The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
a DUKE AND HIS DOUBLE. BY Ed.
Literary Clippings.

the Duke"
Literary Clippings.
The frontispiece of the August Current
! Literature is an excellent picture Of
( James Lane Allen, Of Kentucky, whose
/ new book THE Mettle of the Pasture" is
Current Literature says OF. the autho,:
"NIr. Allen comes from Virginia, ances-
! try and pioneer Kentucky family. HIS
s were Of RevoIutionary scotch-irish stock
of Pennsylvania. Ho was born on farm
in Fayette county. seven miles from Len
ipgton. Ky where he spent od !, rs snt eay
eCT1IrIiarnsNyivonia5 University and graduated
in 1872 For several years afterward ne
taught in district schools, at iirst near
forwards became private tutor ana NJ
finally accepted a. professorship at ms
alma mater. which he excnamgea NJ lWos q
Virginia. He gave up this latter profess
sion in 1884. and began his career e,., as a
writer in the city Of New York The Z p ,he
trait which apsearsi as eorpseous and
kindly. Taller than most men. ne ne s SOL
der rather than the novelist Is t inc E lns,
preston he makes. He r Ga'i in cromwed
1nnrtfbrst ri student days had then long
pnssed, and when he first vent,ired o on h ING
IN
manhood
There was never more deljghtrui1 n on :
Of its kind written written thah e ci1Iled from
the the s Saturday Review Of the New York
with the encouragement d that bo Ge9 1rst
gone to press for its sixth edition az an ~
teresting story is told concerning ri Inc nu
vance sale Of seven T Ct the T,rpIna toWs
t Gopes L IN lttle s bookshop opposite large
thern Is T. ISt hotel that is chiefly bar
room Recently some h OF b bar s sdeWalE
men m,gratthe tee b 1pols er to get in tho
a6aGss A whisky drummer happened! to to
see a copy of Emmy Lou lying, on 'he
counter. and he picked a IT UP. this, boys
:. ~. IN m make YOU Ill to think Of your,
own kids at home he began, ana aei ~,
FOR an hour TIn S%oeRseIler pe' took
before It went back to the bar again.
rhe same excellent review is authority
for hd deeIarins that Mrs. Joseph Pencil
James Mcneil Whistler, HIS u.s. e nepose
will turn oyer 70 nes family papers let
az 'i'I c GeaM Many Americans who knew
Whistler and know Elizabeth penneil VII
rejoice at the se ecu Rave ,s' been made
bet. ent tUu,u of Whistler's. like him
Mrs. Pennell has q welt long IN tne o I,ser1
airy and artistic atm9sp lS Is o. herself
Woman of the keenest artistic INSTINCTS ti;o
and has an intimate understanoi,,su o. and ND
art life. She knew Mhlst sI; " ~ lucid
comprehended him, "hlle sHc IS q
and interesting writer. .,+o /, hoo,
Mortimer Menpes is also to write a oooA
about Whistler.
49,, mo limo of new publications IT
is stated that Cyrus Townsend b pa, ND -
Writing a sea story for D. Apple.!tf9,n , Snn
Go mss Hero It y Of th be rtoreeaste and
Will be included In the aou a. : etcribed
of our Navy Series The hero Is aes sailor
as one who vas on MY "a sp nnnricnn blue
Jacket, at the beginning OF our !, nay nav Nv
IVA volume will contain illustrations ny
George Gibbs and others
=. nav he stated without fear OF correc-
t,on that Richard Harding Davis mas iso ri9
new book this fall and no Glfi IA ha naid
in preparation Apparenihlsst NJ ha H.a gone
M ,p from Young ladies' seminarles tor q
ccapntinuation Of the adventures OF t Ina.
eharmMng1X A%er Mr b 5AFs"s feadH are
said to be divided in opinion as to wnsl[m.'
he is at work upon, the great A n, trenl
noyel''Nor whether he Is resting N aul Htns
guilty secure on the lnurels ana 10y
of past efforts.
In the last issue Of the BibliosraPn1teee
there is a delightful little essay on me
BOOK Hunters State of Mind, ny IhoitaSS
r. Sllcer Mr., Slicer makes Clear a,iu
lust distinction between the rsnl I n9oN-
hunter and the ooonr ony ,S c, uts his ny
fnr trout in wild waters and the man
who casts over stocked preserve, IN
book collecting there Is, as IN everything
of an intellectual genre, the dillettante'
He is the man one step removed Ar, from me ne
me yard-stick. He cares nothing for the
low of search and the delight OF sur
prise. He simply wants book, ana -
G Tti il Himself is little beside the
Sact that he possesses 1t and can display
Il before his friends: lie knows nothing
OF the gamor of the booksh9p or me
poseur, not the artist, There y no soul
IT. his hobby; and a hobby without soul
becomes either a fancy or IreaN
The August l5ookman shows JAG. Jack Ion Lon
don the authGr OF w,d ia9 20 its lsM reader s
Mr. I.ondon's face looks frankly out at
new acquaintance with some most ~
tractve and very boy!sh IN ms eNpies,
sion. The succeeding paragraph IS taSen
from the Bookman's comment in regard TO
| Nh. London, 1t says
| ITO realize that the days of variety ana
| adventure nave not eNNleiS PnSeSu 8. " :. J
and that the literary man OF California
OF the present time may serve his APP
| premiership in as many occupations. as
| Bret Harte did in the mining era illiy
| years ago, one need only read the record
| of the career of Jack London, who Is
still a very young man, and who, conse-
| quently may crafty his desire for change
| In all kinds of eccentric ways for many
! years 10 come, As yet, the list of his
| different occupations, though long one,
is by no means complete The inpomadleo
romantic speculation, Aed him to leave
home soon after he was fifteen, In his
search for adventures among ting scum
marine population of San Francisco Bay
he soon lost his ideal romance and re-
| placed il with the real romance Of things,
He became, in turn; 9 salmon fisher an an
! patrolman. longshoEenian and a gem
| eral bayfaring adventurer. When he was
| seventeen he shipped before the mast as
| able seaman, going as far as Japan, and
1 spending some time seal hunting on the
I Russian side Of 3ering sea He also
I served at divers tines in various fore
/ castles"
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