The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-26

withdraw entirely and Il Offering the BOOK
on hsr own responsibility. althoosh' az
sue writes MFt. AtheFtou. 1t seems am
almost certain 70 Rbt not lees than eight
month"; Arrest IA case remain IN Germany
rely CONS New York paper wsuid pay
me enough 10 buy a house with Tor my
account Of my life IN prison !
cont know whether can AJAX you 70 eonie
and see me In my lonely cell, You might
az the book IL yo,Ts and not mine (Whioh
the Germans don't bother about II seems)'
also be requested to share my captivity
Andrew Canefie's new book, The Life
OF JAmeb Watt" which Il TO be published
next week, ls really the story Of the romanoe
Ct businest a. tls great lronmAstsr sees II
and Ia nlled with business, with wit and
with hnmor. The book 10 70 b published
In Eakland in the Great Scots series
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Thomas Dixon, Jr, has finished reading
the proofs OF his forthcoming book, The
Life Worth Living" which IL 70 be pub
llshsd May 20. Some one asked Mr.. Dixon
what kind OF a book II was, and he said;
"An antldote for both the simple ard the
strenuous life
Mrs. Humphry ward is taking few
weeks Bsst from her literary work She
Il In Florence, whore the Easter celebration,
while less elaborate than In Rome, Is most
unique and medieval In character and
peculiar 10 this city alone. Recent authon-
taHve ilsts dive 'The Marriage Of William
Ashe' a. the best selling book in London
New York, Boston, Washington and many
"a ~. ora
a. 10 the merits and dement's Of the story
which 10 the focus Of literary discussion,
and II IL an interesting fact that, while
women whose literary judgment is OF the
best invariably approve the boof, fts faults
and weaknesses are pointed out BY men
critics srd reviewer.
. The author Of The Yellow War" forestalls
any criticism to the effect that bis narrative
may be the work Of an imaginative writer
and not Of a correspondent on the spot by
a brief ioreword, In which he says;
ire following sketches have been published
With the object Of giving the lAymAn some glimpse
OF the TIVE aKniheanoe OF war when two nrtt class
RoVen cofns together on stI and land In elAsh Of
battle OF many Of the incidents related ! have
been An exc witness For the rest ] have dealt
at Art hand with the setou Themselves, although
for the pufpose Of oonceA1nG loenNty me hOmeh-
oiAturs d hetitous yet every character 10 the book
repfessn,s tome living ACTOR In the teTrine drama
With which have been Intimate during the past
year.
Recent experiments in France made In
connection with the newly discovered IN
rays which are found 70 emAnate from the
various nerve centers Of man make Vincent
Harpers daring novel, The MortGA on
tho Brain. seem not 40 auda cious a fight
into mere fancy. II has been asserted that
by treating the center known az -Broca's,
which controls the mental images Of words
Ia pees Of memory can be recovered and that
the PATIENTS knowledge Of q subject can
be practically oblherated temporarily by,
a. Il were. erasing the record Of all the
words connected with It, With such a
foundation Of demonstrable fact the rpecu'
lstive theory Of Mr. HATperb novel, that It
may be possible TO evict an undesirable
brain tenant and to introduce a personalit y
manufactured 10 order on any approved
model, does not seem 40 preposteTous and
absurd,
Another novel desling with psychology
cal phenomena. Tommy Cartaret,T hrs
been pronounced impossible scientifically.
But Mr.. Justus Miles Forman, the author,