The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-14
NEWS OF AUTHORS
AND THEIR WORK

Francis Grierson. author OF The Valley
OF shadow" born In England raised IN
Illinois. developed In PARIS Berlin and ST.
'rssburs recently residing In Europe bu,
now visiting New York. believes In inter-
change of thought between the races His
hrst book ana later one. La Vie o. les
hommss" we're written In French and
achieved great success. and some OF his
work has been translated into Greek.
Mary Antin author of "Th. Promised
Land" iectured recently at the Hudson
Theatre on The Immigrant as Touch.
stone OF American Faith" Mis-. Antin's new
book They Who Knock at Our Gates"
will be published early In May by Hough,on
Miinln Company.
Zane Grey. whose novel. THE Light of
western stars," was recently published. can
soon have the satisfac ton of seeing two OF
his earlier stories The Heritage OF the
Desert" and Riders Of the Purple Sage"
upon the stage. Both OF these books which
ike The Ligh, Of Western stsrs'' deal With
picturesque conditions In Wild paris OF the
West. have been dramatised.
william Hamilton Osborne. whose novel
The Blue Buckle" 10 on Mcbride, Mast 4
Companys spring list Ia a practising lawyet
has been member OF the New York and
New Jersey bars for twenty years and has
been writing fiction for about thirteen year.
MT Osborne says that every time he loses
case he gets even with fate by discovering
In II the germ Of q story. He has written
several popular novels and has published
| four or Ave hundred short stories He doe.
his work entirely at home, and spends about
| six hours a week at IT,
Walter A Dyer. author Of THE Lure Of
| the Antique" and The Richer Life" after
eight years with Doubleday. Page 4 Co ha,
| resigned his position as editor Of Counsrs
Lpe in America and viii devote his atten.
| ton to mseasine writing He IL succ,e ID
| by Henry II. saylor. formerly With Me.
Bride, Mast 4 Co
Robert Dunn, whose THE Youngest World
has Just been published by Dodd. Mead 4
Co, wrote The Shameless Diary OF An EN
plorer' which told his part of the story OF
Dr. Cooks first expedition up Mount McKin.
| ley Mr. punn's new book II his first move
and IL story of Alaskan NE such az he
| hlmsel II has experienced for more than a
dozen years. The author In a Harvard man.
class OF IS. and since his graduation he has
wandered as newspaper man into nearly
every strange spot on the globe
Major p. NJ. Ashburn. author OF "rh.
Elements OF Military Hygiene" published
! by HouEhton Minlin Company, is among
those detailed to work In the Canal Zone,
where his duties viii probably keep him for
about year.
Edwin Bjorkman, who IL an authority
on the subject, knows OF no comparative
! work on Scandinavian literature, In any
| language anu Of no reasonably adequet "a
one Of Norwegian, Swedish or Danish iiters.
ture In English To MI this want he has
| engaged to write for Henry Holt and Com.
pany and 10 now buslly engaged on Z
| history OF nineteenth century scandinavian
| literature, from ana including Ibsen, with q
sketch OF the earlier literature OF the three
| countries. Mr.. BJorkman Is the author Of
Voices Of Tomorrow" and is There AM
| Thing New Under the SUM" Hh success