The San Francisco call., 1910-07-10

Albert Bigelow Paine Will devote
most of the summer to the examina-
tfon and arrangement of Mark Twain $
literary effects in which work he is
associated as joint literary executor
with Mr. Clemens daughter Clara, Mrs
Ossip Gabrilowitsch. A great number
of the humorist's books are being given
to the Mark Twain library at Redding,
Conn, and his letters and papers are
being put in order as material for the
biography, and for the collection of let
ters which is in preparation. Mr.. Paine
has just completed bungalow study
to be called "Markland" small
piece of ground presented to him by Mr.
Clemens, and as soon as the material
is arranged he will be working there
steadily. preparing the story of Mr.
Clemens life. The study stands on a
side hill among the cedars, overlooking
the Saugatuck river and valley. 1t was
built large enough to contain billiard
table which Mark Twain gave his biog-
rapher last autumn, on condition that
he would build his bungalow of proper
shape and size to contain it. The table
was, given to Mr.. Clemens by Mrs. H.
H. Rogers four years ago. and he and
Mr.. Paine had expected to have good
many games on it this summer, as 1T is
within easy walking distance of storm
field" On his last drive from the train
to his home, when he arrived from Ber-
muda on April IA last. he asked Mr..
Paine to point out his billiard room,'
which was then nearing completion. 1t
was one of the last outside things in
which he showed definite interest
Mrs Gene Stratton Porter. author Of
sThe Girl of the Limberlost," admits
that there is a good deal of autobi-
ographical material in her novel and,
incidentally. considerable amount of
natural history which she has gathered
at first hand Thus she writes to her
publisher:
Every moth made my heroine cap
ture, every flower she found, every
bird she saw, every sound she heard
have all been my personal experience.
/ have found several flowers. vines,
etc, which the books have not yet
listed, pictured and described. I have
had the rarest moth in America lay
over zoo eggs beside my pillow. Any
bright boy or girl could do just what
do and get good living out of it. as
Elnora Comstock did. No man in this
part of the country makes the money in
the woods, fields. oil or other business
that I make aheld with my camera and
note book. But no one else seems to
get the idea. There is a little strug-
Cling ginseng gathering. little berry
picking and nut gathering, but as a
rule the river, swamp and woods belong
to the little English woman with a
camera and a brass bound constitu-
ton"
Kate Langley Bosher (Mrs. Charles
Bosher), author of Mary Cary starts
next month for little summer idling.
sailing for England on the Lapland
July 16. After a stay in London she
will go to oxford, Stratford, certain ca
thedral towns, and on to the lake
country of England and Scotland. A
stop in Edinburgh will be followed by
a return journey to London. and after
a visit to Paris will come a motor trip
through the chateau country of
France. She has set no special time
for reaching these places, and her stay
will be subject to circumstances. in
Guiding the weather; and as most of
the trip will be made by coach and
=
ant factor In the fall Mrs. Bosher
hopes to settle down to steady work
until the new book which is just start
ing on its way is finished.
The glowing tributes paid to Mark
Twain by the press of the whole coun-
try following the announcement of his
death show after all that the man who
contributes something to make the
world happier. is given position of
honor He was one of Americas great
remembered for the genuine fun pro-
voking characters that his fertile i'm
agination created. His struggle with
adverse circumstances. his rise to
prominence from humble beginnings
illustrate that literature as well as
politics affords a field for fame Mark
Twain's achievements may well afford
inspiration to many an aspiring genius.
Although Mark Twain is dead his
works of cheer still live.
Miss Anna Chaplin Ray seeks rest and
recreation in the winter at Quebec.
Summer is her time for working. Two
weeks ago tomorrow she sent to her
publisher the manuscript of a new
novel. The next day, at fremont"