The sun., 1909-06-23
hooks AND AUTHORS.

OF true loyalty, OF spiritual as weu as
physical loyalty. The scene Of the novel
is laid in Kentucky, the great Shield
shaped" tableland. Mature forged it
for some crisis in her long warfare OF
time and change. made use Of it, and SO
left IL lying as one Of her ancient battle
pieces Kentucky The story is a study
OF the hearts Of man and II woman. OF q
love from which the soul has fed. OF
union undermined by the wear of life.
The book is far removed from the ordi-
nary novel Of married life and is written
with that artistic care and polish Of style
for which Mr.. Aliens work Is noted both
in this county and in England. "lhc
Bride OF the Mistletoe' will be published
this week.
Swinburne's letters to Edmund Clarotce
Stedman. which are being published in
the London Times by permission Of Miss
Laura Stodtnan. reveal Swinburno's ideas
in respect to poetry, his friendships, his
religious beliefs and much of his own
autobiography. His criticisms Of Amer
ican poetry will DO OF peculiar interest to
readers in this country. or Whitman
no says that when he is not speaking bad
prose he sings, and that whom nc sings
he sings well. Lopgfellow he describes
as having "a pretty little ppo of his own.
thin and reedy,' and to talk Of Enierson's
poetry seemed to him ike talking of -the
scholarship OF a child who has not learnt
his letters
Elinor Mccartney Lane. whose latest
romance, "Katrine.' has just como out
in a new edition. used to tell a story to
illustrate tho conviction she cherished
that a superfluous detail in a story is a
bemish and disappointment up at
Gloucester one summer said Mrs. Lane,
Il remember the eternal amateur sat on
the beach and produced picture which
included sea, sky. rocks, boats. wagon
and people for a great artist to critioise
The latter looked at 1t a minute and then
said quietly. Why didn't you put in the
city OF Chicagot' / think most OF us in
our work to-day" Mrs. Lane concluded,
try to put in the city Of Chicago
Among forthcoming books is a volume
on Drugs and the Drug Habit by Har
rington Saintsbury. 1t is an illustrated
volume and deals with its subject from
historic point as well as entering upon a
discussion OF such practical themes as
She rational basis OF drug treatment,
the psychic basis OF drug treatment
and the curative treatment OF the drug
habit
A romance having for it's subject Henry
Hudson and his discoveries in America
is to be brought out soon under the title
Of THE Half Moon" The author OF the
work is Ford Maddox Hueffer, who
wrote England and the English The
earlier scenes Of Mr.. Hueffer's story are
laid in the ancient town of Rye. England.
The personality Of Hudson, his ambi-
tions as an explorer, his adventures, which
form the main theme OF the book. will
have an additional interest in view, OF
the approaching Hudson tercentenary
celebration.
The International Studio for July will
contain six reproductions OF new Aneri-
can etchings by Joseph Pennell, whose
name is always associated with that
OF Whistler. Two Of these etohings
depict New York proper, one being a
view OF part OF the city and the Hudson
River from the Palisades. barring the
suggestive title Palisades and Palaces
tho other being view from the Brooklyn
Bridge. The other reproductions illus
trate the three great national industries
iron, steel and oil
Mrs. Williamson, the author OF set in
Silver" recently came to this country for
a short stay, most OF which she spent in
studying slum life in New York. The
opening scenes of her forthcoming book.
The MARQUIS of Lovelsnd,' are laid in
the slums Mrs. Harold Gorst, the English
writer of -slum stories, also spent several
weeks in New York studying the same
subject to gather material for new book. !
II will be interesting to compare the
OF the two writer's. Mrs. Gorst |
doesn't think we have any slums at all
with those which she has
found in London.
In How to Ide nifty tho Stars" Prof. |
Willis !. Milham's new book to be pub
lished this week, the amateur astronomer |
will find the information he needs. With |
the aid Of the charts and plans at the back |
Of the book the Identification Of the con-
becomes a simple undertak king. |
One interesting feature of the book is
the inclusion of the recently completed
work Of the Harvard observatory in de- |
the magnitude Of the stars. |
These figures representing the latest re-
suits OF Astronomical research have not |
been hitherto readily obtainable.
Miss Zona Gale. the author Of Friend |
ship Village The Loves of Pelltas and
Etane' and that unusual little story re-
Gently published in tn, Atlantic Monthly
under the title OF 'Cobwebs," has re-
turned to her home in Wisconsin after |
a long stay in Now York. This summer
Miss Gale expects to complete new book,
which will be published in the autumn
A new book by the author Of Con |
fessio Medici' will receive a warm well
come from readers Of that autobograRhi- |
cal volume. In this book Faith and
Works OF Christian Science the anony-
NOUS author attacks the followers OF Mrs.
Eddy with keen wit and earnest vehe-
menoe. Especially is this true when he
considers the suffering OF children; in
their needless and unrelevsd misery
he finds no material for wit
Gertr,,da Athsrton has left her homo