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bunkport, Me-, for the summer.
Tho Rev. William Elliot Grifis, III. D.,
L. II. D., has a timely article In the July
North American Reuieb, entitled 'Kem-
brandt: Interpreter Of the Twentieth Cen-
fury, which Is, of special interest In view
OF the approlching tricentenary celebration
o. the artists birth. DR.. Grifis has al
ways been a student OF Dutch history.
He has written several books on the subject,
including "The American In Holland,
1.-THE Students Motley" &C., although
he is probably best known as the author
of his work on Japan, The Mikado's En-
pire." He has gone to HOLLAND to take
part in the celebration.
John Spencer Bassett, author OF q mum
Der OF historical works, has been called from
Trinity College, North Carolina, to the
history department OF Smith College, IN
Ma ASA husetts. Prof, Bassett's latest pub
lished volume was "The Federal list System"
his contribution to the American nation
series appearing under the edstorship Of
Prof. A. B. Hart Of Harvard.
Mr.. Thomas F. Willard, author Of 'The
New Far last" has gone back to China
for another long journey.
The true hero OF "The Bar Sinister" by
Richard Harding Davis, died recently in
the person Of Edward Cold Steel, Mr.. Davis's
well known bull terrier. The story was
really the history Of the promotion Of the
authors terrier from obscurity to place
among the prize winners. The dog JUS
tiled his SUCCESS in the story by winning
some forty prizes at leading bench shows,
until he was "a we'll Known to- lovers OF
fine dogs az to admirers Of good stories.
John Bigelow's Mystery of Sleep has
been brought out recently in French under
the title "Le Mystare du Sommeil."
Kate Douglas Virgins books have been
translated into many languages and have
made their way into the most out OF the
way corners of the world. A missionary
| school for girls in Hadjin, Turkey, recently
presented "The Ruggles Family, translated
into Turkish, as part Of a recent entertain
ment given by the school, and it proved to
be the hit of the evening. Mrs Wggin
Riggs has recently returned from Europe
to her summer home at Hollis, Me.
Houghton. Mif4in and Co. announce for
publication on June 81 popular editions
Of Mary Johnston's ITO Have and To Hold
and F. Hopkinson Smiths Caleb West"
Miss Johnston's book has already had a
sale of over 300 900 copies, and Caleb West
has passed its Tooth thousand.
Miriam Michalson's forthcoming novel,
Anthony Overman," which will be pub
lished August 1, will have a peculiar interest
in the fact that it is a novel of the old San
Francisco-the city that has passed away.
1t is in an entirely different field from Miss
Michalson's an the Bishops Carriage and
deals with the love of u dreamer for m
who is his complete antithesls.
A new novel by Mary Dillon, entitled
"The Leader" is announced for the early
autumn. In this book Mrs. Dillon leaves
the Acld of historical romance for the drama
Of political life in our own times. The
subtitle of the book is The Political Idol"
and the hero leading his party in the ace
Of overwhelming odds meets political de-
feat, but wins a bride. One of the chapters
OF the book deals with the latest natl onal
Democratic convention at st. Louis.
woman and the Motor Car is a fresh
contribution to motor car literature written
by Mrs. Aria, who is a sister OF Frank
DANNY" the novelist. Woman ia, of course,
affected by the motor ma variety Of ways,
for it has 70 volutioni2ed many things femi-
nine-love, friendship, social affairs, dress,
tho toilet, the complexion-and there will,
no doubt, be plenty of readers for q book
which treats of all this philosorhically
and with a touch of technical knowledge
which makes it useful as well as amusing.
A new novel by Herman Sudermann, en-
titled The Undying Past, will be published
on Thursday. 1t is n character study and
has been pronounced one Of Sudermann's
best works.
An English publisher has orce more cor
roborated Lord Melbourne's cynical COM
ment so often repeated and supposed to
nave been said at the death Of Crabbe or
some man of letters: Il am always glad
when one Of these fellows dies, because
then ore has his works in a row on a shelf
and there's an end of him" A set Of the
complete works of Ibsen is promised in
eleven monthly volumes with introductions
by Mr.. William Archer. Speaking Of Ibsen
it is interesting TO hear that King Edward
was represented at the funeral of the author.
The query naturally arises as to whether
any other English sovereign has ever been
represented at a purely literary funeral
outside the British dominion.
According to the current Bookman Mr..
Kipling has always put aside for his own
children the royalties derived from his
ohildren's stories. There has been an ex-
ception to the rule. An American boy, the
son Of one of Kipling' IS most intimate friends,
gave the author the idea for one Of the
jungle tales. Mr.. Kipling insisted on treat
ing the boy as a collaboration and gave him
q good share of the profits Of the story.
The July number of the Critic is an
Ibsen number and contains among other
articles con corning his life and work an
account Of Ibsen's life as a drug clerk
written by C. l.. Due, who is aid to be the
only man living who was intimate with
the great dramatist in his early youth in
| Grimstad. In a narrow street int The poorest
part of the town a small frame house was
occupied as the drug store where Henrik
Ibsen served behind the prescrip ton
counter. Later the store was moved O a
more attractive art of the town and he