The Washington herald., 1918-09-01

tstence! POSSIBLY. in the sense thai
the Pan-German Central European
empire represents . higher. more
efficient governmental system thar
the smaller Municipalities It threat.
ems to extirpate.-The New Re.
public.
Mrs FislEe's Views on Acting.
In Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Act.
ing. Astors and the Problems OF
Alexander wooiicoti
reports conversation IN which thu
famous actress told him how shs
fitted herself to play the part Of ID.
sens Hedda Gabler. ''It soon dawn
ed on me-" Mrs. Fiske remarked
shat studying Hedda would NEAR
more than merely memorizing tht
lines. had q whole summer fol-
the work. summer my cousin and
! spent in all the odd corners oi
Europe. And so. at even odder mo.
ments. In out-of-the-way places,
set my Imagination to the task oi
recreating the life of Hedda Gabier
! staged in my ghost theater. hei
first meeting with Eilert Loyborg
Lovberg whom Hedda loved, as sc
heart. but with her nerves. / staged
their hrst meeting and all Other
meetings that packed his mind and
hers with imperishable memories
all the rest of their days. I staged
them as we sat in funny little Ger.
man chapels or sailed down the
Rhine. ! spent the summer with
Hedda Gabler. and when Il came
time to sail for home I knew hei
as we'll as I knew myself. There
was nothing about her did no,
know. nothing she could do that ]
could not guess. no genuine play
about her-Ibsen's or another's-
that would not play itself without
invention. had lived Hedda Ga.
bier"
A Little Girl In France.
Those-happy few.-who remembel
this exquisite work Of old will be en-.
raptured to receive this sumptuoul
new edition. while those who nevei
knew It have opened before them 9
revelation and a feast Of Joy suci
as can be hoped for only once In 9
limetime. An English girl of four.
teen. of extraordinary native genius
our educated and instructed in tn,
narrowest insularity and parochial
ism Of those days. records her OBJ.
servations. Impressions and expe
riences In France. profusely Illus,
uating the work with her own der
pencil. The shrewdness, the quaint
humor. the reflection Of the British
mind Of those days, and the uncon-
scious philosophy combine to make
this a classic to be prized as worth
its weight in gold for this new edi.
ton OF which the publishers have laid
the world under a debt of gratitude
The Diary OF a Girl in France in
1921. By Mary Browne; with illus.
trations by herself, and an introduc.
tion by Euphemia Stewart Browne
edited by Commander the Hon. H. N
Shore. r. N. New edition. 1918. svo
PIP. xii, 1S. z. D. Dutton & Co.
Newsie Notes.
q. p. Putnam's Sons are publishing
for the Cambridge University Press
Arthur Tilley's excellent The Dawn
Of the French Renaissance"
The Frederick A. Stokes Company
will publish next week The Ghost
Garden" by Princess Troubetskoy
(Amelie Rives), and The Lure Of the
North" by Harold Bindioss each
with a frontispIece.
The Macmillan Company will pub
hsh next week THE War and the
Future" by John Mssefeld, and Inn
perial Britain" by Cecil Fairfield
Lavell and Charless Edward Payne,
both Of Grinnell collese.
Harper & Bros. have in press MY
Lorraine Journal" by Edith
O'Shaughnessy. an announcement
which provokes pleasant anticipations.
The Woman's Press announces
The Young Woman Citizen" by
Mary Austin, for September Is.
A. c. McClurg & Co. will publish
this fall ''waif-o' -the-sea," by Cyrus
Townsend Brady: The Treasure
Trail" by Marah Ellis Ryan, and
The Gods of Mars" by Edgar Rice
Burroughs.
The Robert ]. Shores Corporation
will publish next week American
Pep" a novel dealing with the risks
and adventures Of manufacturers of
explosives.
Helen Davenport Gibbons. author
of The Red Rugs of Tarsus," who
has been living in France since the
war began with her husband. Her
bert Adams Gibbons. and her four
children. all of whom were born
In Europe. Is at present mistress
OF the Little Gray Home in the
West" as she has called the old
French, house where she lives and
which she has made a center OF
for American soldiers
on their way out from Paris TO the
front.
Boni q Liveright announce for
next month What Is the German
Nation Dying For?" by Carl Lud-
wig Krause. an indictment Of Hun
nishness.
The Yale University Press has in
hand a brilliant sketch of the life
Of Georges Guynemer, the fam5Ss
French aviator. written by Henri
and translated by Louise
Morgan Sill.
Harold s. Latham has written a
spirited book about a boys club,
entitled Under Orders" which the
Company will publish on
September 10. 1t Is full Of the action
which is characteristic of boys and
which has an unfailing appeal to
them. and full. also, of high ideals
tactfully presented. 1t is attrac.
lively illustrated by E. C. Caswell.
Doubleday. Page and Company will
publish Ambassador Morgenthau's
book of his experiences in Turkey,
some time in October, with much mat
ter additional to that which Is appear
ing in The Worlds Work"
An American, whose name has
never been published, a year or two
ago secured and brought out of Ger
many q h0nk anffflad sasI,ha Er,,t,tro A