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tive of Wales; her mothers mother was of
Dutch descent. Five years of childhood
We're spent in San Francisco but from
her tenth year until she entered Wells
ley college Miss Converse lived in New
orleans. She was graduated from Wells
ley with the degree of B. S. in 1893 The
I lou, following winters were spent in New
orleans, but since 1897 Miss Converse has
made Boston her home, and for five years
she lived at Denison House, the Boston
eolege settlement. Since January, 1897
MISS MISS Converse has held an editorial po-
s1tlon on THE .Churchman.'' In June
iso5, she received the degree of M. A.
from Wellesley. Miss Converse's books
are Diana Vietrix'' 1s97). novel por-
and Southern life and characters 1.-THE
Burden of Christopher (1900), novel
concerned with the conflict between cap
f19o3); romance of the fourteenth cen
volt. : 40
1t may be safely said that the civilian
4Mgetmore Story and His Friends" by
Henry James. justif1es the highest ex-
Rotations. Aside from the skill with
which this biography is written, it con-
tains wealth of correspondence, and the
selections from Browning's letters to Story
are IN themselves of great value.
A small first edition of my Own Story. -
py =; T. Trowbridge, has been issued in
uncut STYLE bound in boards with paper
t Ii, each copy being signed by the au-
lectors and book-lovers.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. announce a
fourteenth edition of 1.-THE Right Prin-
cess by Clara Louise Burnham, whose
new Christian science story, Jewel" is
just published; fifth edition of "a Study
OF s proSe Fiction Fiction by Bliss Perry, and
writer's, by Henry D. Sedgwick Jr.
One of the most unique of holiday gift
OF New 9ork, under the title of the Yule-
TIDE edition of ''Waes Hazel: A Collection
OF Toasts, Crisp and Well-Buttered," by
EEdlthe Lea Chase and Capt. w. E. P.
tied to $40 numbered copies. The book
contains from 1900 to 1000 toasts and
sentiments suitable for almost every CON
70; F. Benson's new novel, '"The Re
ientless City" is just off the Harper
presses and bids fair to stir up some
american argument. 1t is an fnterna-
tlonal romance, the heroine being rich
American girl who marries an English
n nc lena The title of the story refers
TO New York, which, with other Amer
lean things. comes in for some severe but
amusing criticism from the author The
american girl, however, has evidently
Won her way with Mr.. Benson, for his
disadvantages of surroundings. An Eng
!lSh actress is the most striking character
IN the story Mr.. Benson is best known
as the author of "Dodo," though he has
written a number of novels, among them
Inc Caps1na, THE Princess Sophia -
and "The Vintage" He is a son of the
late Archbishop of Canterbury
Gilbert Holland Montague, whose study
of The Rise and Progress of the Stand
ard ard =, Oil Company (Harper's), has al
has recently been elected editor of the
Harvard Law Review" Mr. Montague is
an Instructor in the department of econo-
mics at Harvard
Elinor Glyn's new book, "The Damsel
and the Sage" is just published by Har-
per q Brothers. THE Damsel' Is some
What OF the type of Mrs. Glyn's own par
ticular Elizabeth, so unsuccessfully imi-
tated and so piquant in the hands of her
originator. The tone of 1.-THE Damsel and
the Sage Is decidedly worldly wise, and
there are epigrams and aphorisms which
VIII amuse the reader and be quoted in
society" The sub title of the book is
"A Womans WITNESSES"
Mr.. James William Pattison, the au-
thor of 1.-THE History or the World s
Painters" which Messrs. Herbert S.
Stone & Co. will publish this fall, is well
His original criticisms in the Chicago
journal are the most discriminating which
are printed in the West, and the most
dividuality which saves them always from
the usual fate of art criticIsm-m
There is vivacity in Mr.. Pattison's style
which is immensely attractive.
In his new book. Famous Actors and
Actresses and Their Homes" Gustav
Kobbe will give intimate glimpses of
they appear in private life-their personal
surroundings, tastes, and even whims;
the domesticated Richard Mansfield:
Maude Adams the farmer; John Drew
who sails a yacht; William Gillette and
his houseboat; Julia Marlowe and her
out,of-door life in the Catskills; E. H.
Sothern at home with his wife, Virginia
Harmed; Ethel Barrymore and her pas
sion for music; and Francis Wilson, the
bookworm. Additional chapters are de-
voted to the Lambs eli. and the Players
bellished book will contain a photogra-
vure frontispiece of Julia Marlowe, from
a painting by Irving Ramsay Wiles, and
nettes, printed in tints. Little, Brown &
Co., Boston. will publish the book in No
vember
and last of her popular brenda" books
for older girls. and it will be published
under the title of "Brenda's Bargain"
by Little, Brown & Co., this fall. Miss
pupils in the Domestic Science School
conducted by Brenda's cousin and her for
be finely illustrated by Ellen Bernard
Thompson. 12-mo. s1.20 net.
NOVEMBER MAGAZINE NOTES.
The November number of The Smart
Set opens with a novelette, by Cyrus
Townsend Brady, entitled 1.-The Corner in
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