The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
Literary Locals.

Joseph c. Lincoln. author of the
CHEEKY best-seller. "Galusha the
Magnificent" (Appleton) was fishing
in Canada last summer. While on
the trail he heard ono of the party's
guides quoting from q poem, which.
as a fellow 10 a prime Ia
vorite of Mr.. Lincoln's. This was
Don Marquis superlative expression
OF the fishing yarn" Noah an
Jonah an Cap'n John Smith" Now
Mr.. Lincoln has sent with appropri-
ate inscription to this admirer OF
Don Marquis up in the wilds a copy
of the volume Of, the Marquis poems,
just published by the Appletons, en-
titled and including Noah an Jonah
an Capn John Smith"
Bo Mcmillan, the sensational hero
Of Center's recent victory over Har-
ward, Is also the hero of Ralph d.
Paine's novel, First Down, Ken
lucky" (Houghton Mifflin Company,
Last year Mr.. Paine was attracted
by Center's meteorfc success In foot
ball. He went to Danvi1le. KY, with
the idea of connecting a story about
the Praying Colonies" But when
he came to really know them and
the celebrated DO" he found there
was a genuine story that only need
ed to be written down. Bowman
Mcmillan is renamed for fiction
Bowman MacMurray and that is all.
The football hero OF the book is.
like the original. a Texan; he. also,
served In the navy, he Is actuated
by the same high ideals. The book
ends with the big game of 1920
the game which from the point of
view of the world of sports put Gen.
ter on the map.
: The Century Company reports tina,
1t has received from Syracuse
bookseller a genuine prescription
made out by a physician for his pa
tient and presented to the book
seller to fill, calling for "One Cow
Jackson and Salisbury's 'Outwittinr
our Nerves the book of "psycho-
hygiene an phycho- common sense :"
as its publishers call 1t, which has
inquired on most-in- demand lists and
mas required four printings since
its publication at the end ~ last
May.
Stokes has published two volumes
of Mr.. Punch's History of Nodern
England. an ever-varied and vivid
chronicle of the life of the yicto-
rians, written by themselves and
preserved in the files of Punch 10,
the last eighty years. Punch, doub-
ling the role of Jester and poIItical
pamphleteer. has produced bisto-
rical record that is UNIQUE. Tn.
work is prepared by Charles 7,
uraVes' who has been connected
with Punch for nearly twenty years
The new Macmillan edition of
Maseneld's Tragedy of Nan" In mi
form with their illustrated edition
OF The Everlasting Mercy" and
contains many photographs OF the
coast country where the tragedy
actually happened. REWARD the
Fox is also appearing in a new
form. with pictures both in color
ana IN black and white by Armon,
and Moorepark.
Seven years have gone into the
making OF Samuel Hopkins Adams
st novel Success" (Houghton
Miniin Company Like its big
rorerunner The Clarion" II deals
win the powers of the press. Mr..
ADAMS was for ten years after
sraouating from college. a reporter
on tine New York Sun-one Of the
pest schols Of Journalism the coun-
Try anords. 1t was in the years
spent as a reporter in New York
City tnat ne gained that knowledge
OF men and affairs that makes
success one OF the biggest,
strongest novels Of the wear.
animal painter known widely in this
country by his illustrations of Kip.
nnes jungle books. expects to ex-
hioit In America this autumn, Jouye
Is successor of the great ANNA.
sculptor, Antoine Louis Barge. and
mas won many artistic triumphs by
MS noble canvases. He considers
the association Of his drawings with
the Jungle Book" one Of the happiest
incidents of his career, because the
panorama of portraits of beasts of
the jungle which he produced called
Tor high gifts of analysis and imag-
nation.
The game of shyinr brickbats at
eminent figures OF the past and
present has been Joined by \ new
player, G. r. Stirling Tayior whose
Modern English Statesmen has lust
oeen published BY Mcbride. Mr.
Taylor's book IL a collection ~
studies Of stx 81 the leading Zig
ures in English statecraft in. mod
ern times: Cromwell, walpole the
Pitts, Burke and Disraeli. These
men are examined with the realistic
eye OF the modern historian and
depicted with a pen which is nv no
means free from satIric acid.
1t Is no secret TO anvon. who
chooses to look into the English
Who's Who" that Norman An,.i,
10 r. N A. Lane. yet few neonIe
over here know that Norman An
gen" Is nom de plume, or rather
only . part of the authors NAME
He 10 an English Journalist Who
has been. among other Interesting
things, editor of GaIiRnanps Mes.
senger and general manager of the
Paris Daily Mail. a. ven AZ CORE
spondent and special writer A. va.
rtous timss for many English.
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