The Washington herald., 1921-08-21
LITERARY LOCALS.

LII EnAn 1 LOCALS.
There appears to be no general
rush to claim the authorship OF
The Mirrors Of Washington" Two
of those who have been publicly
accused Of responsibility. Edward
G. Lowry and A. Maurice Lowe. have
hastily and emphatically denied the
accusation. Mr.. Lowry, It IL true.
has written a book OF Washington
sketches. which will be published by
Houghton-Miff1in this fall. but In
thise case there Is no mystery about
the authorship nor any desire to
conceal It.
The suggestion has been made
that everyone who wishes to find
| out how short stories or novels
grow In an authors mind should
read The Notebooks OF Anton
Chekhov." The notes contain all
sorts Of strange things-description
of character, plots, extraordinary
names, and shrewd sayings. All that
| Is lacking TO put the aspiring author
on the right road Is a list of instruc-
lions as to how Chekhev worked
these odds and ends into his stories
and plays.
A book which Is said to contain a
great deal Of valuable information
on Oriental diplomacy and Far
Eastern affairs Is THE United
States and Japan" By Payson J..
Treat. -.
According to Alexander Schwartz
there is a great deal Of graft in the
distribution of soap in Russia.
There are three kinds Of soap dis
tributed. says Mr.. Schwartz, in his
book The Voice Of Russia" THE
first Is the oval shaped cake Of or
binary soap, such as one can buy in
this country. intended for the COM
missars; the second Is q rough
chunk OF grey substance for their
assistants and officers; and the third
Is a small cube, hard as stone and
black as ink, which Is distributed to
the proletariat workers. II you are
below that rank you get none at
all" This system OF distribution
might. of course, be explained on
the ground that 1t is regulated in
accordance with the needs Of the
different classes.
"Psychical Research for the Plain
Man." by S. NJ. Kingsford, is a
book for the everyday, unscientific
reader who wants to know some
thing about the various phases Of
psychic phenomena and about she
evidence for them. There are
chapters on telepathy. clairvoyance.
crystal gazing, mediums. trance
mediums, automatic writing. pre-
monitions, hallucinations, haunted
localities, and poltergeists.
The fall announcement Of Double
day, Page and Company contains q
number of titles by well-known
writer's. Among them are: Her
Fathers Daughter" by Gene STRAIT
ton Porter; The Beloved Woman"
by Kathleen Norris: The Bright
ener." by Mrs. Williamson; The
Marriage OF Susan" by Helen r.
Martin; ''Harbors Of Memory" by
William McFee; Plum Pudding" by
Christopher Morley. and The Girls"
the first full-length novel by Edna
Ferber.
W. J. Locke's last novel, The
Mountebank," has been dramatized
by the author in collaboration with
Ernest Denny, an English play
London this fall with Dennis Eadie
in the leading role.
The John Lane Company has just
issued new editions Of two Of Max
Works Of Max Beerbohn" with .
photography by John Lane. This
house will also publish this month
a volume Of poems by Sir William
Watson. dealing with events In Ire
land and written during the early
months Of this year. It will be
called ireland Unfreed.'
The heat IL driving people to all
sorts Of indiscretions in England rs
wen as here. The following poem
shows what 1t has done to one
writer Of the Manchester Guardian:
: CONSOLATION.
~It is people tUho DO not terspre
1Uho get ssnstroke."
Out Of the heat that swelters me,
Hot as the hercest Tophet IRE,
Let this my consolation be-
I can land freely doo perspirs.
Under the hottest MONDAY sky
With moisture am well endued;
At night when on my bed I lie
have not baked but slowly
stewed. s /
Among the crowds there were of
late, ....-. e.
Some few who fell about in hts;
And yet the menace Of their fate
p Does not afflict my moister wits.
It matters not how parched the
view,
How strong the rays King Sol
may send, ss
I may resolve into dew,
But sunstroke will not be my end!