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humorous and sarcastic In tone, Mr..
Hushes sets forth some of the evils that
attach to our matrimonial institution as
1t exists and exposes some of the absurdi-
ties that arise from a contract very easily
entered into but more or less difficult to
retire from.
In the current Cosmopolitan Ambrose
Bierce notes In sarcastic accents, 1T is
alarming to observe no announcements for
the immediate future Of books by Rudyard
Kipling. Conan Doyle, Mrs. Humphry
Ward. Katherine Cecil Thurston and
Marie Corelli." Mr.. Bierce may take COM
fort; 1t isn't quite so bad as that. Mr..
Kipiing Is at present in Canada gathering
material for a new book; the recent liter
airy o~utpourings of Conan Doyle in a Lon
don paper have just been collected in book
form: the first lnstalment of a new serial
by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, said to surpass
Lady Roses Daughter In interest, APP
pears in the November Harper's, as does
also a new novel by Katherine Cecil
Thurston In Blackwood's Magazine. That
leaves Just one rift in the lutte of Mr..
Bierce's ~plaint-and who knows how soon
the piping OF the Corellian may be heard
in the land.
VIII Carleton's 'In Old School Days"
will be published by Moffat, Yard & Co.
at once.
The ability to name characters well is
rare. Geiett Burgess seems to rave dis
covered q good rule in the naming line,
however. viz, always to link a common
name with an uncommon; never two COM
mon or two uncommon ones. In this wa
he claims. a feeling both OF reality and
personality is achieved; witness his Paul
Ringa and Gertrude Spoil Of THE Heart
Line"
Elizabeth Luther Cary's new book on
Blake. which Moffat. Yard & Co. announce
Art of William Blake The text is criti-
cal.
James Montgomery Flagg. the author and
illustrator of "If' and why They Mar
Red" has just returned from a stay in
Europe where he has been gathering ma
terlai for his forthcoming work, THE Rise
and Fall of the Mother-in-Law Joke"
Charles Scribner's Sons will hereafter
be the publishers In this country of the
works of Maurice Hewlett, formerly pub
lished by The Macmillan Company, and
have also arranged with Mr.. Hewlett for
future work.
A. e. W. Mason, the author of the
Broken Road" to be published November
Is. was born In Dulnich, England, May
7th. 1866. He was educated at Dulnlch
College and Trinity College, Oxford. His
new book is a story of life in India and
England.
In the case of the dramatized Right Of
Way which opens in New York this
week with Guy Standing In the role of
Charley Steele, the departure from the
book is worth noticing. Exactly how 1t
affects the development was explained the
other day to the Harpers, who published
the original novel, by way of comparing
the points of view of the author and play
wright. Mr.. Eugene ". Presbery, in his
stage version, allows three years to elapse
between the second and third scenes. In
the book the period Is eight months, and
this extension of time opens up the venue
for everything that follows. Steele Is
shown in the third scene living oblivious
of the past, his memory a blank beyond
the time when he awoke to find himself
in Portuguese hut. For three years he has
lived thus, and in the new environment
he has become a new man. Also-and
this is the point on which the whole play
hinges-he has fallen in love with Rosalie
Evanturel and is beloved by her. In the
book love comes slowly, and after Steele
has recovered his memory and Is in full
possession of a knowledge OF the past. BY
introducing the attachment between Steele
and Resale, while the former is still I'M
conscious Of HIS previous life, Mr.. Presbery
has, of course, immensely simplified the
situation. Since the limitations of the
drama necessitate the selection of one
dominant motive, the selection of the love
motive seems a natural and Inevitable
choice.
A "vers De Societe Anthology" is the
fifth In the series collected by Miss Caro-
Ign Wells, Inc win be. published shortly.
1t Is uniform with the Nonsense, Satire,
Whimsey and Parody anthologies.
Notable New Books at Public Library.
civilian Blake by Arthur Symons, is
an enthusiastic and sympathetic account
of the poet by one with whom he was a
favorite from boyhood. The author states
that from the time Mr.. Yeats and Mr.. Ellis
brought out their vast cyclopaedia, 1.-THE
Works of William Blake, Poetic, Symbolic
and Critical" Blake was never out of his
mind; he read these volumes and every
thing that had been written about Blake
until he got TO know all his work in all
its kinds. Mr.. Symons says: cat last I
felt I must write down what filled and
overlooked my mind" The present volume
Is the outcome. 1t contains. besides Mr..
Symons's narrative, verbatim reprints of
various documents which seemed to him
of special Importance. 433 pages. Dutton.
In The Spirit Of Labor" Hutchins Hap
good. the author Of THE Autobiography Of
a Thief" gives n first-hand study of the
life of A Chicago labor leader and trade
unionist. The subject of the study is a
Young German who came to this country
as a child, shifted for himself and finally
settled down in Chicago as a wood worker.
The book is a useful contribution to the
study of laboring men and their condi-
lions. 40 pages. Dufield.
DIR. C.. W.. Saleeby has written a series
OF CAPABLE and thoughtful essays in
IVORY. the Disease Of the Age The
book gives an all-round discussion of the
subject: its causes and effects. physical
and psychical. 81 pages Stokes.
Frederick Harrison calls his new book,
''The Greed of a Layman," my simple
story Of conversion and conviction" an
account OF "a regular and calm develop
ment OF thought He hopes that the
story of chow spiritual rest might be
achieved. may prove useful TO some per-
turbed spirit in our troubled times 1856
pages. Macmillan.
Among the Worlds Peace-Makers.'
edited by Hayne Davis, is an epitome OF
the Interparliamentary Union; with
sketches Of eminent members OF this IN
ternationaI house Of representatives and
OF progressive people who are promoting