The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-08
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
An interesting and significant episode
in the life Of John Hay IL presented In
A Poet in Exile from original docu-
ments edited by Caroline Tickn0r. In
lsSs young Hay. then 20 years 81 age. was
graduated from Brown University and
went 20 study law In a dinEy law Office
in Warsaw. m. Remote from the liter
airy friendships that had been his inspira-
ton in college. he poured out his thoughts
In some hitherto unpublished poems
and particularly In a series Of letters 10
has friend Miss Nora Perry, tho poet,
Of Providence. The small volume which
contains these letters and poems will
he IT special value 10 book lovers. col
lectors and the many admirers Of Mr.. Hay.
Sir Thomas r. Fuller. an intimate friend
o. Cecil Rhodes during his lifetime. has
written a Monograph and a Reminis-
oence' which contains many Interesting
Incidents RhOdes was an Oxford man
and lover of his alma mater In the
De Beers diamond mines the whole pro-
ceeds Of the days mining wers taken
by one man. Unattended and unmatched,
into a room TO he weighed and regis
tered When surprise was expressed
at this arrangement Mr. Rhodes said
oh, that's all right Mr.. So-and-so
takes charge Of the diamonds and he Il
an Oxford man and an English gentle
man Perhaps Il there were two they
might conspire-
Robert Herrick while writing his new
novel, "A Life for a Life. said q Il: Just
how far ! can escape from the necessity
Of place and circumstance, just how far
| can make characters convincing and
moving without realistic detail do not
know yet-but shall 90 far in this new
book in the attempt Il will he concerned
with the most actual pressing life Of to-
day. mans life. mems lives. a. lived
this last twenty years But Il will have
the least possible element Of journalistic
detail
Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer,. the
author Of The History Of the City Of
New York. Is the only woman admitted
to the honorary degree Of doctor Of letters
az Columbia University this year Dr
Butler in welcoming her said Marianne
Grisw ID Van Rensselaer,. TO whom Il
has been given 30 trace with a wOman's
skill and a mans strength the story Of
the early history Of our city. and % inter
pref with charm and in many ways the
great monumentSrOf architecture and Of
art, gladly admit you 20 the degree Of
doctor Of letters in this university
Last year Columbia admitted a woman
Ia an honorary degree for the first time
in twenty-three years The recipient was
Mary Wilton Calkins. TO whom the degree
Of doctor Of philosophy was given 4
new and considerably enlarged edition
Of Mise Calkins's First Book In Psychol-
ogy' has just been published
The memoirs Of Princess Marie Of
Orleans princess Waldemar Of Denmark.
" ho died las, winter. will be- published
-1on In Copenha en They deal chiefly
with her early life in England and France
The body Of Balzac Is 20 he transferred
Ia the Pantheon The Balzac Society has
made all the necessary arrangements for
IGNORING the famous French novelist
Accidents q an Antiquarys ldfe- -
an Interesting sequel TO Mr. Hogarths
Wandering Scholar 10 the l.evant.
written eighteen years ago. The new
volume IL a Rraver book than the earlier
lne and the dan gers and harrishiTs Of ara
life occupy more space in Il.
The heRinner in travel sees only one side
II thing, and that il the fresh and inter
sting aspect he feels that he has
earned much and he conveys that i'm
preston of discovery and life 10 what he
,ays After years ~ experience he learns
ha, there il a. much Co ~ sand on the
opposite side, and even though he may
,till retain his od opinions no has an m
sasy CONSEQUENCES that they are not 90
,erialn a. they onca seemed 90 h.. His
Nriilng lacks confidence and zest but Il
gains m accuracy and value
Mr. Justin Mccarthy. whose History
" Our Own Tunes dealing with the
whole of Queen vic'oria's reign comprises
seven volumes has in hand an eighth
volume of the work This book will be
devoted TO the reign 81 king Edward
vi from his acCess'on 20 his death
Henry e. Merwin. in his new book /
Dogs and Men. a little book recently |
published. proves himself good friend /
4 dogs A. a friend 81 horses he is widely |
mown. Tor II ~ b. who originated the |
amoUs WorkhOrse Parade which takes |
place IN Boston annually and has been |
'1pled ~ other cities
The life and Times of Mrs sherwood /
US 1851. from the Diaries Of Captain and |
Mrs sherwood. furnishes a good object |
essen in the subtle complications which !
yOvsrn the lottery 81 literary fame The |
experience n her own life was uncom- |
non IN value and variety II extended /
lack % a period when ladies' rode pillion I
iehind their husbands 20 evening parties /
md came 10 blows over quadrille: when /
gentlemen appeared AZ the dinner table /
low glorious IN peach blossom coats and .
rink satin wEistcnats and now with o. |
vows showing through their sleeves |
The honor ~ claimed for MrN Sherwood |
4 beng the first Anglo-lndian novelist.