Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-16
BOOK WORLD NOTES

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A story is told of Sir Gilbert Parker,
M. p, which will strike chord of sympa-
thy in many writer's heart. 1t seems
that some twenty-five years ago. when Sir
Gilbert was on a visit to this country, he
met in Chicago a typical man of the mid
die west. one of the breezy, good natured
friendly sort Sir Gilbert was impressed
with the type, and particularly interested
in the colloquial slang which his acquaint-
| ance managed with more than usual deft-
ness The phrase that pleased him most
called out with amiability and no discov-
cradle meaning, was well, give my love
to the girlsi' Those who have read SIR
kGilbert Parker's just published novel,
1.-THE Weavers,' will recall this phrase
upon the lips of one Thomas Tilman La
cey, who takes hearty leave of an Oriental
| potentate with "Wen, good by, king; give
my love to the girls!" Lacey, in fact
was the prototype of the Chicago man.
The latter was engaged In some provis-
ion business along the railroad line when
i Sir Gilbert met him, always expecting to
\ make lot of money some time, and talk
ing about it rather freqeuntly. Ten years
later, in a New York hotel, Sir Gilbert
was caught by the cheerful words waited
along the corridor, .'Well. good by; give
| my love to the girls!' He recognized his
man and went over to him.
i "Wait minute" said the Chicagoan.
know you perfectly well. Can't place
you. Let me see."
/ Sir Gilbert smiled, quoted the OLD
phrase, and the other recalled his identity.
"Well, well! And what are you doing
now?" asked the westerner.
!. "Writing books,' confessed Sir Gilbert.
4 ''Is that so?" said the other, evidently
: moved. "Ano I've struck it rich! Can l
t do anything for you?" 'i-
Rrertano's are Introducing this au-
tumn a clever idea in bookdom de-
signed for the use of school children.
, Each page is decorated with boys and
girls engaged in the various occupations
and amusements incidental to school
life, and blanks are left, inviting the
child to record thereon his capabilities
and his achievements. The author has
cunningly made the pages so picturesque
and quaint that the child will willingly
cooperate by recording from day to
day the fresh and naive Ideas OF school
life, thus making for himself diary
that he will prize in his mature years,
record true to life.
The Century company has just issued
new novels by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
and Helen R. Martin; "The Quest of the
Colonial by Robert and Elizabeth
Shackleton; IA Tuscan Childhood by
IlS1 OlpTldHl, anu lHO uNcu 1sSi6h'
Kellogg Durland's record of years
wanderings, adventure, and observations
in Russia.
The Maine coast possesses a great
attraction for authors. William Dean
Howells has his summer home there at
Kittery Point and occupies himself
with a vegetable garden. Mrs. Marga-
ret Deland has a cottage at Kennebunk-
port, and cultivates there some gorgeous
flowers. Now John Kendrick Bangs has
purchased an estate between portsmouth
and Portland, where he plans to spend
the greater part of the year. 1t is prob
able that he will devote some of his
time to farming.
series of books of great Importance
to the art-lover is coming from the
press of Brentanos. The volumes are
each made up of from two to four hun
dred reproductions of famous paintings
and each is enriched by a brief but
splendid biography of the artist whose
work is presented. Six volumes are
: now ready: Rafael, Rembrandt, Titan,
Durer, Rubens and Velasquez.
When Gertrude Atherton arrived on
this side from Munich in July, before
returning to California, she made q
memorable visit to Kentucky. AS
Gertrude Franklin Horn, Mrs. Ather-
ton went to boarding school in the
Bluegrass capital, Lexington, coming
all the way across the continent. Many
of the friends who Joined in her enter
tainment this summer were women she
had known in school days, and had
never seen since school days ended.
One social Junction. garden party
for the descendant of Benjamin Frank
lin, took place appropriately at Ash
land, the home of another great Amer
lean, Henry Clay Mrs. Atherton stop
ped only long enough in New York to
make final arrangements with her pub
fishers, the Harpers, for her new novel,
just issued, called Ancestors.
/ DIR. Martin A. Meyer, until recently a
graduate student at Columbia university
and fellow of the American School of
Oriental Study and Research at Jerusa-
lem, has written IA History of the City
Iof GAIA" which is published by the
Macmillan company in the series of
Columbia Oriental studies. Professor
Gottheil of Columbia university, who
contributes an Introductory note to the
volume, points out the Importance of the
study to students of Oriental history and
vouches for the completeness Of DR..
Meyers work.
Walter Phelps Dodge, for many years
a resident of London, but equally well
known ou this side, has just published
through Fisher Unwin of London and
through the A. Vessels company, New
York, life of Sir Richard Burton, con-
tanning an exhaustive study of the fam
lous traveller and orlentalist of the
arabian Nights"
Phillip verrill Mighels, whose latest