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NOTES.

n, frs appearance on the stage Of
dnmauzatIon Of Mary E, wilkins
remans work will occur late in Sep
timber In New England jerome, a
loQi Man Is the story which has been
elected for dramatzation, and the
nne part will be taken by Walter r..
Rrsus Mr.. Perkins created the part
q be theosoghIcal barber in Du Sou
CAai farce Ny Friend from India, ="
h which he starred for several seasons.
Nn WlkIns-Freeman considers Mr..
Perkins In temperament the ideal Jer-
one AID she has co-0perated with him
ID ySY possible way, II Is intended
% 9nfRe the play to Mrs. wilkins
Frsnan's own country, New England,
utI the middle Of the season.
William Allen Butler, author Of the
EnFable novel Of Southern life, Abner
New York the other day at the age Of
d People who remember well the poem
Trough which Miss Flora McFllmsey
ruHtles her skirts have perhaps for
plien who wrote IT, The poem first
iipeatd In Harper's Weekly In 1851.
Ills collected poems, Nothing 10 Wear
I'D Other Poems, were published by
Harper & Brothers and in addition TO
hese he wrote a biography Of Martin
Van Buren, during whose presidential
administration his father was L. >. At
Enlargement But Mr. Buffers au-
nofship was only an incident in a long
NJ busy career as a lawyer. Nothing
% Wear one OF the most interesting
Nms In our language, made him ia
sols In spite u himself.
The enormous development Of the
American reading public and the de-
land for native novels since the days
Nllylng and Cooper Is sharply empna-
Nsel by q statement of Prof. George
MWard Woodberry's in his article
Ahlckerbocker Fra Of American let
tS IN Harper's Magazine for October.
sFaElng Of the lack of native literary
NodOcllon at that time, he says:
cooper had no confidence, scarcely a
lqt' mat an American novel would be
eNepIed by his own countrymen. 1t
was almost an accident that Cooper
wy hnished The Spy Prof. Wood
pssriy draws an instructive picture OF
VIZ literary conditions Of those times.
AL VIII n. Harden, author OF that
,slnlIable novel Of Southern life, Abner
t1snti' mas arrived In New York for
usual winter visit Mr.. Harden, who
suy'Ollng an his literary labor to the
, 10 region Of Georgia. which he so
!, g,',sSashly knows gathers his material
y Ms' hand throughout the summer
,. nuns ivlne on terms OF genial
, ,tNnashp win the types Of people
IVY. wv Nhom b. writes so capitally. and
~. -suhg Ms mind with the atmos-
XIV XIV W the nelghborhoods In which
,.'g aeu After half year spent In
nv. s IMPRESSIONS and making
49, If 1aInen comes TO New York,
~. 10 M midst OF the metropolitan
$50 ana hustle. he writes down the
p,ss' OF bis summers study. Mr.
49, ls on of the most earnest
n, II IN among American literary men.
"a ''' lalrly earned his present sue
q, stated by Harper & Brothers
s,to'nel are their best buyers OF
,sl,tsu uoots-b0 books which are not
IN, J.ly no." but are standard In
Hp,s a IN su0h books, for instance.
trrs, ',ael"ools Manners and Social
eB,., anna O. Brackets 'recn,que
"a @eatlanna Wheeler's The Baby.
Mh,s, Sl'nssteed's The Expert
NJ rst. s.l steadily year after year.
y looy, wv l}r lack of big first sales
IN - y9lued selling capacity.
"a y SooSs ~'H retain their CONNER.
~, slae 10Y many wears tor thay
q, ,iasaalho'llouyely Of subjects that
hhsays timely But n 10 chieev
NJ \ \, ~, lae special use Of women that
'assr t u,ls way Financially also
'o0ers are appreciated by