The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-02

superior in glaze, which, as he has given
up this work and no one knows its secret,
command high prices. Of his book he saws
in the current BOokron: There is not a
trace Of my own life in the story, except
perhaps the pages about engineering pat
ents.' He wrote Inc first pages 10 see il
he could write fiction, and deciding that
he could not, put it away in a drawer for
a year. where his wife found it and per-
suaded him to go on with it. In regard to the
length of the book he tells how his English
publisher said: Don't spoil the book by
cutting it, on any account, but do what YOU
can Il did what l could, writes Mr., de
Morgan; cancelled as many pages "a |
could wrench out, and sent the rest back
again-not the six hundred"
Mr.. Hubert Bland in his Letters 10 n
Daughter advises all women TO "be de-
hghtful.' 1t ia the one accomplishment
which will last. he says. I'VE can keen
our daughters silly, but we can't keep them
young. A middle aged woman. if she is
not a delightful woman. is nothing" Double
your efforts to be delightful to women"
exhorts this adviser as q means of being
successful. Il want you" he says, "to find
nv "''SbAbb ypu dIt SURF not 10 ma
it happy"
William Michael Rossetti's new book
Some "Reminiscences" contains a rull
account Of the early days of the Rossetti
family. with interesting side lights on the
p~re-Raphaelite movement and the literary
and artistic career of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Mr.. Rossetti's "reminiscences date from his
birth in 1929, and most of the names dis
tinguished in art or literature since that
time appear in its pages.
"And the time has come when YOU. too.
must discover and describe something
more than the picturesque and sensual
aspects Of love. Try now, to-day, TO send
out your heart so far as to make il feel
the bitterness of the intolerable suffering
which is ours, If having nothing 10 love
but a dream"-such Is the request of three
Turkish ladies' who have broken the seclu-
sion Of the harem TO gain speech with Andre
Lhery, the French novelist, who IL no doubt
Pierre Lott himself. His new book, trans
lated under the title of Disseminated" is
mad " of the sad experiences Of the three
yelled ladies who meet him in the hazaars
and at the MOSQUES, begging him 10 write
anu Nti lht NotIu una We now nave a
soul" He calls the book "DC~senchant6es"
because Turkish women "are all waking
up at once, waking up 10 the woe of living,
Ia the suffering Of knowledge"
George Eliot said Of "Romola": or was n
young woman when began it an ard old
one when 7 finished it," A new edition of
the boOk il % be published containing
-l.A---L. - II -.
ence that George Eliot mentioned or de-
cribe in her novel and a complete record
of the historical sources from which she
derived the facts upon which the story il
founded. Signor Biagi, the head Of the
BibIoteca MediceO- Laurenziana at Florence.
knowing precisely the dates and duration
OF the authors visits 10 Florence. wrote
10 the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale and
searched the archives for the slips, then
more than fifty years old, upon which he
assumed that George Eliot had written
her application and her name. Among
thousands Of slips not one bore the name
he was seeking. Guided by a sudden in
SEPARATION he looked for the name of Lewes
and thus discovered the most important
literary sources that George Eliot consulted
for her novel while she was in Florence.
DR.. Luther Gulick. writing Of the right
kind Of exercise in the current Worlds
Work, says that the best forms Of exercise
are those that call the big muscles Of the
body into play-the muscles that do the
work. Ho recommends golf AZ the best
form Of outdoor exercise for "A city man.
The alternate activity and rest that il pro-
vides for, the deep breathing cnused by the
necessary hill climbing. the sociability Of
the game-all are admirable features.
The BOokmnn's list Of best selling novels
for tho past month are: Chsmbers's Fight
ing Chance" Churchills "Coniston,' THE
Tides Of Barnegat,' THE Awakening Of