Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27
bay SINCLAIR WORKING
ON HER DELAYED NOVEL
uthor OF "Cree OF Heaven" Outlines
Scheme OF It's
Successor.
! WOAiAN'S
J LIFE
hrey Farnol Is Also at Work on
FOddly Contrastcd Books I'm Which
rates OF Pirates and Troubadours
Arc Related.
NY HAYDEN CHURCH.

|LoNDON. April 26.-Muy Sinclair.
lose Tree of Heaven" published In
q SO promptly became best seller
VI mere and i'm the United States,
pea 70 have another novel ready
publication by the end Of last
IJnn. iiinicSs and other work that
uidn't be sidc,racked eTcctualIy pre- :
nted he" from getting on with IL,
weyer. ana II was not until few
'nths ago Tint she really started
3,rk on IL in earnest.
, noIh alter b4eimning this new story,
zen IL called MARY Olivier. a Lifc'
IS sinclair went down into Chou
s siGrs ana there in what she de-
novelist and close friend, Mrs.
Allen iiarkcr, as II near neighbour,
hab been working at IL steadily,
was expecting when she wrote TO
fnc tiiuc on Friday last. ~ every
uy VINO knows anything about her
aware, she is one OF the most con
Gntious aud painstulling Of writer's.
5isihS TO near that the greater part
this new novel OF hers had been
written half Il dozen times or more
Rcfuscs 30 Discuss Work
INC OF the most diiEGul, fcats that
.pcrsonnaly know Of is 70 get Nav
lciair I" say anything Whatever
9nt either herself or her work Nor
This in the very least a pose: she
really shyncAa pcraoni'ied. 4. As it
opens, however. know her passabIy
u; ana was enb9ldened by This fact
AIRY olivier a Life Uhc compositor
annoy the authorcss greatly IL
sets u np 'DliVcr'). IN order To pas 8
!" aiomg to IL many american read
Zine Fire" and Miss Sinclair's other
terc is what she Is willing to have
q about IT, and. knowing las we all
"A - ~
authoress *. IT suggests Il study
Ny new book" She writes. sis n
finan's life her thoughts, sensations
~ cinot!ons directly presented, with
| drtihcial narrative or analysIg.
sh%ut autobioEraphy.
me main interest lies In Mary
ms with her mother. father and three
'therS, ana her final passage from
1ophdnEo ~ infancy. the conflicts Of
,hhnod and adolescence. the dis
;hantments faud other drawbacks)
maturity. to the freedom. peace and
lDincas OF middle age.
uhe period covered is from 1865.
en- shc - forty seven"
Jcffrry farnoI Also Working.
eHery Farnoi encountered the other
on MS way to his publishers. dis
isen that he - working at two books.
!ieiy coatTaStcd one is Il tale of
le, adHthture and treasure on the
I,nish Main--rcally a pirate story:
ne other n twelfth century "gest."
{troubato'Ir's tale. mostly in verse
htiish readers indorse the YER
Is OF Brit!sh reviewers. there should
considerable demand her. for
eph Hcrg eshctmer's novel, The
rec Blsch Pcnnys,' and Lieutenant
Wtrd Strcctcrs "pcrc Mub!c," both
which have recently been issued Lv
I1Gon publishers They are getting
most complimentary Of notices.
lch, In the case OF The Three Black
lnys." arc mostly frankly ,n-
iastic,
Thrillers In These hooks.
Il ono mistakes not, this Is the first
fergeShcincrs books 10 be pub
Iled here. and its reception Indicates
| ! there Is pretty certain to be an
~ demand for his other novels.
1ther blood" and Java Head