The San Francisco call., 1905-05-31
AUTHORS BUSY
ON NEW BOOKS
Popular Writers in England
Putting Finishing Touches
on Volumes for the Fall
RTDYARD kPLING
AT SUSSEX HOME
Hall Caine Speaks in Hum
orous Vein at Opening of
Liverpool Church Bazaar
SPECIAL n4sssrrh 70 TIE Gail

SPECIAL pasozrrn 70 II. Gail
LONDON, May sa-Severai favo-tts
writers are now busy putting the I'm
ishiag touches TO works OF fiction
these Is Mrs ST Leger HarT1sOn-
Lucas NzleI- Illness On Mrs Har-
rison's part has delayed the progress
Of her new novel, which she began
soon after -Calmady appeared but the
author says Il IS now nearly finished
and VIII be ready for publication OF
both sides of the Atlantic II the early
fall Il has not been finally named. as
yet Richard Bagot- author Of Donna
Diana who IS Marion CEawfords only
real rival IN depicting Roman life for
English readers, writes from the Ete--
nal City that the manuscript OF his
new novel Is nearly IN shape Tor lis
publishers II Is called The Passport
and oo-h the English and American
rights have alre6s been placed
Sydney c Grier, who gave Is Lake
nance practically completed which viii
be published serially before II aP-
pears il book form, the London Ora
phic having The English rights
Justin Euotly Mccarthy Is follow
ing The Dryad" with another Story II
similar vein L is now oTer half
finished and Mccarthy hopes 10 have IL
ready for publication in the spring
AfsanEh HsIzsrs Belize an-hcr OF
The Path ID Rome and Emmanuel
Burden, Merchant" IL working On
new book dealing with Marie Altot1-
cite Edmund DoKnsy. the veteran
publisher, who recsn1iy printed ms re-
mlliscences. Is engaged On Life o.
Charles Lever, for which he has long
been gathering material
FAMOUS CURFEw SILENT.
Following the example OF has Amsri-
can contemporary. Mrs c. II william
write an automobile novel To get 10
cal color for il. Le Qaenx has made
motor tour in Europe Of over six thou
sand miles He IS In Italy AZ present
bat means 70 come 10 England II June.
when hs viii start work On his new
story
Since his return from South Africa
last month. RudEard Eipi5ag has been
81 -Batezaa.s,= his Sussex home where
he has been occupied chiefly with the
story which hs is writing for the Cen
rury Magazine Motoring Is stiIl his IA
verfte recreation. and the London sea
son" IS likely 10 see little or nothing
OF him.
Rosa Hartwiek Thorps's famous
poem, 'curfew Shah Not Ring To-
a5ght- was recalled 70 every one yes
terday, when Il was a1Hocnced that
the historic bells of Chertsey Parish
Church would be silent for . while
These bells. some Of which are over 500
years old. comprise z peal Of eight and
II ras On number 6Ee-called the
Abbey Ben-thar the incident Is
said 70 have happened which furnished
the poet with the original OF her IA
rniiiar lines
Chertsey Is in Surrey. and the bells Of
It's parish church are 10 be mute for q
space because two experts from London.
having examined the frame work OF The
hangangs. have declared them unsafe for
the ringing of & peal The Chs-tsey
peal Is the finest IN The south OF
England The bells were last rehu1g IN
1853, when the tenor bell. which weighs
over twenty hundredEeight. was recas-
at the cost Of Baroness Burdett Coutts-
GAME TO CHURCH PEOPLE.
Hall Caine. who has been a the Riviera
OF late. arrived in London the other day
and before returning 10 Mainland az
cepted al invitation 70 open z church ba-
zaar in Liverpool In discha-ging this
duty the novelist waxe5 humorous on the
utilization OF games OF chanc@as raf-
aes-for religious ends He declared that
If any one present was prompted mainly
by the desire to- win anything the best
thing he could do was 10 put on his hat
and 90 away. but II he desired that The
church should win. regardless Of him
self, he could not do better than remain
.T think added the author, 'sthe
church should he very liberal in its at
people You have asked me- IN the char
acter Of novelist and drams<fst TO open
this bazaar. and you viii not be sur
prised II / should tell you that have no
sympathy with the religious people the
good people VINO are denouncing the the
ater and the novel"
II foreign opinion really Is the opinion
of poste-ity. George Moore Ike his
brother Celt, Bernard Shaw, ought 10 be
happy. Mosre's Evelyn Innes- and
Sister Theresa have just been published
IN Germany In two volumes. under the
common title Earthly and Heavenly
Lovs.'' and Teutouic critics consider the
heroine and Owen Asher the most artls-
tic types Of psychological character draw
ing since Fiaubert- They say that in
them Moore has attained the zenith Of
soul analysis-
GRAVE OF POET KEATS. !.
American visitors TO Rome will be
pleased TO learn that the high wall
which has been busit around the old
Protestant Cemetery viii not much
longer be allowed TO obscure the view
OF Meats grave TIE pE1EC1p6l OBJECT OF
interest which II contains An opening
IS TO be made in the wall. through
which the monument may be seen and
in fact a better view Of il obtained
than can be had from the cemetery it,
self The advertisements of an Amer
lean line Of steamships at present dis
figure the house where Keats died by
the Trinita del Monte steps, but they
viii be got rid OF IL the present project
for the purchase OF the house is carried
out
The memories Of philosophers can
never make that appeal TO popular in
terest which is aroused by associations
lined with the great poets II hardly
occasions surprise. therefore. that 40
suggestion has been made thar The
house ar Avignon. where John stuart
Mil spent the last years Of his life in
tranquil retirement. should be bought
and preserved as a memorial OF the
great logician- Since his death ii has
been the property OF his stepdaughter.
Miss Helen Taylor. and is soon 10 be
sold at auction It was there he with
drew after his constituency had de-
clined 10 return him 10 Parliament s.t
the general election in 1858 He haa
many OF the instincts OF the reclr1se and