The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23
BOOkS AND AUTHORS.

of comss lore. and while discounting
ths belief that comets have q malignant
influence the author gives a table OF
curious condolences 81 cAtastrophes with
comet years The comets splandid
aspect in the past 10 only one phase Of the
interest with which its reAppeaRance IL
awaited by the public. to whom it will
bs visible without the aid of the tele-
scope in late April and in May and June.
Latter Day Sinners and aaints.' NY
Edward A. Ross. the author of Sins and
Society II one Of the books published
this month The first chapter. Latter
Day Sinners oompares the old forms
of wrongdoinE with the moro refined
violations 81 law and morals current
to-day. Tho second chapter. Latter
Day Saints" presents former ideals %
virtue N well as those which have evolved
~ a result OF twentieth century civili-
zation.
A new life Of John Brown % HArper's
Ferry has been written by Oswald CARR
son Willard. a grandson % William Lloyd
Garrison. and will be published in the
autumn. Mr.. Willard has devoted years
20 his task and has made an exhaustive
examination Of original documents. con-
temporary letters and living witnesses
whenever they were to be found. utilizing
materials never before drawn upon and
discovering others whose existence has
heretofore been unknown.
Il Is an interesting fact that the ecii-
tors of the works 81 Charles and Mary
Lamb Co he brought out this spring. Illus
h. "a
soper. are brother and sister. Mr.. Ing
pen has had the collaboration in much
Of his work % his talented sister. Miss
Ada NJ lngpsn. She Ia bringing out a
new book this week called Women a.
Letter Writers
Myrtle Reed is about 70 enlarge her
circle of readers by = new and distinct
group. Il IL reported that tho Moon
society is bringing out an edition in
raised letters Of The SPINNER in the sun
20 that this story may he accessible 10
the blind.
Mrs Mabel Barnes GrIndy. the author
of -Gwenda.- published this week. IL an
English novelist whose achievement 10
remarkable in view of the fact that she
has been for years an invalid Her courage
and tsnacity Of purpose recall the pluck
displayed by tho American novelist Miss
Mary Johnston. whose work has hem
done under sirpilar discouraging circum-
stabce~.
a Beginners Star Book NV Kelvin
McKready. to be published soon. contains
charts Of the moon. star maps on a new
plan and an Easy guide TO the astronomi-
cal uses Of the opera glass, the ield glass
and the telescope. The author. while
basing his book upon the best presidents.
European and American. has made an
effort 20 take the beginner directly 10
the oh iects of the sky without the en-
ploymsnt Of difiicult technical detail.
Prof. Hugh Walkers Literature Of the
Victorian Era published nv the Cam
bridge University Press N England. =
announced for publication in this country.
The work comprises the great age which
began after Waterloo ana ended with
SwinbHrne and Meredith last wear. for tho
Victorian era extends beyond the actual
years ~ Queen Vic,oria's reign. Prof
Walker - frank and impartial critic.
He notes TennyAou'- ting" ~ ssntim"n-
talitv. Browninga w'l'ul disregard ot
the claims Of art IN" false pafhoa ~
Dickens. and the apparent cynicism 81
Thackeray But he lays stress on Ten
nvson's true art. BrowninGs originality
81 thought. Dickens's knowisdgs of slum
life. and Thacksrays power Of character
delineation.
The chief interest IN " in-ton Churchilra
a.
under the title Of A Modern Chronicle.
10 that in this story the author has re-
yealed himself a. portravrr o2 ~osnen.
HonoTa Iefingwell. the heroine is a typi-
calIv modern woman. With more COM
pIexitv of character than other of MIR. !
Churchiis woman characters. Account ,
ing for -nns Of her p-cIliaritie- of in J
ziinct on the ground 81 hersditv for both
81 her parents we're ~ a highly individual {
nature he directs the course ~ her life Z
in a logical manner. Several other women .
APPEAR in tho book. distinguished by /
highly indy dual personalities
Mr.. Warwick D~~oing. IN" author ~ .
The Red Saint Either and Igraine.-
has q new hook ready for publication
,aIIed The Rust of Rome In this story
Mr.. Deeping deals with the problems of
modern life with the same vigor which
made his mediRval stories successful.
Mr. Deeping beghn his career nv studying
medicine and practised as a doctor for q
year abandoning medicine for htera-
nlre he wrote several stories among them
seven streams which - tn he brought
1ut here soon. He lives IN SUSSEX. Eng
and where in the intervals NJ his literary
cork he occupies himself with tennis.
golf. cycling. gardening. carpentering
md all out 81 door work
Capt Frank ". Shaw. author 81 First
~ the Pole the first OF the north pole
stories for bows that have appeared
since the recent reports ~ exploration
in polar seas. 10 still a comparatively
Young man with a true love for travel
and adventure. 4 young seaman at H.
rapt shaw served four years IN sailing
ships and had been three times around
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