man ever knew his own library moro
intimately than Lord Acton snc~ his,
one of this scholars study habits was
original and worth noting When reading
he MARKED with long slips Of paper paA-
sages which particularly Impressed him.
! Later he copied thc-c passages on shrs %
paper of uniform siy. and these slips were
sorted. arranged and inieNed 90 that any
I one % them Nigh, 10 referred 70 without
confusion or waste u time.
MttlFs NAlAiii iti''iiithl W uN 70 - Ituoth.A~A
1 in translation. und~ the title of 'Romance
of My Chldhood and Youth
W. NJ. Novnich las rrScutlv given for
tho b,ncnt of london b.hlophilss an eS-
lihtion . unknown looks. He 10 u we'll
/ known scholar. n hnguist. familiar with
snyont'en languages. and, above all. an
a, thusiAstlo bibL1I hils.
| Ne owns 80 unknown books. that h.
/ books not meutiuue,i n any known hhliog-
raphy. Most - them are q the ffteei IN
century and are. 4 course. u interest
only 20 the owners fellow enthusiast.
| but 'he collection - absolutely unlqu"
/ anu Of great value
MIR \oyEich refus'~ "a break up the
collection. and Il viii probably be sold in
| its complete form TO Tho British Museum.
Winifred Graham. whose novel, Tho
| Zionists' has excited much favorable
! comments in England. night In pardoned
| II the size of her hcGd lad perceptibly In
| CREASED This season. She made "a double
| public debut In tw'nty-fuur hours and
scorci hit each time.
At the annual ladies' banquet Of the
Nhitefriars Club Of London. Mrs Craigis.
sarah Grand and other famous women
writer's who were schedul,d for speeches
failed 90 pat in al appearance. Miss
| Graham. comparatively unknown. vas
called upon 20 propose the toast Mere
| Man and covered herself with glory.
The next morning her first novel ap-
| pcared, and she IL a much discussed Young
woman.
Mario Corai announces that abe will
/ publish at holiday time = git book, Go ls
. called 4 Christmas Gryptlng' IL will
b. .umcWtat hr' an ainplh"d magazine,
for which Miss ,ur"A viii furnish AL the
COW, fiction, poetry, essays, 30
Il is To H. hpp-i the advertising pages
| Will not bo c1u ont of thus Christmas maya =
gine. Marie tof"iu has q talent for adver-
Using that auuun's Ia genius Witness.
her now u wee. yet unpublished. which. ~
says i's author. is .. deal with subject
never tef1rr touched hv fiction. bu, upper
. most iu mvu minds
Marcel Provost. from writing things
al-.ut tine young person which the young
. t-rsun must not bo allowed To read. has
curne around 20 writing an iiyl ut pur" and
ideal court-hIp and domestic happiness
II Is a fnr.cry from -l"- Irmi-Ni"rees' "a
-l..,'r.- 4 I'rar c u-" but the change ~ air
ia a r. f,f-HfrE .rN.