The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-07
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Ellen Glasgow, the author OF Inc Wheei
OF Life writes her books In what may
be called three processes. The first Is
the rough draft, written rapidly, which Is
sometimes finished In six months. Tit
second draft occupies a much longer time,
for in this the story begins to develop
The third draft is q careful elaboration
Of the second. Miss Glasgow writes best
when she has. locked herself into her study,
and she usually devotes two years TO each
book, working In the mornings n devot-
ing the afternoons to recreation. She
wrote the opening chapter Of 4The Rattle
ground" fourteen times; the first chapter
Of "The Voice OF the People" twelve times,
and the introduction to "The Deliverance"
four times. Many Of her characters are
pictures from real life-lke Roger Adams
the hero OF her new book.
Anne Warner French has just returned
TO this country from an 'extended journey
abroad. She has q now Susan Clegg book,
ready for spring publication, which will
include ~The Wolf at Susan's Door
aThe Ghosts Of their Ancestors a story
OF old New York by Weyrner Jay Mills, will
be published at the end OF the month. Mr..
Mills Is q young writer whose first book,
Caroline OF Courtlandt Street, proved him
thoroughly oonversant with the Knicker-
booker metropolis. The new book Is a
humorous satire on ancestor worship In
America.
Frederic Remington purposes to devote
more of his time to sculpture in the future
than he has been able to do in the past
owing to the demands for his pictures OF
| =. No :. l. H. xtn> hta aftthiA in
New Rochelle altered to make it more
suitable as a sculptor's work room. One
of the alte rations is the laying OF a cement
floor to enable him to bring horses into the
studio rs models.
This Ia a day Of revealing literary secrets
and Of identifying anonymous authors'
"Sturmsee" and "Calmire,' those much
praised and condemned novels, will re-
appear March II with the name OF Henry
Holt as the author. Dogmatio religious
papers found no terms too strong to ex-
press their disapproval Of "Calmire, and
socialistic critics were equally severe In
their treatment of -Sturmsee,' but other
authorities commended both books with
eulal enthusiasm. The Boston Public
Library is so far the only one in the country
reporting "Sturmsee" among the books
most in demand, and 1Calmire's"~ concealed
authorship led to the printing of much
correspondence and speculation in the
Bost on papers, where both Mr.. Holt g books
were specially praised. The two novels
are entirely distinct, but a later generation
of he characters of the first book are intro
duced in "Sturmsee, :" the plot of which Is
woven around a young doctor and a German
princess.
M. Emile Boutmy, whose death is an
nounced, was the author Of The English
People," published recently in translation
in this country. He was the pupil and
close friend of Tame, and his philosophical
attitude reveals the influence of the master,
NJ. Boutmy was almost blind. He could
discover the verdure of the trees and fairly
distinguish the features of a person talking
to him, but reading and writing were both
beyond his powers. He was the founder
of the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politique,
a training college Independent of state
support or control, which has become the
recognized preparatory school for the diplo-
matte service and the higher branches Of
civil administration
The Henry James cult has received a
tremendous impetus through the authors
recent visit to his native land. Its followers
will rejoice in the announcement OF a
limited edition" OF the first complete
photography of the Writings OF Henry
James, " from his earliest published story
in 1886 to the present time. The compiler,
lie Roy Phillips. has prepared copious notes
throughout the volume, which includes all
first and subsequent editions, all unoollected
and anonymous writings, with a complete
index which will be of service to librarians,
collectors and readers. The work, it goes
without saying, is a edition de luxe, limited
to $50 copies.
Some one has been writing to the author
of Back Home" as Mr.. Eugene Woods
to the writer's great delight. Il do love
to nave people call me Woods" says Mr..
White. "The butchers boy, the laundry
collector, the milkman and all others OF
their station in life won't call me any
thing else. The opticians clerk, taking
down my address, wrote Mr.. L. Woods.
'Hey' | said, what is that U for?' For
Eugene, OF course he said. | told him
it began with an Z. He went back to the
end OF the store and looked it up before
he would believe that | was correct in my
guess as to how to spell my W name"
"The Evasion" is a new novel by Eugenia
Brooks rockingham, whose earlier book,
SThe Turn of the Road" has gone through
fifteen printings. The scene Is laid in and
about Boston, the authors home, and it
| deals with the drama of the idle rich, for
whom bridge, motoring and weekend
house parties are the chief end Of life.
The story also introduces some Of the bitter
problems Of socialism.
Margaret Potter has been at work for
nearly ten years upon her novel, THE
Genius" The outline OF the story and
the theme upon which it is based have
been maturing In her mind since she was
a schoolgirl. While the scene ia laid in