The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-25
MOONS AND AuTHORS.


JULES Verne found the npise and stir Of the
CITY too exciting for him a. 80 many writer's
now md the confusion Of New YORK TOO
exhausting A. every one knows, he went
10 Amiens 70 live lie liked the quiet OF the
town, Us cathedral. its surrounding ponds
and marshes, and some Of the families 70
whom he was introduced. In one OF the
families he found his wife. Beside one OF
the ponds, watching a duck dive came the
inception Of his great story, "Vingt MlIls
Leues SOUS les Mers" He worked IN an old
tower where he had only pitch pine furniture
save few old fashioned chairs and an oak
settee family heritage that he had fetched
from Nantes Pictures Of the sea hung on
the whitewashed walls. He said that the lux
urious homes Of literary men in Paris Jared
on hlm-that the recherche Of the mod
ern habitation prevented one from retiring
within the chamber Of the imagination
and giving ones self up TO ones thoughts.
q. Lewis Dickinson, author Of Religion
A Criticism and a Forecast holds an
Official post at Cambridge University and
Is one Of the editors Of the British review
known as the independent He Is also
frequent contributor to the co lumns
OF tho Independent, and one Of his recent
articles ia devoted to motoring in which he
describes the mad rush and wild reckless
ness Of the most modern sport as a symbol
Of the lower moral and intellectual level
Of our age.
Dr. S. Campbell Morgan, author OF The
Crisis OF the Christ and other books Of
religious nature has been compelled TO
drop temporarily the active work in his
London parish because Of a physical break
down. DR.. Morgan will spend July and
August in America as he has promised. and
will carry on the lectures at Mortified
during those months which he has for sew
eral years given TO the various conferences
that meet there.
Dodd, Mead 4 Co., the American publish
ers Of Anthony Trollope's works, have
issued the Bassetshire and Parliamentary
novels, and are now about to bring out the
first OF a new series, TO be known IA The
Manor House Novels" They will be uni
form in size with the previous series and
the title OF the first novel to appear Is "orley
Farm"
Vincent Harper, author OF 'The Mortgage
on the Brain is an American and a New
Yorker, although he has spent some years
travelling round the world and IA just now
living at Victoria, British Columbia. He
intends returning to New York after COM
pleting his collection OF materials for his
next novel, which will deal with certain
aspects OF life in the Northwest. Mr..
Harper's friends are amused at the state
ment that the author Is a metaphysical
thinker who intends to write novels with
H. uavr,ar Il faf the
a very much alive young American OF the
breezy, energetic type, who has crowded
more vital experience into the last decade
than some men encounter in a lifetime.
His short stories show how closely he is in
touch with the American life Of the day
aud how little the acid OF his irony has
eaten into the surface OF his optimism.
Mr.. Robert Hichens, author Of the tale
Of the desert entitled The Garden Of
Allah which rs one OF the books that
readers finish at a sitting even II the sitting
IL protracted until the early hours Of dawn,
Is a Travelled man Of the world, brilliant,
sympat hetio and companionable. He IA
athletic in build with dark hair and keen
brown eyes, and counts his years In the early
forties. After leaving Clifton College
Mr.. Hichens studied music for some time
In Bristol and London, but the struggle
bet ween the musician and the writer, al
ready begun. ended in the triumph OF letters.
At II he published now wisely forgotten
novel, The Coast guards Secret and
while he studied harmony. composed lyrics
and mastered the organ, he also wrote short
stories which we're generally rejected.
Later he attended the London School OF
Journalism, spent some time az a musical
critic and finally settled down TO the writ
ing of novels Felix. THE Woman with
the Fan and THE Garden Of Allah