The San Francisco call., 1904-04-14
MEN ananMAaEERS In
THE F0EEaH ZHe WORLD
MONI

most the first English writer TO show
aDpreciation of ii was Lucas Malet
the gifted author of Sir Richard Cal
mady." who, as long ago as last De-
cember. included it in a list of best
holiday books" prepared by her for
London periodical. And now ii has
attracted the attention of w. Roberto
son NicoIl, the discoverer of Maclaren,
Barrie and one or two other authors
Of lesser note. Mr.. Nicoll has been
greatly diverted by Mr.. Ford's picture
of New York journalism, and partic-
ularly with the chapter describing the
manner in which a fashionable we'd
ding is reported in a yellow newspa-
per. He, too, is inclined to take the
book seriously, and declares ia the
widely read British Weekly that it
ought to have wide circulation in
England"
Ezra S. Brudno, author Of THE Fugi-
tive" the new book on Russian OPP
preston of the Jews, which is having a
wide sale, comes of a distinguished
family. Though very small, it includes
a number Of men we'll known for their
success in scholarly ways, and also
some Of the richest Jews in Russia
There are perhaps in all not more than
a dozen households, with the author,
his parents and three brothers the only
, representatives in this country. Mr..
Brudno's great-grandfather was a
famous rabbi and author. whose father
emigrated to Lithuania, in Russia,
from Holland. and the ancestry before
this time is traced to Spain. The writ
ing Of The Fugitive" was begun while
Mr.. Brudno was a student at Yale,
which was not so long ago. In the last
year or so il has been entirely rewrit-
ten. The book came from the press
of Doubleday. Page & Co. just at the
moment when the outbreaking of the
Eastern war made it plain that the
matters with which the book deals
would complicate the great struggle.
Much interest has been aroused
among the readers OF Miss Ellen Glas-
COWS novel The Deliverance" as to
the real locality of the story The au-
thor says that the scenes are all laid in
Caroline County, Virginia, which is
near the edge of the dark tobacco grow
ing district. The home of the Blakes
was near the little town of Balty. The
old mansion from which the Blake
house was drawn still stands, a monu-
ment TO an aristocratic regime. Ac-
cOrding to the April Bookman THE De-
liverance" is easily the best-selling
book in the United States. 1t is the
book most in demand, too, in the twen-
ty largest cities.
II would seem as if G. Bernard Shaw
had at last come into his own. For over
a year there has been almost continu-
Gus reference TO this clever writer in
the English papers, and for six months
past he has occupied no little space in
American journals. Some of this au-
thOr's earliest work, he informs the
public. is entirely out of print and will
never be republished. There are a few
of his admirers who have had the cour-
/ age Of their convictions, and two of his
/ choicest early books have been care
/ fully reprinted in this country. One OF
/ these, An Unsocial Socialist" is the
/ only edition at present on the market.
A New York house (Brentano's) issued
this volume and "Cashel Byron's Pro-
I fession' at a time when his following in
America was exceedingly limited, and
their belief in the value of Mr. Shaw S
work seems to be warranted. There is
at present general interest in anything
ne does, for which this reprinting of
his earlier books is to a great extent
responsible.
( Mr.. Howells, whose new serial, THE
I Son Of Royal Langbrith," is now ap-
pearing in the North American Re-
view, has gone abroad and can only be
/ reached through the London office OF
Harper & Brothers, in Albemarle
street. A member of Mr.. Howells' fam
I lily who has remained in New York has
been kept busy forwarding his i'm
portant mail or returning the less
pressing communications with the fol-
/ lowing printed slip: fMr Howells is in
/ Europe, and during his absence it is
/ impracticable to reply to your inclosed
communication" His mail includes
poems from aspiring young girls, long
! MSS. from people under the mistaken
impression that he is an editor of Har-
per's Magazine and who expect one OF
the busiest Of authors to devote hours
to their critical perusal. and of requests
4 for assistance of all sorts. When Mr..
/ Howells is home in addition TO his reg
( ular work he gets through this mail
/ somehow, but nobody knows how.