The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
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WIN 'hs"r geh'1in. friends. the badiani,
and Murat,
NJ tha sni u ak yaar,, the Princess al
Nfngr"iia dad. soon after IN" Won suit.
ners r.l"nt"d and hogan ia urge the do,
Voted couple. who had won n place m
ht"ratur" which gave a prospect ~ u
snf'iri"nt and increasing income, To como
7" tnnir estate of Harmannsdnrf. In i'>i
'n"N accepted The invitation. and bv an
IRONY ~ fst" upon which Tn" Baroness
r"iraIns from laying stress large share
OF tn" earnings II ths pair v h" had Of
Tended hv poverty was swallowed up IN
tho effort, apparently vain in the end,
t" save Harmannsdorf. which was dragged
DOWN by dishonest management OF
tho gIarrles that should hav. proved
profitable, However their r''sld"nc" there
h"Ipti IN tina campaign which tho baron-
''ss soon undertook Visits to- Berlin and
Paris. acuuaint.Arscs with prominent pep
pie followed, and all tho while husband
and wif" kept m their study 81 ~ri"ntihc
hooks. Their interest in serious things.
along with their writing During - visit
20 Paris III III. spring ~ 1887 ia" baroness
heard for III. first time If tho Int.TtEG-
'lonal Peac. and Arbitration Ass"cia-
trun Of London. and sh. returned /"
Vienna fired with ont nIsias,n for tha Idsa.
so n'sw tn her though II WA old enough I"
nave branches IN SUIT garL. Berlin, Milan.
Rome. Norway. sweden and Denmark.
She added an account q; u. London
League u her BOOK Tho Age II Ma
chlnsry.' IN" proof sheets Of which were
awaiting her On hnr return to Vienna,
assn ming that her readers would share
her recent ignorance.
Not on. 81 the critics SUSPECTED that
Somebody NJ she signed that volume,
was "A woman. Opc-, in sOc,ety. kindly
PERSON told her III plain language that 1t
was not "A book for ladies' A. soon AS
u was out Of her hands She began her now
famous Die Waffen NIedsr" AWAY With
Weapons Is tn. translation used h"rel,
the imaginary autobiography Of IL young
woman who's. fate was closely involved
with the wars fought In Our own day. A
to thns. wars. 90 several Of which. includ-
ing IN. Caucasus section of tho Russo
Turkish war II Is76-77 she, had been very
close herself. an. repeatedly alludes. III
tho form % keen regret at her youthful
making hook-for epoch making it has
b.Aen in the same sense. that Uncle Tom =
Cabin WAS IN its day the Baroness used
her husband a. the model for the nOh.
hero She had no fears about placing
the book; hut on" publisher after another
refused 'o accept il for serial publication
on the ground that III /, quito out II the
question To publish IN" nnv"iin "a military
Even IN. publisher who event
,ally took II for issuanc. In book fern
wanted the title changed and all III. mar
row II tn. work Ont out. But he had no
cause 90 regret his yielding Ia her lndig-
nant insist .nC' on the retention of all it,
features. either from the financial point
II view of from that Of interest. even III
military circles, at HON" ur IN tn" dozen
or NOR. foreign lands into Whose. languages
IL was translated. Among tn. interesting
letters which she produces h"artng IN their
experience IL one from Alfred Nobel. with /,
whom she had always correspondent since
her sudden flight at her marriage. lie
tells her that Their" Is not "A single on" OF
the .OOo language which are said 20 exist.
s9a too many. IN hIs opinion. into which |
her delightful book should not he trans ,
lated Rad and studied. and that her
w.a pons. the charm Of her style and the .
grandeur II her ideas carry and will ,
carry much further than the inventors !
u war armaments aand all the other i'm /
plemerAts OF he'll This novel was pub !
ish.ed in 1891. Meanwhile. during the !
Paris Exposition II the previous year, n
peacs. congress- had been held. and the !
InterparliaInentary Conferenc" had been !