Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-28
LITERARY NOTES.

written humorous guide 70 New York.
II contains q page illustrations in col.
orr and is up 20 date in all respects.
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Rupert Hughes, the author OF "The
Real New York" IL type of author
unfortunately less common in this
country than In France, where even
! the journalistic writer must prove
| himself q man OF rare literary attain
ment-the all.round man OF letters, in
fact. In the early thirties, Mr.. Hughes
has proved his versatility and aston.
ishing energy by putting to his credit
a novel, two or three plays of more or
less importance. a dictionary of music
and several volumes OF musical history
and considerable mass of serious
critical work for different magazines.
He confesses, however, that his Eook
about New York is the most difficult
task he has ever set himself, Though
he has been gathering material for 1t
for several years past. Whether II
will be accepted finally as his most
| important work remains to be seen,
but some early comments Indicate that
II has already aroused considerable in.
| terest.
A new edition of Every Man." Is.
sued by Fox Dufiield 4 Co., New
York, and selling for one dollar, is
| highly praised by a honolulu CORE.
| spondent, who says Il am delighted
with it,.
The Woman's Home Library, edited
| by Margaret Z. Sangster. will have
new volume shortly, Correct Writing
and Speaking" by Miss Mary A. Jor.
dan, and printed by A. S. Barnes & Co.
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Mr.. George Cary Bggleston is en-.
gagged upon a new novel which he
thinks will be one OF the best he has
written.
| The new edition OF Barnes Popular
History of the United States will con.
tain some illustrations of the st. Louis
Exposition. This is bringing history
uoWn 10 tne present month.
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Prof. ~ S. Shalie's THE Citizen"
has gone into a second edition, as 1t
deserves.
The President" by the author Of
THE Boss will be the name OF new
novel to be issued in few weeks.
| There will be characters to identify as
the author will draw upon his intimate
knowledge OF the minor side of ma.
tional politics.
| Mr.. Maurice Hewlett, who Is spend.
ing the summer In Italy, finishing his
book on THE Tuscan Crown" has
visited Certaldo, where Boccaccio was
born and died. That merry authors
own house remains, part OF 1t being
fine tower. There Is nothing to be
seen in the house, Mr. Hewlett says,
but what is outside 1t, so to say
the great open view OF the downs, the
incidents Of the cheerful street." or
the Certaldesi, Mr.. Hewlett writes:
Their women are handsome, as they
ought to be, with green eyes, dusky
themselves bolt upright, like all noun
taineers, but with better reason than
most, for their figures are remarkable.
The men sing gay songs, are happy
and free hammered, and II Boccaccio
Is not at the bottom of II the mischief
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to my fancy you viii be wrong. saw
here what have never seen elsewhere
In all long Italy, man stop and kiss
a girl in open street. No offense, eth
/ err. He was baker, who came =
floury amorlno-saw, and considered
the bend of her industrious head. and
stopped and kissed her as she sat
sewing at her door. Her lovers and
acquaintance about her saw nothing
amiss, nor was she at all put out. After
so fragrant an achievement, the mad
cap went whole progress of gallan-
try down the street, none resenting
his freedom. He danced with one good
wife, chucked another's chin, and
lifted third bodily into the air, sing
ing all the while"
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| Problem novels" were scored so
heavily few years ago that there
have been hardly any since. 1t was
enough to term book a problem nov.
el to condemn It at once. But there
has come a change, This year "The
Woman Errant," very frankly a prob
lem novel, has the field to itself; and
It is already well along through its
second edition, It promises to be
more discussed for the ideas contain.
ed Ia II than any other novel publish.
ed this year, except perhaps THE Sin.
gular Miss Smith"