The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-05
RACKS THEY'RE READING NOW
ArIH,E ERt>TtNo oars or
rrJ >INT LITERARY TASTES.
,,rprn Mrr,o'rs Popular india ami
south Africa BarA grounds foe New
>,,rI, FnEn,h Authors who lead
urnan.i Tor Hooks on VI, site Topics.

....., .-pnwering" said Aphur Brpn-
... M lruuIrsr in his store the other
OBJ. r,lruh-r III books that are com
...., ,u the time, mean. Here We
III, ,h- v"rg" ~ the holiday season.
AMI night almost say that too many
= .,,,. been published already this
IA
.I., .r.,..,-hnt demand for fiction has
,,...r N one. bIt aud the demand for
-. ia he ether lines has increase'i.
r.. memoirs. for example. People like
,,.,,..r, especially thosr ~ the French
rc.-, because IT their peculiar typ. "f
,,,,,,..... SUPPOSE. aud a- q consequence
a.. ,,..rtnlr market - very brisk inds-sd.
H.. Am. hing applies 20 books II travel.
.,ut ,,,,pI- IN this country buy me-
r..r. Na-r,, they borrow them IN Eng
I,,t England y. a country 81 book
,,r,,v.-- ANYWAY Her" the pFopls
-, t.. ,hr IN IN" intimate chatter az
en-. ..I Galuc cuurti.rs are wiling -
h,,y .r..r books m the shops. even IL they
A.. rr.r. "xr-n~,v" than rhe ordinary
po,..- h.ra,lS.' of IN" superior bindings
an Illustrations. while in England they
vii ran ru tn" library for their desired
boz
It, s,F" ~ saw that ~ PER cent nf the
..'..- vi "A book in England are made ia
the libraries. while rs Just ih. npposl'.
In This country No. III make that even
.rr,n..~ and saw that here >n per cent.
era- 30 IN" hook buyers.
IN. old fashioned reading club com
sos..i for the most rart of women. has been
rev yad aud - doing its share toward
n. revival ~ III. memoir craze. such
cIuh- moan A. the New Brighton and the
Long Island Reading clubs. in which the
manha-- nuy abatch Of books. read them.
and rh.rt aurr ON them nT Ia th. members
when hoy are finished
.IrrS- hen Temple scott. who - an ing
bshran and head of she Rrentano pub
Eshrrg department. cam" up with some
nua-rrtr about q book ON South African
m. which caused NJ BrenIano ~ speak &c
the 90 rg-aphlral cycles nf the hook
India and South Africa are very popu-
lar fairgrounds for novels just now l..
sat The poems 81 Laurence Hope mr."
str r. pular and there are two good hooks
or south Africa One Braver Thing and
The Rod ~ Justice. 10y Alice and Claude
,..ax who wrote The Shulamiie' It's
hari 20 tell Just what country will i've
sssad upon M NJ by the scrivenars. tn, u
macs am interesting con lecture"
Then Mr. Brentano and Mr.. Scott began
on England and her writer's and agreed
shat the last De Morgan book wis dis
appointment
Why said MIR Scott. there's only
ore good line in that book and it's the
first
But both admitted that Nr he Morgan
Is stall very much in vogue. As for Shaw
said they. don't think for "a minute nat
G 3 s ia losing his popularity Every
time Shaw publishes a new hook no has
new popularity on the spot. because he is
always fresh and always surprising
II @ Wells Is in trouble. chuckled Mr.
Scott. over getting a publisher for his
new book in England. He IS stubborn.
va know. and I understand that he re-
Mes TO allow th, excelsior OF certain
part Of his book that has Ia do with
marriage. suppose.
The American writers in England that
always sell well are Kate Douglas Wiggtn
and James Lane Allen and nrIr Winston
ChUrchiIl.- continued Mr. Br. n'ano. MIR
poolav you know. il always popular with
the English.
No. ! doubt very much whs' hsr %
Henry would bs appreciated in his slang.
Iar and intensely local stories an ont
N.S YORK. for example. hut | know that
the more thoughtful reader abroad re-
g~rd. hln as a brilliant. almost Mere
dlihIan handler Of the .lIgrafn. He was
almost too riiliant. too Iacile in fact. and
Perhaps who knows'- he wrote little
too much. so that a. Consequence his
ar suffered
No English r.ader.- put in Mr. Scott
likes an American book that DEFENDS
entirely upon tn. Use Of slang to MAKE. u
g punfeSs nat the Only line chat inaCie
n. laugh n G"crge AIDE Fables vas
In" professor sat IN has study entirely
tI-rpund.d hy WHISPERS.
Jumping hack To English writer's IN.
Publishers thought that iralsvor'hy was
proving himself an ahle ally Of shaw and
IN" tahlans In England they think
'ra' Henri MurRers bohemlans Of tn.
laun Quarter hal a lot OF in fiuence over
Lock" when ne wrote The Beloved
lagab0ud and ms other tales IN which
lari- HE plays 80 charming par:
Leonard M"rrick i an a,It nor Of whom
Arls - known over here said they. but
hIs -tnnrai an Search of His Youth
y A. delightful "a novel a. you will md
SivW n"r" ION rad II a. popular d. ever,
All r.. ". Mason. who has been travel
hhS lately with Bar-'e. - another author
dear - n" English Heart.
creamy eyed woman came IN just
i'"r ~ --trrh of "a boob on psychology.
al1 nat reminded Mr. Brentano that the
-N-eailed Now Thought hat created "a
'"fnHnd for books on aDIrIt tIalIsm and
i-yct"lpgy nat was really -rIrprI-4ng
q" women said he like - nelve
NO mystery If any sort ana they are
.iIaHy At home IN the always popular
--'errv- story and the behind the veil
.N-' ~ thing
II = me women" M Brent mo went
"t ana the Young men just awaking
'"a JOS" II hooks that read modern verse.
'lh!y roca-Ionally do the older readers
- re mai. sex such as Mr.. Archer Hunt
,AE'Hn for example. come IN and ASS
''r now book Il poems. and they too
~" '." rr~- that read the literary plays
TIA hpp-ar 80 aDundantIy. The younger
me- Y the literary world write them
'"r -" most part. an1 very much Ike
70" ~r,lly Islanders. VINO take N Zach
ger "asG for "A living. IN" younger
i'"n r"ad hem
!l"-" - always a demand for The
,t--. i.dy. e,pe cially the French. and
D., 49, mann translated in ever favorIie
~ "-- German con inter-. although h" -tlii
~ -".pEi - the German rendition