The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-26
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in London. When the Kaiser spent two
days on the Amerika NJ. Esooffer was com
missioned to take charge of the imperial
table. So we'll was the royal diner pleased
that he presented the chef with q scarfpin
having the imperial arms During the JON
versation NJ. Escof1er said that he was chef
Of the general quarters Of the Army Of the
Rhine and was taken prisoner by the forces
Of the Kaiser's grandfather. "If / had only
known you at that time said Kaiser Will
helm, Il should ave set you free" All
this and more 10 written In The Bookmdn
concerning the author-chef who began his
career at the Moulin Rouge in Paris
An unusual manuscript has been OBJ
tanned by the Century Company from an
Italian noblewoman, Lisi Cipriani, which will
be published in the autumn under the title
Of "A Tuscan Childhood 1t is the record
Of her own childhood and lie said to present
an authentic picture Of domestic life in an
Italian patrician family.
Thomas Dixon's long delayed novel THE
Traitor will be published next month. Mr.,
Dixon in this volume does not discuss the
negro question, but has chosen for his oen-
LIdl J1CLu0 Jll0 huhluA hluu' Wv IL
Traitor" is completed the au thor's trilogy
on the South, which includes THE Loop
ards Spots and "The Clansman,"
"The Memoirs OF Madame Ristori" is one
Of the forthcoming summer publications.
1t will be translated by Mr.. @. Mantelllni
and will contain interesting illustrations
reproduced from photographs Of Nine.
RiafAr5ia fam ~ nONfannnnra n OF -Tnnnnnaa ar
Salvini. Cavour, Victor Emmanuel H., Aheri
and others.
The recent controversies among the
authorities on animal intelligence lends
special interest 70 an article In a forthcom-
ing number OF Country Life entitled After
Big Game with a Camera The author.
w. H Wright, is an old time Rocky Noun
tain trapper and guide. who has watched
for years the habits OF elk. deer. antelope,
Rocky Mountain sheep and goats and
grizzly and black bears. His photographs
animals but OF wholly wild ones captured
in the wilderness,
A public meeting was held in Portsmouth,
n. H.. last week to consider the purchase
" ~ IlOubC III IN jill odilSy <lld
rich was born and where he lived a great
part Of his boyhood. This is the home
described In the STORY OF a Bad Boy"
and the plan is to use it for a Thomas Bailey
museum.
Kate Douglas Wiggin is now in London
being handsomely entertained. When she
in Edinburgh recently she was told
by one of the members Of the congress Of
Colonial Premiers who were assembled
In every one Of the countries which the con-
gress represented.
Mr.. AIRED Noyes says OF his new volume
-The Flower Of Old Japan: 1T lie perhaps
these poems are almost light
for a n onsense book that ! feel
there is something in them more elemental,
more essential, more worthy of serious
than the most ponderous
philosophical poem / could write. They
are based on the fundamental and very
mystery Of the universe-that any
sven a grain Of sand. should exist
1t all"
The number OF novels that a been
dealing with the problem Of dual
personality makes the announcement Of a
new book by Prof. Pierre Janet a signif-
,ant bit OF literary news. Prof. Janet was
pupil of Charcot and is the director of
he psychological laboratory Of the Salpe-
in Paris. His book, which is en-
titled The Major symptoms of Hysteria,
IS based on a course Of lectures given at
Harvard and deals particularly with the
OF dual personality.
The final volume Of the great Glasgow re-
print Of "Purchas his Pilgrimage, in twenty
has at last been issued. The COM
OF this set was the crowning achieve
nent Of Mr.. Robert MacLehose. the Glasgow
publisher. who died only a few days after
he last volume was delivered TO the bindery.
The Story OF the Other Wise Man" by
Henry Var Dyke, has been translated into
foreign languages, including Ar
and Turkish. Last week the pub
OF this story received an application
rom India for permission to translate it
nto Bengal.
Justin Huntly McCarthy's home in Kent
) called Herdholt, a name which puzzles
novelist's friends and visitors. Mr..
icCarthy found the name in one Of his
avorite books. the 'Laxdaela Saga" in
,hich a famous Scandinavian hero who
HANGED to be OF Irish origin lived in a
ouse called Herdholt. The house is sur
ounded by a spacious garden and stands
n the crest Of a hill. 1t was at Herdholt
nat Needles and Pins and other works
{ the old time France. which Mr.. Mccarthy
o loves TO picture, were written.
Remains Ma S1ur Henriette, with notes
nd vocabulary by Prof. William F. Giese
I the University OF Wisconsin, is the first
I the French authors works TO be edited
Or American college classes. This beauti-
ul sketch OF Remains devoted sister con-