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the same assurance from Bret Hartes
intimate friends. Mr.. Pemberton has
| known Bret Harte for over 20 years,
and he has been In close touch with
him for the last seven years Recent
ly they were collaborating in a work
which II is believed Mr.. Pemberton is
to complete.
Miss Lille Hamilton French's story
Of her canaries. "HeZekiah's Wives"
Is winning a very hearty appreciation.
SO discriminating a critic as DR.. +. G..
Stedman pronounces 1t "a little classic,
n prose poem" and says st is one Of
those pastels into which one looks and
learns that a chambercorner Is as real
and large as the solar system. 1t Is
so marked by a certain grace Of art
more common in a French tale than an
English-that an artist must needs put
1t along with his contes de choix,'
"Oldfeld is a Kentucky Crawford"
says the London Spectator in a long
and appreciatiye review, with differ
ence that the setting of outside things
IN which Mrs, Nancy Huston Banks
puts her human figures is much more
vivid than what We find in Mrs. Gas
kells story" Oldfield is already in its
second edition.
A new volume of short stories by
Thomas Bailey Aldrich is announced
for publication this fall by Houghton,
Mifflin and Co. II Is four or five years
since any book has appeared from Mr..
Aldrich, and these new stories are said
to be written In his best manner.
The English Bookman for July re-
ports Miss Jonhston's Audrey" as the
second best selling book in England
during the month Of June. And IN Scot
land Bret Harte's Openings in the
Old Trail" and Mrs Virgins "Ihe
Dairy of Goose Girl" appear on the
list OF best selling books.
Miss Mary Johnston, author Of "Au-
drey" the most popular book OF this
year is spending the summer as usual
in Virginia. II is said that she has be-
gun on another book.
Mr.. Richard lie Caffeine has return
ed 20 England. but only for a time. as
he prefers New York for a permanent
doing a great deal OF clever work for
Harpers Magazine OF late. AS a writ
or OF pure poetical romance he has
few rivals.
All the world loves a lover, and all
the world loves a fun-maker. Both
these deleotable types appear In VIII
N. Harben's new novel. Abner Daniel
(Harpers). Abner himself Is a man
worth knowing. He is an old Southern
bachelor, shrewd. witty, droll. and
kindly. and a philosopher TO the back
bone. "The jollty OF the book" says
one critic. 'is one Of fits salient quail
ties. II bubbles with fun from begin
ming 20 end. and this Is humor Of q
distinct type. II Is not the dry, quiz
zical humor OF New England,
nor the extrayagant and grotesque fun
OF the west; or the sly and half-chld-
ish fun Of the negro. II IL the
homely humor which has been attempt
ed by several Southern writers. but sell
dom as successfully as here" Mr.. Har-
ben is spending the summer IN Dalton,
Georgia. where he was born.
How much a title stlll counts for IN
this democratic country may be guess
ed al from the increased demand for
Conan Doyles latest novel. 1.-THE Hound
OF the Baskeryilles." since the author
was knighted. The public Libraries In
New York report the novel az the top
OF the list In the number Of demands.
This would not IN itself prove that any
interest In the authors new title had
influence in the matter. but the fact
seems conclusive when It Is known that
about half Of those inquiring about the
novel asked for "the new book Of Sir