The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13

the year living out OF doors III the WOODS
and on the wat err g This lie IS e11a bled
to do by a small amount OF writing and AM
by simple living, and he claims for him,
SELF. at least, to here found the methods
Of securing the greatest happiness. X y 81,
Socks and Authors. &
y The methods, iof work Of. Miss Elen
Glasgow 4 The author OF, 5tTlle Deliver
.ance."l nro ex trenlely interesting. un--i
like most successful authors she has two
periods of work during the day. She be-
gins at eleven o. clock in the morning,
and works until two. and then she rests
orr walks during the afternooh. After
dinner In the evening. she resumes her.
work, and works three or four hours.
II always lock my cor when j work,'s
she says ~ cant work when n realize
tina + can be interrupted''''fln e first draft
OF every CHAPTER that Miss Glass ow has
written has been Written IN pencil she,
usually writes this seated In n large rock
ing chair, With herbpad in her lap. The
5Dclrvcrance'a was written three times
Many Of the chapters were written I'VE
or six times, and one chapter was writ
ten no less than ten times Miss Glass
gov never uses a type writer and never
dictates. Her final drafts fiber towels
are all Sins her own fandwr lting, which Is
largo and very legible. III II .3..
Robert LOUIS NJ steyenson's Prayers
Written at Tallimnn will he brought out
BY scribiers In time for the Easter sea n
son. Hitherto they have appeared only
In stevenson'se collected works or in frag-i
mentary' versions. 4, Their publication In
sepnrate form will 4 crafty a long felt
wish. Mrs. Stevenson has contributed
all Introduction explanatory OF the Cir
cumstnnces under which the prayers were
written. @ ~ ~ y 5,i5 As 5l.5
The novels Of two southern writer's, John
.Fox,s THE Little Shepherd Of Kingdom
Com ';and Thomas Nelson Pages Cor
don I<eth,'% have between them, monop-
olized for threc-quarters Of u year the
place OF ''best selling book in the United
stntes.','5t The authority IS the Bookmansj
monthly list.
A collection OF short stories by HENRIK
Sienkiewicz, the well-known polish
author is announced for publication this
spring by Little, Brown & CO., the author
lied publishers of Sienkiewicz in this
country. These stories have been trans
lated by Jeremiah Curtin who has Just
paid the great Polish author a. visit at
Ills home In Warsaw. III The title OF the
book will be 4 Life and Death and Other
Legends and Stories" the initial story,
life and DEATH a Hindu legend, being
slenkfewicz's latest work. Tho author
read this legend before an enthusiastic
audience In Warsaw las month S#
Anthony Hopes riddle Of Countess
Runa'in the March mum berSof McClure's
is written in the vein OF romance and adj
~
ers at their best. The panoply and. trap
for a. pretty tale OF love and cfivalryi
witch aenchains both sentiment and im-t
agination. Il
Few book titles can show a more actual
source OF inspiration than that of Mr.
Randall Parrishs romance OF the Illinois
country. published this month by A.5sC.
McClurg & Co. The name was still in
doubt when BENJAMIN T. Taylor's famous
poem on the Fort Dearborn massacre
was being set up for one Of the front
pages. and there In tho second line was
the title of all others for this story
When Wilderness Was King. The
poem reads III part as follows:
Il saw n dot upon the map, and house
fy's filmy wing 81
They said twas Dearborns picket-hag,
III when Wilderness was king.
/ heard the bock-house gates unbar, the
columns solemn tread.
4 heard the moan OF mutiied drum, the
II woman's wall OF fife, 3S 81 Is IS t3$s3
Tho Dead March played for Dearborn's
men Just marching out Of life;
The swooping of tho savage cloud that
burst upon the rank
And struck 1t witllIts thunderbolt In fore
head and in flank, 81 3
The spatter Of the musket-shot, the rifles
whistling rain a isa Z. 81
The sandhllls drift round hope forlorn
that never marched agaln
X In her new story OF present-day ylr-$
ginln life. Lucy Meacham Thurston Is
said to portray q heroine as charming
as her delightful "Girl of Virginia. The
scenes OF the novel are laid at Norfolk
and Portsmouth, and tho ylcissitudes Of
the Southern vegetable farmer. who de-
Ponds on the irrepressible negro, are
strongly pictured The novel is a gen
Suine loye-story with n touch OF politics.
and the Southern atmosphere is delight
fully unhackncyed. Mrs. Thurston is the
author of Mistress Brent, "a Girl of
Virginia." and Jack and His Island:"
a historical novel. present-day college
romance, and boys book, respectively, all
of which were published BY Messrs. Lit
tie, Brown & Co. of Boston, who an
nouncel Where the Tide Comes In" for
publication in spring. , Is
Miss Mary Johnston's book. "sir Nor
timer will appear in book form this
week. The publishers will give the book
very attractive makeup. s
There will be a frontispiece IN four coll
ors and eight pictures printed on India
paper and mounted on the white pages
in5the manner OF photographs.
Miss Janet Ward Mrs, Humphrey
Wards daughter comes into notice as
the translator OF Professor Julicher's
Introduction 10 the New TESTAMENT"
IIudane MacFall, whose novel 1.-THE
Masterfolk' has made a strong impress
sion. Is nearly related TO Madame Sarah