The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-14

The book is brought out in a most at-
 tractive form, being a credit to the publishers as well as thS author It is bound in cloth, three hundred and twenty pages, and cleverly illustrated, Price one dollar. For sale at all book stores.
 The new Susan Clegg book by Anne Warner will bear the title Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs" The book will contain the following stories: Mrs. Lathrop's Love Affair" in two parts; "Old Man Ely's Proposal" The Wolf at Susans Door" in four parts; and "A Very Superior Man." There will be a frontispiece. Little, Brown and Company will publish Anne War ner's new book in June.
 Readers who admire Arthur William Browns clever illustrations of Arthur Stringer's new novel, "The Wire Tap pers," will be interested to know that it was Miss Maude Fealy, recently leading lady with the late Sir Henry Irving, who posed for the pictures of MT. Stringer's erring but beautiful her. oine. The artist had looked in vain through the list of New York profess sional models for just the right face and girlish figure, Then he went to the author of the novel in question, and the result was that Miss Fealy at last consented to forego her busy so- ciaI and professional life long enough to allow the artist to get just the right impression down in black and white.
 Lillian Whiting has left her Boston home for an extended visit to Colorado and Arizona in the preparation of her new book, "The Enchanted Mesas,' in which she aims to interpret the won derful progress and the splendors of scenic grandeur in those regions.
 William Sage, the author of "The District Attorney" a timely novel of political and financial life, published by Little, Brown and Company on May 26, says he is a New Englander and is glad of it, as New Englanders should be. Although he now resides in New York city,he spends his summers up among the Presidential range of moun- tains in New Hampshire, his native state, seeking relaxation and inspiration while living the simple life. MT. Sage spent eight years in Wall street, in the office of one of the largest banking firms, and his pen picture of Samuel ,Haverland, the father of the hero of "The District Attorney" may be said to partake of the characteristics of a famous New York banker, MT. Sages first novel, Robert Tournay," a story of the French Revolution, was pub lished in 1900. This was followed by ''The Ciaybornes," one of the best of the civil war stories; and "Frenchy, the Story of a Gentleman"
 Pailleron's "LEtincelle," long famil- far to theatre goers in France, has re- gently been edited for American read CTS by Professor Guerlac of Cornell The spark which trans forms everything is not in this case the spark of electricity, but that of awak- ening love. The charm of the dialogue and the purity of the French should make the little comedy favorite here as it has always been in Europe. "so- ciety," an adaptation of the authors 'le Monde ou Ton s'Ennui," had quite run in New York some years ago at the Madison Square Theatre.
 Karl Edwin Hartman, whose clever bit of fiction '"rhe Girl and the Deal" proved so popular last year, has just brought out another love story entitled "The Girl Out There" This is said to be tale of country life, breathing the freedom and freshness of the open, and bringing in some of the best known types of rural characters, such as the country store-keeper, the village doc- tor, the willy old miser, the bluff but farmer, the village post master etc. The book is said to be spicy reading, interspersed as it is with the shrewd observations and witty re- marks of these children of the soil. The following is delightful example: If was on desert island without no calendar nor anythin' I'd know when come cause I'd be sleepy af- ter dinner"
 Charles Klein's successful play, '4The Llon and the Mouse" has been novel, ized" by Arthur Hornblow, and will be published as book by the C. w. Dil- Go.
 Reginald Wright Kaufman has taken a woman sleuth, right out of real life," as the heroine of his forthcoming mys- tery novel, "Frances Baird, Detective" N. c, Page and Company The story will appear in week or two.
 Mrs. Harriet M. Lothrop C'Margaret Sidney') has just returned from stay of nearly a year in the British Isles and northern Europe. She has placed with her publishers, Lothrop, Lee and Shep- ard Co.,, Boston, the literary result of her trip, in the form of the first volume of set of books for children to be en- titled 1.-Two Little Friends in Norway" with illustrations by Hermann Heyer, will be published Sept. 1.
 Mark Twain's "Eve's Diary" with il- lustrations by Lester Ralph, will be published by the Hampers in compan- ion volume to Adams Diary" Iik its predecessor this bit of whimsical sa- tire is said to be Translated from the Perhaps the most amusing feature of the record is EEes pursuit of Adam and the strategy employed by her to make friends with her compan- ioE.
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