The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-06
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Gertrude Anterior Ia going to England
for a time liz order to get what she calls
literary perspective on a new book she Is
writing, the scenes Of which are laid in
England and in California. The earlier
chapters Of English lie we're completed in
California a short time ago, and now the
author is going to London to write about
the West. Il find my sense Of proportion
Is better" she explains, when / am at
some distance from the scenes about which
| am writing"
Phillip verrill Mighels says that his liter
airy career really dates from an attack Of
typhoid contracted at the age of o. 1t was
during his convalescence that he first broke
out into poetry, composing some verses
which he sang at the top OF his voice His
mother heard them, jotted them down
and sent them to be printed In the morning
paper. The authors ambition at the time
was to be a candy man. Later he deter
mined to be a machinist, but finally decided
for the law and was admitted to the bar.
He left his State as an illustrator for a San
Francisco paper, coming later to New
York to study art, In the meantime writing
stories which gained him distinction as q
delineator Of Western types.
John Burroughs breaks a long silence to
tell the story Of the daily life and achieve
ments OF two pairs of bluebirds that loved
and fought in the grounds Of Mr.. Bur-
roughs's home. 1t il a faithfully kept
record and ends in q double duel. The
account of il will be published In the May
Country Life.
Lady Henry Somerset, the author OF
"Under the Arch, is the daughter Of Earl
Somerset, for thirty years a member OF
the House Of Lords. He cared little for
society and was devoted to travel and
scientific research. Among his close
friends were Ruskin, Mazzini and Carl
baldi. His wife he fell in love with through
a portrait of her by Waits and sought out
and welded the original. Lady Somer.
sets husband was the son Of the Duke Of
Beaufort,
sWhere Speech Ends" by Robert a.
Sohaufler, which will be printed In April.
should nave a strong Princeton flavor.
The author is a Princeton graduate of '02;
the prelude is written by DR.. Henry Van
Dyke, a Princeton graduate and professor,
and the publishers, Moffet q Yard, are
both Princeton men. The scene OF the
story Is partly laid in Princeton.
Bran Stokes's life of "Sir Henry Irving
which will be printed early in the autumn,
will contain many Of Irving's lie tters and
will be illustrated with portraits, stage
photographs, DC. Mr.. Stokes was for
twenty-five years one of Irving's closest
personal friends and accompanied him on
all his tours in the capacity Of manager.
Mr.. Henry w. Nevinson's book, "A Mod
ern Slavery" which will be published in
the late spring, is founded upon facts veri-
fed by the author during a years investiga-
ton in Africa, tramping through the jungles
: and visiting slave markets, plantations and
slave ships. Mr.. Nevinson has been for
many years a special correspondent OF the
London Daily Chronicle and was sent out
by Harpers to investigate the present shock
ing conditions Of the slave trade, which,,
contrary to general ideas, Is now 1ourishing
In a more insidious form than ever before.
The expedition was a secret one and the
author travelled strictly inoognito. He
writes relentlessly Of the bondage in which
the negro is still held under European super
vision, despite the Berlin treaty OF e5, to
which the United States Is a party. Many
of the slave boys Mr.. Nevinson met were
not over IA and had been stolen from
their parents by the traders. Women,
some Of them with babies strapped to their
backs, were driven along with whips by
the brutal overseers, to be sold at low rates
in the slave marts to the plantation owners
in the islands OF San Thome and Principe
and condemned to hard work and inhuman
treatment, which few fortunately survived
for very long. The English ~Anti-Slavery
Society has taken the matter up.
Eugene Wood, author of Back Home
finds that there are certain disadvantages in
writing reminiscent sketches Of ones youth
full days In the old town. At the close OF a
letter to his publishers ordering a number
of copies Of his boob he remarks: 1T seems
that all the people who knew me when
have not been supplied yet, and they do 30
hate to spend the money"
Miss Grace Alexander, the author OF
judith, has always lived in indianapolis.
and for ten years she served on the staff of
the indianapolis Neus in various offices.
The story Of Judith grew out OF vacation
times spent in Corydon, the first capital of
Indiana. However. the Camden" of the
story is not quite Corydon, for Camden is
directly on the Ohio River, while Corydon
ia a dozen miles away. The events of the
story have nothing to do with the town
historically but it is simply a love story
of a picturesque period-a period of formal
elegance and quaint charm in dress and
customs.
There is a new edition Of The Long Day
to which are added several pages OF esti-
mates of the book from such readers as
Miss Agnes Repplier, Jack London, DR..
Washington GLADDEN., DC. The author OF
the book spoke Monday evening before the
League for Political Education on "The