The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

Duval OF Baltimore- who tells that IN
buying book 20 % eear 70 = friend
he made as q condition OF the purchase
that the leaves should be cut Another
writer very wisely observes that the
uncut" editions are splendid carriers
OF deadly disease germs StIII another
writer suggests that the publishers is
sue certain percentage OF their sdi-
tions cut and percentage uncut II
the publishers accept any OF the advice
offered the reviewers will hope to %
on the list OF cut books
Rodin has made bust OF Bernard
shaw. which he keeps in his studio az
Merud0n. showing IL only 10 his friends.
or his model Rodin says
He Is perhaps a fraud. as you
Americans put ft. but the drst victim
OF Bernard Shaw's charlatanfsrn Is Bar
nzrd shaw himself. Susceptible 70 i'm
pressions. as are all artists. and
philosopher az the same time. he can
not do otherwise than deceive himself
The cold reason which he could. xers
II unhanpered- apply 70 the proh8ms
OF this lie Is modified. reduced 20
vapor, By his delicate tsmperamsntal
sensitivsnsss and by his keen Irish
sense OF hunor. II -. IN fact. 20 hls
Irfsh blood that Bernard shaw. as We
AuOW uAllr - Q11. WIKI lI9 e04Q Al |l1~
Saxon current only IN his veins he
would have proved the bore par sx-
eellence. who tries 20 divert rs while
reforming society. 70 win our applause
By mere idol breaking
Allan MaenaughtOn. who. with hts
wife. best known as Myra Kelly. author
o. stories OF ghetto live, has been at
tempting 10 establish an old fashioned
English literary colony IN the New
Jersey hills. has fled a petition In
bankruptcy This property near Essex
Fells. he called Chichester village ana
Il was thought thai he had purchased
II. but the bankruptcy papers reveal
tnar ne rented the place Mr. and Mrs.
Macnaushton intended 70 build a large
lake. the edge OF which would be a
tavern They also planned TO build a
clubhouse. which would be the center
OF . restricted settlement Interested
N the plan were William Dean H0weIls
and several other well known literary
men They had. however. only an
academic connection with the scheme.
Mrs Agnes McClelIand Dauiton.
whose new book. -Frttzi.~ ia Just OUT.
lives near ST. George. L l. in
charming colonial house over a hun
dred years old
That very popular writer OF the un-
der world. Arthur Strinzer. whose
books. Phantom Wires and ~rhs
Wire Tappers." have achieved co-sider-
able success. win publish a new ad-
venture and mystery story this month.
entitled The Under Groove
Svants Arrhenfus. whose new treatfze
on cosmology Is called worlds n the
Making" IL q Swedish scientist and
~ -
institute az Stockholm HIS book has
been translated from the German By
Dr. H. Borus. and has Just bean pub
Hshed in this country.
NJ Rostand has written new
Faust Was he wise IN csasing hls
search for an original sub1sct7
Gertruds Atherton recently was
guest Of honor at a London banquet OF
the Lycsun club. at which Nay Sin
clair was IN the chair. The latter n
said TO possess. under a retiring par
sonality. n marked degree OF executive
strength. while the former, whose ad-
miniStrattve capacity II well known.
has never Identified herself with club
organizations Ancestors.~ Mrs. Ath-
erton's latest novel. contains a chapter
which sets forth the wonan's club in
a manner that invites stronE discus
sion
S. 3 Kiser Is suffering the penalty
OF fame II seems that somebody Is
travelling about under his name. and
as proof OF his identity recitlng his
Love Sonnets OF an once Boy" and
other verse IN consequences. Mr. Kiser
receives strange communications from
unknown friends
Mr. G. Loves Dickinson. the author
OF that interesting book. "A Modern
Symposium" IS TO be the next Inxer-
soil lecturer at Harvard His lecture
on Immortality" viii be given there
next spring His new book. entitled
Justice and Liberty" wiz be brouxhs
out this spring