The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-19
BOOKS AND

Florence Wilkinson, the author OF The
Silent Door, is the daughter Of Prof William
Clesver Wilkinson, the writer Of The
Baptist Principle" and 1The Epic OF Saul. y
Her early days were spent in a Puritanical
home where discipline was strict and read
ing consisted largely Of volumes Of sermons
and serious thought. She left her home
under parental displsasure and began her
work in New York as an author and play
wright.
Mrs. ~MscLaughton CMyra Kelly has
entered with great interest into the scheme
for the development Of Chichester village
and farm in the Orange Mountains. Old
chester village will be made UP Of a collec-
ton Of houses where twoscore families
can live independently Of each other, with
an old fashioned English inn which will not
be turned into a summer resort. as all sea-
son parties will not be entertained. Mrs.
MaoLauRhton has made most OF the plans
Of her own home, which ia designed to be
cool in summer and warm in winter. She
is an expert rider and can take q four foot
fence with easy grace. She is also a lover
OF the out Of door life, and it is predicted
will make her contribution to the popular
nature stories" now 80 much in evidence. She
has captured and tanned three crows which
she has named after three OF her ~favorite
Little Citizens" and although they have
been under her care only a week they are
loving much nit her." just as the little
pupils regarded Teacher when she taught
down on the East Side.
Henry Jamss continues his gentle and
subtle criticism OF The Manners of Amer
lean Woman in the July Hdrper's Bdz1r.
The particular paper published in this
number is 30 dexterously involved that
it will probably do little good or harm.
The general trend OF the article would
seem to indicate that the American woman
hasn't n manners. which perhaps ac-
ounts for the delicate perplexity OF Mr..
James's treatment. One sentence does
stand out in brilliant relief from the maze,
and that is: Manners are a help in life
a help not only to avoid certain vices, but
to bear with certain virtues" He also says
that the man in America may correct his
wife when he can, just as the mother may
correct her daughter when she dares; but
no mere man may correct a mere woman
in any contingency whatever, since this
undermines the whole theory OF queenship
at which we have glanced" The American
WOiidu, ny HeT dbbuHlpJOu OF authority |
and the tolerance OF the American man in I
the matter OF criticism, is, according to Mr..
James, ~faring all Unconscious but all doomed
into the strangest desert of solitude and
ignorance"
Papers OF n Pariah," by the Rev. Robert !
Hugh Benson, are described as papers left
in Mr.. Benson's hands by a man of good
education who e on the stage but re-
tired some three years before a
lively early death. and who during the in
term was received into the Roman Catholic
Church. Father Benson" lie the youngest
Of the three sons Of the late Archbishop
OF Canterbury, who are causing so much
in identity by their activity in
the literary world. The Rev. Hugh Benson
is assistant priest at the Catholic Church,
Cambridge. Edward Frederic Benson, the
novelist, author Of "Dodo" and THE Angel
OF Pain, lvesin Chelsea; Arthur CHRISTOPHER
Benson. the author OF From a College
Window" &c, is a Fellow Of Magdalen
College, Cambridge. All three SONS we're
at Cambridge and all are prolific
writer's OF entirely different schools.
The Artistic Temperament Jane Ward
wells new story to be published soon, is
a novel Of society life and artistic genius
in which the hero is led on by love Of beauty
to interesting experiences. The woman
in the case is restless, excitable and eager
for admiration. He offers to p aint her
portrait and she goes TO his studio and makes
it difficult for him to live up to his moral
Prof. William James's new book on
'Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old