The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
By Darling

atrocious days, in which the work of
months was threatened with ruin"
Mr.. Archibald Rutledge. whose
Plantation Game Trails" has just
been published by the Houghton
Minlin Company, says that he has
had some amusing experiences with
collectors of stories and anecdotes
about Lincoln. A part of his regu-
lar correspondence consists in le;-
ters. concerning Ann Rutledge. the
supposed sweetheart OF the Great
Emancipator. Probably authors and
artists have contrived TO cast an un-
wonted glamour over this affair
concerning the real nature of which
little that is authentic is known
But Mr.. Rutledge has not said what
IL any, is the blood relationship be-
tween himself and the famous Ann
Joseph Conrad is starting aImos,
at once for Corsica. writes thu
Rookman's London correspondent
The journey is TO be a holiday Of
saturation" II the atmosphere of the
new Napoleonic novel which re
plans to write. This is a darin=
theme for one to attempt who has
made his reputation in other fields.
says the correspondent and yet
those who know Conrad will feel
certain that IL will be unlike any
other similar novel.
Frederic c. Howe. formerly Unit
Ell States Immigration Commission
ct at the port of New York and ii
rector OF the Peoples Institute Of
New York City, makes a plea in h;S
new book, Revolution and nemoc-
~acy" (Heubsch) for a settlement Of
the worlds problems that shall hv
democratic, not revolutionary. NJ:
Howe is sanguine as to the future
cooperative movements. He poin,s
&c their growth in the European
countries and to the co-operativ.
societies of Minnesota, California
and other States. Nc single move
ment." says Nd. Howe. has grown
With such raoidity since the war as
"o-operation."
The Century Co. announces the
publication in March of Ghosts" by
Arthur Grabb. and "Wind Along
the Waste" by Gadys f. Johnson.
A yarn Of the sea, which seems
likely to take its place beside the
great books of ocean literature, Is
a vivid story of adventure on a sail
ing vessel during a trip from Glas-
gov to San Francisco around the
Horn. which z. p. Dutton and Com
pany are publishing about the emo
of March. Its author is Capt. David
L. he AND
the ships that sail on il as the shore
man knows his office and his desk.
and its title is THE Brassbounder.-
That to the landlubber, enfgmatfcal
term means a ships apprentice, who
while he is learning to be an able
seaman. does a mans work and gets
no pay, sometimes even his parents
psy for the privilege Of thus learn
ing his trade during sea voyages.
under the fond belief that his is to
be life of gilt braid and brass
buttons-hence the name. 1t is one
of those rare books which read bet
ter than fiction. full of adventure
of the most thrilling sort. always
widely convincing.
w. Somerset Vaughan, who has
a habit Of writing startling books,
has done something extra startling
in his new book, The Magician"
just published by George II. Doran
Company. He makes no compro-
misses with credulity in this book
Just as he made no compromises
with morality in The Moon and
Sixpence." Oliver Haddo, priest Of
Black Magic. is as striking char
acter as Charles Strickland. the
unique hero of "The Moon and Six
pence"
Albert Payson Terhune's new
novel. The Man in the Dark" VIII
be ready for publication about the
end of this month by E. p. DuttonI
and Company. 1t is a story Of the
struggle upward of a poor boy in
the hills Of West Virginia who
grows to manhood in an environ
ment of moonshining and nightrid-
ing. There is a young district at
foruav IN ~ Ubo EeenS eyerybOdy