The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02

early autumn. II will be illustrated
with photographs and human docu-
ments. and will include an apprecia-
tive introduction by one of he the
atrical magnate's closest friends. Sir
James NJ. Barrie.
Rupert Hughes recently received q
letter from an inmate Of a prison,
asking how Empty Pockets" ended.
| The convict wrote that he had read in
n magazine certain instruments OF the
novel. which begins with a murder,
but that his curiosity a. to the out
! come had never been satisfied. So Mr..
Hughes has just sent him a copy Of
Empty Pockets"
In the balancing Of the respective
values OF Henry James's work IL II
interesting { o recall that he himself
considered IAN international Episode"
| one OF his best s~tories-better than
"Daisy Miller Yet DAISY Miller IL
evidently the most popular Of his
works. as 1t has required the most
reprintings.
Eleanor H. Porter, whose poly
anna" books sold so spectacularly. has
n new story, Just David" to he pub
l!shed next week. And despite the
first printing Of 100000 copies the adj
vance demand has been so great that
a second impression has already been
necessary.
One would expect a book about
| Stevenson to have adventures. and
this has been the experience OF Clay.
ton Hamilton's "On the Trail OF Ste
venson.' First. an edition had to he
suppressed--for a aso After the
first edition put on sale was exhausted
n new printing was being made ready
for the press. when Prof. Brander
Matthews happened to move his books
land discovered behind a bookcase
a picture Of Stevenson which had
come into his possession many years
before and which ne turned owe to
Mr.. Hamilton.
This portrait is totally unlike any,
thing which has ever been published
of Stevenson-or probably any one
else. So II IL to be included in the
new edition Of Mr.. Hamilton's book,
llS HIst reproduction. pilOtOStdpu
has an interesting pedigree. 1t was
taken at Bournemouth some time be-
tween 1854 and 1887. Tn. original
was given by Stevenson to William
Ernest Henley. who gave it to Brander
| Matthews. The card on which the
photograph IL mounted bears the
words Robert Louis Stevenson,
Skerryvore. Bournemouth.' in Steven.
sons handwriting. No other copy Is
known to be in existence.
Helen Hunt .Jackson's Ramona"
which is to he shown on the moving
picture screen next month. Is said to
have a circulation second only to the
! Bible. Ramona" was first published
| thirty-three years ago, and seventy
six editions have been printed. total
ling 3,s00,0 600 copies. The publishers
have announced that the seventy
seventh edition will soon go to press.
A book that will especially appeal
to literary people is Richard White
ing's MY Harvest just issued by
Dodd. Mead. Mr.. Whiteing Is a we'll
! known London journalist who served
his apprenticeship in every capital Of
Europe. His autobiography includes
"reminiscences Of friendships with
Dickens, Trollopc, Thackeray. kipling.
II. G.. Wells and many other distin-
guished writer's.
An interesting disclosure is that
David Grayson. author Of the popular
'Hempfield." The Friendly Road"
Adventures in Friendship and other
books Of charm and cheer. is none
other than Ray Stannard Baker.
Mr.. Baker was born in Michigan
in 1870 and studied at the Michigan
Agricultural College and at the Uni
versity of Michigan. From 1892 to
1897 he was connected with the Chi
caGo Record. Then, for a year. he
was managing editor of the Mcclure
Syndicate, and later, for six years.
was associate editor Of McClurc's
Mdgdsinc. Since 1906 he has heen
one Of the editors OF the American
MdGdsinC.
He has published many books, also,
in his own name.
1t will interest librarians. museum
directors and art lovers to hear that
the original wood blocks Of Timothy
Cole are now on sale and ran he oh
tanned at a low price from the Cen.
fury Company. There are nearly tia
hundred of these blocks. including
nearly al, the famous series OF Italian,
Dutch and Flemish. English and
Spanish masters.
These are souvenirs of a unique
interest, as cole Is rcckoned the great
est master of an art now In decay, and
over these blocks labored for more
than thirty years,
Though horn in London Clsh2),
Timothy cole was bi brought to America
nj the age of !. and considers him
self an American artist. He was ap-
%prenticed to his trade in Chicago in
1868, hut returned to New York after
the great fire Of 1871. Here he found
work with Hearth and Home. where
Edward Egg,eston was contributing
his "Hoosier SchoOlmaster," Frank r.
stockton was engaged in this ONCE