Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23


nected with Fordham University, He +
is now medical editor of the most
widely known of metropolitan news
papers,
Some New Novels.
Among the new novels just pub
lished by the G. w. Dillingham; COM
pany, New York city. are the follow
| ing:
Gettysburg Then and Now" by
| ]. NJ. Vonderslice, a concise history Of
the great battle; "The Suffice Of
| Safa," by Dulcie Deamer, a pic
turesque tale of the passionate Orient:
THE Modern Heloise," by Alfred
Buchanan novel of revolt; ''Udara,
| Prince of Bidur. romance of India
| by Arthur ]. Westmayer. author of
| "Rudra;" "The Irresistible Mrs. Fer
/ rers," by Arabella Kenealy.
woman's husband; 1.-THE Souls of q
Men," by Martha M. Stanley. the
| story of woman whose heart is torn
! by the fierce conflict between am
| bition and love, a novel particularly
adapted to present-day conditions.
and THE Decision" translated from
the French of Leon de Tinseau by
Frank Alvah Dearborn.
Besides these, Messrs Dillingham;
have recently published Swords Re-
| luctant," by Max Pemberton, a bold
romance of love; THE Greater joy
a realistic romance, by Margaret
Blake, and 1.-THE Count of Luxem-
bourg," novelized from the famous
play produced last season in New
York by Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
and at once a notable success.
l saw Mr.. Marc Klaw just after he
had attended the last rehearsal in a
Broadway theatre. He was nervous.
but quivering with pleasure. The
strain of weeks was removed; he
knew that the production was certain
to win triumphant applause. He sat
in his office in the New Amsterdam
! Theatre in Forty-second street. his
face glowing with deep measure of
content, his courteous alertness of
manner softened, If possible, by what
J he had just seen on the stage
Literary Notes.
'"The Land of New Guinea Pyg-
mics" by c.. G. Rawling Is a book
recently published in London It re-
cords the discovery by Captain Raw
ling of a race of true pygmies in
the foothills of the vast ranges of
snowy mountains which traverse
Dutch New Guinea from east to
west These mountains Captain Raw
ling found to be inaccessible and even
to reach the foothills the explorer
and his party were obliged to pass
through an almost continuous swamp,
often completely under water. sur
Rounded with mpenetrable forests
and reeking with fever-laden miasn
When at last at the foot of the range,
Captain Rawling saw before him
perpendicular precipice of rock, ten
thousand feet high, terrible in its
grandeur and presenting an insur-
mountable obstacle to the most in
domitable spirit. Here lived the pyg-
mics, of low mental state. but APP
parently of a higher plane in Gull
ture than the beings who inhabited
the plain. They avoided any inter
course with the exploring party and
little information about their habits
of life could be obtained.
Virginia M. Meyer, who is we'll
known as q successful teacher of card
games, and whose small talks on auc-
ton bridge and other games have
had wide vogue, has new manual
in press for early publication by Paul
Elder e. Co, of San Francisco. enti-
tied Small Talks on How to Become
a Good Card Player" The same pub
fishers also have a novelty in prepa-
ration. consisting of six manuals on
popular card games by Mrs. Meyers.
the set to be Just the size Of a pack
of cards and to be enclosed in a card
case. Card players will be interested
in the score states for lily auction and
500 that Paul Elder & Co. are prepar-
ing.
DR.. w. H. Tolman, author of the
recently published work, Safety"
suggests the necessity of adopting
some universal danger-signal which
all may comprehend. Foreign-born
worlsmen, for instance, he points out,
who do not understand English must
be warned by some unmistakable
sign. In his trips abroad, DR.. Tolman +
found that 1t is customary in most
continental workshops to paint all
dangerous portions of machinery red.
thus arresting the attention of the
most careless worker,
Walter ]. Travis. who has himself
tasted the delights of Championship.
begins his book, Practical Golf, 9
with the epigram: 1.-THE main object
in the game of golf Is to get the ball
into the hole with the fewest possible
number of strokes The defeat, a
few days ago. of Herreshoff by a IT.
year-old boy shows that even the ex-
pert cannot escape sometimes. The
author of practical Golf" did not
suffer at the hands of a boy, but he
could not elude his own epigram.
A short work OF fiction certain to
attract wide attention is Jane Stones
"The New Man." which the Thomas
Y. Crowel Company is to publish in
the autumn. The story deals with
New York life and touches ~ the So
cial evil, offering woman's solution
of the difficult and much discussed
white slave problem. The authors