The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-27
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Mr.. Kate Douglas Wiggin has gone 10
England for her usual spring visit. An
thoay Hope has asked Mrs. Wiggin 10 re-
spond to one Of the tOa~is a. the annual an
nsr Oi the Royal Literary Fund in London
on Nav s. The other speakers will he
Maurice Hewlett. Gilbert X. Chestsrton.
Maarten Martens. Lord TennysOn and
Andrew Lang Early in NAV Mr.. Niggin
will 10 TO sIratford TO see the first per-
Torrance % The Piper at the Memorial
Theatre. Josephine Preston Peabody.
the author Of the prize play. has invited
Mrs. wigEin to be present
The name -GeorE schOck.' which
appears ~ the author Of the new novel
Hearts Con,ending.- has Aroused inter
eat A. TO the personality u conceals.
Georg Schock 10 a woman who lives IN
PennsyIvania. Her home 10 near the
Heiligthal. the scene % her story. and
she In a Gloss observer OF just such Incl
dents - those described in her book
Portland roses are the pride Of Oregon
and their fame has caused the city to he
nicknAmed the Rose city. Roses climb
to the tops Of the houses and are planted
by the roadside How this ia done and why
| il 10 possible n told by Mr.. Frederick V.
Holman in the May Garden ndgoStNs
| To Mr. Holman IL due also the credit
OF introducing the rose a. a feaIure'to
the city Of Portland.
The dominating characteristic OF
Serrick Kilnarny. the young lrshmsa
who Is the hero Of Muriel Hines HALF
in Earnest TO he published this week.
il love OG freedom. This love 81 freedom
plays an important part in the story Of
| Kilmarny's relations with the beautiful
woman. the sun worshipper- whom he
meets on the island OF Capri kilmarny
scorns many Of the conventions Of modern
society. but he 10 also devoted TO politics,
and his relations With Candida (hftoa
have an unexpected ending.
George Edward Woodbury.. author Of
many books. Of which The Inspiration
81 Poetry the volume ~ criticism pub
Hshad at the beginning % this year. IL
the latest has been made an honorary
foreign fellow OF the Royal Society 81
Literature.
Above LIES Turmoil il the title 81
tn. naw volume - essays to no pub
li-hed by Jemes Alien. the author 81
As a Man Thinketh- and The Master
Of Destiny Like their predecessors. these
cssavs deal with the problems of lCe
from n healthy and hopeful point 81
view Mir Aliens philosophy Is summed
mp IN the following sentence from the
essay on True Happiness
To maintain an Interchangeable sweet
res - dispOSition. to think only thoughts
that are p,re and gentle and 10 b. happy
under all circumstances such
beauty 10 character and life should be
the ann 81 all
Josephine Preston Peabody Tho Piper
o play in four acts in blank verse, ~ being
published in an ESglish edition. This
u the play selected by tho Shakespeare
me -norial committee at StraJford a. the
prize winner among several hundreds m
A competition for E3OD. The committee
were una nimous IN their choice and som" Of
1 them. including Mr. y. Y Benson. thought
! 40 highly % The Pipsr- that they will
produce ~ on three separate occasions
NJ the Shakespeare festival az Stanford.
J Ms ealDody will 10 VA Stratford tn -ee
4 ths, presentation q her play. which she
! readh,r, IN NrN York during III. winter.
! Professor Coping ger. the English scholar
and writer who died recently. had one
} characteristic which demonstrated his
great kIndrcs~ of heart He invariably
answered all letters on all kinds Of sub
D ,ecfs atstruse or even foolish from
3 perfect strangers a. well a. friends. ard
/ all his knOwleige was put ungrtIdgingly
AZ their service although u was often
not even acknowledged He was IN the
habit % working until {? O'Clock IN the
/ morning cataloginnR. compiling and writ
/ ing. During the writing Of his Bible
and It's Trar smission' he collected a
library Of Bibles amounting TO over :OoI
volumes. and ~ Thomas A Kenpis'.
| -ImnAtio Christi which he tranSlated
/ in 1900. he had .OOO editions.
/ Mr.. William John Courthop~ was unit
recently a Civil Service Commissioner
in England. and like many English Gov
eminent officials he has found Time To M
a distinguished writer a. we'll In adj
ton To his Life Of Pope which Mr.. Cour
thope wrote IN collaboration with Mr.
EIxin. Mr.. Courihope IL the author oi
a life Of Addison. For some years nov
he has been devoting himself to his nev
work the History Of English Poetry
He has a thoughtful oil World mind
and the leisurely temperament of a tru'
lover Of study and 81 literature. Hi
History 81 English Poetry fills ~
volumes and concludes with the poetry Of
SIR Walter scott.
sidney Warwick IN a young writer anc
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