The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-14
MONS ND AITHORS.

IA SNOW itre, by the Author OF lne .
Martyrdom ~ an Empress is drawn .
apparently with the intimate knowledge 7
~ personal experience He figures ~ .
somewhat ordinary and henpeCked man ,
in the hands of.a dominating woman. !
The Mild Olive. the new novel by
the author ~ The Inner shrine. which
- now ready in book form, contains
many incidents not permitted by the
requirements ~ serial publication IN
Which Il has appeared The title IL
quoted from ST Paul And thou, being
a viii olive tree" an allusiou 10 the
hrrmrr's origin. which places her. al
grow 90 ui nature. apart from the cult
waited trees ~ the orchard society.
Mr. \ 4 Balf1ur has revised and recast
h,- Rgmrr", lectures on Tn" Criticism
u Reauty. which were published from
shorthand report 4 new edition will
hr published immediately by the Oxford
niversitv pr'-~ aud will h. sent FRYE -
any purchc ser NJ the Old edition who will
return his copy u the publishers.
selma lagerlof. the winner o. the
Nobel literary prize 81 sW.OOO and the
worldwide reputation that goes with II,
has new book among ID" seasons
publications Il i called The Girl From
the Marsh Croft
A new asrics NJ books 20 he called the
Harvard Studies IN Comparative Liter
AZURE has Just been founded 10y Prof
Schofeld ~ Harvard. who IL IN I've the
general editor. Il 10 to comprise works
hy Harvard graduates or Instructors
IN the field of comparative literature
Prof Sautayana. tine philosopher essay
ist and poet. will start tho series with
hook on Three Philosophical Poets
Lucretius Dante and Goethe The
series is tn be published 10y the university
and the first volume will appear IN June.
n Arlington Bruce in Daniel Boone
and the Wilderness Road. 10 he published
the end Of the month. has written n hook
which serves tho double purpose %
biography II Boone and a study Of the
first phase ~ tho territorial growth NJ
the United States A. biography the
work presents complete account ~
BoOnes life and an estimate % his spe-
cifc contribution to the progress Of the
nation A. history the process II eX-
pansion In ~ military, political economic
and social aspects 10 considered. Mr.
Bruce has secured a number ~ rare photo
graphs with which 20 illustrate This new y
volume ~ The Stories From American I
History series IN which Il will be issued .
Owen Johnson's story The Humming 4
Bird will h. published Immediately It's
n story NJ a baseball game and Of the way
IL was described by an embryo journalist T.
The slang IL ~ the latest and most unique /
variety II il illustrated by GrIGer. owen p
J Crimson 10 the son II Robert Under
wood Johnson " TIE Century and he is
the author ~ two earlier books. Man
Fargus. New York story. and The
~ srnal Bow collection u Lawrence
willie stories The scrne % The Humming
Bird 10 also laid In lawrencevilIe. and
the title j. taken from a verv rapid batted
hail
HALF Leaves. the novel on which Helen
Nackay - nov a. work will he published
next season. Mrs Mackay j. the author
~ Houses u Glass The httr volume
% Paris stories which Recently attracted
attention IN the city of which It il written
The truth 81 her Interpretation - Pari- ?
sian lfe IL syidenced by the appearance b
nov II some 81 the stories IN French .
journals Houses u Glass has also .
been translated into German nv the .
Countess DO Bottenthal. who - reported .
20 ~ much pleased az the sucC-s- ~ the .
work IN Germany
Mr. n q W-ls Who will have nsw
novel published 10 this country 10 the
autumn finds % not only p"s-lble bat .
Advantage o. work upon more thHn !
one book a. the sam. time long novel
such % -Touo- BunEav- Nr Wells de-
scribes a. Drradnuught L. CON
strIoton 10 a pr0tract-d undertaking
Iu the course - t he usually Cunruy"z
to produce one 0r more shorter works.
a. he considers that both the longer ana
the shorter books are ten-hted by the
relief that comes from change u Work
- Arm Veronica was In a sense she com
plament - -IOno- Bungav- and Mr.
Polly - the complement ~ the forth
coming book which j. distinctly Dread
nought' ~ the most advanced type
- Mr. Polly 10 not classed by ~ author
among hls hne-ot battle ships Mr. Polly
- not heroic he il Just human