The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
ROCKS AND AUTHORS.


booklet has bsNcn made % =. NJ.
Barrie's tribute to Mcre,iith, which APP
p,sarci originally i'm the WcsfniEsiST
Gdzstte. under the title Neither Dorking
nor the Abbey Whom Il was decided
that Mereiith's ashes were not tS-be
placed in Westminster Abbey. the sunny
graveyard Il DOrking village was selected.
Barrie says tho greatest man since
ShAkespeare' lies neither In Dorking nor
the Abbey. hut lives in his women char
acters especially who go their ways
carrying his glory through the world
Mr. r. HOdaon I4iddell. r. II. A.. the
author Of China: Its Marvel and Mystery.
10 he published this week. urges that
China is artistically very much ahead Of
Japan. MIR. Liddell made a journey to
China solely to paint pictures Of the coun-
try. His book contains forty illustrations
in color made from the authors sketches.
which include the Porcelain Pagoda at
PelIin.- "Honk gong from kowioon, Fish
ing Boats on the Pearl River near Canton"
and the Summer Palace at Pekin.-
q. Frederick Turnsr. tho author 81
the recent novel Gloria" 10 married to
the younger daughter Of George Gros-
smith. the English actor At Harrow
and Oxford. where he was educated. he
gained a reputation as "A writer ol amateur
stories. He spent his holidays In Switzer-
land. where he obtained the atmosphere
for his present novel
MIR Edward Sheldon. although a very
young man and ont nf college only a few
YEAR has Succeeded in writing two sic
ce@sfIil dramas, Salvation Nell and
The Niger The latter play ran the
season through az the New Theatre AMI
j. one 81 the plays that the company
will produce on it, toIr. The play il g.
10 pro luced in hook during the spring
Mr.. sheldon is a Harvard man who spent
his early years in Chicago.
The Story 81 the Other Wise Man. .
which DR. Henry van Dyke published ia
1895. has just gone into new edition Of
SOON copies. The book il made up in
seven different editions and Is proba bly,
the most popular of all the books DIR
van Dyke has written.
At the latest meeting Of tho Society of
Authors. London. Maurice Hewlett drew
attention to the fact that Thomas Hardy.
recently elected. was bJst the third pres-
dent the society has had in IL entire career
Mr. HRrdy's predecessors were Tennyson
and George Meredith. Hardy's story 81
Par From the Madding Crowd ~ ar
nounced for publication this week in the
new thin paper edition now being issued
in this country.
new volume u stories by Sir Gilbert
Parker which was announced forspr.ng
publication has been postponed Like tho
authors latest book. Northern Lights.
10 is expected that the new stories will con
tain vivid pictures ~ life far from hum
drum cities ana centres. The busy author
D. now making the final changes aud adj
ditIOns 10 the book
Hartley Burr Alexander. author Of
-Odes on the Generations 81 Man ~ .
professor Of philosophy IN the University
81 Nebraska Of which he ~ a graduate.
He has done some notable work in the tield
q scholarship and Of ethics. and he Is the
author 81 two earlier books. Poetry and
the lndiv dual- and The Midetrth Life
Owen Johnson. whose story The Var
mint ~ appearing serially and will b.
brought out later in book form Is the son
Of Robert Underwood johnson. EDITOR -
the Csniurg Mr. johnson was prepared
for Yale az Law renc"ylle and has written
an earlier successful book basel like the
new one on school life He was graduated
from Vale IA 1871 and has published sinc.,
then Arrows - tho Almighty, In tho
Nan.. ~ Liberty and Max Fargus
An Army Mule IL the title ~ a new
story Ivy charles Miner Thompson. author
of Tn. Calico Cat 20 be- published the.
end ~ the month The title ~ suggested
by the blind and reckless ob-iinacy 81
the old soldier who - 10 principal char
acter His mul.$hnesS involves him and
those about him in a succession 81 mysti-
flying and distressing complications which
give interest TO the story Mr. Thompson
- the associate editor % the FOUth' =
com pdnion AMI h" u writer Of stories
and criticisms for the magazines
Camp and Camera in Lower California.
the new book 81 adventure and explora-
ton Ia be brought out by Arthur "
North. In illustrated from photographs
taken by the author himself Mr. North
unites the widely differing interests 20
the historical student and the sportsman
Tho book contains the actual experience
in the far West 81 the sou of California
pioneer and a big hunter in the Sicrras.
The purpose ~ The Lost Art 81 Conver-
satinn.- edited by HoFatio 3. Krans AMI
TO he published some time before this
month IL out. ~ 10 bring together in one
volume the best English essays on oOnveT
aation with a view 90 providing those who
would excel in the art with hints, sugges-
tons. rules and precepts likely 70 be help
hIl in the making 81 good talk. The writ
ers Of these essays hold that conversation
is one Of the chief pleasures OF civilized
social life: that II h. comparatively speak
ing. lost art: that II may. IL IL be carefully
cultivated, become again a source OF gen.
eral delight and attain somsthing Of the
social and intellectual influence which II
Possessed In It's great dayA
Yorks Davis n a pen name chosen by an
author whose identity II discovered would
be q surprise and would display In q nsw
role a person widely known. The book.