The sun., 1902-07-09
sooks AND sookuAkINs


her 'R.nlnl-csnces,' ami h.T admir~r~
rvloArc. Ths -Reuani~r,ncs-' callsh forth
a unanimous chorus % prAi.s. They werv
xt,y. nice. vivid. sparkling. couvinctns
Then ths author bssan work upon
novel ami her public wadiod eagerly. bu,
a Pas,ehoard Crown de-Titn certain
nerits. was sal di-arpotnt rn~nt IL
was Of The rtsgr, stssy Tho laughs were
: stage laughs, the sentiment wa stage
! ~ ntimeut. the tears wor- stage tears. Tho
I tragedy WIS stage tragedy
| IN, II the new look y even half ~ good
/ Q, the Rendn~ccnce-,' al will L. forgiven.
Stewart Edward White, whose .PlA,~d
1 Trail has b-en on. Of tho ros-ou's succ~-s-
| nil books, IL of on q canoe tr1p With Thomas
Fogarty, the artist. They N- on their
way from sault sss. Marie TO Georgixn Bay,
fishing for masshailooCe ami. between
whilss, collectins material for a book on
wood lore.
| The pursut Of literature and art a. con-
| Quoted In the~e latter dayp hnt altogether
wearisons drudgery. and the summer plans
Of young writer's AMI artists arr calculated
to mako q Wall Street enslsved young
| millionaire gnAsh his tscth In impotent
envy.
Mr.. Whites n.1t npvol IN TO Cteal with
ifc In tho Hudson Bey COUNTRY.
Herbart spencers seateman,s IN rossrd
"a literary dictAtion hAve aroused muoh
discussion anoe tho publication 81 'Fscts
and Comments Fur thirty years Mr.,
su-.nc.r has dictated ell his books and
ARTICLES. but he admits frunkly that be
h-lieva- the practice has c.,lssd det.riora-
ton In his style.
He ielieyr. tha, ciictation unqucstionatly
leads 10 difYussnees, and Instances the fact
that IN r~visirg his Pint Principles he
! wa. obliged TO cut out fulfy one-tenth of
ths copy as unnecessary rer~tition.
This sounds q note Of warning 10 the
Younger ountinrcnt of modern writers,
among whom dictAtion IN rapidly gaining
favor because II makes pcssihle a trenen-
| dous Increase IN literary output. Advo-
| Gates Of dictAtion, howevor. make out
good case for tho defendant. one Amert-
/ can writer ~ well -ci.~ervcd fame is un-
rcsorycdly IN favor of dictatfon.
Il, has increased my p-oducttve capsrfty
| .enfnld,' he says, and NJ The same time
| IL has distinctly improved the quality q
my work. no longer work under phy~-
cal handicap; do not burn UP energy In
! purely manual ohnrt.
L can make my body absolutely oorn-
Portable and conccnttate all NV EFFORT
upon nv thought. Thors Is TO physical
fatigue to UPSET my nerves and cloud my
BRAN
L can % In few hours what would
formerly have kept mo az my d"-k all day
.u | have tltne for rest and rccroatiYn and
am always In tune when l turn To INV work.
In fsc. though I'm doing NOR" work
and bott"r work than ever before. Pm
an ouancipa,ed slave q the pm
Whsn Paul du ChAiliu was wandering
about Africa, hs inc, King Momho. ar
African poien'ate who deserves comic oI@ra
apothcu-is. IN" explorer has pY' him into
a loy's took instead - a N'ric opera, and
wtu son publish thrilling ao'Uunt of
his experiences in Mombo's land
Now that the public has RECOVERED fror,
the shock Of hearing that the manuscri ut
Of a novel Ly Milton has bcen discovered
c,,me.s the ann 10 ounoenent Of another literary
find Sorue hitherto unpublished letters hy
Boswell have been brought 10 hight AMI
viii soon bs published
Little picky Donovan -~rrns a frivo-
lru- tito for the Ir-t back written Nv SIR
. Gilhort Parker. Vet that IL what the haru-
n-t's new book IL tu IL called ~" should
have saved Thr seats q tho Mighty t.r
,his occasion.
Mrs Augusta Evans Wilson has TO
courage u her riS,-S and h"r convictions.
S.e objects 90 handing ovor 20 tho tender
rucrrios Il illustrators tho characters -
N,.r creation. IIor now rovrl The specklr,I
Pird.' whose advance sales have b,,,u
,rormou-. vill not bo illustratri.
O,hcr authors have shar~i Mrs Wilson,
prciudi>e. lut haye not had the FIRM ess
10 withstand tho representations - their
publishors and have seen their hc-t-lovt.l
hcruirrs and horo-- hutcher'i 20 make ar
artist. holiday. II would b" in'"rrstir z
to know vlc'hor tho reading public really
warns fnr Illustration
Tn. vital re-.ssity of pictures IN tho
rnasnzir. world OF" must admit There
are even n few artists so much In favor
| Tint their pictures will win a hearing fur
a book. Rat setting aside IN" matinee
idol artists and few m"n who's" work i
80 good that Il has value wherever IL ap-
t.oars. do the ordinary illustrations justify
the money expended upon them'
Do they help to r"ll book Do thov
not rather, ia many cases, prejudice tho
| casual huvcr against book that may
hhve neritp
Thcr. s.cms 20 wav of getting ~ 40
facts in the cas-" hu' 4 IL certain that \
large ciass Of Intelligent readers hail with
Jov a book well made attractive in papor.
two AID cover and altogether fr"" from
commonplace representations ~ characters
20 whom tho author suc'N~ds in giving
Interesting impressions.
Thomas Railov Al.irirh viii call his new
volume II S.a Turn and O'hor Matter
MANY ~ the stori"- have alr'Rdv appeared
In the magazine but th" publication "f