The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

theatrical criticism written entirely by
nerser Both of these famous women
are contributors to the first issue OF
Tales. which viii soon be published
Among the other authors whose stories
VIII appear in this issue are also the two
leaolng women writers of France and
Germany-"Gyp" (Comtesse de AIarteD
and Baroness Won Heyking-
In the Architectural Record Magazine
for May j. Robie Kennedy writes of the
houses of the Greek revival at Tusca-
loosa, giving examples of old colonnaded
houses Some of the very best that have
been put up in the South are here in this
little place The article that many will
think of most importance is entitled New
Dreams for Cities, written by Charles
Mulford Robinson, and has 10 do with the
movement that has become very general
for large cities toward repIanning and
embellishing their 'civic oenters.~ The
article sums up everything that has been
done and gives the status of different
plans and schemes.
Mary Inlay Taylor the author of my
Lady Clancarty" and other romances.
should write plays. according to Mrs.
Leslie Carter Having read My Lady
Clancarty." this well-known actress wrote
the publishers, Little. Brown & Co, as
Follows: II have received the book. My
Lady Clancarty.' which you were good
enough TO send me, and l have read it
with a great deal of interest 1t is beau
tifuily written and the story is most fas-
Gina ting. Why does not the authoress try
her hand at a play? She would seem TO
have the ability for that form OF writ
ing.
The recent death of Miss Sarah
IN.
Susan Coolidge, at Newport, r. L., at
the age of 20, removes another favorite
author of stories for young people.
whose books. like those of Louisa NJ
Alcott, will be read by boys and girls
of the second and third generation
The Katy-Did7 books, the first OF
which was published in 1872, have en-
joyed widespread popularity, a new
edition being printed annually to sup
ply the demand. Her publishers. Little,
Brown & Co. were anticipating a new
book from her. the first for many
years. when the news of her sudden
death was received.
A new book of verses by Lloyd Miffiir.
called THE Fleeing Nymph and Other
Verses" contains a short poem with the
title '1seult." of which the following lines
are part:
When in the dell OF darksome leaves
] the spell the spider weaves
Besprent with drops of crimson dew
Her fate. or mine, at once I knew
Beneath the noat. within the Wild.
They found her-placid as child;
Death could not. at his worst, erase
The marble beauty OF her face
When by the tarn. distraught with love.
/ the wheel the spider wove.
prayed that / might lie beside
That saintliness that was my BRIDE
Small. Maynard 4 Co.. Boston SD
The London Bookman strikes a new
note in the clamOr Of discussion now
raging about the reconstructed
ghosts who are said to figure in Mrs.
Wards latest novel, The Marriage OF
William Ashe." Lady Kitty. according
to the Bookman, is Mrs. HumDhry
knows anything of French Dlays."
says this critic. has seen or heard
about the touching story called 'Frcu-
frou.' We begin with an intention
tragic. We begin with an intention
of severity. which cannot be deemed
excessive; we end by fOrgiving the
light-minded. Iight-headed creature
who dies in grief. simply overcome by
those terrible forces. that she never
understood, of life and passion A rose
broken from it's stem, and it's leaves
scattered TO the winds; such is 'Frou-
frou' Here is the same tale, partly
Anglicized, washed over in political
water-colors, transplanted TO London
and Venice. That il was borrowed di-
rect, we do not say. Why should we2
Situations in romance are common
property, to be seized on by the
strongest. Poor Kitty is emo
ton, blown hither and thither. ike mist
on a March morning But Froufrou'
has always drawn tears, and those who
delight in shedding them viii read her
tragic tale once more"