The sun., 1916-11-25

ono OF Mr.. Howells's correspondents.
flourlshed In Maine q hundred years
ago. divided churches. broke up families
and preached TRANCE doctrine until he
crimes and sentenced 10 State prison.
After Cochrane's trial and conviction
many Of his followers. being under sus-
pic!on. emigrated TO the Western re-
servo. The character OF the god"
DyikA, however. 10 not based on the
tradition Of Cochrans, who Is only
ono OF an almost INFINITE number OF re-
ilgious impostors that nourished in the
United States during the nineteenth CEN
fury. Dylks. according to Mr.. Howells.
was an actual historical figure. and the
story told Of him 10 substantially the
same as the actual drama Of his life en-
acted In the backwoods Of Ohio ninety
years ago.
Yazoo City. Miss. 70 tho birthplace of
Harris Dickson-now resident at Vicks-
burg. Miss. the author OF THE House OF
Luck" -hich has Just come from the
press OF Small, Maynard 4 Co. In this
novel Mr.. Dickson has chosen for his
theme an almost forgotten but highly
dramatic episode OF the lower Mississippi
Of the early sos. The title Of the
book Is derived from the strange house
by the river bank around which most of
the action centres.
Mr. Dickson Is a lawyer by profession
and Is In the prime Of life. He is n
graduate Of Columbian (now George
Washington University. class OF %. He
was married to Miss Madeline L. Metcalf
Of Louisville. KY. In 1905. n has been
practising law ut VcksburG since 1888.
From 1905 till 1907 he was Judge of the
Municipal Court in that city. Since 1908
Mr.. Dickson has devoted himself almost
entirely 10 writing books and for the
magazines.
Margaret Deiand In . recent letter ex-
plains how she came TO write her new
novel. 1.-THE Rising Tide"
She saysi 1T is-for mean az
cursion into an unknown country. My
habit, AZ you know. 10 Old Chester~the
pit whence ! was digged. know the
Old Chester folk a. we'll - I know my
own hand; whereas pool Freddy and
all nor unlovely kin are merely 40
auaintances In q strange land. However,
| was glad enough to write Freddy's
story because l wanted to tell her how
she looked TO me-and also ] wanted to
remind myself OF how I looked TO her
For I have TO admit that I belong to her
mothers class. I find tho new wine
turgid and frothy In the cup Of youth
to-day. alarm'nsly heady. Yet ! am per-
fectly well aware that before the wine
Of life can be old II must be new-and
that Ia why ! am sure there Is hope for
the future In Frederick and all the new
ness that she stands for II we older peo-
pie will only open our eyes to see II.
But Mrs. Payton and I (to speak gen.
er!cally) do not hnd II easy to see the
hope. because the a Of newness
Is so distressingly obvious to Us. So I
have tried to hold tho mirror up 20 US
older people that We may understand
just how trying and Irritating our stu
pidity Is TO youth. II seemed to mo that
II we could see ourselves we would have
moro pity and sympathy with the rising
generation. and II youth. too. would sec
itself there Is h possibility that It
would have a little more pity and SYM
pathy for us; hut, perhaps. that Is hop
Ing for too much
The Christmas card which figures so
prominently In "The Romance OF a
Christmas Card" Kate Douglas Wig
gins latest story, 10 to be enclosed in tho
comfort bags which the women's Edu-
cational and Industrial Union OF Boston
are sending to the English soldiers. The
ca rds are to be donated by the A. NJ.
Davis Company. and the little verse Is
particularly fitted for It's mission. The
last four lines readi
M heart II open wide tonight
For stranger. kith or kin.
I would not bar a single door
Where love might enter H."
Though their countries are ffghting
each other, padraio Colum, the Irish
poet. n willy Pogany, the Hungarian
illustrator. are the best Of friends. As
Mr.. Colum cheerfully phrases It, they
combine as well as Irish stew and
goulash In 'The King of Ireland's Son"
In the style of Gaelic folk romance.
which tho poet IN, written in prose and
tho artist illustrated both In color and
line, with evident enjoyment Of their
work, In which heroes. peasants. giants,
%enchanters. and "hcasties" all combine
In = lively folk romance for the young.