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We now learn through Gertrude Atherton that
If writer keeps on writing long enough he may
gain his second popularity" This she believes
rs now threatening Henry James, to whom she
dedicates her new book "The Bell in the Fog"
If her dedication does not clinch it, a recent
letter Of hers should. from which we make the
following extract:
threatens him for the second time. During. the
crop Of Henry James diseipes BON hero and n
England. They have enjoyed considerable popu-
been educated up to his second manner, but has
finally discovered how mqon better he is than any
how hard he tries. cannot suppress his great gift
smother a character in words. but the character
lives and breathes as vigorously as a woman under
forever. these people Of his, types sometimes ter
rible in their dstinctness, as in The Ambassadors"
is thinness. and in no writers is thinness so
than ''The Ambassadors And no one is so rich
in background. in perspective IN the filing in of
ture is there a more dramatic a more human. "a
the prevailing characteristic OF American ltera-
accentuated as in the disciples OF Henry James.
Nine. Washington, who has been contribut-
ing to scribner's Magazine her italian Recol-
lections' of twenty years ago, revisited the
Italian capital last spring. and in the April
number of the magazine VIII give her impress
sions Of the Rome of to-day. including the new
diplomatic circles
Tho author of 1.-THE Yellow War" book on
the present Eastern conflict recently published
in England. and to be issued In this country
next Saturday by Mcclure. Phillips & Co, con-
ceals his identity under the pseudonym 90"
He is said TO be a man who, because of his
political and personal Importance. was able to
see much more of the actual fighting than the
returned TO London from st. Petersburg, and
his comments on the conditions in the Russian
capital are interesting in view OF the recent
developments. He believes his publishers
report that there viii not be a revolution in
that country for some years at least, but that
undoubtedly more Of the grand ducal party will
be removed by the Terrorists The great hope
of the people. he says. is still settled upon the
Car as thsir Little Father, but the more in
telligent Of them viii continue to agitate for a
free press and political representation, and If
they get IT, he thinks. the determination of the
Romanoffs will be postponed for some decades
at least.
Among the spring publications announced by
L. c. Page & Co. are new novels by Alice
MACEDONIAN and Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke Nor
ley Roberts, Elliott Flower and Captain T.
Jenkins Hams. The same house is bringing out
LORD BeeconSnelus VIVIAN Grey "COningS-
by" "sybil" and "Tancred." in a four volume
set, edited by Bernard N. Langdon Davies.
NJ A, and with illustrations by Byam Shaw.
The aim is TO present the Young England
movement the judgments and ideals of the
Young Tory party. as represented in fiction by
+ It's leading statesman. Each volume contains a
/ foreword and critical essay by the editor.
a study Of political conditions in Bulgaria.
Servia and Rumania is announced for imme-
date publication by E. p Dutton. Under the
title of The Balkan Question" a number of
different writer's win treat the different phases
/ Of the subject and discuss the attitude of Tur-
! key toward these three States and the bearing
( Of the ques ion upon international European
politics. Valentine Chirol. for example writes
1 on The Attitude of the Powers and Victor
Berard on The Attitude OF France" The vol
ume is edited by Luigi Villari, and contains an
Introduction by james Bryce. n. P.