The Washington times., 1906-06-09
Literary Notes.

/ ence ScoveI Shinn-
Literary Notes.
! The motor car is still auirlating the
I fiction which is prepared for what Mr..
Howells calls not a palate" but "a
nav" Not only are the WiIliamsOns
about 10 bring out a novel called The
I Car OF Destiny" but Mr- lie Queux IS
/ writing a series Of short stories sur
rounding the ever present machine
, George Haven Putnam. Lit D., has
written and viii publish next fall
through @. ?. Putnam's Sons. a vol
5u1c upon which he has been at work
for a number OF years. entitled. The
Censorship OF the Church and It's IN
/ fuenCe Upon the Production and Dis
tribIJion Of Literature" a certain
timely and professional interest in the
forthcoming work IS given by the an
nouncement that the Congregation OF
! the Index has forbidden all Catholics 10
read FoEazzaro's II Santo." which Mr.
! Putnam's firm is about 10 bring out
in an American translation
] Negotiations are reported 70 be under
way Leading 70 a consolidation OF a
Well-knOwn English book house with the
! c c Clark Publishing Company. Of
/ Boston Mrs c y. Atkinson. formerl--
I MISS CAIRO II. Clark, the head Of the
I Boston firm viii sail for London next
month 10 complete the necessary busi-
Z ness arrangements.
+ Van Tassel Sutphen. author OF The
1 Cardinals Rose and The Gates OF
Z CHARGE" hes written a new romance
{ which he calls The DOomsmau.' 10 De
published next week by the Tfarpers-
/ The period Of the tale is laid a century
/ and half in the future, when the pres
I ent American civilization is supposed 10
I have been entirely wiped out New
] Work than al
/ its few Inhabitants at constant strife
I with the independent outside farmers,
I called "Stockaders-" A love romance be
j tween a DOOrsman and a daughter OF
i the sJocka6ers, in which a stiu working
I dynamo. wOrshiped as a god by the
/ DOomsmen. is a sort OF electrical deus
/ ex machina, forms the basis Of the plot.
( The Rev w J. Dawson. d D. before
/ sailing for England at the end OF April
1 completed his "trilOSy' of volumes on
( English literature. published by the
l Fleming H Revell Company. under tha
{ titles Of Makers OF English History
J Makers OF English Prose" and Max
I ers Of English Poetry. The author IS
/ careful in these works to distinguish,
4 as the titles suggest, between the writ
/ ers and the makers OF the literature.
/ on his return this month, DR.. Dawson
/ viii take UP his permanent residence in
! this country
Lady baltimore heads the list OF
/ best selling books in the June Boobman-
I Mr. Winston ChurchiI's new novel.
/ "Coniston,'' IS announced by the Mac
milan Company for issue June 90
/ The appearance of the long g-promised
/ twO-VOlume edition OF the Poems and
7 Plays of ". 3. Yeats has been S;navOid-
ably delayed. The Macmillan Company
saws. however. that the. preparation OF
( the two volumes for publication IS pro-
| crossing as fast as a work Of this char
acter can be advanced
John Cecil Clay will illustrate An
I thony Overnan.' Miriam MichaelsOn's
san FrGiclSCO story which Doubleday,
/ Page & Co. win publish August l.
How 10 Buy Life Insurance. by @
7 P" is dedicated To the American
/ Husband. whose Forethought for his
Wife and Children is the Keynote OF
T Life Insurance"
Bob. Scn OF Battle" has been on
/ the press so c0-tinuously during the
/ past seven years that il is necessary
( for Doubleday. Page & Co. the pub
I fishers. 10 make new set of plates
i The book has enjoyed remarkable
/ populariIy-siNteen editions have been
printed-yet during its first year scarce
l. a thousand copies were sold
{ Upton Sinclair. the author of The
( Jungle says that he believes he holds
i the record for the number of times a
manuscript has been refused. His first
attempt at a book Prince Hagen" was
/ rejected thirtv-seven times-by fifteen
/ magazines and twenty-five publishing
houses
I Anthony Fiala. the Arctic explorer
/ has decided To call his bo0k Fighting
/ the Pol2f Ice Il will be published in
/ the autumn by Doubleday. Page e
/ Co It is said to more graphically de-
| scribe the struggle with Arctic ice tnan
| any other book yet published.