The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-20


Emile Pardo Bazan, who has been called the
creator and p~rotagonist Of Spanish realism
is listed for this months publication. The
novel, which is evolved from a most ro-
mantle period Of French history, Ia entitled
"The Lost Dauphin."
j. W. Foley, whose Songs of Schooldays
will be published April %, Ia now private
secretary to Gov. Searles Of North Dakota
and a we'll known writer Of newspaper verse .
Nearly everybody in the State where he
lives knows him and calls him Jimmy.
He has served as grand master Of the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge of North Dakota, being
one Of the youngest men to hold that impor-
tant office. During the Spanish war Mr..
Foley wrote a great deal Of patriotic verse
that was widely read and copied.
Among points that are noteworthy In
Andrew Lang's new biography Of Scott
may bementioned the fact that 6oott's power
Of steady handwriting Gle once covered,
without interruption, q hundred and twenty
pages Of folio at three pence the page") was
due to his legal training, so that "the Office, "
the supposed enemy of literary talent, was
an advantage to the great romance writer.
One Of the volumes in the new every
mans Library" Is George Finlay's His
tory Of the Byzantine Empire" with an IN
teresting o on Finlay, the Gbbon of
Greece. Finlay was born in Kent and died
in Athens. He spent his life and his for
tune in Greece, one of the little knot OF
Englishmen, like Lord Byron, who threw
themselves into the Greek struggle for IN
dependence. He published books on
Greece for forty years and his history
of Greece from the conquest Of the Romans
until his day is the standard work
on the subject.
@. B. Lancaster, the unknown New 2ea-
land author Of "The Spur" still succeeds
in battling curiosity concerning his. or her
literary identity, To a recent request for
a photograph the following letter was
received. III you don't mind, I'd rather
not. What has the author to do with II,
anyway? Kin Severne (the hero Of the
story was the n who lived while l wrote
anybody. / told you what he was like.
1t would be much more to the point. But
don't give him q stiff collar or a daily shave.
l can't have them myself-G. B. Lancaster. .
Samantha and Josiah Allen are invading
the field Of fiction again. Josiah would
insist on borrowing an automobile and
naturally had plenty Of trouble on his hands.
His practical Samantha went in for ghosts
and the psychics, and Josiah had not only
his hands but head full when he tried to
manage the motor and combat Samantha's
convictions. The new book in which
Marietta Holley tells all about it is called
Samantha vs.. Josiah, or a Borrowed Auto
mobile and What Came Of It."
The CentHrv's garden number Will con-
tain an article on "The Old Garden at Mount
Vernon" the text by Francis f. Leupp and
the pictures by Jules Guerin. There will be
reproduced in the number also a plan and
description OF the Mount Vernon grounds.
Both--the map originally made in color
are part Of a manuscript journal kept by
Mr.. Samuel Vaughan, a merchant Of Lon
don, who visited Gen. Washington at Mount
Vernon in 1887.
Tic May Worlds Work will contain an
intimate study Of the Japanese Emperor,
1t is written by Mrs. Hugh Fraser, whose
husband was British Ambassador to Japan
1t gives the characteristics Of the Emperor
his working habits. anecdotes Of his private
life, and an interesting estimate OF his re-
~markable qualities.
Merriam's Negro and the Nation" hat
been ordered as a text book by the Atlantis
(Ga) University. 1t is an interesting
tribute to the impartiality Of the author
that not only has the book been adopted
for use by colored students, but that many
OF the Southern papers acknowledge III
fairness and reaeonableness.
Sir Henry C. Rowland's new novel
"In the Shadow" which will be published
this month, has it's scenes laid in the Unitee
States, England and Hayti. The author
has a record Of ocean voyages which reads
like that of a veteran sea captain. He hal
crossed the Atlantic five times, the Pacific
three times, the China Sea six times ano
the Indian Ocean ace besides numerous
voyages to the West Indies and cruises
up and down the coast Of North America,
Great Britain, Holland, the Baltic. DC.
Mr.. Alonzo Rothschild, author of the
character study, Lincoln, the Man" waf
for many years the editor and proprietor
Of the Jeuelers' Weekly. After selling
his interest in that ~juornal he retired to
private life in East Foxboro, Mass, and
took a post graduate course at Harvard
University. For the past ten years he
has beer a close student in the history Of
the United States, and especially Of that
period concerning the civil war.
The drawings for the new edition Of Don
ouixote' by Daniel Verge are the result,
Of his lifelong desire to provide a pictorial
accompaniment to the chief literary monu'
ment Of his native land. Working steadily