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fifty books to his pen. Fully two-thirds
OF these will be novels. His great history
OF Italy, which he was writing from the
material found in the archives Of q private
library in Rome and TO which he devoted
much time during his later years. Is un-
finished. How and by whom 1t will be
completed has not yet been announced.
The manuscripts in the library have not
been placed at the disposal Of any other
writer except Mr.. Crawford and the IL
brarian of the. palace.
Mr.. w. J. Locke. writing for the Book
Monthly his opinion Of the publication OF
novels at small prices and in cheap edi-
tions, places himself strongly against the
cheaper editions. 'Of course there Is this
argument" he says: Never mind the sor-
did money. But SEQ how many
more people you would reach. how much
more widely spread would be your fame
and influence. No doubt it Is great
thing to make two hearts throb where one
throbbed before, but in order to do 1t
the novelist who depends upon his pen for
his livelihood. which includes the mainte-
nance in deoency Of his wife and children,
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II he is worried by financial cares he is
not going to make hearts throb at all,
He must pay attention to sordid money.
And all said and done the profits Of the
professional novelist in this country are
not very large. As 1t Is he is earning a
minimum wage, and any system by which
he earns less would only lead to disaster. .
Now, I am not a suffragette, writes
Mile. de Pratz. the author OF Elizabeth
Davenay,' in the current London Book
Monthly. .Thero is no such word in
French as suffragette; there are not many
women In France to be called suffragettes
as you use the word. The French woman
does not want the suffrage. ot'ths word,
She wants the spirit Of the thing which Is
behind II. You say on your side Of the
Channel Votes for Women; We say on
our side, Give us what votes for women
mean The French feminist does not
want the suffrage a. such. she wants to
rev olutionize the Code Napoleon. That
code opens with the words, Every French
subject is equal before the law; the e1-
ceptions are women. children and idiots. '
We want those words 80 altered
that they shall say all French subjects,
without distinction Of sex, are equal
Fifty Years OF New Japan is the pro-
visional title given to an important work
on the modern growth Of the country
complied by Count Okuma with the as
sista nee and cooperation Of various
specialists. The work is being edited by
Mr.. Marcus b. Hush. vice-chairman OF
the Japan Society. 1t will be published
in the early autumn.
Henry Smith Williams, N. D., LII. D..
whose book on Alcohol: Its Eject On
Race" will be published soon. has had
wide practical experience as physician.
psy ychiatrist, as criminologist. as soci-
ologist, historical Investigator. writer
and editor His interest in the liquor
problem was aroused almost a quarter
of a century ago when as very young
man he had medical supervision OF the
inmates Of a county almshouse. The
demonstration Of the effects Of alcohol in
producing poverty and disease there
shown on small scale observed by DR..
Williams has been studied on q larger
scale in the New York City Asylum,
Bloomingdale Asylum and Randall's
Island hospitals. The last named insti-
tuition included the infants and chill
dren's hospitals, in which several hundred
idiots were among the N,p,lation Of de-
fectives The dominant thought Of DIR.
Williams's treatise based upon his per-
sonal observation OF the effects OF alcohol
will be: How may present day knowledge
supported by lessons drawn from history
aid in the practical betterment of hui
manity N this generation and for the
future?
Lola Montez the beautiful, adventures
who came to New York in the middle of
the last century, counted among her
friends Nicholas l. OF Russia, Liszt and
Dumas The story OF her life told by
Edmund d'Auvergne in his new book.
Lola Montez," gives US a picture Of the
customs and opinions OF some Of the most
prominent people Of the nineteenth cen-
tury. as we'll as Of the dancers adven-
lures in the United States. She had the
audacity when visiting New York to give
public receptions at which she charged
dollar for admission and allowed the
guests the privilege OF few moments
conversation with her She dominated
the heart and public policy OF Ludwig ]
Of Bavaria for nearly a year, when she
was driven from Munich by popular
clamor. She died in New York. repentant
and reconciled to religion, and was buried
in Greenwood Cemetery.
= Wilson Vance, father OF Louis Joseph
Vance. we'll known for his books 'The
Black Bag" and %The Brass Bowl is him
self the author Of a novel to be published
under the title Of big John Baldwin"
Big John is a Puritan gentleman who
has experiences as a colonist in America
and also under Cromwell in England.
Maurice Leblanc is French writer
as noted for his rogue. Arsene Lupin, as
Conan Doyle is for his detective Sherlock
Holmes. In new story to appear in the
serial supplement of the August Short
Stories the two are pitted against each
other. The French gentleman criminal
Ia very daring. even to the extent OF pub
fishing in the Paris papers what his next
exploit ia to be. The story is translated
from the French by Mary I. Stafford. The
cover OF the magazine will be In color by
Ieyendecker. 1t shows the meeting OF
Arsene Lupin with Sherlock Holmes. who
has come over from England to catch the
criminal