New-York tribune., 1905-08-26

The rumor that George Ade has purchased a
farm and betaken himself to it and a simple
life" proves to be only another fable in slang
de has accumulated a farm. indeed, with the
royalties ne has received from his plays and
books; but IT covers 90G acres, and might ap-
propTiately. be designated small kingdom. He
has named It Hazelden, and it is situated near
his birthplace. Kentland. Ind He does not re-
gard 1t as luxury but asset and makes
1t pay him per cent on his investment re-
cent visitor reports the yield of oats close 10
hfty-ive bushels an and the corn the
tallest in all Newton County. Indiana is proud
of George Ade." he writes. and the president OF
the Big Four Railroad has promised to make his
name permanent in the State, If his books fail
to accomplish it, by naming the station near
Hazelden, on a new branch Of his road George
Ade"
Mrs. Hugh Fraser, author OF "A Maid OF
Japan" Henry Holt Coz, has returned to
Nippon for the purpose OF gathering material
for series of lectures she has in preparation on
the results of the Russo-Japanese war and on
the personages prominently identified with it.
Octave Thanet's The Man of the Hour"
which has been running as a serial in The
Reader Magazine" will be published In book
form next Friday by the Bobbs- Merrill Com
American and records the conflict between the
traits OF character inherited by the hero from
MS mother. a Russian countess. and from his
father. a New-Engand business man of stern.
unbending temper The Illustrations are by
Lucius w. Hitchcock
Charles Batteli Loomiss first novel. Mi
nerva's Maneuvres." has just been issued bv
A. s. Barnes & Co. Next week the same pub
fishers Will bring out new novel by Ruth Kim
ball Gardner, entitled THE Heart of a Girl"
New issues in the Century Companv,
Dickenss The Chimes; washington" a COM
pilation. and Elizabeth Barrett Brownings
sonnets from the Portuguese" The cover de-
signs OF all three volumes are by Blanche Nc
Manus Mansfield. The same house promises
also new book Of poems by Richard Watson
Glider. 1t will be called I'm the Heights :" and
will gather into permanent form the best of the
verse that the Editor OF The Century Maya
zine" has written since the publication of his
Poems and Inscriptions" in 1901
And now the much published Omar who was
nothing IL not Oriental. except perhaps in so
far as he is FitzGerald. is about to appear in
an Oriental Edition" The Dodge Publish
ing Company will bring out the "Rubatvat"
In form described next month To carrv
out the Oriental idea more completely, the IL
lustrations Will be reproductions of photo |
graphs from life by Adelaide Hanscom Among
the persons who have posed for her are Joa |
quin Miller, George Sterling George Wharton |
James and Charles Keeer all literary men of |
the West. Joaquin Miller, the Poet Of the |
Sierras seems rather far cry from, the !
poet OF Khorasan even IL duly beturbaned and |
with his trousers gathered in at the ankles
Samuel Merwin. author of The Merry Anne"
and Calumet K.." is said to have entira,,, 70
written his latest story. "A Link I'm the C;,rdIa.
since It's appearance as serial 1t will ba |
pnohshed next month in book form by MacmiI |