New-York tribune., 1906-08-27
LITERARY NOTES.

With a curious perversity Of ignorance. or
perhaps, merely lack Of attention the writ
srs Of book reviews in many Of the newspapers
II the country appear to take for granted that
the Old Chester where Mrs. Deland locates the
scenes Of most Of her stories is New England
village As a matter Of fact the town is clearly
located IN Western Pennsylvania. and the
neighboring city Mercer" referred to in ''The
Awakening Of Helena Richie is intended for
Pittsburg-
IN a letter 20 The London Tribune Mrs. c.
" Williamson tells something OF the way in
which she and her husband have been combining
work and travel during the last year. with
hint Of their plans for the immediate future.
Mrs Williamson writes:
a year ago this summer we spent in Holland in
8 motor boat going about among the waterways.
sometimes sleeping and eating on board. sometimes
eng 70 hotels and al%sys taEing gqantl6iss Of
Baden Baden. wrote TIE book almost entirely:
also i -s Just going 20 begin in Engan9 s IN the the
Grand Magazine @ Eut We soopped OeIoEs sJ Ine
We we're there for four months and wrote Span
called The Car Of Destiny; and It's Errand IN
tennber and the McClures in America little later
i rather OF the exciting and dramatic order
backcround for dramatic stories Now that book is
finished and We have had little rest, we shall
ing as the slang phrase isDin Holland but it viii
serial both in England and America, about year
from now.
In the next edition OF Arthur Christopher Ben
sons Prom a College window" which the
Putnarns are preparing to issue. the author has
written a preface which is reported TO be both
"an apologize for his point OF view and viva
cious thrust at his critics"
Charles a. Sherring NJ. A. F P G. s, Of the
Indian Civil Service. who was sent last year on
a special mission to Tibet, has since his return
written a volume descriptive OF the country
and his experiences in it. with the title West
e-n Tibet and the British Borderland, the Sacred
Country Of Hindoos and Buddhists. with an Ac-
count Of the Government, Religion and Customs
of It's Peoples" The volume includes chapter
descriptive OF an attempt TO climb Gurla Mand-
hasa the highest mountain in Western Tibet
BY E. G. L.ongstaf1, n. A. NJ. B.. F. R. G. s.
Of the Alpine Club. The volume is dedicated to
Lord Kurzon Of Kedleston. and is published
by Edward Arnold Of London. The volume con-
tains ls6 Illustrations from photographs thirty
Of them being large. panoramic views.
Laura E Richards. the author OF Captain
January" and The Golden Windows" has COM
pleted a second book of fables for old and young.
which viii be published this fall by Little
Brown & Co II VIII be called THE Silver
Crown" and VIII be a companion volume to
The Golden windows"
John " Munson who Joined Mosbys Partisan
Rangers early IN the civil War, and fought In
that command until the end OF the conflict, has
tUst completed the writing OF his "Reminis-
oences Of a Mosby Guerrilla" which is to be
published soon by Mo1at. Yard Co The
author has had the cooperation Of General
Mosby and that Of many other surviving mem
bers of the Rangers IN the preparation Of his
work. and has endeavored TO verify his state
nents in every important particular by reference
70 Federal and Confederate records
Following the example Of Paul Elder & Co.
Morgan Shepard. another San Francisco pub
Usher has transferred his business 20 New
York This change Of location is stated TO be
Que 70 no lack Of loyalty 20 an afflicted city
Or want Of confidence IN the certain and splen-
did future Of San Francisco. but rather TO the
iac' that facility for the production Of work
along exacrinR lines will be for some time I'm
possible 10 secure in that city" Mr. Shepard
announces the following publications for early
appearance The Diary Of a 49er" edited by
{ L canheld: Haldane MacfalPs Henrik Ib-
sen q humorous brochure by Margaret Col
Aer Graham On the Giving Of Gifts" and
Lions by James Simpson. q collection Of
e~eiVe csrcatures Of Theodore Roosevelt, James
AeAeill Whistler, Rudyard Kipng. Hall caine.
AaHim Gorky and seven others
Ine third volume oS THE Plays Of Oscar
Wide, containing "Salome" The Duchess of
Faoua" ana Vera" VIII soon be issued by John
" Luce & Co. Boston
= Fhackeray club s 70 be started in London
ire outcome of the lively expression OF a
-@'lcon magazine that such a club should be
Tsanized- The formation Of the association.
mich II is proposed 10 call The Titmarsh
'n9' Is IN the hands of a small committee os
.f@fy 1;agl THO suggestion has been made
"f4i. sae Eaenaa aeT5aip es the club 70 lLty-two.