The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-01

] summer, however. he generally passes
at Lakopane. in the Carpatbian Noun
tains, a place noted for It's saIubrious
climate. It is here, IN small villa,
] surrounded by pine trees. that sian-
kiewicz does a considerable portion Ct
his work
( It has been said that Andrew lang
( is a syndicate, not man. His books
number more than fifty. and ne is City
4 nine years of age. 4 book for almost
every year OF his life is a record made
BY few writer's. Yet in spite of his
literary fertility, Lang has found the
time to become known as a devotee OF
golf. cricket. and fishing. Indeed. ona
OF his two addresses is The Club, St
Andrews, Scotland. If he is not there
he Is at bis home in London.
The best of it all is that Lang graces
everything he touches. His books ars
filed with keen -obseryations. useful
knowledge and piquant fancies. Indeed,
he improves as he grows older and
works harder. The work hours that hI
keeps would stagger a union laborer;
nevertheless, the things TO his credu
amaze anu delight the EEltltS-
A man who can turn his pen to Sc
large a diversity OF subjects. and turz
it we'll Is extraordinary in the truf
sense Of the word.
Edmund Gosss.
Edmund Gosse cid the reading public
Of England q notable service in intro
Gucing to it the brilliant galaxy Of
writer's who have flashed forth from the
lands OF the north
Edmund Gosse has been doubly for
tunate in this respect; for not onIy
has he exercised his pen in several
departments OF creative literature, but
he has done so with conspicuous sue
cess. As a biographer, he has, perhaps.
no living rival; his poetry is OF high
thought and graceful utteranee all COM
pact: he has even ventured into the
garden of romance with Rosegay OF q
rich Old World SAVIOR that reminds one
of Madame Darmestetter's Hlac-tTees
THAT will not grow in cities" More
over, his poetry has many notes; ths
poet, therefore, has many sympathies.
Last But Not Least.
HamIin Garland is perhaps better
known among certain abridged types OF
American a5origines than in the streets
OF New York In the accompanying pic
ture he is shown in his favorite dress
and with some Of his favorite compan-
ions.
As writer of strenuous tales OF thu
American frontier and elsewhere, Ham
lin Garland is in many respects a cap
tain Of Industrious authorship
OF Thomas Hardy very little is new
except his face to the majority Of read
ers. Mr.. Hardy started in early life e
become an architect, but was sidetraeked
before he had gone half way and became
an author in 1868. He was then twenty
eight years oId-an age when the even
more modern author has arrived and :
ready to depart. With the exception OF
George Meredith there is hardly a mas
cuIine writer in England who remains
to contest the claim of Thomas Hardy
to the front place in the first rank OF
modern English novelists. According 70
a weI-versed authority his favorite rec
reations are writing poetry and collect
ing book plates, two harmless pleasures
IN themselves.
Novelist and Poet.
Samuel Rutherford Crockett is bet
ter known as s. Il. Crockett. he is
only forty thTee-a much younger age
in Scotland than in America. Hence s.
Is more astonishing TO dwell upon the
number Of really excellent volumes that
have flowed from the Crockett pen since
ne began writing novels in 1893 There
are twenty-five library ia them
selves-and they have been written n
the rate Of two and one-haIf year or
one every five months
Last. but not least. in the famous gal
Iery of unfamiliar faces comes William
Watson. Poet he is first, last and all
the time-and one of the best Of this or
any age. He has wooed the muse with
success and viii have a tablet very meas