The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02
Father Vaughan Latest to
Rap the Manxman-Does
Not Approve Book
EDWIN PUGH'S BOOKS
HAVE GOOD TITLES
So Good, in Fact, That They Are
Often Duplicated-That Gentle
man Writes to London Times
and Voices a Protest
BY HAYDEN CHURCH

BY HAYDEN CHURCH
London. November Especially
Hall Game must be feeling rather like
an Aunt Sally" at fair Just now,
| for he Is being SHE'D at from all Sides
! though perhaps he looks upon 1t all as
just SO much free advertising. Still
one hardly thinks he can like being
publicly repudiated-as he has been
by practically every one of the eminent
divines of various sects whom he rep
resented as being so awfully keen on
''The Woman Thou Gavest Me-"
These included the Bishop of Lon
don. who, according to the Manxman,
really had more or less of a hand in
writing 1.-THE Woman Thou Gavest
Me-" the Rev. f. B. Meyer, pastor Of
Christ church. Westminster Bridge
road, the steeple of which was built
with American dollars. in commemora-
tion of Abraham Lincoln, who was
supposed to be red hot with enthusiasm
over 'The Woman Thou" ETC., and the
Rev. R. ]. Campbell. who was stated
by Hall Caine to have invited him to
speak on the subject of his book at
the City Temple, the former church of
the famous DR.. Joseph Parker
The first one of these clergymen to
deny the soft impeachment was the
Rev. f. b. Meyer, to whom Hall Caine
issued an apology for having "Inad-
Yertently'' included him in his list OF
clerical patrons. Then somebody in
quired of that doughty antagonist at
| tennis of Theodore Roosevelt the Bish-
op of Landon. If it really were true
that he had helped with "The Woman
Thou Gavest Me-" and received the
Illuminating reply from the bishop's
secretary that ''Mr. Ingram knew moth
ing whatever of the contents of Mr.
Gaines novel, having not yet read it,"
Ihen up spoke the Rev, r. j. Campbell
to the effect that he certainly had not
invited Hall Game to talk about his
much -puffed novel at the City Temple
pulpit. 1t appears that there Is a small
literary circle in connection with Mr.
CampbelPs church and the latter, in
response to letter from Hall Game on
the subject of the Tanning of his
book by the lihraries. told him that the
members of this circle would be glad
to listen to his views on the subject
did he care to address them. .
Hall Gaines Reply
Hall Gaines reply to these deniaIs, it
must be confessed, consists mostly Of
shuffling. He asserts that he really did
once have a talk with the Bishop of
London more or less about the subject
dealt with in 1.-THE Woman Thou Gavest
Me- and as for the other clerics IL is
all regreattable mistake Meanwhile
the ManXman is aSSailed, and Vigor-
curly, too, from a new religious quar-
ter. Father Bernard Vaughan, the mod
ern Savonarola who was so recently IN
the United states, rises in something
like wrath to denounce what he calls
the Inconsistencies and absurdities" of
Gaines novel from a Roman Catholic
point of view. 1t seems that "The Wom
an Thou Gavest Me" is wrong In Cath
Ollie doctrine, practic, character. Priests
and nuns behave in it's pages as they
would never behave in life, and there
is one Irish bishop who has no single
trait or characteristic of his kind who
is weak in theology and weaker still
in sense.
Perhaps Father vaughan's "roast"
will INCREASE the sales of THE Woman
Thou Gavest Me-" One forgets how
many hundred thousand of it had gone
off at last accounts. But one really
thinks that Its author must feel lust
a little uncomfortable
Two Nimrods Get Together
Two mighty hunters of big game
both OF whom have written fascinat-
ingly about their adventures. got TO-
gether this week in the persons of II
Z. Selous, the veteran nimrod and ma
turalist, and James Sutherland. the
ivory hunter with record bag of
tuskers to his credit, whose "Adven-
lures of an Elephant Hunter" had so
wide sale on both sides of the Atlantic
year or two ago. Selous who is 80
lives at Worplesdon, in Surry. now. and
there Sutherland, who recently returned
from his latest safari and who starts
Tor the United States this week. went
10 pay his hrst visit to him. A WON
derful payaver these two slavers Of
elephants and lions and veterans of ma
tive ware must have had to be sure
round Selous charming" said Suth-
eriand, on his return from Norplesdon
yesterday, and he has really wonder
ful collection or horns and mounted
heaos. He was greatly interested in
nearing that l was going to the United
States for the first time and told me- to
be sure and visit ex-President Roose-
welt, whom he described as a delight
full man. Accordingly l am much disap-
pointed to find that Mr.. Roosevelt win
not be in the United States when | am
there"
sutherland who has been elephant
hunting for II years, and accounted for
over 600 tuskers. or 200 more than nave
| been laid low by any other hunter, sailed
for the United States Saturday II ia
just possible that he may do some lectur-
ing there, In which case his hearers will
hear Of some nightly exciting expert
ences, related by a nimrod who is a
queer mixture Of poet. philosopher and
pagan.
Edwin Pugh Protests
Edwin Pugh, who wrote TONY Drum"
and who has maintained since the repu-
tation he made with that widely read
novel. seems to be the most unfortunate
OF authors so far as his titles ara oon
cerned. They are such good titles that
other authors are always duplicating
them tor almost duplicating them), quite
unintentionally, of course, and at last a.
protest has been wrung from long suffer-
ing Pugh.
In FAIRNESS to myself" he writes to the
liines' would like to point out that
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