The Washington herald., 1912-06-30
LITERARY NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Now that Fran has become the best
! selling book in America, the eyes OF the
literary world are turned toward Mis-
souri,. which is the native State Of the
author. John Breckenridge Ellis.
Frederick S. Isham. author Of "A Man
and His Money" was for years a
mu-ic critic, and even now he writes
review OF every concert he attends. These
reviews are filed away in an immense
scrap book.
A Paris house has. just published in
book from a French translation Of The
Inner Shrine" Basil Kings novel that
I was brought out in this country not long
ago by the Harper's. The title Of the
French edition is lie Mot qu'n fallait
dire"
George Randolph Chaster. who wrote
Five Thousand an Hour" never touches
| a pen or typewriter when writing a
story. He dictates everything to Mrs.
| Chester, who helps him with his work.
"A Master Of Make-Believe" is the
whimsical title under which Christian
Brfnton has written for the July Century
of Maxfield Parrish and his work. There
| will be reproductions Of number OF
MaxfeId Parrish's paintings, paper cut
outs, &C.
! A biographical dictionary OF the stage
entitled Who's Who in the Theater,"
and compiled by John Parker, an Amer
| lean correspondent living in London, VIII
| soon be issued in this country by Small,
! MAYNARD & Co. It contains over 800
brief biographical sketches Of actors
dramatists, and other men and women
of the theater.
In 'Harper's Boating Book for Boys"
lust recently published. there is com
plete record Of the annual race between
| Harvard and Yale for the past sixty
wears, the first race occurred In lSo2
The Harper book gives an interesting
account Of this rivalry from that date
to the present time, and at the end In
cIudes a tabulated record Of all races
with complete data concerning each.
Harper & Brothers announce the publ
cation this week of a new book 'Festi-
walls and Plays by Percival Chubb and
his associates in the Ethical Culture
School The same frm is also putting
to press this week for reprinting six OF
its books: ''Harper's Outdoor Book for
BOYS" ''Harper's Electricity Book for
Boys" Harper's Indoor Book for Boys,
| 'HarpeTs Camping and Scouting.
.'Harper's Machinery Book for Boys"
and the latest book in the series, 'Har-
per's Boating Book for Boys"
To the issue Of Harpers Weekly for
June %, Attorney General Wlckersham
contributes a clear and complete state
ment Of his policy. under the title is
Big Business TO be Let Alone?' Other
| articles in the same number are: The
| Plight Of Republican congressman by
| A. Maurice Low; The 'Workin' Stin,
by Charles Phelps Gushing and Arthur
Kinlck: When London TaKes Leisure,
by Sydney Brooks; Tuning Up on the
Hudson" an analysis Of the intercol-
Ilegiate boat crews. by Edward Lyall Fox
James Barnes contributes a survey OF the
Civil War in May, 1924, and the usual
fiction. editorial, humor, and financial
features appear.
Lloyd Osbourne, author OF "A Person
OF Some Importance" recently won
major prize in a short story contest
conducted by a prominent magazine. MI
l Osbourne Is a stepson Of the late Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson. He was born in
San Francisco and first studied 10 be a
civil engineer. but defective eyesight
Il compelled him to abandon this ambition.
For a time he was vice consul at
Samoa, but gave that up TO devote him
self to literature, in which he has met
with distinguished success. Mr.. Os-
bourne lives in San Francisco in the
summer and in New York in the winter
Another Of the gems Of humor which
will be announced on the fall list Of
Doubleday, Page & Co., is "Elkan Lu-
bliner: American" a new book by Mon
i tague Glass whose Potash and Perlmut-
ter stories Of Jewish life kept the whole
I country laughing for months. The book
which is one complete story. deals with
the process OF Americanization gone
through by young Mr. Lubliner, who ar
rived from Russland anxious TO make the
I most If his opportunities N the Land OF
i Promise. Underneath the exuberant fun
OF the story. there is a thoughtful treat
ment OF the whole big problem Of immi-
grafton.
Though they have not made public all
the titles. 1t Is learned that the oonfic-
ton list Of Doubleday, Page & Co. this
fall will be particularly rich in books Of
value for both the grown-up and the
youngster. Several volumes, such as a
IportfoHo Of plates TO be issued under the
title of Fifty Salem Doorways'' Cthe
first series dealing with Colonial archi-
tecturel; The Music-Lovers' Cyclope-
dia." by Rupert Hughes; The Potato"
by Eugene H. Grubb and W. s. Guilford;
l The Garden and Farm Almanac for
il91S;'' The Business Almanac for 1913, /"
&C, all make a specialized appeal.
In the special feature Of July Nauti-
lus CHolyoke. Mass.), on personal adven-
lures in New Thought, one woman re-
lstes how she was healed OF paralysis
by an influx Of New Thought, another