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and interes ting life he wrote the stories
IN Children Of Men,
Speaking OF historic novels. there is
perhaps some reason why people call
Stanley Weymans latest book THE
Long Knight" which is near enough u
the real title, THE Long Night to
deceive the ear
Booth Tarkngton's Cherry is one OF
the six books that have sold best for
the past month in the leading cities
This statement is authorized by the
Bookman's standard list in us January
number This dainty comedy story has
passed through edition after edition
since its publication on October 10. The
Harpers. in accordance with their es-
tablIshed custom, do not state the ex-
act figures.
1t took Just 30 days for Rose r.
Young's fresh Western story sally Of
Missouri to reach It's second edition.
and Gelett Burgess and VIII Irwm's
phantasy The Reign If Queen lsyl'
attained the same honor within just the
same time.
Israel Zangwlll, author Of Dreamers
Of the Ghetto and The Mantle Of Elijah
Harpers), has written a play for Flea.
nor Robson called Merely Mary Ann"
which ought TO be lesson 10 drama
lists and managers who are beWailing
the improbable theatrical season. The
play is simple and almost devoid Of
dramatic situations so called. "Mere-
worked sayry in "A London lodging
worked slavery In a London lodging
house. who, with sort OF desperate
and utter innocence. falls head over
heels IN love with one Of the dodgers
who has been kind to her Mr..
Zankwill has one other play to his
credit a dramatization OF his own
Children OF the Ghetto, but In Merely
Mary Ann he has achieved more than
an artistic success. He has lately
written another OF his Italian Fantas.
les for HarpeTs Magazine which viii
appear in the February number
Miss Mary Johnston whose novel
Sir Mortimer now appearing In Har-
pers Magazine, grows more absorbing
with every number, was born In Blu
channan Virginia, In November Of
1870, and is, therefore, only 80 years OF
age, She IL one OF the very few wo-
men noyelists IN the history Of literu-
ture who can describe a fight on sea
or land. as she has described them in
Sir Mortimer, with convincing power,
I'm his illustrations for the sumptuous
edition Of Miles Standish Mr., Christy
certainly seems to have caught the
exact expression Of the old familiar
faces" as they existed In LOngfellOw's
mind. The fact that the labor Of both
men was a labor Of love and tribute
TO ancestry probably has something to
do with this harmony. John Alden was
a fOrbear Of the poet on his mothers
side, and the famous reply OF Priscilla
was an ancient anecdote Of the FAMILY
fresIde, So, also one Of Nj, Chrstys
ancestors came over In The MayHOWer
and the Puritan pride Is strong In him
1t has long been his desire to present
IN line and color his idea Of thu scenes
IN the colonial comedy Of courtship,
and, when his edition of An Old
Sweetheart OF Mine" by james Whit
comb Riley achieved remarkable sue
cess last year, he himself suggested to
his publishers that he should undertake
this much more difficult and ambitious
production The suggestion was well
coined with enthusiasm Here mt last
is the book with forty-twO page Illus
tratlons, nine IN colors'
To make each picture historically ac-
Curate down to the minutest details,
Mr.. Christy went to extraordinary
pains He produced with delicate IDEAL
lzation the face Of the redoubioble
Miles as 1t appears IN the old portrait
at Plymouth lie sketched with scrd-
puous care the Standish sword OF
Damascus" which Is now Kept In the
cabinet of the Massachusetts Historic
cal society For the right Kind OF
spinning wheel he had to make a Ions |
arduous search since comparatively |
few Of the small treadle wheels are ca !
pabIe Of spinning the wool that Long /
fellow decrIbcs as piled like a snow
drift at PrIscilla's knee
Miss Margaret Sherwood, author Of |
the charming Italian idyl Daphne Is /
a graduate Of Vassar and has also |
studied IN Zurich, oxford, and Italy F,
In 1898 she took the degree Of Ph, ID. at /
Yale. and Ia now associate professor Of /
English literature az Wellesley college, !
having been an instructor there for |
several years Besides contributing |
To some NJ the magazines, she has al
ready written three novels,
Charlotte perklne Gllmans latest
book, THE Home: IT'S Work and Its |
published here by Mcclure
Phillips, Is also 10 have m English edl-
ton which viii be brought out by
Heineman. Mrs Glman's reputation
AS writer on sociological and econo'
mic subjects II now international Her
former work Woman and Economic
has been published In Dutch, German,
Italian and Russian. 1.-THE Home Is
now being translated into German,
The success IN America Of Martin
Hume's important historical volume