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suffered loss through the death on
March rs at mis- home near Copenhagen OF
Hjalmar Bergstrom, the brilliant Danish
dramatist.
Bergstrom was a young man. only <6
years old but he was the author OF eight
plays. some Of which achieved interna t!onal
success. With two OF them. Karen Borne
man" and "Lyngaard a Co." Mitchell Ken
nerley Introduced Bergstron to American
readers last fall They formed the hrst
volume of the Modern Drama Series. edited
by Edwin Biorkman. whore they were placed
side by side with the plays OF Becque.
Ibsen and Giacosa.
The London Outlook prints the following
complimentary sonnet to Joseph Conrad,
written by Richard Butler CoIaenza:
Master of British ships within ths past
Master Of English in your births despite
As master men will name you though the
night
or Ereed's onrushinE magic should he cas-.
On oceans every sail and nnal mast
Though seas be made blank wastes before
the flight
OF giant wings and shores a stale delight
More fresh. more fun. your honor to the
last.
From mouths OF rivers that havs lesped or
Gozed
Through half tho world. your ears. sea
shsrpened. learned
The hair not seen; YOU plumbed deaths
terror. youth
EXultant, all between: then, sravely burned
Them "a. to golden speech 1T to he used
IS goa 81 art and gauge Of simple truth.
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LITER AIRY PERSONALITIES

an author: "Why did you begin to write %
he replied
well. the writing idea cropped out
pretty much by accident. resentment at
the way Western types were consistently
caricatured In the magazines a few years
ago, and a firm, II urfounded. conviction
that I could write better yarns myself
So I began writing short stories and
bothering readers and editors. I sold the
first story right off the reel to the San
Francisco Ar0ondut, and didn't place
another one for two years. Then | got a
wedge in here and there, and presently I
became a regular contributor to the maya
zines.
You see have gyrated from the mid
die West 20 the Pacific. and from Califor-
mia to the godforsaken regions around
Great Slave Lake. all in the way of maxi
ing a. mere living, not a voluntary pill
grimaEe In search Of literary material.
So I feel ! know my country and my
people pretty well.
I'm not an American, you know. I am
Scotch hy birth and descent and was born
in Edinburgh. But my parents came to
America when ! was years old. They
settled in the Canadian Northwest, which
In those days was something of frontier.
As "A kid in short pants ! hObnobbed with
cowpunchers, miners, trappers Hudson =
Bay men and the like In a country where
schools were not. When ] was l6 ] had
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Booth Harrington candldly admits Lis
early unsuccess and his slow struggle
'earnnc to write. The financial reward
oI MS first hve years hard writing WIS
'226n Curiously enough his first am
o!ton was to be an illustrator, and when
I've IN lN95 accepted one Of his pcn draw
Ings b" thought the beginning had come.
Then Lie rejected thirty-oue subsequent
oraV'nrs and he embraced writing In
stead But he Is still ksenly Interested in
d'aN.1c and no author can more luCldly
describe what he wants his illustrators to
oFing ont IN doing pictures for his books.
Particularly Interesting were his com
m"n' "0 Gordon Grants drawings FOR
Pen'"1' When the originals were sent
' n n" returned each one with pen
'.'tl l0" # praise. on Grants drawing
Z" 'Tho Great Tar Fight" his common;
was This IL tho fncgt illustration | ever
t7w"
IT," fountain pen manufacturers who
'''7 "pl montnry Inns m authors II tie
nom '0Ht b,st seller viii he written
r'0 'h'm win ma small comfort in
I1' N''2'0n lie always writes with a pen
n" S'"rirg about two grass of them near
a. mana and grinding them up with his
Two patent sharpeners before beginning
~" days work In his big 'ork room
~ Tie Indianapolis house he works sor o.
tines .purtcen to eighteen hours at "A clin,
"H''e with furious and intense energy.
- helF'.y does he bear on his tools that
lS' winter hc was threatened with severe
"'''Dr'e cramp
20" many Of his readers know that he,
WI" k'pllng, Shaw, President Wilson and
Ter well known men, does not use his
pn NINE? lie Vas shristened Newton
oooth Harrington,
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Frederick Palmer, Author of "The
Last Shot" (Scribners).

fighting; known the comradeship of arms
without bearing arms. and the hardships
and the humors of the march with only an
observers incentive. 4 singular career.
begun by chance, was pursued to the
ends or the earth in the study OF the
greatest drama which the earth stages"
Mr.. Palmer has Just sailed on the MORO
Castle from Philadelphia, which is TAX
ing body OF marines to Vera Cruz He
mad only returned few months ago
from the Balkans. where he represented
the New York Times and other papers
as war correspondent. He has written
eight books, several OF them, such as
"Over the Pass" and THE Vagabond,"
being novels; but the number OF wars
that he has seen is still longer. for as
war correspondent he has followed the
forces OF one army or another in prac-
tically every war that has taken place
in the last twenty years. He was special
correspondent for Golfers Weekly and
the London Times In the Russian-Jap-
anese war. London correspondent In the
Greek war of 1897 and in the Philip
pines in 1S9S-99; correspondent with the
allied armies for the relief OF Pekin
In 1900; correspondent during the Gem
trail America and Macedonian insurrec-
lions. SC. In its purely fictional aspects
course II interviewer with the events Of
war. but SO closely that the effect of the
book is to present to the reader the great
spectacle of a modern war on land as
fought to-day.
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Anne Warner French.

The late Anne Warner French. who left
as a heritage to American humor the
inimitable susan Clegg" stories and The
REGENERATION OF Aunt Mary" is brought to
the attention Of the reading public again by
the publication OF her last book, sunshine
Jane" which she completed Just before her
death In February. 1919. AS Its title In
dicates Sunshine Jane Is an optimistic
story. which reflects in q large measure
Anne Warmers own wholesome philosophy
OF life.
Mrs. French for many years lived in 81.
Paul. MINI. Her home life was a most busy
one. which left her little opportunity for
the writing which she so enjoyed. For
several years until her death she had
spent the major part OF her time In Ger
many and England. where her little daugh-
ter was being educated and where she was
able to ind more leisure for her work.
"A woman's WIZ ranks as her FIRST
book. though 1t was really the third. being
preceded by a family senesiogy published in
1899 and tiny travel volume printed
two years later. Her susan clegg" stories,
which followed. won instant and popular
favor and established her as an original
and humorous writer. THE REGENERATION
of Aunt Mary" which was perhaps her best
selling book. strengthened her reputation,
and when dramatized proved a theatrical
success which lasted for four years and
which was presented in Australia and Eng
land as well America.
Other novels followed in regular Sc
,,srca .ach d,s,InIar ava with sueh
,,arL.diy dt1ere,,Ia,.d characters as
aamonstra,sa sometbinp Wv like A genius
for characterizatIon Retve.n time. Anne
w.rn.r .ro,a shor, stories and wa. a
.,.adv oon,,Ihu,or N tho leading maya
yinn1 No, Familiarity with the M. and
atmosphere OF France and Germany Is
shown by the setting of several novels and
lpFA In hA
,bouah, along sp,rI,uaI line, by the whole
,rsnd Of "sunshin. lane" which contains
the cheertest mos, wholesome philosophy as
. h.cLv,ound ,or A.. iov. s,orv
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william Caine.

william Caine. who with Mrs Caine
ls visiting in New York. is not a relative
Of Han Game, as was enormously as
spm-t and announced. As novelist he
has written fifteen or more books he
rs best known by THE Irresistible In
'rud,r" He Is one OF the rare satirists
VINO are never bitter hat he loves to poke
fun at current foIbes. ''Hoffman's
Chance" for nstanc is a satire on per-
Ional influence in stage life.
Mr.. Cane studied law at Oxford for
a political career. but branched Off into
writing TO the d!smay OF his father, w.
s Game who was an NJ. p. and civil
Lord OF the Admiralty under Gladstone.
slr Game is predisposed toward
America be- cause of his charming Ken
lucky wife. She went abroad about ten
years ago. and they were married about
seven years ago. They are going to spend
the summer In this country, visiting New
England OF course they are gathering
Impressions. but are not yet ready TO tell
their opinion" OF America.
Both think New York IL wonderful
place, but are killed with kindness. They
say they have found our hospitality gen
une and beautiful one woman after
knowing them two hours literally offered
them the key to her house, a summer
home for them 10 use during the sum
mer Mr., Game is particularly impressed
by the beauty and charm OF American
women says that he never saw so many
lovely women In one grouping as at the
Players Club reception the other day
which, considering the continuous high
standard set him by his wife, IL a COM
plment indeed, while Mrs Caine IL
particularly impressed by the specialized
gallantries OF American men, such as
their solicitous way OF helping women
over street crossings and up and down
the most infnitesimal of steps.
Mr. Caine thinks no one can tell what
will be the outcome Of the Ulster situa-
ton II Is so farcical and serious at once
He considers that the whole worldwide
upheaval and disturbance must be at
trbutsd to the conflict between labor and
capital there have become too many
people in the world and these disturb
ances are bound to go on for some time
YET with no one being able TO tell what
The outcome will be.
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Macdonald Of the Isles" 4. N, W stir
ling. John Lane Company
The Enlarging Conception Of God"
Herbert Alden Youtz tMacmilans)
The New Optimism" II. e'Ncre STAG
poole. tJohn Lane Company
THE Education Of Women in Japan" Mar
garet f. Burton. tFleming II. Revell COM
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"Flowering Plants Of the Riviera" "
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THE Job. tho Man. tho Boss" Kath
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Better Babies and Their Care" Anna
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"a stepdaughter NJ IN. Prairie" Mar
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THE Prince Of Peace" William Jen-
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The Royal Art" william JsnninR,
Bryan, 'flemlng n Revell Company
The Making OF Man" william Jen-
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pany)
Camping ana Camp Cooking" Frank
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TIMELY WAR NOVEL SHOWS
WHAT MODERN WAR WOULD RF
Frederick Palmer's Aim to Express
Methods and Effects Of War,
Free in Realism.

TUpUGII Frederick Palmer's war
novel The Last Shot" (Scrib-
uers) has just appeared, at "a sin
guli,y psychological moment, the au-
thor doubtless would be Just as willing.
IN the face OF larger issues. to dispense
VITA Internationally dramatic situations
against which his book is thrown with
striking relief MIR. Palmer. who Is
va, correspondent of wide experience
and distinguished achievement. set out
In The Last Shot to present the huge
dram, Of war as 1t would be fought to-
d., should the intricate army machine
OF one great land Power cross the boun-
dal.s Of another
My aim" he says In his preface, "is
to express not only war as fought to-
dav. soldiers OF to-day under the fire OF
arms Of to-day, but also the effects Of war
In the nth degree of modern organiza-
ton and methods on group OF men
and women. free IN Its realism from the
wild imprObabiliiies OF some latter day
novelsts who have given us wars In the
air or RECALLED us with the defamation OF
armies by explosives dropped from dlrigi-
bles or their asphyxlation by noxlous
gases compounded by the hero OF the
tale.
The Russo-Japanese and the Balkan
campaigns particular IN their nature.
gave me useful impressions. but not the
scene for my purpose. The world must
think OF those wars comparatively as
second rate and only partially illustra-
tive. when its fearful curiosity and more
fearful apr rehension centre on the pos
ability OF the clash OF arms between the
enormous forces OF the first class Euro
pean land Powers. with their supreme
training and precision In arms. What
would such a war mean in reality to the
soldiers engaged? What the play of
human elements? What form the new
symbols7 Therefore have laid my scene
in a small section OF a European frontier.
and the time the present"
These things he does, and In the proc
ess he shows that the most striking diff
ference between the war OF to-day and
the war of other days Is internal The
principles are much the same though the
scale Is enormously enlarged. But the
democratic and other unmilitary forces
In human evolution have pushed man
beyond the reach of certain ideas that
controlled only yesterday. War has
changed in It's aspect mainly through
purely military evolution: the drums.
bugles. battle flags and bright uniforms
were not serviceabe under modern meth
DDS, and the driving force of an army is
far less the enthusiasm they helped to
keep alight far more scientific organi-
ration. This change is obvious. But Mr..
Palmer shows that with this change from
fght!ng by emotion to fighting by reason
has come a similar change in the process
BY which public opinion crystallizes. II
IL more matter OF reason, less OF senti-
men, both in and out the army.
This story of war" says Mr.. Palmer.
grew out OF my experience In many
wars have been under fire without
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-16

The report comes In that horse has
been named Chitra after a late book OF
Tagore's, on the basis that this is a proof OF
the Hindu poets advancing popularity.
Some books OF long fame and popularity
which stil have to be sent to press are:
Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing"
thirty seventh edition: Or. Emmett l., Holts
The Care and Feeding OF Children" forty
nth edition: Rousseaus Emile twentieth
edition. and THE History of the Rise and
Influence OF the Spirit OF Ratlonaism In
Europe" thirty-hrst edition. All are pub
lished by the Appletons.
Another best seller" of many years Is
Ruth McEnery stuart's sonny" which the
Century Company reports on the press for
its twentieth printing
Booth Harrington writes to his publishers
TO ask how the saies~of "Penrod" are pro-
crossing. II am at the dentists several
weeks every day" he says land would like
something else TO think about" The news
that "Penrod has been the best seller" in
several cities should have proved a good
antido'e even for I dentists tools
An article In the Bookmdn recounts o.
Henry's idea OF AN ideal breakfast
"Therell never he perfect breakfast
eaten until some man grows arms long
enough 10 stretch down TO New Orleans
rolls, aud reaches up to Vermont ana digs
slice OF butter out Of spring house and
then turns over - beehive close to clover
patch out TN Indiana for the rest Then
he'd come pretty close 20 making a meal
that IN" gods eat on Mount Olympus"
Authors, who are now coming TO he ranked
IN tho oil magnate d, speptic class may be
grateful for this suggestion.
In connection with q. Henry. II II inter.
csting 20 note that the Aicdide the alumni
publishing the letters NJ Henry Peyton
Stegcr. who was o. Henry's close friend and
literary executor. Mr. Steger, who wa
well known literary adviser 10 Doubleday.
Page & Co died In New York a year and
| q half ago leaving behind him the memory
OF a unique and brilliant personality,
Under the title "a Handbook Of Mexico"
Houghton Mfnin Company are reprinting
about 100 pages from "TerTys Mexico :"
The new book contains In compact inex.
pensive form the Information so much In
| demand regarding the country OF Mexico,
| its people and their history from earliest
| times to the present. railroad map enables
those who have army and navy friends
ordered to Mexico to trace their moveme n 3
and know at all times Just where they are
and about what conditions they are meeting
The book will be ready In few weeks.
Or, James Devon. an English royal prison
commissioner and author. would probably
IKE =, add snothsr chapter to his hook
THE Criminal and the Community" Re-
Gently he was horsewhipped by a militant
sufrfHsetts, who, rushed upon him In the
! street. He stood the blows for q while, but
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Bates trhe Bail Publishing Company.

A Bates tThe Ball Publishing Company.
Boston.D
The Road to a Healthy Old Age" Thomas
Bodley Scott. paul - Hoeber, New York;
The Road to London" David Skaats
Foster. THE Franklin Book Company.
New York;
The Trend" william Arkwrisht John
Lane Company
THE Lost Parchment" Fergus Hume.
tG. w. Dillingham; Company
THE Pirate OF Panama" william Mac
Leod Raine. 90. W. Dillingham; Com
pany)
Continuous Vaudeville" VIII NJ. cressy
Orchard q. Badger. Boston.)
The Pioneer Boys of the Missouri" Hsr-
rison Adams. (rhe Page Company, Bos-
toni
saint Louis" Percy Hackaye. Double
day Page and Company
The Social Significance of tho Modern
Drama" Emma Goldman. Orchard q.
BadgerD
STANDARD OIL or the People" Henry II
Klein. THE author, New York;
Shakespeare Personally" David Mason
(E. p Dutton and Company
THE Golden Age OF Prince Henry the
Navigator" ]. p. Oliveira Martins. (E. p
Dutton and Company
"Cesare Borgia." william Harrison
Woodward. tE. p. Dutton and Company
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as the attack grew fercer he got into action
and defended himself until policemen came
TO his aid.
These days It Is OF special interest TO hear
what a war correspondents duties are Also
common Ia the charge that newspa pers
are apt to slight the truth that James
Gordon Benefits definition OF the duty
OF special correspondent t'Turkish
Memories" by Sidney whtman) has con-
siderable point:
The special correspondent ~ a great
newspaper possesses, for time being
something OF the influence OF an Ambassador
from one nation 20 another Sow, according
to the axiom OF Machiavelii. an Ambassador
should endeayor to make himself persona
grata with those TO whom he II accredited
n only thereby TO gain the best opportunities
for obtaining the fullest possible informa-
ton and to be able TO report events In a
broad and impartial spirit He should give
his sources OF Information whenever possible
and allow the reader IN form his own
opinion on the facts submitted. The views
of tho paper itself should be found IN the
editorial columns. Tie correspondent him
self lie % take no sido and TO express no
opinions OF his o@n. In many cases II wculd
appear that the Information sent TO the
papers by the correspondents In Turkey Is
biased against the Turks. This implies
an injustice against which en- criminal
on trial Is protected
''rhe Real Mexico" by Hamilton FytA
brings to light curlous Misunderstanding
which caused President Huerta TO continue
in his stubborn altitude toward the United
states lie received y cablogram from =
secret agent In tho United States. who Dc
scribed the international situation AZ "Teso.
lutte and nrm." meaning that the Foreign
offices Of Europe were leaving Mr. Bryan q
firm hand in the watching and waiting"
policy, The words "resolute and 1rm'' were
Interpreted by the old Indian to mean that
ne should stand pat, and thereupon he
hardened his heart and issued a nots to
the effect that he had expected them to
declare his election Illegal on account OF
the small number Of votes cast. However,
he was the only man capable Of keeping or
der, and he Intended TO stay In office
Mr.. Fyfe tells story Characteristic NJ
tho humorous resignation with which the
women as well as the men accepted the
confusion that followed the bonbsrdmcnt
Of Monterey. One Irish lady. a Mrs Pcsrt
TALL honor tn herb. de,ed regulations and
risked her life by walking through both
Federal and Constitutional lines 10 the
house OF tho British Consul In the thick Of
the night She found the cellar Of the con
sulate full Of refugees, and carried a note
- the American Consui-Genersi asking him
to take the women and children away, but
1t was she herself who next morning res
cued them In a Red Cross automobile An
other Irish woman, a sirs. Flannery. who
With her sister kent a hotel, saved II from
destruction by spellbinding with impas-
stoned eloquence a mob OF drunken soldio e.
Literature and the theatre recently
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bertrand W. Sinclair.

ana w Sinclair. we'll known 10
,.Ih '@.rH Readers 40 ~" author Of wcs,-
N'r'es which read like real han
..s,' Was persuaded to talk about him
ser the .'hlr lay "'''
:" answer to the Usual question asked
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libraries crude old engrAvings OF Washington
and Other Americans, naval and battle scenes,
Old Views o 81 Boston New nors and othe,
fires, hles Of early newspapers, American maya
zines printed before 1870. book plates. and all
kinds OF literary property and historical ma.
ierisl is GooDSPEEb's BooKsHoP. So Psrs
ST.. Boston. Mass.
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BOOKS--An out Of print books supplied. no
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when In England call and inspect nay stock Q.
1000 rare books. BAKERS GREAT BOOZE
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Another best seller" OF many years Is
Ruth McEnery stusrts sonny" which the
Century Company reports on the press for
its twentieth printing
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DR. James Devon. an English royal prison
and author. would probably
IKE - add snothsr chapter TO his hook
The Criminal and the Community" RE-
Gently he was horsewhipped by a militant
sufrfrsetts, who rushed upon him IN the
street, He stood the blows for q while, but
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-11
SEVEN PERISH IN new
YORK TENEMENT FIRE
Flames Gut OH Escape Except
Through Windows.

New York, June 11.-Five persons
were burned to death, two killed by
jumping from fire escapes and doz-
en- others injured in a fire in a tene-
ment at 80 Essex street, in the densest
portion of the East Side.
Two women two children and four
men are so badly burned that recov-
cry is doubtful.
Within few seconds after the
alarm every fire escape was blocked
by tenants When the afemen ar.
rived tenants were beginning to jump.
Both in the front and rear of the
building the iron ladders sagged and
swayed with the weight of human be
ings who sought to escape.
The fire was roaring up through
the stairways of the building, cutting
off all escape except through the win
dows.
Acting Fire Chief Devanney, lead
ing his men to the interior, barely
escaped death The stairway be
tween the third and fourth floors col
lapsed throwing him into a mass of
fire and cinders. He crawled out
with a badly sprained arm.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-11
CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF LIFE
Eighty-five Vessels Driven Ashore by
Storm.

Bathurst, n. b., June 11.-last Fri
days gale wrought havoc both in
Chaleur bay and In the Gulf of St.
Lawrence on the east side of MiscOu
and Shippegan islands, outside the
bay. The crews of two steamers Of
the Caraquet and Lameque fishing
fleets, which were wrecked at Nal
bay, on the east coast of Miscou ISL
and, were drowned. Thirty-five
schooners were driven ashore on Lit
tie Shippegan and many of them bad
ly damaged.
In Big Shippegan gulley fifty fish,
ing vessels grounded, but no lives
were lost. One man was washed
overheard and drowned while his
schooner was thirty miles off land.
A Shippegan schooner manned by
Captain Augustine La Boutilier and
his son and another fisherman has
been given up as lost and the fate
of the crews of two vessels reported
ashore on Diejpokesudie island has
not been determined.
Telephone communication between
Bathurst and shore points was inter
rupted and some points are still cut
off from communication.