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N Harland, is now making its
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6GN AY Friend Prospero," by Henry
M Harland, is now making it's
bow in book form after hav-
ing appeared serially in McCIure's
Magazine. 1t is bright, sparkling re-
nance of Italian life, with a love story
in which there are few vicissitudes, a
real novelty, by the way, in these days
when a heroine must live almost as
strenuous life as the head of the ma
ton in order to be acceptable. But Mr..
Harland evidently scouts the idea that
true love never runs smooth and has
dared to make his lovers joyous pair
whose clouds are yet to come There
is a nameless charming quality which
is not exactly wit nor humor, in the
work of this writer which does not
seem to be possessed by any other of
the popular novelists with the excep-
ton of the author of 1.-The Turquoise
Cup" Mr.. Harland has had rather
curious literary career. For years in
New York he wrote over the pen name
of Sidney Luska, with but Indifferent
success. His stories were concerned
with Jewish life in New York and were
not in style related even distantIy to his
later work over his. own name. Mr..
Harland does not look in the least like
Jew; he claims to be an American.
though he was born in Russia, but the
books which he wrote as Sidney Luska
showed such an insight into Jewish
thought and feeling that it was COM
monty believed they were written by
one ofrtheir own people. Mr.. HarIand
is cosmopolitan, though ostensibly
his home is in Connecticut. He travels
extensively and has lived for long pc
RODS in Italy and England, and 1t was
Wh1lsif residing in London that he put
out "The Cardinals Snuffbox," which
at once made his reputation Light
and charming it might not have been
so we'll liked had it not come at a time
when the reading world was weary of
problem stories in which the married
heroine (she is always married) ex-
posed her soul for the public to gaze
at. Mr. Harland's work was like a
cool breeze on a hot day; clean, pure
and refreshing. He followed with "The
Lady Paramount" which was in the
same style; but in his last book, "My
Friend Prospero," the critics consider
that Mr.. Harland has done his best
work and established himself as one of
the cleverest of modern noveIists He
likes America, but considers older
countries better places for work.
Memoirs of NJ. de Blowitz," recently
issued by Doubleday, Page & CO., is the
record of an interesting life spent
among interesting people and in the
midst of the worlds great events. The
French journalist was among the last
few men who represented a class of
newspaper correspondents whose work
was entitled to rank as literature. In
his own account of his life he tells
most charmingly of all he did and saw,
and the writer in search of plots could
not do better than use the material
here freely given. Particularly is this
true of the chapter called 'Alva." which
tells of the strange life and tragic
death of a mysterious woman who ap-
pealed to De Blowitz for help under
strange circumstances. In fact. each
chapter is story by itself, and the
best of it all is that these are true
stories of real life. Especially fasci-
mating is his own account of the brief
reign and death Of "Unser Fritz" ia
Their of the present Emperor of Ger
many, and the connection of Sir MorelI
Mackenzie with the case He gives
accounts also of his interviews with
the sultan and the pope, the French
scare of 1875, and a long and detailed
story of the retirement of Bismarck.
Margaret Cameron, whose Come
dies in Miniature" are attracting some
attention, is one Of the group Of Pacific
coast writers which are giving the lit-
erary lights of the effete East some
thing to think about. Margaret Cam
eron, who is in reality Mrs. Harrison
I. Lewis, was for many years a. musi-
clan and well KNOWN accompanies. She
lived for some time in Santa Barbara.
later in San Francisco, and has now
Joined the literary clique of Oakland,
which includes Jack, London, Herman
w hitaker, and once included Frank
Norris. The good work which is COM
ing from the Pacific coast is beginning
to be matter Of much comment among
the literary folk of New York and Bos-
ton, who have so long had things very
much their own way
Are We to Have United Medical Pro-