The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16

reer" possibly the largest nrSt edition
of novel ever prepared, is entirely
exhausted, and a large second edition
is now in press. The publishers re-
port that this second edition is already
more than half sold in advance. and IL
Is probable that by the time it is pub
lished on the 25th 1t will be entirely
sold.
It Is known that elephants live to
great old age This being the case. II
is not surprising to learn that Her
Ladyship's Elephant which is only 10
years old. is in a fiourishing condition
and is being sent to the printers for the
nineteenth time AS may be remem-
bered. this story was written by the
late David Dwight Wells, who was
practically in charge OF our embassy
in London for a short period. during
the stirring days of Cleveland's Vene-
zuela message. It gives an amusing
glimpse into the perplexities OF an
American consul who had to take an
elephant to aid busted" compatriot
Max Pemberton Is a thorough sports
man, follower Of all outdoor pastirnes.
He is an enthusiasts golfer, a famous
walker, and. more than anything else,
Is devoted to motoring. On all matters
of automobile indeed he Is a national
authority. and among all his magazine
Contributions none receives more at
tention from him than his columns in
the London Sphere. which he calls The
Motorists Notebook"
Harold MacGrath. the popular novel;
ist, got his start at romancing. so he
says, through a physical defect He
was a reporter on a Syracuse newspaper
some years ago. and in his Journalistic
job found himself considerably handf-
capped Because he was hard OF hearing.
He could only hear about half OF what
he was told. and had to make up the
rest The result was that he got out
some highly original stories
William de Morgan lives in London
IN an old world corner Of Chelsea, but
he spends most OF his time in Florence,
because he can work better there. he
says. His wife is an artist OF success
In England and in foreign cities. Mr.
de Morgan's vocation Is ceramics his
avocation invsnting and his diversion
writing. For 64 years of my hfe-so
long as was possible waited" he
says in an article in the current
Worlds Work ito do the thing
thought I could not do. Then I tried
In 1904 I made the experiment with
what Is now the first chapter OF 'Jo-
seph Vance That chapter as II now
stands is exactly as II was first writ
ten" The chapter was put away, car
ried on to Italy with a mass OF busi-
ness papers and finally developed into
the story 'Lossie.'' the author says,
came TO me In the book as though she
belonged there. She really seemed to
step out into my literary life just as
the girl in the story did into Joseph
vance's-''
The Atlantic Monthly was re-
Gently transferred by the Houghton,
Miffiin company. which has published
it for the last 50 years. to new cor
poraticn to be known as the Atlantic
Monthly company. The following off,
GERS have been chosen to represent the
new company. which has been incor-
porated under the laws OF Massachu-
setts: President. Ellery Sedgwick OF
New York; vice president. Waldo En-
erson Forbes: treasurer. MacGregor
Jenkins of Boston. for nearly 20 years
connected with Houghton-Mifiin com
pany and for Is years the business
manager of the Atlantic Monthly. Ed
for the new corporation and Mr.. Bliss
/. Perry will continue as editor.
Max Pemberton. whose "Sir Richard
Escombe'' will appear this week is at
his home. Troston hall. at Troston, Suf-
folk Mr.. Pemberton was formerly a
resident of Hampstead, and withdrew
a few months ago to his present cot
tage, where he expects to be estab-
lished for an indefinite time
The anonymous author of that book
OF capital essays. The Ideas of a Plain
Country Woman" turns out to be Mrs.
! Juliet v. Strauss OF Rockville, Ind.