Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09

story. deeply interests her. She now has
two novels under way. One. which VIII
shortly lee finished. has been taken under
consideration by Doubleday. Page 81 Com
pany 1t is Miss Taylor's gratifying ex-
perenCe 10 be the object OF attentive con-
sideration on the part OF the publishers, LOT
besides having secured the imprint of the
Holt press upon her first novel. and pre-
pairing to place her next one in the haiidS
of Doubleday. Page & Company, she mas
been asked by the Macmillan COMPANY 10
submit her work TO that house. Her future
productions will be awaited with interest
by all who have read In the Dwellings OF
the Wilderness.
John Rexford, the author of What
Handwriting Indicates. recently issued
by the Putnams. thus explains the origin
OF his interest in the study of Sraphology
Mr. Rexford had a correspondent whose
handwriting was always remarkably me
and rigidly horizontal. One day letter
arrived addressed in most unsteady
hand with the few lines on the envelope
all inclining downward The alteration
was striking. and when the letter was
found to contain the news of the death OF
the writer's brother Mr.. Rexford at once
connected the unsteady and sloping hand-
writing with the writer's shaken and de-
pressed mental state. The interest arous-
ed in this way developed into a serious
study and ultimately led to the writing
of the book. which is accepted as an I'm
portant contribution to the science OF
graphology.
A new illustrated holiday book by Onoto
watanna after the manner OF Jap
,nesa Nightingale" is announced Tor pup
llcation in the autumn by Doud Meau q
Co. Onoto Watanna. as Is Wen known, -
the author of The heart OF ny aciii. III,
tIer new book. like it's predecessors, VIII
he illustrated with full-page pictures IN
color by Japanese artlSt- $500.
The tale tells of the love of an Amerl-
can missionary for a japanese maioen
riacra
S.narate them and their final happy re-
union. 1t is told with all the author
power and skill. and is, In the words OF
one of it's critics, "a oeau.ni - lends
itself happily to the odd concerts ana
pretty designs of the Japanese artist.
booksellers have written the Macmillan
comnany to complain that their copies OF
whistler AS Knew Him. by MI Nor
timer Menpes. have "a seeming lmperlec-
ton in the frontispiece- over the 1ore-
head there is a white spot which looks
like a blemish." With all Whistler's van
ity about his single lock of white hair
and all the pains he took to call attention
to it, 1t seems strange that people shoulu
still not have heard OF IT,
Rudyard Kipling has just finished new
volume of short stories. which VIII De
published this fall by Doubleday: Page q
Co under the title. "Traffics and Discov-
cries" This is the first volume of col
lected T<ipling tales since The Days
Work." which reached wider circula-
ton than any other book OF snort stories
in recent years. 1t contains one long tale,
The Army of Dream hitherto unpub-
lished.
DR. John w. Streeter who narrated his
farming experiences in The Fat of the
Land" has tried his hand at fiction. His
first novel, tale of mountain feud in
Kentucky. will be published in the au-
Mo- ln
A news paragraph in II Giornale d'Italia.
a Roman newspaper, recently noted the
arrival of Miss Halle Erminie Rives and
the fact that her latest novel, The Cast
away" was to be translated at once into
italian. Inasmuch as the greater part Of
this Byronian novel deals with Italian
scenes and Incidents, this should prove a
successful enterprise. II Giornale d'Italia
continues:
Miss Rives will return from here to
Venice. where she is domiciled in the Pal
ace Mocenigo on the Grand Canal. the
palace which was the refuge of Lord By
ron during his sojourn in that city of the
lagoon. Miss Rives is of a strong genius.
a writer of singular courage which i'm
plants in all her works vivacious mag
nation and sincere sentiment"
"Prosit" is the happy title of a book OF
toasts to be published in the early fall by
Paul Elder & Company. San Francisco.
"Clotho." the compiler. is the pen name of
the Spinner's Club. a group of clever liter
airy people in California, who have contrib
uted many original toasts additional to
those gathered from various sources ancient
and modern. Some of the signatures to APP
pear through the volume are: James G.
Phelan, Wallace Irwin. George Sterling.
Howard v. Sutherland. Ernest Sylvester
Simpson. Ambrose Bierce, Ednah Robinson.
John Mcknight, Grace Luce Irwin. John
Vance Cheney. Gellett Burgess and VIII
Irwin.
Mr.. Winston Churchill the novelist. au-
thor of ''The Crossing" just published by
the Macmillan Company. was the only lit
erary delegate at the Chicago convention.
He is from New Hampshire which he has
made his home for several years. He en-