The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-26

member Of the bar In Ohio, and served
throughout the Spanish war as Volunteer.
One OF the dramatic features Of the new
book s the work OF the Underground Rail
way, which ran Its perilous way through
the country where Mr.. STARTS now lives.
The author wrote the new story six times
before 1t was finally published.
| Gen, Corbin, whose recent disparagement
OF matrimony among young officers with
small pay brought out such a storm Of pro-
test, Is laying up for himself more wrath
against the day Of wrath, by an article In
the November Cosmopolitan In which he
arraigns the National Guard rs at present
organized and also declares that the
United States never was peaceful nation
and that within the last one hundred and
twenty-five years we have fought as
many important wars as any other nation
Of the world"
Miss Jeanette L. elders new book,
THE Tomboy at Work. Is the record Of
her own early efforts spent In making live
lihood. and Is the sequel to her first work,
"The Autobiography OF a Tomboy," which
was written out Of her own childhood Miss
Glider belongs to distinguished family,
with Richard Watson Glider and William
Glider. who accompanied the Schwatka
expedition and wrote the authoritative
account Of 1t, as brothers. But she does
not depend upon their fame for distinction.
AS founder and editor Of the Critic she 10
one Of the most prominent and influential
literary women in America. Miss elders
first story was printed when she was IA
years Of ege.
The first edition Of 10000 copies OF Mr.
Kipling's new book was sold before publica-
ton day. The author is li"ing now on a
farm at Buckingham, Sussex The old wind
mill on the place was built in the year Of
Columhus's famous voyage. The exquisite
story They" the gem OF the collection
in the new book, is fragrant with the charm
and beauty of old England. There promises
to be veritabe Browning discussion over
the concluding phrase, in which the writer
says he has no right to be present in this
household of spirit children. There are
those who contend that the intruder who
drove into the enchanted land on a motor
could not be Mr.. Kipling himself because
of the little child which died here in
New York during the authors illness. And
others contend that that is the very reason
the reality Of parenthood should not dis
trust the gentle lady who knew only the
children of her own fancy. Anyway, what
little to lovers Of good stories and little
children, or even to Mr. Kipling himself,
The famous letters Of a self made mer-
chant to his son, which are continued in
odd Gorgan Graham have had the dis
tinotion of being printed in raised letters
for the blind, and are being enjoyed by the
inmates of every institution for those who
cannot see throughout the country.
1t is interesting to learn from O reliable
source that a palmist told Katherine Cecil
Thurston that she would become famous
as a novelist some time before the author
Of "The Masquerader" dreamed of writing
at all. Mrs. Thurston laughed at the idea
at the time, but the much discussed novel
is selling 80 rapidly that the publishers
have been obliged to issue four times as
many copies as they originally arranged
to print.
Christine Terhune Herrfcks book on
THE Expert Maid -Serva mt" is said by the |
Cincinnati Times-Star to settle the ser
critic of the Timss-Star is a man and proba- |
bly, lives at his club. 1t might as we'll be
argued that the Decalogue established |
the morality Of the universe az that any
collection OF precepts printed In a book
could regulate the affairs Of mistress and
maid. Most people In the world know
very we'll what they ought to do about
most things, but the difficulty Is to make
fharn do if-ornaciallv the tori ~
the Expert Maid-Servant.
Readers with a taste for such books |
as Mr.. Vandam's Man and Manners Of |
the Third Republic" will regret that the |
accomplished author, man OF the world |
as he was man OF letters, died shortly |
before the Third Republic went to press.
The book is a summing up Of the dra matte |
events, political, literary and social, in !
France during the last thirty years, en-
riched with plenty Of hitherto unpub- |
lished incident and the delicate humor |
and sympathetic character study peculiar |
to Mr.. vandam's work.
Charles Battell Loomiss More Cheer |
full Americans" has been sent to press the |
second time within ten days. while its
predecessor Of similar title Is in Its seventh |
printing Mr.. LOOMS has cosmopolitan
ancestry, like most good and cheerful Ameri-
cans, made up Of French. Scotch and English
ingredients. He early decided to be. an
artist, and probably that Is the reason why
he is successful author. Thirteen weary
years Of business, a brief experience in
vaudeville and the usual struggle with
unappreciative editors antedate his Sue
cess in the world OF letters. He spends
his winters with his wife and two children
in Fanwood, N. j., and his summers in an
old farmhouse in Torringford, Conn. He
is member Of the Salmagundi Club and
says that the next best thing to being an
artist is 10 belong to an artists club.
Miss Josephine Tozier will shortly return
from abroad, where she is travelling in
France collecting material for a volume
on French inns. corresponding with her
recent successful little book, Among Eng
lish Inns" which is going to press for the
third time since its publication in Septem-
Der.