The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-04
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N1aJOI bATDdIH, TODOTO IOTdllb IL pluys
ing "Man and Superman." Arnold DAILY is
doing John Bulls Other Island" and
Mansfield includes Arms and the Man.
and "The Devils Disciple" In his repertoire.
Meantime the Irish dramatist has his tongue
In his cheek and Is probably the one person
who 70 most oynioally amused al the elm
oerity Of his followers.
Arthur stringer's forthcoming novel,
'The Wire Tappers,' contains a heroine
suggesting the one in the play OF Leah
Klesohna the woman who steals and the
woman who loves, both in the same person.
In the new novel the beautiful but errlng
heroine is by force Of circumstances en-
gagged In a crime of a modern kind-wire
tapping. The descriptions Of the means
employed are so vivid as to be dangerously
suggestive to imitators.
sThe Poems of Oscar Wilde,' announced
by F. NJ. Buckles & Co. of New York, will be
the first complete collection of Wilde's
poetry which has appeared, either In this
country or in England. The omissions in
the Mosher and other reprint editions are
supplied in the new edition.
SuPI' AioLio . Lo" ~ u ~
the Arrow" is, like all the authors books,
written from the viewpoint Of personal
experience. He Is a most enthusiastic
sailor and has owned or sailed many famous
ANAL vessels. He has peer wrecked in
midocean and rescued after days Of hard
ship. He comes of a long line Of distin-
guished British and American naval and
army officers, His grandfather, Thornton
IzS1t-, ~,o. D.. AlA.Aal - thA TTrtkAI
States Navy; his cousin, Sir Robert Jenkins,
X. G.. B., was Vice Admiral Of the Royal
Navy, and both rendered valuable service
In the suppression Of the slave trade. His
father, Gen. Hams, was secretary OF the
Lighthouse board, with Capt. (now Ad-
miraD Dewey as naval secretary, while
both his brothers are officers In the United
States Army.
The nineteenth edition OF 'The Little
Colonel the first volume in Mrs. john
eton's famous Little Colonel series which
now includes seven volumes, has been
printed. The title Of the new book upon
which Mrs. Johnston is now at work Is
"The Little Colonel, Maid Of Honor The
scene is laid at LOCUST, the Little Colonel's
home, where Eugenia is married, and in
the wedding cake Lloyd finds a crystal
charm enclosing a four leaf, which re-
minds her of the four leaf clover she gave
Rob, and which he has been carrying all
these years.
"A Patriots Mistake" is the title OF the
volume Of "reminiscences of the Parnel
family prepared by Mrs. Emily Monroe
Dickinson, "a daughter Of the house, 1t
has been the authors purpose to "lift to
some extent the veil Of proud reserve that
wrapt the spirit Of her brother, Charles
Stewart Parnell, and to give to the public
from a personal source some Of the princi-
pal events aof a family that has become so
famous, some Of whom were so tragically
unfortunate in the issues Of their lives.'
She traces Parnell's political view from
his youngest days onward, and tells the
true story Of the O'Shea divorce case, in
which the famous agitator figured as CO.
respondent. Mrs. Dickinson writes that
appearances were really against the agita-
tor, for he did nothing In word or act to
bring about the vents which resulted In
his downfall and eventually his death.
Although the books Of the Polish novelist.
Henryk S~ienkiewicz, are widely popular,
the latest translation IOn the Field of
Glory" having gone into a third printing,
they have not brought him a fortune. The
Russian empire has not yet adhered to the
Berne convention, and Polish copyrights
can therefore be violated with impunity.
The country seat which admiring COM
patriots lately presented to him in the
neighborhood OF Warsaw is no source of
income, but on the contrary costs a great
deal to keep up. He receives about four
hundred letters q day, most Of them requests
for his autograph, but a good many con-
aiming requests for subscriptions. This
daily correspondence makes great inroads
upon his purse as well as his time, a brother
author reports who has sometimes helped
attend to It.
The Russi ans in Alaska are COMPARE
lively new to fiction. Mr.. Warren Cheney
came upon them by accident and has in
troduoed them in his new novel, THE Chal-
lenge." An Easter mazagine gave him
a commission to write up the Russian Fun
Company, and he worked in the Bancroft
Library on the old post records preparing
for the task for two years. AT the end
OF that time he had discovered such a wealth
OF picturesque mdteTHl LOT Hctioh lhaI He
threw aside the historical commission and
began work on his novel, which deals
with the Russians and has much Of the
Russian literary spirit and method.
aTheodor Leschetizsky, the Polish pianist.
composer and master, is the subject Of the
latest volume in the Living Masters of
Music" series. The story Of his career,
his method Of playing and technique, his
manner Of teaching, and Leschetizsky, "the
centre of the circle" form the chapters Of
the volume OF the artists personality
the author, Annette Hullah, writes:
Though he is rs he can still tire out most OF his
friends. After the days work is over he can
entertain a tableful OF people for several hours
In the evening. begin 10 play billiards at midnight.
go 70 bed at 8 or 4 a. NJ. and turn up fresh for
the lesson next morning at IL. After breakfast
II is his habit togo out for an hour or so with his
dog, not 30 much for the sake OF exercise as 10
calm and refresh his mind. He does nothing
special TO keep himself elastic and vigorous: gym
nasucs, he says. are excellent In theory. but what
intelligent person could possibly put them into
~practlcei Imagine wasting twenty minutes a day
shooting out ones arms and lers into positions
nobody uses In everyday lifel"
DIR. Ginsburg's great life work, THE