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peareo last year. IL ts CRITICAL ana
serious study Of American. life to-day.
Az Mr. HoweIls says OF the younger au-
thor. Mr.. Herrick's Gction IL force for
the wider civilization which to be widely
felt needs only to be widely known. -"
What I should finally say Of his work is
that it 10 much more widely based than
that OF any other American novelist Of
this generation"
The problem Of marriage is a theme
which interests Charles Marriott. and IL
has been treated in his novels. His new
story. The Intruding Angel" deals with
a loveless marriage. when a Woman
woos.' Mr.. Marriott's preceding novel,
will be remembered as another discussion
Of the marriage problem totally different
from the aspect Of the question presented
in the new story.
The Green Cloak forthcoming book.
In written by Yorke Davis. The pen
name wells the identity of person whose
name is as widely known as 1t is carefully
concealed. The book is a detective story
In which for the first time scientific
methods for the detection Of crime-thoee
with which Prof. MOnsterbsrg hSs expert
mented-are wrought into q novel. The
scene OF The Green Cloak extends from
an American city to the South Seas, and
a mysterious murder brings together a
strange collection OF varied and interest
ing personages.
A volume OF lyrics and sonnets to be
called From the Heart OF the Hills will
be issued next month by Clinton Soollard
and Thomas 8. Jones, Jr. AS the title
indicates, the book will be made up Of
poems inspired by various phases OF the
hill country.
Clara II. whtmore in her new book on
"Woman's Work in English Fiction
urges that women have not been imita-
tors in literature. Miss Whitman traces
the work of the woman novelist from the
Restoration to the middle OF the Victorian
age and points out that in creating new
types and in modifying established types
women have played a part that deserves
recognition. The thirty-five novelists
that the author considers at length in
her book have not only In their time
exercised an important influence but
have many OF them left an abiding i'm
press upon literature.
AMONG hnc bpEInk DoohG W Uo PuOhAahCo
is Women as Letter Writer'S by Ada M
Ingpen. Miss Ingpen is the sister Of the
well known editor OF Charles Lamb
and has brought together in her book
the best letters written by women in
English.
The new biography OF the French Re
publican Gsmbetta compiled by a rela-
tive OF his. N. r. NJ. Gheusi. has been pub
lished in England under the title Gam
betta: Life and Letters The work ID
largely made up Of letters from the great
tribune TO his relatives and intimate
friends. NJ. Gheusi. by iudicious choice
or the very voluminous correspondence
left by Gambetta. and treasured by his
own circle now rapidly growing smaller
and smaller, enables us to follow the
patriots career from his entry into the
humble seminary at Cahors kept by
priests until his sudden death.
Three Years Behind the Guns" In to
be put into embossed type for the blind.
This is the story OF the experiences OF a
runaway sailor lad on the Olympia and
IL was OF this book that Admiral Dewey
wrote the publishers: Il can vouch for
many OF the facts. and the description
Of the battle OF Manila Bay is one OF the
best l have ever seen published" A
curious fact in connection with this book
in that il was written by q woman who
didn't see the battle, but wrote the story
as her runa way sailor son told II to her
| parchment recently discovered in
the State archives Of Munster has proved
to be the manuscript OF three songs OF
Walter Won der vogelweide. together
with the music and fragment OF a poem
by another writer. II had been used as
a cover for a sixteenth century bin and Is
judged from the handwriting to belong
TO the middle Of the fourteenth century.
AN Ideal Husband by the late Oscar
wilde. has been translated into Russian
and has been staged by the Moscow I'm
perial State Theatre. The play has at
tanned an unusual success in Moscow,
having been performed twenty-five times
in the space OF four months. The Moscow
theatre Is a -repertoSy" playhouse. with
fifteen TO twenty plays running each
winter.
Rex Beach has quit New York for a trip
to Panama. where he will remain for
several months. On his way Mr.. Beach
stopped at Hot Springs and later went
hunting deer in northern Louisiana.
THE Undesirable Governess,s a the last
o5 the three books which were left un-
published by r. Marion Crawford. is quite
different in character from the novels
on which his reputation chiefly rests l..
It is an English story. presenting picture
OF English life which could be drawn only
by one who is thoroughly familiar with
English life and traits. Mr.. Crawford
spent several years as an undergraduate
at Cambridge and throughout his life had
multitude OF English friends. The
new book is fresh demonstration OF the
great versatility OF the dead author.
Sir Oliver Lodge. writing OF The
Responsibility OF Authors In the current
English Fortnishtis. fears that the decision
/ of the libraries In connection with tha