The sun., 1913-11-22
INTERESTING ODDS AND
ENDS IN BOOkLAND

Announcement has Just been made by
T. J. Remedy Il sons the Catholic pub
l!shing house of New York. that three
oi their employees have been selected for
The board OF directors William j. Hlrten,
who has been closely Identified with the
General management OF the business tor
s'veral years past; James F. Doonar.
manager OF the book department ana well
'noWu for many years TO Catholic book
uUs,rs throughout the United States and
Joseph II. Meier. who tor the past ten
years has been the editor OF the Official
''atholc Directory. Robert J. Culhane,
, The attorney for the company. has also
"eii made a director.
The publishing house of +. J. Kennedy
&, Sons was established IN 1926 by John
Nenedy. the grandfather of the present
iIuprlctOrs, VINO was succeeded 10y his
Ion. +. J. Kennedy. in 1868. under whose
uIrcction the business rapidly developed
sad prospered. In 1904, when his sons.
Arthur and Louis Kennedy, who are now
resident and vice-president of the com
amy. were admitted in the firm, IL was
orporated as +. J. Kennedy Sons.
The title of two American novels. Rex
Brach's THE Spoilers" and Justus Miles
y orman's "A stumbling Block" by II
curious coincidence have been used inde
pcudently 10y certain English author for
ho2s of his own. "The spoilers" has re-
entity been popular in London in drama
tZcd form.
The Promised Land Mary Antin's
spring biography. appears to be a booh
tor all time. published two yeaN ago il
-t'l Is listed often among the most popu-
lar non-ticton. and the publishers. Hough-
ton Mi'iin Company. report a new print
,1r, the eleventh.
rather unusual bit of book news is the
publication of eighty-seven volumes stimuli
'aneously. The Harpers have just done
this in launching the new World Library
rs 4
70 meet the demand for good books which
viii take up l:ttie room, hut which are
we'll printed. we'll bound and sold at a
moderate price. Some OF the best known
books IN English literature are included {:
lection. essays. poems, history. travel and
'hildren's classics Even the longest
novels are complete in one volume.
While the interest In Julie NJ Lpp-
".ar's Martha by the Day" (Holt) seems
- Increase rather than decrease as the
"nn'hs 20 on, so that a tenth printing
.ts ,lready been called for, Its sequel
Making over Martha" though II has
cen out only five weeks, Is already In its
'Hd edition.
pr. Alexander Smith. head of the de-
ui'tnent of chemistry at Columbia and
4thur OF inorganic Chemistry" and
, General Chemistry for Colleges has
N"pted chair at Princeton and goes
here to be head OF the department In the
'Gl OF 1914 The Century Company Ia
about to publish his Elementary 1nor-
-uc Chemistry" for high school use. DR.
smiths college books are used every
whore in the English speaking world
IT." Inorganic Chemistry has beer
translated into French, German. Italian
spanish and Russian.
Arthur Il. Maurice. the editor OF the
Rookwdn. gives the following titles as his
choice Of the best novels OF the year
''it" Happy Warrior by A. s. NJ Hutch
nson The Flirt" by Booth Harrington
otherwise Phyllis by Meredith Nichol'
son; Stella Maris," by w. J. Locke
Virginia. by Ellen Glasgow; THE Judg.
rant House" by Gilbert Parker; "Ths
Heart Of the Hills" by John Fox. Jr.
The Inside OF the Cup" by Winston
'nlrchlll "Bendish," by Maurice Hewlett
The Amateur Gentleman" by Jcher,
Iarnol, "Fatlma," by Rowland Thomas
George n. stiles. author OF "The Drag
nttu," relates how he once received ar
,~,. to enter the service OF the King o.
Greece, He was motoring back Of Nic'
"l'1 he came across stranded auto
rl.p.ie in which sat IAN amiable lOokint
'.o Gentleman" Mr. Stiles offered hi
ass stance. as the royal chauffeur seemed
n lie to discover the trouble. and soor
PAS he car working again. The graft
'.I monarch offered gold coin In payment
Mr. Stiles showed his government
use as proof that he was an Ameri
o. Then the King apologized and ended
ffering work in the royal garage
'Nplained a little more said Mr.
,.'g, and then his Majesty apologizet
a .er In wretched English and the pal
j. hut not without promise tina
'red OF writing novels ! would re
er that there was berth waitinl
: hens II the worst came to the worst.
huen Phillpotts Is a resident Of Tor
"',rv which name conjures up quite othe
easIons than the rugged country d
he nart. which lies from fifteen to thirty
"s northwest OF his house, The novel
IA known to the country people from
a." end of this heathery and almost tree
" wilderness to the other. as almos
every hill and stream has been made tn