The sun., 1908-01-15


Gentlest Art is made up of letters from
many sources. beginning with "Marjory
Fleming writes a letter." and showing that
others besides Cowper and Gray, Walpole
and Lamb, Fitzgerald and Byron could
write good letters. "A Swan and Her
Friends" is the biography Of Anne Seward
and a selection OF her letters.
Harold Bindloss, whose new novel. For
Jacinta.' will be published next week. is
the possessor OF a large fund Of literary
material in the form Of "reminiscences
OF adventures gained at the expense OF
comfort, health and the joys OF a quiet
life The new book will present the first
glimpse he has given Of his experiences in
Africa. The account OF the raising OF
tramp steamer loaded with a valuable
cargo sunk in a river in pestilential forest
of west Africa full Of hostile savages is
an exciting chronicle. The heroine on
whose account a party Of men undertook
the task should have all the emotions Of the
lady who threw her glove to lions and COM
manded her admirer to get 1t as test Of
his devotion.
Sara Dean Of San Francisco. whose new
novel, -Travers.' will be, published next
week. is well known in literary and social
circles. After watching the last Of her own
buildings burn in the San Francisco dis
aster she turned to writing az a refuge.
and naturally reproduced the scenes she
had just witnessed. Some OF the characters
are drawn from real life, but the plot Of the
novel is pure invention. The idea OF writing
the story came TO her while she was helping
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beyond the park. A man who came out
to get the names Of those who fed to that
remote spot heard Of her intention. He
was Of the bluii. kindly pioneer type. with
unabated confidence in San Francisco.
He turned to the author and said: Peter
Deans daughter isn't going to write any
thing that will help give poor old Frisco
a black eye. is she2" And she has not, for
-Travers' is full Of hope and Optimism.
Rudyard Kiplng has been visiting Stock
holm in order to receive the Nobe. prize.
THE Venice Of the North gave him an
enthusiastic welcome There is an anti
imperialist.c party in England who scoff
at the creator Of Muvany, but the constant
demand for his books no doubt reconciles
him 10 adverse criticism and calls his atten-
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words break no bones Kipling's Jungle
Book" has had twenty-four editions to its
credit since its publication in 1894
Miss Elizabeth Neff OF Cleveland is a new
writer, and her forthcoming book, "Altsrs
to Mammon.' has for its setting a small
town near the border line between Ohio
and Pennsylvania, but the conditions are
those which may be found in hundreds Of
similar places in the United States. Any
one who knows Of a community in which
there are three or four churches OF different
denomination. each struggling to support
a pastor, perhaps burdened with debt and
vexed with dissensions, will appreciate this
story. The young clergyman trying to
build a new church is met by the problem
OF tainted money offered by the town mill
ionaire His own love affair complicates
the situat on, as do matters Of town politics
and the saloon question. The book will DO
published next month.
who's Who, 1909 contains over 1000
pages and nearly 10000 biographies-an
increase OF between 1000 and 5000 over
last years edition.
Robert Hunter has recently returned from
a year and a half abroad, where he has
been studying the growing labor and Social
ist movements. In a new volume entitled
THE Socialist at Work. 20 appear this
year. he gives a description OF the men,
the congresses, the organizations and the
propaganda which make up this move
ment. An interesting portion Of the book
is that devoted to pen pictures and esti-
mates Of the leaders Of the movement-such
men as Bebel, Jaures. Liebknecht. Cork,
Vanduvelde and Belfort Bax-
William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet,
has written a new play, THE Unicorn From
the Stars" in collaboration with Lady
Gregory, which has been greatly admired
in Dublin and in England. The new play
will appear soon in this country along with
two OF the authors early prose plays, -Kath-
leen Nj Houlahan' and The Hour Glass,
the latter having been revised for this
edition. The volume is to be uniform in
style With the two volume library edition
Of Mr.. Yeats's poetical works
Mr.. II. G. Wells's book, which will be
brought out in this country soon. will be
called New Worlds for DID," The title
suggests that the author will discuss the
evolution which is going on in society and
the changes which he expects to take place
in the'future. The book is really a state
ment Of the aims and beliefs Of the Socialists.
The title Of Mr.. Putnam Weales forth
coming book. The Coming Struggle in the
East" has a peculiar Significance. as Mr..
Weale believes the Russo-Japanese peace
to have been patched up. temporary affair
which settled none Of the problems ante
cedent TO the war itself. He believes also
that in the struggle which he predicts Amer
lea has vital interest. and his new book will
deal extensIvely with Americas position
in the matter.
A now story by Herbert NJ. Hopkins,
author Of The Mayor OF Warwick" viii
be published un or the title Of Priest and
Pagan The scene Of the new story is
laid in The Bronx, New York.
In Joseph Vance Mr.. De Morgan wrote
Of the London OF the sos. In his new
book. Somehow Good" to appear next