The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
LITERARY NOTES.

The Elizabeth Towne, Company. OF
Holyoke, Mass, annonpces three new
books: ''The Psychology of Salesman
Ship" How to Read Character, and
Mind and Body; or, Mental States and
Physical Conditions" by William Walk
er Atkinson. They are helpful. IN
! structive, and interesting as novels.
Read in connection with Walter E
weyrs The New Democracy, publish
ed January 80, Mr.. Wallings account
of the new socialism and of the currents
Of the social evolution as observable to-
day. the world over, constitutes a par
| ticularly interesting study" says the New
York Post in its review of William Eng
lish Walling's Socialism As 1t Is
Both men are shrewd observers, both
impress the reader with a sense OF fair
ness. and in the pictures drawn by each
| there is much that is alike. Yet In
their views of the ultimate future they
are poles apart
It has been stated in a number OF
papers that Rachel Capen Schaufier, the
author of THE Goodly Fellowship" Is
the widow OF a missionary who was
killed in Persia in the discharge OF his
duties. The facts of the matter are that
the missionary who was killed in Persia
and whose death is said to have been
the inspiration for the writing of The
Goodly Fellowship was Miss Schauffiers s
brother-in-law. Benjamin Labaree.
Harper & Brothers announce that they
are putting to press for reprintings "A
ble-barreled Detective Story" and
THE Mansion" by Henry van Dyke;
The Son OF Light-Horse Harry" by
James Barnes; THE Story of Our Great
Inventions" by Elmer Ellsworth Burns:
'Old Times in the Colonies" by Charles
Carleton Coffin; Farm Ballads" by VIII
,, Carleton: The Pretender Person." by
Margaret Cameron, and THE Cruise OF
the Ghost" by William Livingstone
Alden.
One of the chief figures in the present
Browning centenary is Percy MscKaye.
MacKaye has always been an intense
admirer OF Browning. and while his own
poetry-''Sappho and Phaon," for exam
ple-is rather of the school Of melodists
than Of the brusqus Browning type.
MacKaye has expressed in prose the
same keen interest in contemporary
thought which distinguishes Browning.
In his recent prose play. Tomorrow. "
for example, MacKaye uses eugenics as
a theme.
Before the Browning centennial OF the
Brooklyn Institute, recently, MacKaye
read his poem. Browning of Ben Ezra.
which appeared in the Outlook.
II has been announced recently that
Richard Washburn ChiId's first COM
plete novel is about to be published
This is an error. as Mr.. Childs first
novel was published nearly two years
Ial
upon it Mr.. Chflds reputation as one
of the most charming OF modern writer's
rests.
The spread OF the "safe and sane
Fourth idea through the country is
greatly increasing the demand for
pageants. which fact Messrs. Henry
Holt & Co. are finding very pleasantly
indicated In the call for Miss Constance
Darcy Mackay's Patriotic PLAYS and
Pageants. The author is a past mis-
tress OF such productions. and the city
of Boston has Just chosen for their
Fourth her Pageant OF Patriots from
this book. thirteen social settlements OF
Boston and vicinity having given the
same pageant on Decoration Day. and
the Federation OF Women's Clubs of the
same city having given It on Bunker
Hill Day.
Beethoven's love affair with the
Countess Guicclardi has been made the
center of a novel which has already
run into several editions in Sweden, the
land OF its origin. The book is called in
English The Moonlight Sonata" after
Beethoven's Quasi. Una Fantasia" and
the author is Johan Nordling. English.
French, Italian. Dutch and Russian edi-
tions are in preparation. Here the book
will appear under the Sturgis & Walton
Company imprint.
Basil King. the author of several we'll
known novels. has just started on an ex-
tended trip through the United States
and Canada, with his objective point in