The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27


KEEPING UP WITH THE LITER.
AIRY GAME.
According to Edwin l.. Shuman. m.
critic. John q. Ncihardt's The son.
of Hugh Glass" sis both a fine s,or,
ard genuine poetry. If anything can
r,store the narrative poem 10 n,
rlghtfui place in literature 1, will be
books such as this"
Does Roosevelt possess genius,
julian Street in his little book The
Most Interesting American" published
by the Century Company. reports tina,
he put this question 10 the cx.Presi.
dent himself and received the follow.
ing reply: Most certainly | fe I'VE no,
I'm no orator. and in writing I'm ARA d
I'm not gifted at all. except pcrhap,
that I have "a good instinct and a nix.
ing for simplicity and directness. I,
I have anything at ali resembling
ccn!us it is the gift for leadership. For
instance. IL We have war you'll, GOA
t'tdt NoullS n-HtiIIS OiICCTS OF The
army want to be in my command"
Robert II. Mclaughlin. author Of
"'rhe Eternal Maydalenc," published
by George II. Doran Company. is now
o motion picture impresario. lie has
organized n company under the name
of The Reserve Photo-rlays com.
p1ny. capitalized at ~s250.000 whose
headquarters are In Cleveland, ONO.
where MIR. Mclaughlin lives.
Among the spring announcements Of
Henry Holt and Company, publishers
Of the Home University Library OF
handy volumes at half a dollar each.
are "Fulflmen'." by Emma Wolf. a
novel Of San Francisco: Samaritan
Mary by Sumner Locke, a story Of
"homcly cheerfulncss": Sarah y.
Cleghorn's The Spinstcr": Dorothy
Canfield's collection Of short stories
entitled THE Real Motive: The De.
sire of the Moth by Eugene Man
love Rhodes: "a Northern Country.
side" by l,osalind Richards. a daug;-
ter OF the autho- of Captain jan
uary." and "Pelle the Conaueror: the
Great Struggle the third volume,
Il complete novel in itself. in the trans
lation Of Martin Anderson Nexo'a
tetralogy picturing the career o. a
modern labor leader.
I.eona Dalrymple. whose Diane OF
the Green Van" broke the rulc %.
prize stories by proving n popular
,,a.. a.. "a. .,,st,ar - Al 90, ,.st.l
"Traeumcre!." which Robert NJ. Nc.
Bride and Company will issue March
"a. AS will be guessed, the title re.
fers to Schumann's melody. and .ts
book deals with a Stradivarius violin.
an Italian rlrl and IN American youth
in the h!ll Owl Of Italy.
The Rio dc Janeiro newspaper A
RUd recently published an inter-
view with Miss Annie =. Peck. the
mountain climber. whose book The
South American Tour is issued By
George II. Doran Company. In the
course of the talk Miss Peck told
something of her present plans and
this. translated from the Portuguese.
runs AS follows.
nave w my PpSENss''A "a f'NN''
of introduction to prominent Brazil
ians from The general manager Of the
Pan American Union. Mr.. John Bar
rett, whom YOU all know personally
said Miss Peck. / am going 10 see
your Minister of Agriculture about d
series of lectures | am planning 'o
give in Brazil and which. according 20
the decision Of the Government. ".
he either public or private. The 3D.
ject OF these lectures Is 10 bring B.a-
z!lians in closer touch with what rs
Soing ON in North America. sha
speak of the architectural 1tlIg''
and industries OF Washington. N,A
York and other cities in the eastern
part of the United States: and ! hope
may inspire the people OF BraL, l.
emulate American progrcssircness. !
am doing this FOR patriotic and not for
pecuniary reasons.
While Mss Peck is in South Amc'-
lea she Will revise The South Amer
can Tour for another edition,
DR.. Helen Wodehou$e. principsi ~
the Bingl.y Training College, j. pa.
fishing through George Allen 4 u
win. Ltd. a volume entitled 'Nicht-
and DAYS and other Lay sermons
Dr. Wodehouse was formcri, lecture
in philosophy in the University of Br-
miuCham. and is a niece " ltp'
Muirhcad
The Acorn Planter. Jack l."nIo"'
new hHk iMacmillan), Is described -
"A California forest play II IDEAS
with certain aspects Of tho problem ~
world peacc. This j. not Mr.. London -
frs, essay in the dramatic icld TN"
Scorn Of Women" a drama IN t.ff"
acts. was published eight or ton sea
age. though since thai time tho -. 'n'
has devoted himself o. short stores
and novels,
Late this month. "A little um0 p'f r
lfe shows above ground IN II" "'~''s
and fields, there will appear an co'itS
new took ON Wild flowers, l"s'
right timH for spr.ng preparcdne'' !
= by Harriet l., kceler. VII we
our Northern Shrubs 'pur Nd'l'"
Trees" and other books Of simi'ar : ''-
ic,t. THIS one is called "irIr IiFF
Wild Flowers" and describes W.'H
~Ilstrat.ons ,some in color al 80
spring wild flowers of the Northern
States. The S%cribners Will hrnS I
o..
POETRY IN THE TRENCHES