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have attained the place she occupies In the
American world of letters and to lave &C.
complished the work by which she has
attained distinction as a writer. Though
the author Of seven novels, including the
recently published story Of "The Genius"
which is focusing literary interest just now,
the author is only "a years old. She began
| to write for n little school periodical known
a The X-Ray. Since then she has studied
and written with untiring energy and great
seriousness, as her new book proves, and
she il capable Of an enormous amount Of
hard work. Though the name Margaret
Potter still appears on the title pages Of her
novels, the author was married five years
& to John Donald Black, a Western
lawyer.
The old Howells homestead Ia to-day
the residence Of a, nephew who bears the
same name as the gifted novelist and es-
sayist. The people Of jefferson, Ohio, are
said to be highly elated by the report that
Mr.. Howells, while on a recent visit there,
expressed a desire to spend his old age In
his boyhood's home. MIR. Howells began
his life work as a typesetter for his fathers
newspaper, the Ashtabula Sentinel, in JEFF
ferson, and was noted for his celebrity and
his ability, when composing an article, to
set it up directly without preparing a copy.
His earliest serious journalistic work was
done for the Cincinnati Gazette, but the be-
ginning Of his literary career dates back to
the age Of 9, when he produced an essay
bearing the ambitious title Of Human
Life"
Irving Bacheller's new house which he 10
building at Riverside, Conn, stands on a
high bluff overlooking the Sound and, is
reached by a winding drive through a bit
of woodland. Mr.. Baoheller will take one
of the rooms in the house for his literary
workshop at present, but he intends to
erect a stone tower in a little ravlne in the
grounds to take the place of the den" on
the rocks which WAS the scene OF 80 many
pleasant literary gatherings at Sound
Beach. This will be the winter nome Of
the author; his summers will be spent in
the A~dirondacks, the scene Of his new novel,
@Silas Strong, Emperor Of the Woods"
which comes out March is.
Charles Frederic Holder, the autnor Of
THE Log of a Sea Angler" is an angler
with the training Of a scientist and 2 writer
equipped with peculiar opportunities. His
father, the late DR.. Joseph B. Holder, was a
friend OF Louis Agassz, and went at his
request to the extreme outer Florida reef
to study the growth Of coral. Charles F.
Holder was a member Of the party. and for
five or six years spent part of each day
fishing or collecting. Since then he has
returned to the reef many times and has
killed all the great game f~sh-tarpon, saw
aph 10 and haa fabian ayar1y lnnuD larUa
fish and turtle. He has flshed the entire
Gulf and repeated his experience on the
Pacific coast, where he discovered tuna
fishing and caught the first big tuna with a
rod after a struggle Of four hours, during
which he was towed twelve miles. Angling,
according to Mr.. Holders definition, means
the taking OF fish in a ~sportsmanlike manner,
whatever the means employed. Half OF
his now book is devoted to his experiences
in the Florida Keys and the rest to the
California. Texas and New England coasts,
and throughout makes a strong plea for
fair play in fishing and a high standard of
sport.
H. B. Marriott Watson's new romance,
"The Privateer,' reverses the usual situa-
ton in that it deals with the adventures of
lMO lOltuiC liulINilb "io Nv
duct a British heiress.
A uniform edition of Ellen Glasgow's
important novels is to be brought out and
will include THE Wheel of Life, The Voice
Of the People THE battle-ground" and
The Deliverance.'
One Of the chapters Of Harry Vardon 8
new book on golf tells how the author be-
gan to play golf himself, He was a very
small boy then, living in one OF the Channel
islands, and his fondness for the game was
not approved of by his father, who refused
TO furnish money for clubs or balls. Var
don and his friends who had been caddying
for members Of a large golf club laid out a
four hole links on some waste land and
made their own clubs. They used large
white marbles for balls, and as most of them
were occupied during the day they played
their games by moonlight. This training
on miniature links gave Vardon the start
which at Is made him the champion pro-
fessional player.
Thomas Dixoh's novel, The Leopard's
Spots" has just been sent to press for the
~twenty-eighth edition and has reached a
sale of 100, 900 copies.
Two of Myra KelIy's little citizens, Nor
ris M~ogilewsky and his brother, decided re-
Gently to pay a visit to their former teacher,
who still keeps up her friendship with the
pupils who have figured in her stories. Their
last cent was spent in crossing the ferry
to the Jersey side, and at 10 o'clock in the
morning they set out to walk to Teaneck,
where Mrs. Kelly MacNaughton now re-
sides. They arrived at 4 O'Clock in the after
noon, dusty and hungry and confessed to
having walked all the way except for a few
short rides stolen on trolleys. The reward
of their devotion was a good meal, some
thing which Mrs. MacNaughton says Is
far too scarce in their lives.
Vaughan Kester, the author, has been
writing a brief and amusing autobiography
which may be Of interest and suggestive
ness to other writer's and to readers OF
literature The author was born In New
Jersey t~hirty-fve years ago. II was taken
to Ohio" Mr.. Kester says, while was