The sun., 1903-12-23

70 h6DecCa OF SunnyT0Ok tQrfn, Uut
the latter with 10000 sales appears to be
the Mrs. Wigs" Of this season. and the
English public gave Roland for our Oliver
to Mr.. Morley by buying up the whole OF
a large edition of Mrs. Kate Douglas Wig
gins book before publication
Charles Scribner's Sons TRANQUILITY state
that Thomas Nelson Pages Gordon Keith
has gone to 10000 and John Fox's The Lit.
tie Shepherd of Kingdom Come has sold
1l5 900; while The Bar Sinister" and Colonel
Carters Christmas are coquetting with
100000 each.
The law and literature appear to travel
hand in hand, Of late. Ezra Brudno OF
Cleveland is the latest lawyer to try his
hand at fiction, and his novel, The Fugitive" !"
SOON to be published, will probably receive
serious consideration. 1t is another con-
trbution to fiction dealing with the Jew,
but Mr.. Brudno announces that his type
and his development are new.
The novel is the story Of a jew fleeing
from Russian persecution in the belief that
by coming to this country he is obtaining
absolute emancipation. and Of the problems
he confronts in his progress toward infu-
chtioi ahiClaSdh SiuZ5ihoiuP' bAt' 10
Is himself a Jew Of foreign birth.
Joseph Conrad Is a man Of few Friendships
but when Stephen Crane, during the last
year of his life, settled in Kent, near Mr.
Conrad, close intimacy Immediately
developed between the two, and the author
of @Falk" and Youth" stoutly contends
that had Stephen Crane lived he would have
contributed to the great literature OF the
world.
Count de Larmandie, Secretary of the
Society OF Men of Letters in France, has ar
| ranged for the publication Of book Of
poems by Germain Nouveau. and once more
Paris is agog over that poet, whose person
ality inevitably reminds one of verlaine.
Long ago young Nouveau was considered
! the coming poet OF France; but he drifted
| into mysticism and erratic habits, lost
the clerical position which had supported
| him while writing unre emunerative verse,
sank into absolute want, became wanderer
and beggar. For long time. this young
man with a magnificent future behind him.
| begged at the doors OF the great cathedrals
! throughout Europe.
Then he vanished utterly. and 1t wss
| supposed that he was dead. His obituaries
! we're most fattering.
! Only few weeks ago forlorn looking
tramp presented himself at tho Office Of
the Count de Larmandie. It was German
Nouveau, come no ono knows how, from
| no one knows where. The Count gave
j him the right hand Of literary fellowship
i and is bringing out his poems, and Paris
rejoices in new sensation.
Gelett Burgess is an author Of whimsical
tastes and distinct versatility. One Of
his hobbies Is the making Of old New Eng
land houses in miniature. These are per-
feet reproductio down to the minutest
detail OF mica windows. curtains. vines,
DO. Each is mounted on little board
covered with green velvet grass and en-
closed by stone wall.
The houses chosen always hAve an in
| teresting history clinging round them,
and when one Of the miniatures is sent
as a present there goes with 1t a complete
account Of its history and occupants told
In true Burgess style. Bruce Potter is
now the proud possessor Of miniature
OF the residence OF Solomon Handy OF
Putting Centre. in which the cheerful old
gentleman murdered his nephew with a
knitting needle.
| Ethel Watts Mumford has leaped lightly
from cynic's calendar and q book Of Linn
ericks to versifcation of "A Hundred
! Love Songs of Kamal-ad-Din Of Ispahan. .
| Louis H. Gray, professor at Columbia
University, is the translator and the Eng
lsh edition OF the book, already published.
has awakened considerable interest though
| FitzGerald has not tottercd on his throne.