The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-22


been on the staff of Books and the Book
World for some months and his cheerful
and accurate reporting of new books, con-
Quoted under the shadow of an incurable
illness, will be missed by our readers. Mr..
Moss was 26 years old. He was the son
of Henry +. Moss of Rutherford, N. J.
lie served on the staff of the New York
Tribune for four years and later was on
the staff of THE EVENING Sun until his
health gave way in 1916.
London's literary world is about TO eel
citrate the l5Oth anniversary of the found
ing OF the publication house Of John
Murray. This ancient firm has had five
John Murrays at his head, the first naval
officer and the fifth a Lieutenant-C olonel
on active service.
George Gordon Byron once wrote the
firm letter that Is now one of its most
treasured possessions. 1t began thus:
"My dear Mr.. Murray, you're in a
damned hurry to set up that ultimate
canto; but if they don't rob us you'll find
Mr.. Hobhouse will bring it in his port
manteau."
1t must be confessed, though, that Byron
also took nasty fling at the old printing
house when he wrote NoU Barabbas Vas
a Publisher, a most unwarranted libel when
the publishers own liberal dealings with
the poet are considered.
Tho Century Company will publish
The Aero Blue Book, which will be some
what like the automobile Blue Book, and
will contain besides airmen's maps various
aviation records, lists of trophies, infor-
nation about air mail service, n directory
of aerOnautical associations, &c.
Frank L. Stockton, whom q good many
people still believe to be the best humor-
Isl America has produced, sells as well as
ever. The Century Company is printing
an eleventh edition Of The Casting Aray
Of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs Aicshise.
When Irwin S. Cobb reached the evac
uated town of Blerencourt he was struck
by the model colony founded by Ameri-
can women of the American Fund for
French Wounded. 1t made him think. he
SAID, of Homedale- on the Sound, grated
upon background of Louis the Grand.
But he doesn't say which Grand.
George Haig Doran has gone to Lon
don and will probably proceed to Yer
sailles to represent the publishing in
dustry at the peace conference.
The Columbia University Press will
publish the lectures on constitutional
power and world affairs which ek-Sen-
ator George Sutherland of Utah is deA
Gvering at the university
Two purposes will bring John Ayscough
(the Right Rev. Mgr. Count Bicker-
staff Drew, Duke of Tore Mona) to New
York next March: ~ to offer in person
his thanks to the two American uni
versitics which have conferred honorary
degrees on him, and (2) to begin here a
lecture tour on literary subjects. The
length of his stay is not yet fixed. John
Ayscough is the author of several books
French Widows and JacqueEine and
others. His latest novel, San CeLestinO
will be published in America by G. =.
Putnam's Sons
Edward n. Teall, of the staff of Books
and the Book World, is to leave the Prince
ton University Press and TO become as
sociated with the Marshall Jones Com
pany of Boston in the book publishing
business.
Ever since We went to the little red
schoolhouse we have had it dinned into
our ears that history repeats itself, but We
ro,,,.at 70 COW fhot 90 Cor iy, our