The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
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Five years ago. while travelling IN
Provence. Mr. Gelstt Burgess visited
the strange old. deserted and ruined
city Of Les Beaux. near Aries. Having
become Interested in the history OF ths
place he bought a little piece OF land
beyond the chateau for only $50 He
has been numerically joked By his
friends ever since about this estate,
which. though surrounded By olive Or
chards. contains nothing visible TO ths
eye except few old walls and scrub
pines This spring. however. Mr..
Burgess set labOrers 10 work sxcavat-
ing On his land and already two Roman
toDbs OF the second century have bean
unearthed, GHording ample corrobo-a-
tion TO Mr. Burgess surniss that ths
place contained antiquities One grave
contained about q dozen pieces OF terra
Gotta. ur1s for funeral ashes. dishes,
bowls. etc. and cooking utensils for
the dead Mr. Burgess IS now abroad
and is 70 begin IN June q systematio
exploration CT this terrace. which
proves 70 be an old burying ground.
The fact that az Les Bezux. only .
quarter OF g mile distant. remains OF
the drSt and second centuries ara
plsltifully found. including gold and
silver coins OF the epoch OF julius
Caesar. makes Mr.. Burgess ind ssps-
ciaily interesting He has called his
place Il Trouvailious. which IS Proven
cal for treasure tr0ve-" II Is this
property which 1Ir. Burgess has
joccsely alluded 20 IL the whimsical
introduction 10 his .Naxims OF Methuse-
lah." though II Is but fair 70 add that
at the time nothing had been found ID
warrant his description Of the tablets
Of stone therein described
Mr. Nell Munro. the Scottish uDveI-
ist. who Is also = Glasgow editor. has
been accorded the degree of IL D. By
Glasgow university M Munro - best
known IN this country as the author
OF the novel Bud" the story OF mod
ern and lively American child sudden
u descending upon sraid Scottish VII
iage. rather uncommon experiences
has befallen Bud" that % becoming
more popular each month than IL was
before On the other side OF ths water
this same book Is known as The Daft
Days" The most distinguished scot
tish representative Of the Celtic re-
vival." Is what the university called
Ar. Munro in making ths presentation
Mss Marie Corelu has nnIshed her
new novel and II is 70 be published IN
the late summer or early autumn The
world. II appears. Is expected 10 hang
brsathless on the information that -ths
subject Of the story Is an snthralling
one
~TrIby' defes the death tradition OF
the too. too popular novel The Harpers
have sent this memorable heroine TO
press for the unknownth time. and
there is no predicting when she VIII
consider herself among those pasE
In the United States the six best
selling books are invariably fiction N
-
frequently contains one OF two. OF
even more. works which are not 6ctiOn.
In March, according TO the London
Book Monthly. the Earl OF CToner's
Modern Egypt and New Worlds for
Old" By H G. Wells. were among ths
arst six OF the four novels named.
two. The Prima Donna By Marion
Crawford, and The Heart OF a Child"
by Frank Dandy. have been published
in America
Some time ago Edward s Martin.
writing in the Metropolitan Nasazine.
gave voice IN neatly turned versi1ed
phrase 70 q view OF Henry James that
is pertinent and appealing even 70
those who admire the great novelisrE
word II is well worth repeating
II / we're HeurF james I ten you Wlar-
I'd wrste tale thar hadn,r auy rior
Fer. bei1g Henry James l Epula1'- tel
he work51ss q m uiud i se1uld 7err-d
As biS- terrestrial c1ecksT board
Id move Tie Hieccs VII aar1-a1- 60.
Ard Sc that Eone q them Ecr a1yE1ers-
I'd work by ssdireetian>an The While.
And ladle n pSyrholo-F snc sIyle
IN ere-r rival erred win envy frzok
s.Oh wcnid nat I eo1ld slia< tie ink Ike
Vow comes John Kerdrick Bangs.
more Of professional humorisr than
M Martin. with al equally witty nir
al Mr.. James- II appears IN the Book
He'd usa. fhIuk. iz=o-tai fame
Who'd make brand new verb. TO JANE
Wsss a0's..e e. ssrs o-'is Herr 3.nes usa kasw
EzssIi5 wEst o. Hensy dis
Mr.. Philip s Iarden. whose previous
journeys resulted last fail IN bis book
entitled Greece and the Aegean
Islands" is now making an extended
trip through Spain
Holman Day IS going n for politics.
having laid aside his literary interests
10 manage the campaign OF one OF ths
Maine candidates for congress Gr.
Day himself is q candidate 70 represent
Auburn IN the Maine legislature next
autumn
Prof. Vernon I Kellogg os Stanford
university. author OF american IN
sscts." ''Darwinisn Today etc. has IN
press volume entitled Insect stories.
Although the author calls these
strange, true stories q insect LIE.
their truth IS not likely % be cues
toned even By the Great Denouncer-
They are primarily for young folks.
but are also open 70 grown np nature
lovers
IN the July instaliment OF VII H
Lows artist memories, there appears
one OF the most charming figures of
modern times. the young. brilliant and
fascinating Robert Louis Stevenson.
who joins his cousin and Low II Paris
and becomes the central figure IN their
life n the quarter No better picture
OF the charm OF Stevenson can BE found
anywhere than N these memories %
his friend for % years one q The pic
lures published shows that the youth
ful Stevenson had blond hair. q fact
that all his after photographs seemed
70 disproEa