The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-03

discussed last yuAr and deals with n
Of the most intricate Of human problems.
To announces this problem further would
DO 10 haTm The story. since the question
presented appears somewhat In the nature
OF a surprise In a situation skllfully de-
velOped toward the middle OF the book.
Mr.. Henry SedgwiOk. writing in a recent
humble al the Atlantic, says Of Mrs.
Whsrton's work: -'The House Of Mirth.'
with all itS aohievementa, is most interest
ing as a promise Of more important no vels
yet to come The mere thought Of another
novel; he continues, sets the appetite
on edge; q recalls the saGsrness with
which readers awaited the next Thaokeray
or Dickens and curiosity with difficulty
Restraints impatient expressions
Justus Miles Forman contributes to the
general discussion a. to the best methods
Of producing successful fiction. a bit Of
significant personal experience. To one
short story, he said recently, he gave more
or less Of his attention for three years. At
the end Of that time he had eliminated all OF
the s~pontaneity from it, but had convinced
himself that he had dome $mething really
good When he submitted the product
Of his careful revision to the editor Of HGr-
per's he received a going over, to which
he is unacoust omed, but for which he was,
on second thought, duly grateful. As q
result Of this incident Mr.. Forman is con-
WINGED that there is such a thing as too
great exaotitude, especially in the writing
OF short stories.
Anthony Hope has returned L the scene
of his former successes, the Prisoner OF
Zenda romance. and has written a new
and stirring story Of a little principality
in the heart OF Germany, which will be
published under the title of "Sophy Of
Kravonia."
Mrs. Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke and her
sister and fellow worker, Miss Alice Mac
GOwan, are preparing for a year in japan.
Mrs. Cooke intends to take a little house
in the hills near NikkO aud there she will
finish a new book about the same people
who have beer introduced In her recently
published story OF Their First Formal
Call"
Heroes that Every Child Should Know"
is the latest contribution to the Every Child
Library which includes fairy tales, poems,
legends, myths and songs. Nearly thirty
thousand OF these books have been sold
within the year.
Oliver Hsrford's contribution to the
books OF the month will be called "A Little
Book Of Bores." With a verse and a draw
ing Mr.. HEREFORD describes a bore for every
letter Of the alphabet-the Autograph Bore,
the Familiar Friend, the Intensely Intense
and the rest with his usual whimsical humor
and good natured satire,
Thomas Nelsol Page has rewritten and
enlarged his early love story "On New
found River" written fifteen years ago,
and it will be printed in its new version
in October with illustrations from draw
ings by JOhn Edwin jackson reproduced
in color.
All through the recent political cam
paign in which Winston Churchill was so
active and conspicuous a worker the author
was giving more or less thought to a new
book in quite a different vein from any
thing he has heretofore attempted. This
book will in some way involve the writer's
experience as a naval cadet at Annapolis.
Will Payne has just completed the most
ambitious story he has written and the
Macmillan Company will publish it some
time within a month under the title when
Love Speaks IL is a story which deals
with political corruption and reform, in
cidentaIly, Mr.. Payne's chief purpose
being to tell a good story and to present
we'll drawn characters with sufficient
political interest to render the book I'M
us al among political novels"
Three volumes OF the new edition OF the
works OF Henrik Ibsen will be published
this month. Most Of the volumes of this.
the only complete edition of Ibsen, were
translated by William Archer. whose version
was approved by the author. and all Of the
volumes have new introduction by Mr..
Archer. The first books to be brought out
will contain Brand ~The League of
Youth" The Pillars of Society The
Dolls House" and Ghosts"
Onoto Watanna's new story, a Japanese
Blossom announced for immediate publi-
cation, is a domestic comedy narrating the
fortunes OF a characterization family
which became involved in the wal between
Japan and Russia. A merry group OF
children enliven the narrative and marginal
decorations by Japanese artists and colored
illustrations by Leo Woodward Ziegler add
to the attractiveness OF the book. The
author with the picturesque pen name is
known in private life as Mrs. Winnifred
Eaton Baboock. She was born in Japan
but was educated in the public schools OF
Montreal and Toronto, with a finishing
course in English at Columbia. She lives
near New York city and is the author OF
several stories, some Of which have been
dramatized.
The frontispiece Of Myrta Lockett Avary's
Dixie After the War is a hitherto I'M
published portrait Of Jefferson Davis. Mrs.
Avary picked 1t up in Richmond some years
ago in an old shop. The photograph was
taken Immediately after Mr.. Davis's release
from Fort Monroe and presents the Presi-
deRt of the C~onfederaoy in the midst of the
ruins Of his cause.
Apropos Of the fact that Mr.. Bryan is said
to be the model for the hero Of Mrs. Mary
Dillon's new book, The Leader a list
OF statesmen who rave figured as the heroes
Of modern American novels has been made