The Washington herald., 1909-03-28
APRIL

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The rain drops glisten In the Sln.
AS down the window panss they r1n.
And gasp within their tiny hands
rainbOW bright of colOrod strands.
Which gittsrs gladly IN the shine
From violet deep 20 The carnAdtne.
And Phyllis gsy-uhsn 70 heT oyes
The glisteuing tsars rebsIlious rise;
Ny PhyIHs ssiles throogh mists q tna1
And each q rainbow gag appe1ra
For Phyllis, like ths WEyside hoRoT.
Is sweetest m an April shower.
Harold EDsrY Jones. in Aprl Gunter'S-
The period OF the Borgias in Rome.
which is the setting chosen by Justin
Huntly Mccarthy In his new Harper
novel, The Gorgeous BOrgia. was one
when an alien pontiI was master IN the
Vatican and his son delighted TO amaze
the world by his vices. 1T was an age, -
writes London man OF letters, when a
passionate alteration for beauty of line,
pompous immodesty. and series upon
series OF splendid. delicate. shameless
entertainments took the place Of religion
and learning. No age for the moralist
concludes the critic. but what cha0ce
for the scribe,"
Mabel Herbert Crner. whose remark
able first novel, The Journal OF Neg
lected Wife" has just been published
BY B. w. Dodge g. Co. first attract
ed notice In Golfers prize story con-
test a few years ago. The one % the
youngest writer's competing. her story,
The Dlssembler was awarded the
fifth prize. and William Allen White.
one Of the judges. placed It second.
Shortly after appeared the clever sketch.
The Letter Written and the Letter
Sent" which was reprinted by a large
number Of magazines and newspapers
She has since been regular contributor
90 Smart Set Appleton's and other
metropolitan magazines. BY birth Mrs.
Urner Is a Southerner. which might be
inferred from her genuine love for
horses quite apparent through all her
stories.
Adventures IN Field and Forest a
title TO win the excitable heart Of boy
hood. will shortly be published IN the
Harpers' Young People Series. The wilds
Of our own country. OF South America.
the West Indies. India. and Africa have
all yielded material for the stories. so
that the volume promises 10 be as good
Q
book for the boys.
Henry c. Shelley. the late literary edi-
tor OF the Boston Herald and the au-
thor OF several attractive books on the
list Of Little. Brown & Co. has just re-
turned 10 London. where he plans 70
devote himself entirely 10 independent
literary work.
His publishers have just arranged for
An English edition OF his recent book.
''Untrodden English Ways" which would
/ indicate that Englishmen are open 70
/ information regarding the beauties OF
their own country. The fact that Mr
Shelley IS himself an Englishman enables
| him 10 get his cOuntrymen's point of
view
NIr Sheney's former book. John Har-
ward" is quite as wei known In Eng
I land. where II is a standard work. as in
America. where il takes high rank
among American photography.
Alnslee's FOR April contains the sec
ond installment Of Harold McGrath's
/ serial story. "The Goose Girl which
continues. and will continue TO be. the
most conspicuous magazine serial as lorg
as It lasts. Il is a story full OF interest
! because il is told with Nj McGrath's
/ unique gift OF storytelling. and has dra-
matte action and is full OF color Nearly
equal to this IL Marie Van Vorst's story,
In Ambush" which has many tense
situations Of the sort that give the reader
/ the keenest anxiety for the fate OF some
I OF the characters
! by Mary Heaton worse called Agnes
! Convalesces." which Is fun OF a kind o.
+ humor that one sees little Of in fiction
but a great deal in real life The com
7 plete novel Is by Elizabeth Duer. u Is
called The Social Ladder and is a
society story told in her very best vein
\ interesting throughout with characters
( Of the sort that every reader feels q
/ personal interest in. or course. JOSEPH
/ c. Lincoln win be enthusiastically vel
! coined again with his story Willie
which is one OF the best he ever wrote
( Steel Williams has another OF his fine
/ stories OF the West, called The Saltet
! Peanut" Charles Neville Buck Austin
/ Adams. Jane W Guthrie. and Caroline
Duer contribute short stories. all inter
esting and well told
I Wih.am Armstrong; interesting arti-
cleS on the musical season, and Arthur
/ Loring Bruce's on "Bridge whist are
/ continued.
! PaderewskFs new symphony. which i:
/ now being performed by most Of tbs
principal orchestras in this country. had
long been eagerly awaited. and its pro-
duction, one Of the chief musical event:
/ Of the year. occasioned more widespread
interest than any recent wcfk in the or
chestral field Concern Jhe new SYM
phony. and apropOs the genera
( subject Of Paderewsi composer
Y Mr.. Lawrence Gilman. ~. critic Oi
| Earnars Waeklr has soL-. Interesting