The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-20
BOOKS AND

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Tho hest selling books IN England for
May are 'Fenwick's Career Beyond the
Rocks" SIN Subsection" what Became
Of Pam" cPam Decides"),' Prom n Col
lege Window" "A Queen Of spain and
the Making Of Spain" and "Wesley and
His Century" Beyond the Rocks" Elinor
GYMS new novel, will be issued later In
this country.
Mr.. Charles Battell LOOMS, author Of
Cheerful Americans and More Cheerful
Americans" has recently completed his
reading tour OF the country with Jerome X.
Jerome, the English humorist. Mr.. Loomis
has gone with his family to Torringford,
Conn, the old home OF both the Battells
and Loomises.
Miss May Sinclair considers her book
.Superseded" her best work previous to
sThe Divine Fire. It originally appeared
with another story In a volume entitled
two Sides Of q Question and Is now being
brought out In this country by Henry Holt
Il Co.. The leading characters are two
strongly contrasted teachers In a fashiona-
bic girls school in London-an old maid
arithmetic teacher and the classical mis-
tress, a beautiful woman Of force and spirit.
George Barr McCutoheon, with his wife,
has sailed for Europe for an extended Euro
pean Journey. This is Mr.. McCutcheon's
first trip to Europe and interested readers
of "Graustark' hope he will visit that famous
kingdom and bring home fresh material
for a new story.
Prehistoric North America Is the title
OF a volume by Professors w j MCGEE and
CYRUS Thomas to appear soon in the series
Of the History OF North America. Their
story Of Americas buried peoples and
civilizations demonstrates that America
has a history that penetrates the ages
remotely beyond that Of Indian myth and
tradition and a culture and achievement
other and even higher than that of ancient
Egypt.
A number or recently discovered literary
works Of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries are to be published In England.
Among these Is a collection Of poems by
Thomas Traherne, entitled Centuries OF
Meditation "The Poems Of William Strode,'
iso2-1844, now first collected from manu-
script and other sources, and the Partial
Law" an unknown play written some time
between 1920 and 1880.
From a College Window by Arthur
Christopher Benson, a son Of the late Arch
bishop of Canterbury, is now going into a
second edition. "The Upton Letters pub
lished anonymously but written by the
same author, has reached a fourth edition.
The Rev. William E. Addis's Hebrew
ReH gi to the Establishment of Judaism
Under Ezra" which will be published in
the Crown Theological Library, is a brief
historical study Of the religion Of the Jews
from the earliest times on well into the
fourth century B. c.
The Baroness Orczy's latest story, "A
Son Of tbs People, will be brought out in
June. AS the title indicates. the work
deals with a hero Of humble origin and
tells how he loves q naughty maiden who
regards him with contempt and what
| effect his generous nature finally has upon
her.
A new edition Of Mrs. Gaskell's works
called The Knutsford Edition will appear
| soon under the Putnam imprint. 1t will
be a biographical" edition In the sense
in which Mrs. Ritchie's ~"Thaokeray" is 80
called. The work upon 1t Is being done
under the editorial supervision Of DR..
Adolphus w. Ward, Master Of Peterhouse
Cambridge.
inst ia Miles Forman's dramatic novel
s~Buchanan's Wife, which has just oom-
Melted serial publication in Hdrper's Weekly
will be- published in book form some time II
August.
The writer who signs herself sc. Nesbit
Ia in private life Mrs. Hubert Bland and she
lives in an old place, Well Hall, Kent, in
England. Mrs. Bland is well known as
writer OF children's books, but in her forth
coming novel, aTbe Incomplete Amorist,
she has written a story for grownups with
character some what after he order Of
Sentimental Tommy'-a man who is q uni
yersal lover and finally becomes affected by
a real passion himself. Mrs. Bland is ar
enthusiastic Outdoor woman and takes
great delight in swimming and boating.
Robert Kennedy Duncan; author and
scientist. has gone to the Canadian woods
for n quiet summer In order to finish his
series Of articles on THE Chemistry " Com
merce.O Prof. Duncan recently returned
| from abroad, where he has spent an entire
wear investigating great Continental in.
| dustries, especially In regard to the practi-
cal application Of scientific discoveries to
the uses Of m He finds among
other interesting facts that n reason for
Germany's progress Is that her large manu-
factories profit by the practical assistance
OF noted scientists, retained by them at
high salaries.
Louise Closer Hale. the author Of "A
Motor Car Divorce and her husband,
Walter Hale, who made the illustrations
for the book, have gone for an automobile
trip through Spain. Mise Carolyn Wells
has sailed for her first European iournsyI