The sun., 1910-06-15
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

/ Mr. W. J. Lacks's latest story, Simon
the Jester. viii be published In book form
this week. Simon ds Gen. the hero of the
ttle. jests with Pate because he helieves
/ thst hs has only a short time 30 live
I FFte gives him some serious lesaons IN
/ return and he lives on % become a humoF-
Gus philosopher with generous sympathy
io- an kinds of human SEpeFienoe. The
characters are like those which Mr.. Locke
he's presented IN former books. mo@t un-
conventional. and the incidents unusual
and surprising.
A boob on lawn tennis Tor women BY
woman 10 published under the title oi
Lawn Tsanis for LADIES' The author.
MrU Lambert Chambers. formerly Mis-
D. X. Douglas. IA a player who has been
and may be sEAin lady champion Of Eng
land. Some interesting Illustrations and
some personal "reminiscences Of the writer
herself add interest 20 = volume which
contains many valuable suggestions on
how 10 improve ones game.
The Cave woman by Miss Viola
Burhana. is not. a. tho title indicates.
q prehistoric tals. but q humorous and
original story Of to-day. which begins
and ends In q cave. Though the novel
was announced some time ago the author.
Who ia conacientious voFkWoman, with
drew Il and stiIl further improved the
manuscripts even after IL had been ao-
csptsd BY tho publishers Consequently
the story IL among the early June publi-
cations.
Juliet Wilbar Tompkins. Whoas @Ths
Top q the Morning was one of the sue
oessfI hooks Of the spring. will spend
the summer in New Hampshire oomplet-
ing her new book TO bs published early
In the autumn.
The methods of the late o. Henry
Sydney POrtsrl 80 he himssf described
them are simple. Rue I of story writ
ing iAs ssTsl = 70 ~riss stSsiss tAst plesss
yourself. There Ia 90 rule ,. In writ
ing forget the public. get q story thor
ouRhly in mind before ] sit down az my
table. Then I writs Il out quickly and
NlNuyAN NHN-nM " AlAAu " ~ ny FAnNAA-
err. In this way ! am abb 10 iudge
my work almost as tho pubic indgss
h. I've Esen stories IN type that didn't
at first bluah rsCOgniss a. my own
Warwick Dssping's latsss novel. The
Ruse Of Rome Il not his hrst modern
story. Like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Mr. Deeping began lie - q doctor and
turned % nOvel writing. achieving q
Considerable degree of huoos4s Llks Sir
Arthur. 900. Mr. Deeplne writes Of msdi-
gval and modern times with equal faoilitY.
Hardy Plunts fov Cottage Oardsas.
by Mrn. Hslsn R. Alhes. author q Noun
tain Playmatea.' b ons of The timtly
books of thu month. TAa lnformatlan
oontainsd IN this WORT b hassd on I'm
experlenos of years and shows feadsFa
how 70 aazsmbls within q limited area
the choice Varisties Of hardy shrubs.
0nnuals and peronnials. % aFTuMgsd a.
70 Rivs q Bsoossaicn of boom of puFs
color IN each bed. Thsrs win b soma
sixty liuslEaaions. lnclnding q diagram
Of q narasn.
Helm Marshall Pratt. the aUahOr Of
The caihedrAi Chugchns % England.-
uhich waa publiahsd laat weak. has been
e. Wofk uDon hsF G1btaot ior oi9ht yoaFn.
part Of To tine Wiahin ths walla of ne
CHURCHES Esd pazt o. ne tims n ne
lIbFariaa of ~ Bgailh Mussum and
BIhlisthiqus Nafionalo. = ~ aslde
this taah % years. - writes. VIA taa
aans nogt ~ regrrt t1ni . ngvrllat f1Bls
n dinuiqs1a1 a. dtngaco1fo of ne i1I1gl-
unrv wreifa hNrF 4 fr,g Nsrnfnflrre