The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02

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The inr1ritnt neW book nv James
phinnev %tiaytcr. \ NJ Jacques cartier,
sis,r do InoiIrt," Ia nov ready and will
he published bv podd, Mead \ 60. The
book hns heen In preparation for several
years and Includes u memoir ~ Cartier
and on account ~ his voyage 20 the ~
Lawrence
A new short story by MoCutohson IL
announced FOR spring publication, with
illustrations by Harrison Fisher, and n
long novel Ia being prepared for autumn
publication. Meantime. 'Nedra" IL on the
l,st Of hest aellera and Beverly ~ Grau-
stark figures largely In the bookaeIlers
tally
Miss Beatrice Harraden's new novel,
'Tho Scholars Daughter" which IL 70 be
published in March, IL 20 have q stimuli
taneous edition In Holland, and arrange
inents are being made for is production
In other countries. The heroine OF The
Scholars DatSkhter" Is the only daughter
OF an eminent etymologist who has buried
himself with three faithful attendants in
an old manor house In England and trained
his sprlghtly and pleasure loving damsel 10
assist him In his work OF compiling a great
dictionary. A long lost mother and an
enRa ging young Australian mar appear TO
change the surface Of the moon. Miss
Harraden's story is a graceful romance,
ELEANOR bOYI bIHIlcIu NJ 'oh'y
Fair" will soon be published, TO charm with
it's dainty style and its fine French flavor.
IL ia not only a tale of fTocks and femi-
ninity" we'll told; 1t introduces the eader
TO the tyrants Of the mode, Worth and the
old masters, Paquin and the new school,
1t gives her and him-for II he doesn't read
the book he will be the loser-the entree
TO the famous ateliers where modes are
created; presents Fiji and the Duchess"
by whom the modes are worn. and describes
the great rendezvous Of fashion, the races,
the famous restaurants, the winter and
summer resorts, Trouville. Ostend, Monte
Carlo, Biarritz and Egypt always with a deft
lightness Of touch and a graceful witchery
of Partisan audacity and piquancy,
Baron Kencho ~Suyematsu, who has re-
Gently published a curious volume entitled
A Fantasy of Far Japan or Summer
Dream Dialogues, is one of the most prom
inent ia panese of the day, a Nakatsu Samu-
raj by birth, a son-in-law OF the famous
Ito and a diplomat vino has filed various
important posts in the Japanese Cabinet.
He has translated the works OF Scott and
Ruskin into Japanese and done the famous
Genji Monogatari into English. His latest
book gives valuable and m"lscellaneous IN
formation about Japan in the form of dia-
logues with a French Duchess whose name
he translates into English as tho Duchess
of Fairfield. Tn authors favorite method
in correcting erroneous opinions concern
ing Japan is to excuse his countrymen by
attacking weak spots in the customs and
institutions of other countries. The book
gives a clear account Of the system which
has governed japan almost as secretly as
Venice was governed in it's great days, and
Of the Elder Statesmen, = now five in num-
Der, Ito, Inouye. Yamagata, Oyama, Ma
sukata and the other chief figures on the
stage of Japan to-day, The author has an
NJ. A. degree from Cambridge, England,
and is a Lift. d. Of Toxic.
aMotherliness Ia what Mr.. Barrie is always
finding out in women who are supposed by