The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-09
hooks AND AUTHORS,

Making Love" called attention to the fact
that no story or play, with the exception Of
Robinson Crusoe" and Macbeth, In which
there was Ito love interest had ever lived.
The making Of love" had always been the
central idea round which characters i'm
mortal In fiction had been built, the lee
turer oontended, and that to eliminate the
love motif" or weaken interest in the
great passion would mean novels, plays,
life itself, all TO become colorless. The lee
turer even went 30 far as to make the
suggestion that the art Of writing love let
ters, which il fast becoming n Of the
lost arts, should be ~taught-a suggestion
that is open to opposition, for O machine
made love letter fashioned according to
sets Of rules would be as unsatisfactory as
an artificial flower. The question 10, Do
people have the vigorous emotions that
prompted the writing Of the old time love
letters, or is 1t the hurry Of modern life
or the fear of ridicule that has shortened the
expression Of these emotions 10 telegraphic
and telephone communications?
The announcement that Mr.. Henry Holt,
the we'll known publisher, is the author Of
the two much discussed novels @Sturmsee"
and "Calmire7 has cauaed such a general in
quiry for them that the new editions will
be issued in New York at once instead OF
on March IT, the date announced for pub
LEGATION.
Mr., Wilhelm Miller will make an extended
trip through North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and Georgia to visit the old fashioned
gardens Of the South for a series Of articles
in Country Life, which will eventually
form CHAPTERS Of a book on old fashioned
gardens, Camden, Charleston, and Thomas
Vile are said to contain the most inter-
esting gardens Of ante-bellum days.
more Stories Of Married Life" is the con-
tribution to the spring publishing list offered
by Mary Stewart Cutting, whose earlier
stories Of suburban life, Little Stories Of
Married Life" and Little Stories Of Court
ship" have been 80 popular.
"Reminiscences Of My Childhood and
Youth, by the Danish critic George Brandes,
will be issued simultaneously In London, in
New York and In the original Danish at
Copenhagen. Under such circumstances 1t
is possible now to conserve all copyright
privileges. The translation into English
is the work Of Mr.. G. M. Fox-Davies. and
the book will be published early in May by
Fox, Duf1eld a Co.
1.-THE Day Dreamer" being the full mar
rative of "The Stolen Story" by Jesse
Lynch Williams, will be published March
10. It is the romance In the life Of a mod
ern genius who Is a newspaper man Of ac-
ton, and includes a political intrigue which
leads up to an unexpected climax.
The great success Of -The House Of Mirth"
has created a demand for other books by
Mrs. Wharton and resulted in the publioa-
ton Of a new edition Of her works, uniform
in size and binding with the new story.
This edition will include "The Valley Of
Decision" THE Descent of Man. 'The
Greater Inclination,' Crucial Instances
"The Touchstone" and "Sanct larry
The Queen publishes an interesting article
on the active part Russian women play In
the politics Of their country. Ladies Of the
Russian aristooraoy are helping the Govern
ment by giving their services as telegraph
and telephone OPERATOR, letter s~orters,
DC, and in the programme recently pub
lished by the Revolutionaries they demand
equal suffrage for men and women. The
Moscow ladies' have led the way. and with
the help of women from other cities have
organized an association called the Union OF
Defenders Il Equal Rights for Women.
They demand absolute equality with re-
speot to the suffrage, education and the right
to hold appointments and to be included on
%juries.
Ian Maclaren, havi & resigned from tbs
ministry, is devoting himself to literature,
and appears as a frequent contributor to
leading periodicals. n n Of his recent
articles Mr.. Maclaren declares that a sense
of humor is fatal to success in life:
The once hoy, for instance, who allows his EN-.
ployer 10 sit down on his best silk hat, and then
gIves way 70 unTestTained e4uberant nlerriment,
is much less likely 10 become Lord Mayor OF Lon
don than the thoughtful, serious boy who removes
the hat just In time to prevent the catastrophe.
Lfe is full of compensAtions. One man gets merit
ment and the other man gets money, unless OF
course. one Is q humorous writer, In which case
he probably gets both.
The women's offering to the Calabrian
sufferers is in the form of an attractive
portfolio Of fifty pages, e~mbodying prose
and verse contributions from some ninety
four women. A short preface by Countess
Spaletta, president Of the Italian Women's
National Council, sets forth the aim OF the
publication Of this Numero Unico Femmi-
nile, ana inc pTOOe0Ns " j IN edic d0 W ~
to the furtherance Of the local women's
industries. The pool contains autograph
letters from Queen Margherita, Carmen
sylvia and the Duchess of Aosta; poems,
letters and essays from Matilde serao
Ristori, Eleonora Duse, Grazla Deladda,
Mrs. Humphry Ward, Edith Wharton and
Helene Vareresko.
linton Sinclair haa given the folk win
reasons as the answer to the many inquiries
sent in as to why he wrote 1.-THE Jungle;
The jungle" may be said to have written itself.
There is very little OF II that was not conditioned
by circumstances beyond my own control ] did
not choose to have the experiences In my own
life which enabled me to write IL: they are hardly
experiences such as any man would choose TO have.
Neither did have anything TO do with the local
color OF the book, | took the material as l found
II. II was my object to describe how economic
conditions are making American workingmen
into Socialists. as they had already made me into