The sun., 1910-05-07
BOOKS avn AUFHORS
Nhaa some ~ Our PFsseat N, writer
Are aAy ing and Dslng.

Nhai some sS oar PFsssat Dag writer's
Are sAying and DSlng.
. From London comes the announcement
! Of ths arrival Of a new author, Charles
C4niaux. whose name 10 practically un-
known in this country M Gsniany Nas
little known in France, where hs had
struggled for years for recognition when
he won the Prix de Rome de- AutsuFs
/ with his -I.'nOmme De Peins- Now his
hooks are eagerly awaited and his Les
I Forces DE- Ia Vie and Ia Cite d Mort
have had a big sale.
Mas Gertrude Hall. who Il 10 an
nOunced is 10 ha 1hs AmorioRn trAnalAtnT
Of ROstand's -Chantecler.' Il thu author
Of The Unknown Quantity q recently
published novel describing tho caFOer
of a pathstio but appealing little widow
Miss Hall IL also a writer of stories for tho
mAgazines
Mr. William Archer. the English critic
who made an extended tour through tho
SouthsFn States in order to gather faCts
and opinions FROM both sides for his
u
book on the negro QUESTION. called
Through Afro-America. dedicatss this
book 20 H. q. Wells with whom says
Mr. Archer. Il 80 rarely disagree that
when do I must needs write a book
about it. Mr. Archer finds that 30 Ear
from thu education Of the negro having
improved the state q Affairs, matters
are distinctly worse than they were ten
years ago and that thu influences nov at
ameiOrate conditions The English writer
sees little hope for any Improvement until
the Union a. a whole rOuses itself 10
-grapple with its most menaoing danger.'
Rex Beach u on . holiday in Panama
accompanied by his wife. He has finished
the correcting Of his new book which
will he issued soon. II II 60 have a num-
her Of illustrations by Mark Henderson.
Annie Lemp KontA. the author Of the
recently published History Of French
Literature h q St Louis woman who
nov lives in New York. Her book u the
result OF ten years study and work. part
Of the time In Paris. Mrs. KOhtAs hus-
band h one of the Rdapters % MolnaF's
Devil In which George Arliss PLAYED.
Miss Julia stockton Dinsmors who has
recently added her name TO the lst Of
those Who In advanced years have made
their first contribution 90 literature.
is now in her seventy eighth year. She
V q true daughter Of the South and since
her fathers death in 1872 abe has per-
sonally. without superintendent OF other
assistance, cultivated acOnsiderAble body |
Of land. al the same time breeding and
raising all kinds Of live stock. she has !
always been an expert hOrsswoman.
Her evenings she devOtss 10 reading |
prose in French and 20 poetry in English. |
Miss DinamOrs did practically no writing |
till past her iftisth year. The new book |
which she publishes this year n called |
Verses and SOnnsts.'
Ismusl ?. QuiEG IN an Interesting and Z
history Of the lato Thomas
Platt in the Nay NOytA AmsrteaA Rsriss ,
names the four notable qualities Of the I
dead statesman ~ unfailing good judg- !
ment At critical moments. patience. 10y /
atty and the power Of fOrgiving-ths |
quality Of not keeping alive q resentment
because Il was not worth while. His
three great achievements he considers
the following: HE took the liquor quss- /
ton out of party politics and settled it
in New York STATE IN q way that quieted /
the Prohibitionists. removed from the |
Republican party the msnsoe Of their I
activity and ~ connected the sale Of I
liquor with the payment of tho expenses |
of Government a. permanentlyitO discour- !
age the further agitation Of the liquor
question IN this state. He created the I
Greater New York He prevented the I
nomination Of Mckinley on a platform /
that would have conceded something 20 I
the advocates Of free silver
Mr. Maurice Barring in his new WORK 4
on Landmarks In Russian Literature
pronounces its dominant characteristics T.
20 IN realism or naturalisn a great
simplicity and a sense of pity ~ TOT !
stoy he says. He calls himself Chris /
tian. but has 20 rewrite the Gospels to suit I
his own temperament. We feel. con- /
tinues Mr. Barring. that TolstOy is afraid /
Of the dark; that 10 him there h something
wrong in the whole % human life I
radical mistake In contrast Mr. Bar
ing places the great figure Of Dostoievsky. /
whom IL u ciear that Mr IA ring rrgaris
a. the dominant name IN Russian htsra-