The sun., 1908-02-28
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
A new book by J. NJ. Barrie is a literary
event to be greeted with interest and de-
light. The new volume promised and
said to be on tho way Is a sequel to The
Little White Bird published five years
ago. and will be called when Wendy Grew
Up
The sequel to Soprano by Mr.. Marion
Crawford, viii be called The Prima Donna
and will deal with the later life Of Margaret.
the English girl who became famous
singer.
Mr.. William j. Locke has been obliged
to change his Beloved Vagabond' de-
cidedly in the process OF dramatization.
The novelist preserved his hero a vagabond
to the end by suppressing his sentimental
character and wedding him to the peasant
girl who had shared his picturesque vag-
abondage. The play. requiring situations
rather than whimsical reflections. IL a
pure romance which begins with the quiz
otto bargain by which Paragot loses his
beautiful English Joanna and ends, ac-
Cording to the rules of romance, with the
restoration Of his original sweetheart.
ONLY in the second act will the true lovers
of the picturesque vagabond find the reck-
less Paragot who delighted them in the
novel.
Gertrude Athertou was recently the guest
Of honor at London banquet OF the Lyceum
Club, aawhich May Sinclair was in the chair.
Now Miss Sinclair has very demure and
retiring personality, while Mrs. Atherton,
who Is OF the type one expects TO find con-
spicuous as well as executive in admins
trasive capacity, has never identified her
self with club organizations at all.
The new edition Of the poems OF Robert
Underwood johnson, to be published early
| in the season, will include the authors
| first and second books, now out OF print,
and the four long pieces by which, aside
| from his lyrica, he is best known---The
Winter Hour, ,"-The Apostrophe to Greece,
Hands Across the Sea- and the italian
Rhapsody There will be also n group of
"Paraphrases From the Servian. versfied
from literal transations by Nikola Tesla.
| MIR. johnson will soon complete his thirty
frth year Of service on the editorial stan OF
the Century, OF which he has been associ-
ate editor for a quarter Of a century.
Miss Elizabeth Robins's Alaskan materia!
for her two books -The Magnetic North
and Come and Find Me 20 be issued this
week. was gathered during her journey IN
search Of her brother. Although both the
author and her brother fell i'll and almost
died of fever in both hooks the dominant
note is that passion for the North that is
like nothing else on earth in the way OF land
love-
timely book now being issued il
short illustrated biography Of Debussy.
the composer Of "Pelleas ct Melisande.'
which has been written by Mrs. Franz
Iiebich and appears in the Living Masters
Of Music series. The book contains
discussion and history OF the opera with
motifs reproduced from the score. There
will be also a chronological list Of Debussys
works, including several in preparation,
which will be OF interest to musicians as
the composer does not classify his works
in opus numbers.
"A Life OF Alice Freeman Palmer by
George Herbert Palmer. is 70 be published
with portraits. Mrs. Palmer was the presi-
dent Of Wellesley College before her mar
riaRe. the dean Of the woman's department
OF Chicago University in the early days
of its existence when problems were numer-
Gus and dificult, and she was one OF the
leading educators Of the country.
Col. Mosby' Q Forthcoming book Stuart in
the Gettysburg Campaign is divided into
two parts, Brandy and Gettysburg.
The captions under Brandy include
Hooker and the Army OF Northern Virginia.
! CuIpeper, Beverly Ford. Brandy Station,
&C. Gettysburg" includes Gen. Lee Moves
70 the Potomac, Hooker at Fairfax, Gen.
Ewell and Gen. Lees Report, &c.