The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-16
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK
John Burroughs Thompson SetonIs THE Chameleon
Meant to Represent John D. Rockefeer-Eng-
liSh VistorsBookS for Children.
By HERBERT BREWSTER.

entirely true. The president of a small
college near Cleveland, O., approached
Mr. Rockefeller not long ago, with the
request that he assist the struggling
seat of learning. 1t happened that this
particular college was named after its
original benefactor.
No replied Mr.. Rockefeller to the
appeal, Il don't believe in perpetuating
the name of a man in connection with
a college. When l give money to an
institution of learning / prefer to give
it to one not named after any man,
like Yale or Harvard. for example"
Shades of Eli and John, hover over
the oil fields.
The leading book of the season this
far is "Lovey Mary" by Alice Caldwell
Hogan Rice. Its publishers refuse to
give the figures of it's sale. but 1t is
understood that considerable more
than 100000 copies have been sold. The
story is continuation of Miss Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch" The notoriety
which has come to the section of Louis
Vile in which the scenes of these
stories are laid has, 1t is said led to
literary pilgrimage to the place on
the part of authors anxious to dis
cover more material of the same kind
1t reminds one of the story Of the
Turkish cobbler who went abroad to
seek his fortune, only to learn that a
large fortune was buried in his own
back yard. There are any number of
localities like the cabbage patch which
writer's might celebrate If they only
did the thing right. The life of tur-
nip would be intensely interesting if
properly told.
Mr.. Sidney Lee. editor of the "Dic-
tlonary of National Biography" is
visiting New York or rather, he is
here to deliver a course of lectures in
Columbia University Next month he
will travel through the West on lee
ture tour. His last work. life of
Queen Victoria. has received the highest
praise of King Edward VII Consid-
ering things of the Kings mother, his
approval of the book Is all the more
proof of its real value as a history
of her reign.
Another English visitor here is Mr.
Anthony Hope Hawkins, Mr.. Hawkins
is on pleasure trip only; he refuses
to take part in any dialogues for the
public's benefit.
What are the best books for children d?
Recently a magazine tried to find out
by inviting q competition to be par
t,cipated In only by child en-. The edit
in one issue awarded the prize to a
child who sent in the following list:
Alice in observation-disclosures Car
roll.
"A Child's Garden of verses"-Robert
Louis Stevenson.
The Birds Christmas Caror'-Kate
Douglas Wiggin.
Greek Heroes"-Charles Kingsley.
Hans Brinker"--Mary Mapes Dodge
king of the Golden River"-John
Rusl<in.
Little Lord Fauntleroy"-Frances
Hodgson Burnett.
The Prince and the er,"-Mark
Twain.
Water Babies Charles Kingsley.
The Wonder Book''-Nathaniel Haw-
thorne. ..... ..........
The following issue printed then the
ten most popular books as indicated by
the replies of hundreds of children who
responded.
Little Lord eroy"-F'rances
Hodgson Burnett.
alice in Wonderland"-Lewis Car
roll
The Wonder Book Haw-
thorne.
THE Birds Christmas Carol"-Kate
Douglas Wiggin.
wild Animals I Have Known
Earnest Thompson Seton.
water Babies'-Charles Kingsley
The Jungle Books"-Rudyard Kip
ling.
BLACK Beauty'-Anna Sewell
Nights with Uncle Remus"--Joel
Chandler Harris. .
"a Child's Garden of Verses. Rob
ert Louis Stevenson.