The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-02
BOOkS .IND .lTTHORs.


stage of the opera war in the recently
published New York Society un Parad.
that society - az ia worst AZ the opera
bcCaus" -soCi"ty's- obJ's't IA attSOsiing
the opera ~ -zuperAt,vsly artificial.
Spcl"ty hears music at the opera Oi
Monday night A. Inethodically a. u SAYS
prayers a. Church on sunday morning
a sreligiously as !, cuts coupons az the safe
deposit on Tuesday afternoon.
The boN parties 20 hccaus. the opera
- fashionable: the opera - fashionable
he,ause the box parties GO. Which IL
th" cause and which the enectg Which
came first. the goose or the egg"
The ak best selling hooks ~ fiction
during the last month. according tn the
Bo kmaa. are When a Man Marries.
The Foreigner John Marvel. Az
slstHnt.- Lord I.oveland Discovers
Amsr,ca -raasers- BY" and The silver
Horde which ~ brackstsd with -Trux-
ton King Shackleton's book. The Heart
81 the Antarctic Krehbiel's Book %
Operas and Chsstertons Tremendous
1rih'~s- an" among the most popular
non fiction hooks.
Molly ElIiot SeaWell. whose new novel.
-Ih- Marriage Of Theodora.' ~ to appear
immediately. has been a winner IN three
big competitions. la each case shs WAS
the only woman who won. although
thousands % women competed. The
first prize winner vas Little Jarvis
the second was The Sprightly Romance
Of Narsac" and the third was John
MaInNartng. finanCIeT
Max Bearbohm IN hls oIitiaus on
Rostand's new play IN the Saturday Re
rieV compares Rostand and MAeterlinck
as follow -Maet.rllnck the massive.
tho eup-ptic. with his motor bicycle
and his bulldog Master linck. the child
like IN heart. the sweet and profound
sever. the sage ethereal; and RosLSnd.
the delicate 81 frame. tho dandy. the
dIlettante. vet IN has work all gusto and
viTility aud expansivene.s Maetsrlinck.
N" man Of imagination, and hostand,
the man 81 a million and one faacl.s
Rostand. all crowned with the pride and
pomps OF lie saluting nature. adoring
her. au mIeuE with her, Maetsrlinck.
know nag her soul from within
The placid and somewhat pompOus
ignorance Of the English people toward
matters American ~ a never failing source
of amusement To the intelligent AmerI-
can. A fresh example % this lofty ig-
norancs may be found m a recent number
OF the SphSrs where On Mr.. Clement
Shorters entertaining literary page one
may read. 1T Is curious that the first
great edition Of Millions complete works
Columbia University. wherever that may
he We IN England are frightfIlly ig-
norant ~ American geography. After
giving the list of his own editions 81 Mil
ton Mr. shorter concludes: There -
not. however. "A really scholarly edition
~ Millions prose works now in print.
80 there ~ plenty ~ room for the venture
that 10 promised by Prof Trent
Dr John s Harrisons Teacher Of
Emerson. to be published in March. aims
To- show how Emerson thinking was
moulded by the speculation ~ Plato
and his school This writer says that
The sources OF Emersons thought are
not 10 To found IN the transcendental
philosophy 81 Germany. but that his
we're ~ one with the old
Greeks the first To bring the light ~
intellect INTO this world The material
4 IN" book ~ aid to he new and from
sources ana to throw fresh light
m aspects - Emerson hitherto untouched
" mlsInterpreted
W living dranattst. Il - said. has
.y.r b.en able To command more than
. tenth II the amount which Rostand
l.. 4. H. A.
.ii,inn de luxe ~ RnstAnd's complete 7
works - to- he brought out IN seventy
veakly instalmentS handsomely illus
rated
The IDENTITY ~ the unknown recipient .
4 the pe Mu-Set love letters which we're .
ntrus'e,i 20 the National Library IN issO
~ safe keeping until this wear. when
he seal were brosen has he"n revealed
~ rather guessed by the Ne M,I-set
pecia lists Leon Secha and Paul MarI-ton
'ha-a men who had not n~en sworn 20
Hence urge that rho mysterious woman
vas Atmsa d Alton who i,~cs me- the wife
4 Alfred Dc Mtl-s@t brother Paul
n spite oI the numerous srasure- 20 which
hey were subjected by Aimee and 10y
or husband IL Figaro felt obliged ~
orcwarn ~. con-tI tuency that they were
~ Tor the family table They are Ia
% published m book form m France
glth an INTRODUCES n by Leon SAche
The Dukes Prlc~ Published this
yerk - the first novel Of International
To- he written ~ collaboration
~ an American husband and European
sife The authors are Dernetra Naka,
Greek the author of -Haremlik
md her husband. Kenneth brown The
Jerome - an American girl VINO Yields
- her ri'h father social ambitions ana
narries a bankrupt French duke The
,ook - ~ ~ to ~ q careful picture 81
oreign ~. aud - IDEALS rather than a
aricaturs
The origin of the latest Psrissn ~ensa-