The sun., 1916-09-23

course. the passion Of love in its In
Vulnerable forms and degrees Of In
tcnsity."
In "Brunel's Tower ana "Oid Della
bole.'' Eden Philpotts's recent novels. he !
told the stories Of two great Industries
In one book tho pottery industry In
| the other the slate mining Industry. His
/ latest novel. 1.-THE Green Alleys: a
Comedy" which Is in the same general
series, IL set in the Kentish hop fields,
and the hop industry provides the back
| ground n theme.
W. Somerset Vaughan. the English
| playwright, whose first novel. "of Hu-
man Bondage" put him In tho ranks of
important English r~calists. Is In New
York experimenting the rchearsals of
q new play In which Margaret Anglin
is TO star. Two other plays by Nj.
Vaughan are to be seen in New York
this season.
A motion picture production OF Robert
Nelson stcphens's historical novel. A
Enemy to the King" Is to appear this
fall. with Il. II. Sotiern. the noted
Shakespearian actor. and Edith storey,
one Of our celebrated movie stars.
playing the principal roles. \ Enemy
to the King originally appeared as u
spoken drama" with Mr.. Sothcrn star
ring as the dashing and impctuois tr-
nan,on de Launay. The play was then
novclized by Mr.. stephens at the sugIcs-
ton of the Page Company. who have to
date reprinted the novel twcnty-thrcc
times.
r. Hopkinson Smith was engaged IN
tho writing OF a novel or New YORK
| city at the time OF his death and lett
the final drafts Of some of its carly
chapters, an elaborate synopsis, tcs"'i-
bling tho scenario OF a play. but en-
. richcd with side notes OF new ideas amt
points Of detail. and tho title "Enoch
/, Crane 'I.uocli Crane has just been
published. T.. berkeley Smith. the au-
/, thor's son. completed 1t according to his
, fathers design. III some ways 1t Is
|, Mr.. Sn,ith's most characteristic novel.
n story Of New York ccntring about
Wavcrley place. in Greenwich Village.
In "Tha House Of Iiarpcr," by !.
I Henry Harper. there Is recorded some
, curious parallels between tho work OF
: Amelic Riycs and tho present mystery
. Of Patience Worth" Mr.. Harper SAYS:
Miss Amclic Rivcs ,rrinccss Trout
. betzkoy) In several OF her recent stories
for the magazine has used many quaint
. old English words and expressions, tho
, tales being OF tho l.lizabethan period,
!. I asked her how she became SO familiar
: with the jargon of that day. and she re-
. piled that She thought II must he du, IN
$ some precxistcnt state. as she had
r made no study OF colloquial pcculiari-
ties Of that time. and that the expires
sions II local color came to her a.
readily as modern English when she
was once in tho swing OF a story. she
told me that ono word. after II was
e written down. struck her as meaning
d less and that sho had never heard oil
seen 1t before, so out OF curiosity SHE
consulted an old dictionary and not
70 only found tho identical word. but fh'
definition was consonant with her use
Of it,"
There Il similar testimony with re
'e gard 10 their own writings by III. NJ
u Alden and Charles Ram Kennedy.
Phyllis Bottome. author OF "The Dari
v. Tower the new move! announce" 10y
III the Century Company. says she does no
n belong TO any particular school OF Eng
-, lisi writer's, either political Or socla!
=, She says:
Sc 81 fall between two schools. for II
IS politics l am an aristocrat radical am
D. in literature a romantic rcal'st. That !
~ to say I like truth with some restrain
n and some attention TO art. with, II pos
nv sble, some resemblance TO life. ] lh
lis men az Wei as Wpll'l, bil 1 WISH wv
NO classes and SEXES to have as tdr AZ pos
n, s.blc equal opportunities. ! think tn
" institutions IN England very free. bu
n do not think 1, n free country socially
no As to rcli ,jon I respect Il when ] ="
a II. hut I do not Ike hearing about
% without seeing it. | hcl.cNc tho way {
We ,ioi IL through tho heart % man, ht
n that that needs a good deal of atteu't"
A.. before the way Is found. As to any pa!
t.,ttar 1rnaI n,,A N,AIt1I 1le In 90 an
~ 81 them pract'scd before committing ON
self. Europe Is just now such a poe
= advertisement for crceds."
Perhaps on. reason Why S'-rhc
Chalmers. author az The Penny lip'
on ot SayuudC,' writes 50 sNWpatli"tiral'
les or Stevenson Is tho parallel m thu
lives. Eu'h were born IN the san
country and educated III the saH
4 schools. Both wandered for some tin
di- in southern seas. both were afflicted wit
the sanie disease and both sought AZ
in found health at Saranac.
In Stewart Edward White ana Jam
,as willard Schultz will spend the month
M October together IN the Arizona WIZ
nat Mountains. A new book by Mr.. Schul'
.en "Apauk, Caller Of Buffalo IL on q
,,s September LIST OF ifoug!ton Mir'in Con
OF rany.
in -
he willard wattles. the Kansas poet.
an apostle OF the back to nature" tde
During college terms la is II rather 3
date instructor OF English at tho u
J. Ners!ty OF Kansas. hut when Nacati,
,rk ,imc arrives. lie Likes off Ia som" far
lry hires out, and becomes "Ell,' workir
for 50 a day and findings. lie sa! III
be gives him the proper perspective. wha
ell ever that may mean. Recently ne ma
ed a collection Of the poetry about kans.
Mr.. which, to use his own phrase, "snIacl
L. OF the soil" This Will soon hc ISSUED
a book form by tho McClurss. under &
,s title "SunilowcrS."
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