The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-23

written with the freedom Of master and the reserve
OF o gentleman. ] congratulate you with all my
heart and thank you over and over for o great
pleasure. Yours faithfully. JOHN HAY.
DIR. Andrew Macphail. the author Of SIS
says In P~uritanism,' has created q novel
out Of the life he knows so weu-that OF
the Puritans of Old and New England,
which will be published under the title of
'The Vine OF Sibmah.' The characters in
yolved are Puritan theologians, Jesuits,
Quakers, soldiers and savages-the theme
employed 10 the old one, the love Of o
brave man for q winsome woman, and the
period chosen Is the middle Of the seven .
teenth century.
A second edition Of Ben Pepper tenth
volume Of the Pepper Books,' has been
demanded In spite OF the fact that the first
editionj brought out in the autumn, was
severaltimes the size usually considered safe
to risk on juveniles.
The literary result Of Mrs. Harriet NJ.
Lothrop's Margaret Sidney stay OF nearly
q year in the British Isles and northern
Europe has been placed in tho hands Of
her publishers In the form Of the first vol
ume Of a set of books for children to be en-
titled two Little Friends Series The
first volume is entitled "Two Little Friends
in Norway" and in succeeding volumes the
1.-TWO Little Friends a bright American
girl and her Norwegian playmate, will visit
ether interesting countries.
Will n. Harden; tho novelist; will spend
June and July in the north Georgia country,
which has been the scene Of many Of his
stories. The north Georgia people are diff
ferent from the rest OF the Georgians, Mr..
Harden said recently. They are mostly
mountaineers-a queer people, whose origin
is somewhat OF a mystery, who have kept
exclusively to themselves and to-day are
scarcely changed from W hat they were a
hundred years ago. Not having been sub
mitted to the dwelling processes of educa-
ton, which they refuse to receive, although
there are schools, these descendants Of the
adventurous Virginia oolonists who pushed
their way across the frontier in the old days
furnish excellent material for the fiction
writer.
A series OF line drawings by Lester Ralph
will be used to illustrate Mark Twain's
Ewes Diary which comes out In book
~ hOAS ia - UNIV my
full page pictures, each depicting some one
OF Ewes humorous experiences in the
Garden Of Eden as translated by the genial
humorist and author of Adams Diary
Thomas Hardy 4Tess OF the D'Urberviles"
has been made into an Italian opera and
was first produced at Naples on the same
night that Vesuvius became violent. Con-
sidering the tempestuous career OF Tess
the coincidence Is interesting.
The French Government has honored the
author of "The Martyrdom Of an Empress"
"The Trident and the Net DO, with the
gold palm leaves of the Ordre de lInstruo-
ton Publique, which Is the grade imme-
diately superior TO that Of Oflcer OF the
Academy. This distinction, seldom granted
to women, is conferred In recognition Of
literary merit and in this instance is an evil
dence of the appreciation by the French
Government Of the work Of q native Of
Brittany living In America.
aThe American Hero Of Kimberley who
Is the subject Of q sketch in the Tune Century,
was George F. Labram, a citizen Of Detroit
and a nonoombatant. His services during
the siege of Kimberley received the thanks
Of the British Government and were pub
licly referred to by Lord Roberts as not only
among the most momentous in the South
African campaign but In their way I'M