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dozen novels. two of which portray
the life of Algeria and three, lie
Zezere." la Sarabande" and Les
Sortileges." the life of their native
island. In these last named. which
they naturally wrote con amore and
by which they are best known. they
described ''In delicious and impatient
fashion" to cite an appreciation of
Rosnyalne. with phrases that have
the brilliancy Of tropical insects. the
oppressive Voluptuousness of the warm
nights. the perfume of the wind. of the
earth, of the sen, of the fruits. of the
spices. the swarmlng of the Negroes
and the Mulattoes. the light rcvery and
the tender optimism OF the Creoles."
Three of the seven Goncourt prizes
thus far awarded have gone to in
terpretatlons OF colonial life OF char
actcr-"Forcc Ennemic" by John-An-
tome Nau in 1903. LES Civilises" by
Claude Farrcre In 1905 and "En France"
by Marius- AIRY Leblond in 1903; and the
principal competitor OF MariuS-Ary Le
blond In the recent contest was Charles
Petit, another interpreter OF colonial
life and character to whose subtle
"Petale de Rose ct Quelques Bones"
attention was called in the Transcript
on the occasion OF It's appearance last
summer. This Is not a mere coin
cidence. but an indication of the i'm
portance of the role played by the col
onieS In French literature.
Eden Phillpotts, the English novel
ist has recently expressed his dis
quietude because so many English men
of lctters-nature's pets" her spoiled
children" the arisocrats of intellect"
as he classes them-are Socialistic In
their tendencies. do they want their
heads cut Off to make footstools for
the fools?" he asks. But 1t Is not in
Great Britain lone that the novellsts
show their Socialistic tendencies.
Tolstoy and Gorky In Russia. Blasco
Ibanez the Spaniard. Anatole France
and our own William Dean Howells are
among the writer's who present their
heads as 'footstools for the fool" And
now an astonishing Dutch genius ap-
pears on the literary horizon whose
youthful masterpiece is described as
Socialist tract" His name is Israel
Querido. and "Menchenwee" CHuman
Fate). translated under the title Toll
of Men," is the first of his novels to
be done into English.
Querido was born in Amsterdam in
1873. but he is Dutchmnn by birth
only, being descended from a
Portuguese family of noble lineage. He
lived his early days In poverty. and
worked as a boy in a diamond factory.
In connection with the distinguished
list of authors of the new symposium
on mortals' prospect Of immortality,
I'm After Days" il is an interesting
fact that with at least one notable eX
ceDtion in Mr.. Henry James, most of
them are over 20 years of age. The
oldest is the Hon. John Bigelow, who
recently celebrated his ninety-second
birthday. Next to him are Julia Ward
Howe. who has almost reached 81.
Nd To 70 hor &c
ing straight for the century mark"
and Col Thomas Wentworth Hlggin-
SON now about 81 Mr.. William Dean
Howells is II. and Mr.. Henry NJ. AL
den, editor of Harper's Magazine. is
approaching 72. Miss Elizabeth Jor-
dan. who planned the book in her ca
pacity as editor Of Harper's Bazar In
which the chapters seVerally appeared
says that she did not demand that her
chosen authors should be advanced in
years. but instinctlvely reached out
first toward the men and women whose
age as well as intellect made for pro-
found and vital thought.
After Shelley had been expelled
from oxford because of what his IA
ther calls his criminal opinions and
| improper acts he went Immediately
| to London in company with his friend
IHcy put up OVER HleHl Ut Il
| coffee house. and the next day sought
lodgings in the neighborhood. But
| Shelley was difficult to please. To
one place he objected because a man
| In the street called "macSerel" and
| "mussclS," at another he did not fancy
| the maid 8 nose and at n third he was
disturbed by the mistress voice. Final
| ly he was satisfied with rooms in Po-
! land street because the name remind
4 L. n l. 4
| because the wallpaper. decorated with
trellises from which hung green and
purple grapes. pleased his eye. We
stay here. stay forever" he exclaimed.
| All this with the impending doom OF
paternal dIspleasure hanging over his
head.
When father and son first met after
this crucial episode in Shelley's life.
II was at a dinner i'm d London hotel
| with Hoge as company. After the re :
past. when Shelley had left the room
on an errand, the father sought the
advice Of his sons friend. whom he
attempted to hatter by saying: You
are a very different person. sir. from
what l expected To find; you are a
rice. moderate, reasonable. pleasant
gentleman" Hogg suggested mar
rage as a remedy for the boys inde-
pendence. and then over the port
Timothy Shelley began to talk loudly
He said that he was highly respected
in the house OF commons, greatly be.
loved In Sussex, and an excellent
magistrate Vociferatlng that there
was certainly a God he told Hogg thai
he could prove 1t. Drawing out q
sheet OF paper and beginning to read
the argument was Identified by Hoge
and by Shelley, who had returned t.
the room. as Paley's. Timothy Shell
ley acknowledged the fact II copied
them out of Pallcy's book this morning
myself,' he said. but Palley had then