The Caldwell tribune., 1905-12-09
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B. Hopkinson Smiths new 49,
1.-THE Wood Fire In No. g." "a aa,S u
resemble "outwardly and inwars,v :
his Colonel Carter's Christmasn
Miss Clara Driscoll, who wrota .r.
Girl from La Gloria" is famou. !.
the Southwest through her patr,otto
purchase Of the historic Alamo nro.'
erty, which she bought to prasera.
from demolition and which the stots
Of Texas, now alive to the value ~ ~
property as a historical memortal i
repurchasing from her. The sum to+o,
was $65,00O. ''"4
After Sherlock Holmes" and "Rss
fes," comes "McAlllster," the good
tempered but blundering clubman
whom Arthur Train makes the hero -
some entertaining complications ~
"McAllister and His Doubles" stor,os
disclosing some Of the ingen,on.
schemes of the more intelligent, class
of criminals, and partly, at least
brought to light in the course Of M
Trains career as assistant dis+r,ot
attorney in New York.
q. W. Hornung. creator of "Rot.
fes," has put the finishing touches to
the history Of that distinguished
cracksman, and in the book in which
the final series of "Raff1es" stories 4
shortly to appear disposes of that adj.
Venturous rascal for good and all II
Is alleged that he will not, as Conan
Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes, al.
low his hero to rise from his own nah.
es, like the fabled phoenix, at the de.
mand Of clamorous public. Mr.
Hornung's work has, until recentlv,
attracted more attention in America
than 1t has In England.
Matt. Stan. Kemp, author of "Ands
Trembath," is better known in Pitts.
burg as Rev. Matthey Stanley Kemp.
Of Turtle Creek, where he has
preached for several years. The plot
Of the story is chiefly laid in Corn.
wall, England, region the author
knows we'll, his father, a miner, hav.
ing been born in that country. At the
age Of 10 the senior Kemp took his son
to England to be educated. The rs.
suits of this early sojourn are seen in
the touches of local color, broad
Cornish dialect, and liberal sprink.
ling Of Cornish legends and folklore.
It Is said that Henry W. Boynton's
biography Of Bret Harte and his liter.
ary career, recently published as a vol.
ume in an English biographical series,
does not please certain reviewers be.
cause Of Its moderate tone. Mr. Boyn.
ton Is not much given to panegyrlcs,
but his literary judgment is much re-
spected. 1t is easy to account for the
English appreciation. of Mr.. Harts
The American Of the British imaginas
ton is uncouth, crude and extrava.
CANT and Mr.. Harte's characters
seemed 'the real thing" There was
some lack of reason In the English
adulation Of this author, although he
was a good literary artist in his linn.
tied range.
English reviewers seem to cherish
peculiar ideas regarding American lit
erature-when they are gracious
enough to admit that we have a lit.
erature. Now here is Clement Shor.
ter, London critic of reputation, who
asserts that George W. Gable, in
Madame Delphine" and "Old Creole
Days." has probably made more per-
manent contributions to literature
than any living American man Of
letters. While Howells and Mark
Twain and Henry James, not to speak
of Joel Chandler Harris and James
Whitcomb Riley, are still living there
will be many who will "beg leave to
differ" with the distinguished English