The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-11

deal 70 do with the development OF the
self-made merchant himself
new poet has appeared en- the literary
horizon, who is hailed al one OF the elect
10y Stoddard. Burroughs Dr. Rolfe, Burton
and others. tits Frederic lawrence Knowles,
who Is perhaps moro widely known as an
antLologist aud critic than as a poet. He was
last year secretary OF the Boston Authors
Club. Mr.. Knowles's poems have appeared
In the best magazines and he has published
two books Of verses. "On LIES Stairway
and Love Triumphant His poetry
forms the subject for one OF the longest
chapters in book on "1he Younger Ameri-
can Poets published last autumn by II
Boston house.
The unpublished journal OF Henry D.
Thoreau, selections from which are TO APP
pear in the Atlantic Monthly for this year
proves to DO literary treasure trove and
full of interesting matter. Notes on the
natural history OF Concord and curious
bucolic stories are side by side with fights
Of transcendental philosophy. and there is
an extraordinary range OF quotable apo
thegm from the ideality Of Truth strikes
us from behind and in the dark, IA well as
from before end in broad daylight TO
the practically of. when a dog runs at
you, whistle for him
Myra Kolly's stories Of East Side school
Children called Little Citizens, is shortly
70 be brought out in England.
w. F. Payson's story ~ Colo NAL days
/ called -D5bonnairc, which was originally
/ written az n play and then recast in the
] form, % 10 hair,ov
| for production by the English actor George
| Alexander.
! Adophe Brsson, the French essayist,
has written IAN appreciation of Nine.
| Adam. whose book giving her earlier ex-
| poriences has recently been published in
this country. The admiring Frenchman
writes who does not know Nine. ADAM
! Ambassadors have met in her drawing
room; poets have read their verses there;
| philosophers and novelists have been col
laborators on her review. She has acted
! thought, worked like a man; yet nature
endowed her with the qualities Of woman
She is now past sixty, and she has AZ many
! occupations-and pre-occupatons- a
prime minister. In 1850 her dinners at which
Gainbetta and Gen. Gallifet sat in state
were OF more importance than the official
repasts at the Elysee. The talk was 6ne,
the sallies of wit more frequent, great pro-
jects were conceived between the entire
NETS and the desert, and fancy that often
the map of Europe was audacously re-
modelled and yet. on the great question of
womAn's rights Madame Adam has written,
"A we-orieted home, in which all things
whether they are few or many, are classified,
easily found, and utilized, gives greater con-
tent than one would think to all men, even
though they may themselves be disorderly
This is a work possessing no element of
inferiority, as many women fancy, and to
be, what we call in France, a housewife has
always been one Of my greatest prides.
The appreciation Of Walter Pater in Eng
and which was 30 wofuliy lacking in his
lifetime that the want Of it practically
broke his heart. is evidently increasing.
The English issue Of the Mcclure Phillips
short biography of Walter Pater in the con-
temporary Men OF letters Series, written
by Ferris Greensiet, has been in such eager
demand that a second edition has been
printed. The book has been successful in
America, but il is an interesting fact that
twice a. many copies 81 this book by an
American have been bought in England
as have been purchased here.
The little international comedy. THE
Affair at the Inn. written by Kate Douglas
Wggin and her English friends. is enjoy
ing popularity which has carried it into
the ninth edition. At the beginning Of
the Christmas season $1,000 copies had
been called for in this country. Now
Mrs Virgins British collnborators, the
Misses Mary and Jane Findiater are sailing
for America TO pay a visit to our charming
American author in her New York home.
Another International story embodying the
oplniona of the English sisters on American
life and pecularities would be interesting
to read. especially their views on the
methods OF heating in American houses
and the mad whirligg called American
society, of which Mrs. Wiggin is a popular
member.
The municipality Of Venice has decided
to afix memorial tablet TO the houselin !
which Ruskin lived during his residence
in that city. It VIII be unveiled on the
28th OF January In the recently pub |
lshed Letters Of John Rrsliin to Charles
Eliot Norton there are several letters
written from Venice, one Of which pro-
duced in facsimile includes a fascinating /
sketch by Ruslon Of the view from his
window Of the canal az sunrise.
The Don Quixote centennial occurs this |
month and will be rather generally OBJ
served, in England especially. new
edition of the Don Quixote Is brought out
10 meet the increased demand for the book
in English IL contains Lockart's Memoirs, |
and is bound in very attractive and in.
expensive manner
Mr.. Melyil Dewey. librarian 81 the New
York State Public Library. spent last spring
and summer in selecting from the great
mass Of printed books q small ideal public |
library which should consist Of 5000 vol
umes. divided into the usual ten classes.
Seven thousand five hundred books were
selected. and Macmillan & Co. are rejoc ing
in the fact that /, 36l, or a little more than |
10 per cent. of the books thus selected, have
been published by their firm,
o. Henry, author Of -Cabbages and
Kings" is Southerner and in spite Of his |