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sides. when a man chooses to write
verses, he chooses a vocation without
any vacation In it,

sides. when a man chooses to write
verses, he chooses vocation without
any vacation in it.
1t would perhaps surprise some peo-
pie to know that the books OF such an
author as George William Curtis are
almost as popular reading for folks who
go travelling In the season of midsum-
n1er as the giant best sellers. Some
how it Is a pleasant and comforting
thought that the tenderly mediative
.Prue and 1" should be the recipient
of almost as many steamer orders as
the irresponsible light-as-foam novel.
Frequently reprints of books by Curtis
of which the latest. just off the press
OF the Harpers, are the Literary Es-
says and "Hawadji in Syria.
~ Charles Ram Kennedy and Mrs, Ken
needy. who is Edith Wynne Matthison.5
since the finish of the spring tour of
1.-THE Servant in the House, have been
making round of visits among friends
In various sections OF the country. They
are at present in Maine. THE Servant
in the House, is still being seen on the
stage in a second company, and as a
book continues to be among the most
popular on the Harper list.
With the death OF Swinburne the
lovers of poetry lamented the end of
the great Victorian era, but It is not to
be supposed that among the younger
generation there are not a few who
will pick up the torch which the great
XIX century poets carried SO long and
so splendidly -
Alfred Noyes, young man, has al
toll try ntpIa foH a
scarcely less than that of Stephen Phil
lips, and as found many admirers in
this country. His Drake a remark.
able work in ~ books which he calls
tan English Epic,' will be published
next fall by Frederick A. Stokes COM
pany, who hope for it large popular.
'ity In spite Of the heayiness of the
word epic" this poem is one likely to
please a large audience. possibly moro
so than anything published since the
works of Scott or Longfellow. 1t has
already won its spurs in England. Swim.
burne himself has written to Mr. Noyes
praising his mobile. patriotic, historic
poe1n.'' and adding, +" congratulate you
on the completion of SO high and so
grand a task" Rudyard kipling said
..The tale itself held me from one end
to the other The volume will be pub
lished in attractive style with illustra-
.logue expressing political sentiments
which cannot fail to attract attention.
in this country.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has always
been characterized by overfiowins sym
pathy for the unfortunate. especially
the unfortunate sick: nevertheless
writing In the August Harper's Bazar
of sympathy, she takes the point Of,
view that 1t is a luxury all OF us should
learn to do without I'VE have come
to recognize absolutely the limitations
of human sympathy, and 1t is some.
thing to have learned where 1t cannot
follow us! After all. very few people
in this world observes Mrs. Phelps
keenly, .are tender. Even among
women the genuine quality is not COM
mon Let us be content to assume
sympathy in our friends We shall
not receive any less of it for believ-
ing in It,
-Four out of five writers Of success
full fiction today received their train
ing on newspapers. Few, however,
have had as wide or varied Journals
iistic experience as Jacques Futrelle.
the engaging author Of Elusive Isabel