The sun., 1908-06-03
BOOKS A%D AErTHO@s.

three volume work. with the general title
"Mirabeau and the French Revolution"
This first volume ID devoted TO the youth
Of Mirabeau and closes with the year i774.
when he legally caIno Of age. the second will
follow Mirabeau's fortunes during hin con-
finement In the French prisons during his
activity as q publicist, ending with tho
preparations for eleotlons 70 tho States
General; the third will deal with Mil abesu
and the National Assembly.
"Righthandedness and Lefthandedness'
is the title of the new book by George NJ.
Gould, M. D., whose recent volume @Con-
cerning Lsfoadio Hearn' 10 creating such q
discussion,
The second volume Of aThe Cambridge
History Of English Literature to be pub
lished soon, deals with srhe End Of the
Middle Ages" Prof. saintsbury deals
with ~Chaucer" and Prot. j. M. Manly's
conclusions on 'Piers tho Plowman and Its
Sequence" promise to arouse good deal
Of interest and discussion,
Mr.. John NJ. Dillon's Motor DAYS In
England which will come out early in
June is an account Of the experiences Of q
party Of Americans during an extended
motor trip in England. The book is made
up OF what 10 beautiful In landscape and
architecture and constitutes also literary
pilgrimage to tho homes and haupts Of
many men famous In the world Of letters.
Mr.. Swinburne since finishing -The
Duke of CANDIDA has occupied himself
with the final revision OF what is to be his
greatest work in prose, "The Age Of Shake
speare." Meanwhile the poet, now seventy
one years old, enjoys excellent health and
spirits and works with unabated vigor.
Miss Alice MaoGowan has made name
for herself as the author Of stories Of life
in the Tennessee Mountains. Her latest
novel, of which the frst instalment makes
its appearance in the June putaam's under
the title OF judith of the Cumberlands.
Is love story enlivened by startling Incl
dents OF mountain feud. in which the
illicit distilling OF mountain dew gum
play and assault and battery afford thrilling
interest. The heroine 10 young and ardent,
the hero fearless and frank, and the beau-
tiful mountain scenery affords an effective
background for the setting OF the story.
ne cUOuIuSTb Ol htluB, MARY WIZ
kins Freeman's new story. to be published
early in June, is tho romance Of an unspoiled
New York girls love affair 10 New England
village. It is also an account Of the ex-
periences Of an elderly New England couple
who inherit money 80 late in life that they
fairly miss the privations to which they
have been accustomed; and there is mys-
tory which is said to impart the favor OF a
detective story.
-Quicksteps in Scandinavia a forth
coming work Of travel. Is the record in
formal and humorous Of q pleasure tour
In the peninsula and In northern Russia.
The author. 8. G. Bayne. who wrote '0n
an Irish Jaunting Car the account Of
truly Celtic journey through Donegal and
Connemara, is New Yorker and traveller
in many lands with vivid power OF re-
producing his impressions.
Mrs. Humphry Wards newly made
version of aThe Marriage Of William Ashe"
is having great success in London. The
part Of Kitty is taken by an American girl
The author is being greatly praised for
power Of dramatio art. As one
London critic expresses IL: Mrs. Ward has
dt hh1t Boe hoi PoySioioBy oNOt eaho aooe-
lights"
y Max Pembertons new novel, Sir Richard
Esoomte.' is TO appear early in June. The
author describes Its romantic setting in
the stately English Of the period in which
his story Ia plaoed--Some pages from
the life story Of Sir Richard Escomte, Bart,
particularly concerning his relations with
tho notorious Society Of st. Francis, as
founded at Msdmenham Abbey, on the
River Thames. by Sir Francis Dashwood and
John Wilkes; also Of his relations with Kitty
Dulcimore Of Sherbourns. in the County
Of Warwiokshire; Of tho misfortune which
befsll him whom he drew her name In the
lottery: Of his subsequent service at Wind
sor Castle. The whole giving true ao-
count Of csrtain social practices in the
reign of George II. and OF q club but i'll
remembered in the present day. though
entitled to perpetual obloquy.'
Philip s. Marden. author of Greece and
the Egean Islands, has just returned
from journey through Spain and 10 at work
on a new book concerning that country.
Spain 10 just now the favorite theme of
writers Of both fact and fiction. Her ar
ohives are still rich in unpublished material
and her picturesque customs furnish effec-
tive backgrounds TO the writer's Of stories.