The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16

in tone This is hardly surprising in
view of the fact that Mrs AthertOn
long enjoyed wide popularity in Eng
land In fact on his recent visit 10
this country Lord NOrthcliffe. the great
English publisher. declared that she
was more read in England than any
other American novelist.
Dr. Richard Clarke Cabot's book so
cial Service and the Art of Healing
has special interest due to the fact
that the original idea of department
of endeavor was his own. He estab-
lished his social service department in
October. 1868.
Miriam Nicholson. author of I'm
the Bishops Carriage" and Michael
Thwaites' Wife," is the sister of Pro
fessor Nicholson of the University of
Chicago. who won one of the Nobel
prizes for mis- scientific studies Miss
Nicholson lives in San Francisco.
Burgess johnson. author Of Pleasant
Tragedies of Childhood" is accustomed
to pass his summers on Long island
His cottage is at Port Washington.
facing the sound, upon which he spends
most of his time. being a skilled and
devoted canoeist.
Upton Sinclair. during his residence
in California, completed a novel soon
to be published. 1t is entitled Samuel
the Seeker and is written in an IDEAL
istic key that has hitherto been absent
from sinclair's work
William J. Dawson, d. D., has re-
turned to this country from a three
months mission tour through England.
Scotland and Wales. On the last sun
day of the month he is expected to
preach in New York.
Robert E. Knowles. author OF 'The
Web of Time" and The Undertow," re-
Gently left this country for a trip
through Europe. Before sailing he left
the revised proofs of his forthcoming
book The Attic Guest" with his pub
lishers-
H Addington Bruce spent the fall in
the Catskills. completing his Daniel
Boone and the Wilderness Road on
which he has been at work for the past
two years.
Florence Morse Kingsley has drama
tized her love story, The Princess and
the Ploughman." which was published
last year The play will probably be
produced under the title, The Maid
and the Money" Mrs. Kingsley is at
present staying at Lake Hopatcong,
New Jersey.
James Oppenheim has been in Kinne-
bunkport Me-. making a selection OF
what he considers his representative
poetry, to be published under the title
of Monday Morning and other Poems"
In a recent article in Poet Lore Mr..
Oppenheim expresses certain views in
regard to the poverty of present day
poetry.
Richard Ie Gallienne has built him
self a shack near East Aurora, where
he spent last summer and autumn
working on a new volume Of poems.
He also put the finishing touches upon
the play "Orestes," which he has writ
ten for Mr.. Faversham.
Professor Lounsburys new book.
English Spelling and Spelling Re
FORM is one of the first presentmeuts
of this much misunderstood subject
which has emanated from a scholar to
the public. The hope OF Professor
Lounsbury is to remove what he terms
the 'unintelligent opposition OF the
intelligent" vet he refuses to be a
partisan, preferring a consideration OF
both sides, and the consequent recon-
mendation of some things new and
some things old OF course the philO-
logist may expect to find here whole
pages of interest only to himself, but
we are inclined TO think that even
more than that of the philOIogist viii
be the enlightenment OF "the man on
the street" who never yet, perhaps.
has quite known what spelling reform
was all about.