Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-10-02

Samuel Hopkins Adams and Stew
art Edward White are collaborating in
the writing of THE Mystery" sea
novel founded upon actual incidents Of
nautical history.
A rather curious coincidence occurs
in Burton Stevenson's THE Marathon
Mystery" and May Sinclair's "The Di-
vine Fire" Both books have charac-
ter of the same name, Rankin, Of The
Peauet.'" The similarity Is only in
name, but seems none the less sad.
And both books We're published by the
same house.
According to Mrs. Stevenson, 1t was
Robert Alan Stevenson, an cratic ge-
MUS and q cousin Of Robert Louis Ste
venson, who inspired many Of the lat
ter's most fantastic stories. 1t was he
who suggested the idea of ''The Sui
eide Club" and furnished the model for
the young man with the cream tarts,
for Paul Somerset in 1.-THE Dynamiter,"
and for Prince Otto.
DR.. c. w. Saleeby, author Of THE
Cycle Of Life" a book dealing with
scientific questions of vital import, has
always lived In England. His wife is
the eldest daughter Of Alice Meynell,
the poet. He took his degree Of Nj. d.
in Edinburgh University, and won the
prize given to the most distinguished
graduate Of the year in medicine
the result Of FIVE years. continuous la
bor
Francis L. Wellman, author Of 1.-THE
Art Of Cross determination" which has
passed through several impressions in
two years, was born in Brookline,
Mass, in 1854, and is a graduate of
Harvard and of Harvard Law School.
He has held several important posi-
tons In New York City, and Is we'll
known corpora ton lawyer. His wife
is Emma Juch, the wellknown opera
singer.
The Bookman pokes irreverent fun
at the "Chats with Authors" which
appear as features Of certain news
papers, and which includes pictures of
his library table, his front door, his
legs and his library table, ETC., declar-
ing that mot a tumultuous or self
willed person at any time, the Ameri-
can author fades completely away in
these interviews, becoming Jelly fish
floating in the current Of universal as
sent"
Most readers Of 1.-THE Golden Flood"
the remarkable story by Edwin Lee
Fevre recently published in McClure's,
supposed him to be a new writer. On
the contrary, he had some verse and
rather larger proportion Of fiction
to his credit before 1900. when he be-
gan writing "Wall Street Stories" Mr.
lie Fevre was born at Colon, Panama,
in 1871 of old Huguenot stock, and was
educated chiefly in San Francisco. He
Is at present connected with the New
York Commercial Advertiser.
| Mrs. Reginald de Koven Is not con-
| tent with the celebrity that arises
from fortunate birth, marriage with q
successful man and social prominence
but aspires to literary honors. She
has done excellent magazine work. and
is the author Of two novels, "A Saw.
dust Doll'' and by the Waters OF
Babylon" and has translated Pierre
Lofts IAN Iceland Fisherwoman.'
Mrs. De Koven's homo 10 in Washing
ton, where her husband has an elegant
residence.
| When Rose Hartwick Thorpe wrote
her famous verses entitled "Curfew
Must Not Ring Tonight" she had IN
mind the historic bells Of Chertsey
Parish Church. An English newspa.
per informs us that these bells have
lately stopped ringing, as the frame
Of the belfry has been pronounced un-
safe and must be rebuilt. There are
eight bells, Of which two are at least
GOO years old. One of these, called the
Abbey bell, sounded the surfew in the
old days when the sound Of the cur.
few meant something