The sun., 1916-09-03
KEEPING UP WITH THE LIT.
ERARY GAME.

KEEPING UP WITH THE LIT.
ERARY GAME.
Tish. Mary Roberts Rinehart's best
known character. promises to make al.
most as many moro friends when she
appears in book form a. she had done
through her career in the magazines.
Tho advance orders for the book. pub
lished by Houshton Mifiin Company.
have necessitated . second printing.
bringing the total number of copies up
to $4,000.
Kathleen Norris's new novel, THE
Heart of Rachel" has served to open an
early fall season for Doubleday, Page 4
Co. II Is a story Of New York social
life and deals with the divorce problem.
Adele Luehrmann, the author Of 1.-THE
Curious Case OF Marie Dupont" was
born and grew up in Memphis. Tenn.
later moving to Atlanta, then to New
York. where she now lives. She has
been writing short stories for the maya.
zines for several years. Tho Curious
Case Of Marie Dupont" 10 her first book.
The demand for eudermann's SONG
Of Songs" does not abatA Mr.. Husbsch
announces . tenth printing Of this pop.
uiar novel.
The next volume of fiction by Artist
bashef to be published In America Is
Tales Of the Revolution" Mr.. Huebsch
announces II for the early fall. The
celebrated Russians other works now
available in English. "Sanine," Break
ing Point n The Millionaire" con-
tinue in popular favor.
The revised edition Of Addresses and
Papers OF Charles Evans Hughes an.
nounced by the Putnams. includes the
candidates letter Of acceptance Of July.
1916. and an introduction by Jacob
Gould Schurman. president OF Cornell
University. The addresses contain Nom
inee Hughes's political philosophy and
his Views on national issues.
The autumn promises to be q busy sea-
son for Cosmo Hamilton. About the
time his 70 novel. The Sins OF the
Children" 10 published by Little. Brown
& Co. a dramatixation Of his story Of
married life. THE Door That Has No
Key" will be produced In Chicago under
the title Of The Mother Woman" while
earlier In the season the Shuberts will Of
fer q comedy which Mr.. Hamilton has
written in collaboration with Leslie
Stewart.
c. ~. and A. NJ. Williamson. Il ap-
pears. are the authors Of where the
Path Breaks" tho novel recently pub
lished by the Century Company under the
pen name Of Captain Charles Dc Cres-
pisny. The authorship Of the book was
attributed by many reviewers TO Florence
BARCLAY. author Of The Rosary" Nc
one seems to have suspected the real
authorship: for the usual Williamson
novel Is a happy 20 lucky travel story,
whereas where tho Path Breaks Is q
swiftly moving love story which opens on
a battlefield in France and ends in the
far West Of America. with q background
Of mystic philosophy throughout.
Richard washburn Child says ne went
to interview Russia not the Car. no.
the Grand Duke, but that great sleepy
giant that We know 90 little about and
call Russia. so he acted as II he had
been sent to interview Mr.. Morgan or
any other public man. lie went through
Ii the length and breadth Of Russia
observing the land and the people; he
In his office UP to the peasant by the
wayside. and what ne saw. what ne
heard and what he felt ne put In 'Po-
ten,ial Russia" published by f. r. Dut-
ton 4 Co.
Gilbert Canaan. whose new mover,
Three Sons and . Mother" has Just
been published by the George II. Doran
Company. sends the following sketch
of his life In reply TO q request from his
publisher for biographical material:
mfr. Gilbert Canaan was born IN 1884
in Manchester Of a Scotch family and
was early caught up by the educational
machine and turned ny that remorseless
process from a grubby urchin Of 8 into
a graduate Of the University OF Cam
bridge and a barrister. The machine
then broke down. human nature asserted
itself and took refuge In literature. with
an intcrlude. forced by necessity OF pri-
walton, another machine which human
nature found incompatible. That was
Ave years ago. and since then Mr., Can
nan has been elevated to tho obstinate
production Of novels all about machines
and human nature. with a distinct but
unpopular bias In favor Of the latter.
This Is not an exciting career. super
icially considered. and might be summed
up In three Observation-Disclosures
Work"
Emile waxweiler. whose belgium.
Neutral and Loyal" appears under the
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