The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-11

Robert Hiohens spent some months in
In the Casa del Prete, in which the hero and
the heroine OF his new book pass their honey
moon, and he is thoroughly familiar with
the scenery and life he describes. 1t seems
to be a fancy with the novelist TO reverse
the process Of the authors who go to places
for the sake Of writing books about them
and to write books about the places he has
known and loved for their own interest.
He had been In North Africa on and OF
for years before he wrote his Garden Of
Allah, and in the same way he had been to
Sicily year after year for pleasure before
he began The Call OF the Blood" He is
now spending some months in Naples, GER
tainly a fertile field for the high colored
fiction and unrestrained passions and emo
tions which he delights in studying and
reproducing in the form OF Mr..
Hichens has bought a piece Of land On the
side OF a mountain ravine in Sicily. He
intends to make o terraoed garden OF this
property and to build q pavilion facing the
Ionian Sea in which to do his writing.
The authorship Of the anonymous volume
mysteriously entitled The Gate Of Death
offers an opportunity for psychologist guess
work among readers and reviewers. The
reason for the anonymous publication is
apparent, for the book is the record Of a
personal experience which no writer would
care to publicly as his own.
Brought to the gate Of death by accident,
the author reveals his thoughts on look
ing over his past life and what modifioa-
ions were made in his views of duty, God
and immortality. The unknown writer is
said to be the author Of three books that
have been well received in the last two
years.
'Garrick and His Circle by Mrs.
Clement Parson, which will be published
early this month, is not only the story OF
the life Of the great English actor. the record
of his triumphs and a study Of his methods,
but it ia also a picture OF the theatrical.
social and literary life OF his day. 1t fol-
lows Garrick into all the circles he fire.
quented, introduces the famous people
he knew and presents an animated and
carefully verified picture Of eighteenth
century customs and
Three artists tried in vain to present in
illustration satisfactory to the author the
~personAges in Kipling's Puck Of Pook's
HILL to be published this week. The
fourth an successful competitor for the
authors approval is Arthur Rackman, who
made the quaint and original illustrations
for last years elaborate edition of Rip Van
Wrinkle. Mr.. Rackman is a young English
artist OF the Lambeth school OF art who
has made a specially OF illustrating fairy
and legendary lore-Grimm's Fairy Tales,
Gulliver's Travels, the Ingoldsby Legends,
&c. The first edition OF Puck OF Pook's
Hill" will contain 25, 900 copies.
The new book by Joseph Conrad to be
published Immediately under the title Of
The Mirrors of the Sea" is made up OF the
authors own experiences and adventures
with incidents and stories abort the men
he has encountered during his man years
as a sailor in all parts OF the world. As a
mere lad he ran away to sea and for twenty
years he followed the sea with the adven-
turous spirit Of the sailor and the romantic
sentiment Of the true lover Of the ocean.
The new book is photographed and
reveals much OF the ~ersonality Of the writer,
although il makes no attempt at telling a
connected story Of his life.
With the publication this month OF Lord
Ormont and His Aminta," The Amazing
Marriage" Short Stories" and Poems"
the new pocket edition, sixteen volumes,
is complete. Their su recess has given i'm
petus TO the Meredith revival which has
been taking place in this country during
the last year. Still another Meredith book,
brought out by the anne publishers as the
49, -
Book il made up OF extracts and quota
tons from the authors novels and prose
writings and contains an amount OF wit,
humor and wisdom hat will be a surprise
to those unfamiliar with Meredith's stories.
Mr.. Meredith is still living in England
and taking an active interest in the affairs
of the day. A recent photograph repro
duced in an English periodical was taken
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