The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

"Geronimo's Story of His Life" an auto biography of the famous Apache outlaw. taken down by s. M. Barrett, superintend- ent of education, Lawton. Oklahoma, and dedicated by permission to President Roosevelt: Chinatown Ballads by Wal lace Irwin, with pictures by E. c. Peix- otto; a holiday edition of Frankfort Moore's "The Jessamy Bride" with pie lures in color by c. Allan Gilbert; "Mis- representative Women," by Harry Gra- ham, author of "Misrepresentative Men" Pride and Prejudice: Play comedy founded on Jane Austen's novel, by Mrs. Steele MacKaye; Bridge Abridged" by Annie Blanche Shelby author of Stand ard Whist" "The Worlds Painters Since Leonardo" by James W. Pattison; "On Reading, by George Brandes; "At the Sign of the Sphinx" a second series of charades in verse by Carolyn Wells; "The Pilgrims Staff" a selection of the best devotional verse by Fitz Roy Darlington. editor of "The Kings Lyrics." and new edition of "The Star of Bethlehem" a Christmas play, by Prof. Charles NJ Gay ley of the University of California.
 Myrta Lockett Avary, the author of ''Dixie After the War" is a type of arls- tocratic southern woman, who has come to New York and made good" Her fa- ther was a wealthy Virginia planter, whose estate in Mucklenburg county was ravaged during the civil war. He was so good to his negroes, however, that they refused to leave him wnen freedom was declared, and he was nearly impoverished in taking care of them. Mrs. Avary came to New York to make her way, and se- cured an editorial position on magazine. She also became New York correspondent for a number of leading southern news papers, including the Atlanta Constitution and the New Orleans Times Democrat She became interested in various socialist ic and philanthropic enterprises She CO., operated with Miss Helen Gould in the soldiers relief work at Montauk Point shortly after the war with Spain and successfully conducted for several years the missionary aide of a lower East Side social settlement. She has been spending the summer in the peach orchard region of Georgia. She recently declared that she would devote much of her time and pen in the future to the aid of the "poor whites" in the southern mountains. and especially their children This philan- thropic field has not been developed as much as some others, and she expects to do some good work there. Mrs. Avary is well remembered as the author of "A Virginia Girl During the Civil War" and as the editor of "A Diary from Dixie" She gathered all the material for "Dixie After the War" at first hand. travelling many times throughout the whole south Interviewing her fathers friends and all over Virginia digging up old manuscripts, and talking to the people themselves who were actors in the great southern tragedy
 The Hampers. publishers of Margaret Deland's "Old Chester Tales" "Dr Lay- endar's People" and "The Awakening of Helena Riche' who have been seriously at loss, at times, how to reply to those' correspondents who have written them to make inquiries regarding the location of Mrs Deland's imaginary town, "Old Ches- ter" and its possibilities a quiet sum- mer resort, are doubtless glad to know that there Is to be a real town of this name to which they can refer all future questioners- A tract of thousand acres m New Jersey, near the Montclair noun tain has been purchased by some literary. people who, will establish there an ideal colony, to be modelled after an old Eng nsh village and named ''Old Chester" The scheme does not offer any co-operative housekeeping features. as does that of Upton Sinclair, but certain buildings. such as Village inn and church, and also a pond and recreation green, are to be pro- vided for the enjoyment of all.
 The first of the fall novels to make a decided hit is Richard the Brazen.' by Cyrus Townsend Brady and Edward Pe- pie. The publishers, Moffat. Yard & Co. were not able to supply the demand with the first edition. although a large one, and the second large edition is being push ed with all speed.
 Tom Masson's forthcoming book, "The Von Blumers," deals with married life He leaves the romances of the very youth full to others, but finds romance enough as well as a vast fund of humor in the marital relation. Yet 'sThe Won Blu mers" is not without the music of we'd. ding bells.
 There is possibly no American author