Alaska sentinel., 1905-02-16
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Florence Scoyel Shinn and Elizabeth Finley have made the illustrations for "Dandelion Cottage" new story for girls by Carroll Watson Rankin.
 The Russo Japanese Conflict; It's Causes and Issues," by K. Asakawa, fh. D., an authoritative account by one of the most eminent of Japanese scholars. now a member of the faculty of Dartmouth College.
 When Little Boys Sing" quaint juvenile, has been published by A. G. McClurg X Co.,, Chicago Twelve songs, composed by John Alden Car penter, with colored pictures by Mrs. Carpenter, and original verses, which are the joint work of both.
 Half a hundred new volumes of verse-largely volumes of new verse, no doubt-are part of the output for this year of Richard G. Badger, Bos- ton. Marian I.ongfelow. niece of Henry W. and Hildegarde Hawthorne daughter of Julian and granddaughter of Nathaniel. are among the poets.
 It Is a queer coincidence that on the same day, without any knowledge of each others purpose, Harper & Brothers, New York, announced for publication some months hence a new novel by Sir Gilbert Parker entitled ''The Overlord,' and William Ritchie another New York publisher, actually published a novel with that title by Allen McIvor, whose Ride of Glen dearg" was popular last season.
 Katharine Holland Brown. author of Diane" recently published by Dou- bleday, Page X O., lives in Quincy, H., where her father Is a successful bridge engineer. Although Diane Is her first novel, she has served an ap- stories for the magazines. Her bo 1k is founded on Cabot's attempt to es- tablish a French communistic settle ment in this country at Icaria, near Nauyoo, the old Mormon town on the Mississippi. To gather material for her book the author made several journeys to visit the few widely scat tered Icarians who are still living, and of whom she could find traces.
 Where are our American play wrights? Of course, we know where some of them are-Clyde Fitch, Au- gustus Thomas and a few others; but they cannot supply all the plays to keep all the theaters going and all the actors employed. The dearth Of writ CTS for the stage Is indicated by the announcement of the Appletons that within single month they have re- ceived applications from managers for permission to dramatize three of their recent novels-"Nancy Stair" by Eli. nor Mccartney Lane; Miss Davidges The Misfit Crown" and Thomas B. Watson's Bethany" It Is not to be supposed that American writers are not writing plays. There is probably not one of them but has from two to dozen in his desk Whence, then, the dearth? Is the fault with the would-be playwrights or with the managers?
 Emerson Hough pleads mot guilty" to the charge of animus against the negro, for which some reviewers have found fault with his new novel, The Law of the Land" He says he comes of Quaker family in Virginia, whose home was more than half suspected of being a station on the underground railroad" and all the traditions of his career have been friendly to the negro. II am a Republican," he re- gently remarked to friend, but not that sort of Republican which thinks that all the sweetness and light-all the wisdom of the country-dwell north of the Ohio River. In The Law of the Land my whole in- terest was in the solution of the race problem-the whole book was in the lawyers closing speech. I wanted to show that this thing cannot be solved by politics Legally the black rules the white, but actually he does not and cannot, and never will in our time"