The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-19
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business man; r. Hopkinson smith, the
author and artist; +. II. Smith, the brdge
builder, and Francis HepkinsOn Smith, the
lecturer, were all born the Same day some
sixty-eight ear ago In an old fashioneo
house in Baltimore, the house which figures
In the Fortunes OF Oliver Horn, his auto
biographical story. They all live together
amicably wc trust, in q New York MOUSE
In winter. In summer they travel
paint, and everywhere they are known,
from ccan httle bort in Holland 70 pic
turssque Venice, ~ good fellows. The name
In all TIA variations Ia one TO c~onjuro with ana
the stolid Dutch cabby or the smiling Condo
lier. II he SAINT understand anything else
he says, knows how to guide the tourist 10
the places Smith has painted with WORDS
or with pigments, places that are unrnts-
taxable, for they reflect his own personal
experience and observation sketched rap
Idly and with sympathy from life. 1t has
hA>n =-id .hs. S=::L Nigh: SAN reputation
IA an actor or a chef, but he IL apparently
satisfied with his renaissance versatility
without seeking fresh worlds to conquer.
May sincIa ir's new fall book, Audrey
Craven" is really an old one written some
years ago and published on the other side.
Miss Sinclair is a painstakinG craftsman
and too clever An artist to hurry new works
into print while those who are Interested
in her career are willing to read old ones.
the Divine Fire" was seven years in hand
before being finally launched AZ q master
piece, which, despite the bulky story mi
wordy style, isstill regarded by critics a. a
book Of exceptional merit.
Rudyard Kipling's Puck OF Pook's
Hill" will be published simultaneously in
the United States, England, Canada, Aus
tralia, and in fact in all English speaking
colonies. Mr.. Kipling himself has become
a gentleman farmer. living quietly on his
estate IN England, which has four or five
sub-tenants to carry out thep practical affairs
Of the crop raising. Every morning,
wherever he is, whether at his English
home or in South Africa, where he spends
ak months Of the year or the estate be-
uueathed to him by Cecil Rhodes, Mr..
KfplinG spends in his study writing. In
! the afternoons he drives about among his
tenants inspecting his rye crops, in which
he is greatly interested, or in motoring
through the beautiful country in which
he lives. The level English roads, the
historic and picturesque scenes, the short
1 ulHLhIlCOc ~ A1AAAOtho R"
land a paradise for motoring. tt new
book is 20 be illustrated by Arthur Rack
man. the third artist to whom the work
has been submitted, and the only one able
70 satisfy the fastidious taste of the author.
1t is a curious coincidence that Frank
II. SpearmRn's new story Of the Rockies,
which deals with the la-wlessness OF pioneer
DAYS, should have been held up in a coach
on the way 10 its publishers even in the ole
fashion. Whispering Smith. h hero whose
sobriquet gives the title to the story
is a representative type OF the railroads.
right hand man in the great work OF ad
yancing civilization and order in the wilt
country where Mr.. Spearman has lived 81
much and understands so well. The au
thor's career has been q varied one, inchud
;n0 in turn experiences "a a broker, a banl
cashier. a bank president and a writer o
short stories particularly dealing witt
railroad episodes. Two novels, DIR. Bry
son' and THE Daughter Of a Magdalen,
precede the new story.
The new Little Colonel" book 80 eagerf,
Anticipated by juvenile readers. present
Annie Fellows Johnston's engaging littlt
beroine in a new role--The Little Colonel
Maid Of Honor" There is a fascinating
ross wedding at which the Little Colonel
ofaoiatee and four princes" a. the fnisl
from which to make her own choice wit
No iDk ling as 10 which one she will take
A ~ which ia delightful, Is it postponee tn
sril dav when the Little Colonel" is pre-
! noted from the ranks Of girlhood an
Drad;cateH another book full of the whole
soroe sentiment Mrs. Johnston understand
|, 40 we'll how to distil from the facts Of life
! = The Man in the Case Mrs. Elizabet
r Stuart Phelps Wards new book, to be pub
: Ished this week. is the story OF a woma
2 N nne and sensitive nature who rs pers'
. cuted and slandered by the village gossip'
Mrs. Ward has returned from her sum
q mer home ut Gloucester and is settled aga
9 M her cJuntry home in Newton Cente
q Mrs. Wards fondness for dogs is shown
u ali her writings and in her new book Ma
tin Luther, a fine collie OF remarkable u
~telROence, is conspicuous
!. Mr.. william Vaughn Moody is to haV
bis new drama, The Great Divide" pr
. duoed in New York October 1 by a compal
: beaded by Henry Miller m Miss Margar
10 AnUitn. Mr.. Moody's published work !
q caudes The Fire Bringer," The Masque
Judgment" a lyrical drama, Poems a
10 a .History Of English Literature He ID
Is professor Of English literature at Chica
az University.
n. Ripley Cromarsh, the author OF G
new detective story, The Secret OF t
Moor Cottage, &" is a sister Of A. Conan boy
% And now comes an opportunity for a fam
3 test OF the comparative fertility in my
FERROUS invention between a mans anc
" woman mind. The story naturally
10 wolves a detective, and not a profession
one who tells the tale himself with a supp
n mentary narrative by n OF the other chi
ID acters Of the story for the final clearing
or Of the mystery.
ne A second popular clifton OF 5000 oop
d. Of George Horace Lorimer's IL etters RI
: n Self Made Merchant TO His Son" Is
oe ing issued. Three hundred thousand coz
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