The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-11-16

"The Mississippi Bubble," Hough, 1884, H.
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come"
Fox, $50; -. Lady Baltimore" Wister,
84S
As will be seen from this list. only two
authors Owen Wister and Winston
Churchill, have two books In the list, and
| this is all the more surprising as these
authors are both known to be rathei slow
| workers. Although Mr. Wister stands at
| the head of the list with THE Virginian," "
Mr.. Churchill leads slightly in the total
| number of points, with 1861, as against Mr..
/ Wister's 1851
Lafayette McLaws, the author of THE
Welding reviewed elsewhere on this
page, is a writer whose Southern training
and affiliations have afforded rather un-
usual opportunities for the study of con-
dftions in that section Miss McLaws is
the daughter of General Lafayette Nc
Laws. of Georgia, and a native of
| Augusta. Her mother was Miss Taylor
of Lexington, KY, niece of Zachary
Taylor. After the death of her parents
Miss McLaws resided with the late Mrs
Jefferson Davis In New York city, who
looked upon her as her ward. Those who
recall that the first wife of jefferson
Davis was the daughter of Zachary Tay-
lor, and knew of the devotion of the
second Mrs. Davis to her husbands
iiChioiS WAi Iettuily uiueISldHu why the
latter would take a special interest in this
Southern author. Miss McLaws's previous
novels include when the Land was
Young and Maid of Athens"
The title of Jack London's book deal
Ing with his experiences as a tramp will
be ''The Road instead of my Life in
the Underworld" as previously announced
The book is expected to appear before the
| end of the month
The title of Owen wisters forthcoming
book, The Seven Ages of Washington" +"
promises originality in the, treatment of
this subject. Mr.. Wlster has not attempt
| ed to add to our knowledge Of the ex-
! ternal events of Washington's life. nor
has it been his effort to bring together, in
bulky work. all the existing biographi-
cal data. Rather he has aimed to sum up
comprehensively the qualities that made
Washington what he was, and to trace
his influence ON the Institutions of this
| country.
G. p Putnam's Sons will shortly pub
lish a notable original contribution to
history in the work of Martin Hume, one
of the foremost of living English his
torians VINO has made the subject of
| Spalns greatness and decadence his own
One of the few unforgetable faces Of the
world is that sallow parchment mask, with
Its great UNDERLYING jaw, which was i'm
mortalized by the genius of Velasquez
the visage of Philip w, so naughty yet
so sad, so pitiful and SO human. The life
| of the King was the tragedy of Spain
| kind and clement he wrought suffering
untold; devotee and gentleman he was
the leader of a court as depraved as that
| of Heiogabalus; a monarch proud of his
i kingship, In whose hands the great in
| hertance crumbed to ruin The man and
his environment symbolized the decadence
of nation, and yet his life In its human
aspect has never been written. The few
attempts which have been made to do 1t
have been swamped by the incidents of
the great wars in Central Europe which
bled Spain to death. But the key is not
| there; 1t is In the character of Philip and
! his companions whose policy made the
4 wars inevitable. 1t is the true inner his
tory of the decadent king and his artistic
and poetic court that Martin Hume is now
to tell for the first time from sources,
largely manuscript, and all contemporary,
hitherto unused for the purpose by Eng
fish writer's.
! w. J. Locke has done something to prove
the fallacy of the popular belief that 1t is
mistake for a successful novelist to try
to dramatize his own book. THE Morals
of Marcus" proved to be one Of the great
est successes of the London season and is
winning fresh laurels here. 1t comes to
New York on Monday. The John Lane
Company. Mr.. Lockes publishers, announce
that owing TO the renewed interest in the
book they are going to press this week
with another large edition.
! Daniel Steele" who contributes to the
Christmas Century "The Day Of the Game
n Football Reverie' Is 4he non de guerre
Of a well-known college player, and his
sketch, with its flavor of personal expert
ence, is said to stir the blood of any one
who has ever been interested in the game.
Little. Brown & Co.'S November publica-
tions include the following: 1.-The Neither
Millstone. n new novel by Fred M White;
an authorized translation of THE Daugh-
ter of Jorio." by Gabrielle D'Annunzio;
pocket edition of the masterpieces of Vic
tor Hugo, in ten volumes; THE Mongols;
a History" by Jeremiah Curtin, with fore
word by Theodore Roosevelt; Italy, the
Magic Land" by Lillian Whiting; 1.-The
Woman in the Rain and Other Poems,' by
Arthur Stringer; I'm the Harbour of
Hope" book of poems. by Mary Eliza
beth Blake; "Some Neglected Aspects Of
War" by Captain A. T. Mahan; and STORY
Book Friends" a book for seven-year-olds,
by Clara Murray, author of THE Child at
Play etc.
An autobiography which has been pro-
nounccd a human document of interest
has recently been published by John Lane
Company under the title of THE True
Story of My Life" The author Alice M.
Diehl. novelist, writer and musician, was
remarkable in her childhood for her lit
erary and musical attainments, and in
later years made a career both in litera-
ture and mAsc She numbered among
her friends Sir Henry Irving, Robert
Browning, Jenny Lind and other person
ages of world wide renown
That the Japanese are unusually inter-
ested at the present time in the sociologi-
cal and economic condition of America and
Americans is demonstrated by a recent
large order from Toxic for Leroy Beau
lieu's book. THE United States in the
Twentieth Century" for the higher gov
ernment officials and for use as.a text
book In Japanese educational institutions.
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