The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

for very little folk. Sonny Boys Day at
the Zoo"
+ Theodore Dreisers "A Traveller at
Forty" will be among the Century Com
pany's fall books. Mr.. Dresser made his
! first trip abroad at forty, and this is his
record of his impressions and experiences
"a decidedly unconventional and unusual
travel book.
F. Laurant Godinez, an illumina ting
engineer, has written The Lighting
Book" to correct the unscientific and eye
impairing methods of house illumination.
II will be published this fall by Mcbride
Mast & Co.
William Rose Benet, one of the young
er American poets, has gathered together
torty-tSo of his poems, many of which
have seen magazine publication, into a lit
tie book which will be issued this fall
under the title of Merchants from
Cathay."
Robert Haven Schaufier's Romantic
America" will be published in book form
by the Century Company with many IL
Illustrations. These descriptions cover
Mount Desert and the Maine coast; Prov
incetown, the California missions, New
Orleans. Mammouth Cave, the Grand
Canon. the Yosemite, Yellowstone Park,
and Pittsburgh.
Monaco and Monte Carlo" by Mr.
Adolphe Smith published by the Lippin-
cotts) may be said to be the only work
which deals thoroughly with the history
OF Monaco and that describes the va
ried interests one finds there. The au-
thor is especially adapted to write this
work. as he has enjoyed lifelong ac-
quaintance with Monaco and Monte Car
10, and was especially fortunate in Sc
curing the consent and personal aid of
Prince Albert and the officials under him
in gathering authentic information and
data
Hall Gaines novel, The Woman Thou
Gavest Me-" just published in London.
was the cause of one of the greatest
sensations ever known in London liter
airy circles. The author boycotted all the
principal libraries, which are the leading
book distributors in the Kingdom, and on
publication day, July 81, they did not
have a single COPY to sell or lend. The
Libraries Association questioned the NOR
ality Of the novel; The association agreed
to supply any private demand for 4, but
declared they would exclude It from the
lending libraries. Mr.. Caine held that
this was a libel on the morality of the
book, and that II it was not fit for gen.
eral circulation it was not Mt for any
circulation.
CritteRden Marriott, author OF sally
Castleman, SOutherner" GippincottsJ, is
versatile in his writings. Besides sally
Castleton, Southerner," which is a ro-
nance with a civil war background. he
is the author of "The Isle Of Dead
Ships" "Out Of Russia" two tremen-
dously exciting tales of adventure; Of
Uncle Sans Business" and How
Americans Are Governed" and of in
nemerable short stories and newspaper
serials. He was a cadet at the Naval
Academy twenty-seven years ago; went
gold digging in California and Mexico;
hunted gold and wild animals in Mata-
beleland in Cecil Rhodes day; voyaged
to Brazil as Associated Press correspond
ent on the dynamite cruiser NictheIoy to
put down the Mello rebellion; spent Sew
eral years in Washington as corresp ND
ent; carried rebel mail and newspaper
scoops through the Spanish lines in Cuba,
and went with Gen. Miles to captu.e
Porto Rico.
1t Is interesting to note in connection
with "A Turkish woman's EuroI can
Gippincotts) that the au-
thor. Zeyneb Hanoum, Is the daughter Of