The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-07

/
One Of the most interesting personali-
/ ties among the writer's of the day is
/ Charles D. Stewart, whose new book,
| partners of Providence" Is believed to
deal largely with the authors own ex-
| perlence and observations along the Mis-
/ sissippl and Missouri rivers.
Mr.. Stewart is forty years old. When
a boy he left WayIand Academy. Beaver
Dam. Wis, for the West. He went down
the Mississippi. and later became cub to
! the pilot OF a Missouri River boat. Once,
/ finding himself stranded in New Orleans,
| he tramped north and reached Memphis
with the river IN between Then he
/ drifted 10 Overton. Tex. where he fell in
with blacksmith for whom he worked
/ six months at the anvil. He served for
/ two years as a cowboy, and then re-
/ turned to his home in Milwaukee, his
parents desiring him to become minis
] ter. Instead. he took to engraving, study
/ ing under the father Of Carl Mari. He
| sc rived for several years on the different
I chicago papers. usually az an engraver,
and has been active in the Photo-Engrav-
/ ers' Union.
Since the publication of his first book,
| "The Fugitive Blacksmith, Mr.. Stew
art has devoted himself entirely 10 writ
/ ing, living quietly IN Chicago and seeing
/ little Of the so-called literary set OF the
city.
/ -Four volumes of the new and popular
| edition of the works Of Ivan Turgenieff
translated direct from the Russian by
Isabel F. HapgoOd, are to be published.
Many curious examples OF occupations
followed by some modern writers are Of
fered by the Westminster Gazette. We
/ learn, for instance, that Morley Roberts
/ has been a NAVY, that he tended cat
| tie and sheep IN Australia, that he has
! been a sailor on many an ocean tramp.
/ and labored in Texas sawmills, on Amer
/ lean railways. and in the baekwoods of
/ Canada that he has been an ill-paid clerk
| and q penniless tramp. Jack London has
| an even more interesting record. The
/ list OF his occupations includes that of
/ gold-miner, tramp. lecturer and fish-pa-
! troll man. Frank Bullen and Bart Ken
| nedy are others who have toiled by diff
| cult and devious paths. These men have
| all lived the lives of their characters, and
| that undoubtedly accounts for not a little
Of their literary success.
The work Of Hereward Darlington ia
! the exposure of trickeTy in alleged psy-
j chical phenomena viii give especial inter
est to his new volue. 1.-THE Physical Phe-
/ n0mena Of Spiritualism: Fraudulent and
/ Genuine, which IS to be published by
/ Herbert 3. Turner & Co. Prof. Camille
/ Flammarion's Mysterious Psychic
/ Forces" Is also IN press, and il VIII deal
! with that class Of physical phenomena
/ known as Teleklnesls embracing the
/ movements OF objects not due 10 any
/ known fOrce}. together with raps and
/ other physical phenomena. visible as well
/ as tangible. Other volumes in prepare
/ ton by Prof. Lombroso. DR.. Ernest Boz
/ Zano. and scientists Of equal standing
/ viii cover with like authority varied
/ phases Of this important subject
It have no literary acquaintance. In
4 fact. my associates in England are most
/ ly postmen. and. when possible. railroad
( men. one finds them so much more at
/ tractive" This is the confession OF Har-
! old BindlOss. whose forthcoming novel.
! 1.-THE Dust of Conflict will, nevertheless.
/ introduce the blowing up Of the Maine
! and other incidents Of the Cuban war
Little. Brown e Co. have Just publish
/ ed three new works Of fiction: AUNT Jane
OF Kentucky" by Eliza Calvert Hail.
! 'Ackroyd Of the Faculty" by Anna Cha
/ pin RAY, and Under the Harrow" by
/ Ellis Meredith. Two editions OF Aunt
/ Jane of Kentucky" were required before
the day Of publication. to MI the large
/ advance orders.
The Macmillan Company has Just S.
sued in this country a new collected edi-
/ ton Of the works Of Coventry Patmore
/ in five volumes. Two OF the volumes are
( devoted TO the Poems. the others con
! tanning. respectively, Principle In Art
! and Other Essays" "Rellglo Poetae and
/ Other Essays" and THE Rod, the Rood,
/ and the Flower"
! There is growing up in London a young
/ and new school OF poets. the characters
/ tic Of whose work IS a hopeful outlook
on life. It is perhaps only a natural
/ reaction from the school of Beardsley.
John Davidson. W E. Henley. and men
] of that fix. The outlook OF life of these
young fellows IS entirely hopeful; their
cry Is not for the moon; not that the
/ gods may drop gifts tn their laps, but
/ that they may find their chance TO do
/ some hopeful helpful work in the world.
/ One Of the bright men of this school is
/ Ralph HOdgsOn. who is likely to be heard
J from largely if he keeps up his present
strain. The note of hope in one OF his
/ poems, called Beauty Sprite,' is the
note-fine IN its high aspiration and c0nf-
/ dent hope-that I am glad 20 close the
/ book-column with to-day.
False lights and shifting sand
Black way and rough and long
! Lost and ike 10 fail
This much is OuIs:
Sometimes TO strike a trail
! Sometimes to hear a song.
| Sometimes 70 seize a hand.
/ even yours.
Go with til the sun,
Mine be and yours.
star and companion,
Ours. even
From The Saturday Review usondon).
SHE SELLS TIPS ON MARKET.
Mrs. Ciark's Income from That
Source 81 800 Year.
/ From the New York Sun.
/ Mrs Marian B. Clark, a handsome
woman of about So. who was four years
! ago teacher in the public schools Of
the city, has gone into the business OF
/ selling tips on the stock market. She
/ lives at the Ansonia.
/ Light was thrown on Mrs Clark's oc-