The Washington herald., 1909-10-24

/ few years Of his past more excitement
and adventure than the average individ-
ual goes through In a lifetime. He has
been a gold hunter. war correspondent,
writer OF travel letters. and a general
wanderer on the face OF the earth. and
now for the past four years he has been
doing editorial work for the survey. He
went to Cuba in 1887 for the Chicago
/ Record, and 10 Porto Rico a year later
with Gen. Miles. representing the Asso-
ciated Press. THE Isle OF Dead ships
( Is a thrilling story of the Sargasso Sea-
Of which Mr.. Marriott learned twenty
five years ago while cadet at the United
States Naval Academy. He has sailed
past and around it many times. picking
up sailors yarns. which he sets down as
half fact and half fancy. but wholly In
teresting. Mr.. Marriott is a member OF
the Society Of the Cincinnati
Helen Green, whose latest novel Mr.
Jackson the story OF New York conf
dence man Of the Rallies type. has Just
been published by b. w. Dodge q Co.
recently returned from a two months ex-
ploration trip through Northern Atha-
basca and Alberta where she owns val
liable ranch and timber land. Her expe-
riences there with the local Cree Indians
about the widest now left on the CONT
nent We're occasionally amusing-often
with more than spice Of danger and
hardship
Kinds, Noble & Eldredge will shortly
issue a work on the speaking voice by
Edwin Gordon Lawrence, director Of the
Lawrence School OF Acting, Of New York,
entitled THE Power Of Speech"
Doubleday, Page g. Co. have established
new department for importing artistic
mezzogravure reproductions of great
paintings, They have made up. under
the title Of the Ideal Collection OF the
Worlds Great Art" selection of sixty
celebrated masterpieces of the world
greatest paintings. dating from the
earliest period Of the Renaissance. A
chart of the worlds art, which accom-
panies this collection, gives a concise
view of the great art schools from earliest
10 modern times Another important Sc
ries Of reproductions is the Burlington
Proofs measuring approximately "a by 26
inches The Ideals are for the den or
study table. The Burlington Proofs are
for the walls Of the home.
THE Melting Pot" which New York
audiences are now enjoying. is now &C
cessible in book form. ZangwilTs play
does not. as some other dramatic pieces
do, suffer by being put between covers.
The fundamental theme, the young Jews
conception Of America as Gods crucible
In which the races and classes Of man
kind are being cleansed OF prejudice.
hatred, and folly. and fused into one puri-
fed and noble family-this visi n. set be-
fore the reader with all Of Mr. lang
Wills fire and strength. one Is quite will
ing 10 linger over longer than the needs
of the theater permit No contemporary
writer equals Mr.. Zangwin in his under
standing Of the complex depths OF his
own people. In The Melting Pot" he
has revealed some Of their noblest dreams
and aspirations
George Bernard Shaw" b. G.. X. Ches-
terton, is more than a biography OF an
extraordinary man by an extraordinary
bioSrapher The book is full of Mr.. Ches-
terton's own philosophy and his delicious
points OF view. In a foreword 20 his book
Mr.. Chesterton explains his position
clearly. Most people he writes.
either say that they agree with Ber-
nard Shaw. or that they do not under
stand him. ] am the only person who
understands him and / do not agree with
him" To which Mr.. Shaw has replied
with equal spirit 1t Is a fascinating
portrait study and ] am proud TO have
been the PAINTERS model "