New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
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GRAVES MATHER, this month, her
new book, "The Light Which Cannot
FAIL" was published. Miss Holt is
internationally famous for her philan-
thropic work for the blind, and the
book is meant to give clearer under
standing to other workers of what the
blind need. The book contains many
anecdotes to illustrate the authors
meaning; and has an introductory let
ter by the late VISC0UNT BRYCE and
an appreciation by JOSEPH REINACH.
ALLEN SINCLAIR WILL, who has
just completed an authoritative two
volume life of the late Cardinal Glib
bons, was for number Of years city
editor of "The Baltimore SUM-" and for
an even longer period was personal
friend of the Cardinal. Before his
death, Cardinal Gibbons opened to Mr..
viii the archives of the diocese Of
Baltimore and allowed him to read
his private journal, begun in 1868,
from which extracts are given.
DJEMAL PASHA, author of MEM
ories Of Turkish Statesman" barely
finished writing his "reminiscences in
time. He was assassinated last sum-
mer, by political enemies.
Books for boys are not always writ
ten with such care as FRANCIS ROLT
WHEELER gives to his. Research for
his last two, Heroes of the Ruins"
and THE Coming of the Peoples" took
him to the British Museum, the Bib
liotheque Rationale, and to Spain
Mr.. Wheeler says he spends most of
his literary profits securing material
for more books.
"Babbitt' is going to be published in
the famous Tauchntz Library, which
will make it easily available all over
Europe.
PHILIP CURTIss, author of "Mum-
mers in Mufti," has just returned from
year in Spain, during which he
studied the condition of Spanish
literature in the present day. He says
that in Spain new novel is hawked
on the streets like an extra" and each
appearance of favorite authors
books is an event. However, the sale
is naturally more limited than in
America, and the new novels are al
ways published in paper covers,
screamingly litographed, and usually
on cheap paper. The competition must
10 'hSSiioG' NIL SuILlSS says LNaL IN
Spain almost every educated man
writes book sooner or later. Or if
not book, then playlet, for one act
plays are popular in Spain. Realism is
the vogue, and much good work is
printed and forgotten in the daily
papers.
The Poetry Society of America has
awarded EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBIN
SON its prize for the best books OF
poems of 1922 for his COLLECTED
Poems"
CLEMENCE DANE is expected in
America soon, not for a lecture tour,
but to see the rehearsals of a play of
hers.
The youngest English author, ALEC
WAUGH, may give English fiction new
slant. He announces that it is his am
bitlon to write the novel of big bust
ness, as he thinks "the romance of
Mr.. Waugh writes with awful speed,
three thousand words day three days
a week, and on the other three days
he works in publishing house. Also
on his literary days, he usually goes
to movie in the afternoon, plays foot
ball on Saturdays, is keen cricketer.
and dances enthusiastically about once
week.
Double pneumonia drove GERALD
BEAUMONT to writing fiction. He
was fer years a sporting editor, and
then did publicity work until laid up
by illness. His doctor warned him
against Office work after that, so in
desperation he essayed short stories
for the magazines. And he has never
had story rejected, "Riders Up" is
his latest volume.
J. C. sNAITR, on the other hand,
attributes his start as novelist to
broken leg. achieved as . boy in
football game. He began writing to
Tighten the tedium of waiting for a
hone to knit. The latest result of that
long ago accident is "The Van Room"
Snaith is q Yorkshireman. He is of
opinion that America is getting little
ahead of England in the art of writing
novels, and that women are doing a
shade better than men at it; Edith
Wharton he considers "the most com
pletely accomplished novelist at pres
ent using the English language"
ne LHlIteel-ySdr-OlQ son OF ZANE
GREY at present is intending to fol-
low in fathers footsteps as a novelist
and spends many anxious hours black
enlng paper to that end. His mother
reports that he has one article or story
finished, and wants her to correct it,
under the impression that afterward
he need only send the story to a
magazine, and fat check will ensue
Immediately.
q. Various readers have supposed that
mary Lee" must have been written
Dy a woman, and that "GEOFFREY
DENNIS" Is pseudonym. But it is
the authors real name. Mr. Dennis
served in the war as captain, took a
first at Oxford in history, and is at
present head of the English section
Of the translation bureau of the League
OF Nations. He comes of an old Dew
onshire family, with numerous ad-
mirals among his ancestors. "Mary
Lee" was written for amusement. and
mainly in the trenches while the war
was going on. A good deal of 1t was
dictated to soldier who could write
shorthand. Writing in the first per-
son, and trying to think the thoughts
OF young woman was part of the
stunt" 1t came out better than the
author expected, so after the war he
sent it to the publisher and it was
accepted
The Macmillan Company announce
with pride that they have authors
from forty-three states on their list.
New, York State supplies the largest
number by far. And OF course thew
nave lot of English authors, too.