The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20

the responsibility Of the new forms or life."
 Booth Tarkington. whose Beautiful Lady Is written more maturely but with the graceful, fanciful humor of his "Beaucaire" found, evidently, in his ex- perience of politics. assistance to his com ment on the even more whimsical humor of Bernard Shaw. T enjoyed politics, he says, people are so much more in- teresting than books. l fancy that peo- ple live too much in imitation of the figures in fiction and in plays, and not enough in themselves. Bernard shaw is digging that idea out in his work; he shows us how people think they have emotions, and then discover that they are only initiating the emotions they have read about in books or seen in plays" Tarkington has story of the stage in this months McClure's.
 Miss Myra Kelly brings on again in her newest story of "Teachers' little East Siders in McClure's fiction number, Miss Bailey's devoted young hospital doctor Of course everybody knows that Miss Bailey" is the author herself. Some of Miss Kelly's friends were equally cer- tain of the identity of "Dr. Ingraham, and taking their cue from the story-doc- tors happy position began to whisper of Miss Kelly's engagement to his putative representative in the flesh. The rumor has reached Miss Kelly who sends denial from Merriwoid Park, N. r., where she is stopping at the summer home of her un- cle, J. I. c. Clarke, himself well known in literary circles.
 The recent ovation given in TolSio to Secretary Taft and his party, might have Ia Ia nf cordiality towards the Ocoident. MT. Clar- ence Ludlow Brownell tells in his book, The Heart of Japan" of several he saw over Japanese shops. Here are some of them: Barber to Shave Beard or to Dress Hairs away; the Genuinely Bier buy tho Health for Drink Of smokes our tobac- co Is pressure to Our Tongue and give the Healthiness of Hers and Hes! Also All People by It; cowmeat and Pgmeat; and Ramune Souda Sasupre Zinzinbiya Jinjyael. It means Lemon Soda, Sarsa- parilla, Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale.
 Mrs Humphry Ward is shortly to pay a visit to America in order to study American life and customs and to get in touch with the American atmosphere There is a prospect that this material may be used in the preparation of Mrs. Wards next novel which the Harpers have contracted for. novel with an American heroine would certainly be novelty from Mrs. Wards pen, though in depicting Lucy, the New England girl, in Eleanor. Mrs. Ward has shown her power to understand and adequately por- tray one type of the American girl. at
 least. Mrs. Ward Is expected to come to America in December.
 Sir Gilbert Parker, the eminent English author, is now in Canada. and expects to visit New York the last week in August or early part of September He Is now at work on novel which will later be published by the Harpers, who were also the publishers of his last two books. The Right of Way, and A Ladder of Swords
 According to a prominent bookseller in Melbourne. Australia, Vovels by American authors are most liked by his readers and indications point to their increa sed popularity in the future. The value of the Australian market is beginning to ha recognized by American publishers. and
 in come cases special editions are nre- pared for sale there. The Harners ar. preparing Australian editions of two novels in their fall list, both of which are written by leading American authors and deal with distinctly American tvnss A new edition of VIII N. Harben'a Geor. gian story. The Substitute, is also hssr- printed for Australia
 A lot of skepticism has been expre.sed both in print and otherwise, as to whether Helen Wojeska, whose nama .n- pears as the author of that remarka ble little book. "A woman's Confessional !, was . real person One critic even went