The Washington herald., 1922-03-05
Literary Locals.

list OF the dozen best English
novels for Walter A. Dyer. who has
been conducting a poll In his cor
umn In the Springfield Union. 1t Is
a thought-provoking list and as Mr..
Morley explains, SIS ldiosyncratic
but II won't do any intelligent
reader any harm"
These are the novels which Mr..
Morley has chosen: THE Wrong
Box" by Robert Louis Stevenson;
Pendennis," by william Makepiece
Thackeray: The Gods and Mr. Per-
rim" by Hugh walpole: THE Little
White Bird" by James NJ. Barrie;
The Way of All FLESH" by Samuel
Butler: The House by the River"
by A. P. Herbert; This Is the End
by Stella Benson; Persuasion" by
Jane Austen: Lord Jim." by Joseph
Conrad: Vera" by the author of
Elizabeth and Her German Gar
DEM" Joan and Peter" by II. G..
Wells: The Divine Fire" by May
Sinclair.
The religious literature depart
ment OF Charles Scribner's Sons Is
contemplating with amusement the
large number of orders which 1t Is
receiving for three books published
by the Scribners: 'The Everlasting
Whisper" The Beautiful and
Damned" and His Soul Goes
Marching On" The Everlasting
whisper" happens to be Jackson
Gregory novel of adventure in the
California mountains which perma-
nently disposes of at least a half
dozen men: The. Beautiful and
Damned" Is +. Scott Fitzgeralds
new novel, a devastating satire on
a section of American society. while
His Soul Goes Marching On" Is a
story by Mary Raymond Shipman
Andrews, in which Theodore Roose-
Welt goes fishing with a small boy.
Speaking of The Beautiful and
Damned" F. Scott Fitzgerald's
Forthcoming novel. Fanny Butcher.
of the Chicago Tribune. declares
that ten years ago Anthony Com
stock and his myrmidons would
have jugged that title or, at best.
would have insisted on its being
The Beautiful and D-d.'"
Selling Life Insurance" IL a
useful book just published by the
Harpers. Its author is John A.
Stevenson. former director of the
School Of reinsurance Sales
manship. Carnegie Institute Of
Technology. In a simple, straight
forward manner. Mr.. stevenson pre-
sents the most modern and the
most effective practices in life un-
derwriting. 49,,
Il Marjorie Strachey. a sister OF
Lytton Strachey. has done, by way
Of q new novel, called David The
Son of Jesse" a portrait of a king
as frank and as startling as that
OF queen by her famous brother.
The novel was first published in
England. and Is to be published
here in March by the Century CON-
pany. .-.. D.. ., y
stephen Leacock. during his re-
cent lecture tour abroad. appeared
at q popular resort on the South
ern coast OF England. The hall
was a large one but the audience
was conspicuously small. Mr.. Lea
cock thus began his address. TT
has been forty-three years since
my last appearance In B.;
neither the sea nor the Sky seems
quite as blue as remember them,
but I am quite sure, judging by
the size OF the audience tonight,
that the population of the city has
shrunk at least one-third"'
Francis Burton Harrison, who
has written out his experiences and
the convictions he gathered as gov
ernor-general OF the Philippines a
book soon to be published by the
Century Company. under the title
Of The Cornestone OF Philippine
Independence: A Narrative Of Seven
Years." is the son of that Mrs.
Burton Harrison who administered
anonymously a genuine shock to
the society of her time with her
novel, THE Anglomaniacs." Alt
though the book made a real sem
sation. owing to the many only
prominent folk II contained, the
secret of its authorship was kept
successfully by her own household
and by Jeanette and Richard Wat
son Glider, the only persons who
knew It. until serial publication
| was completed. 1t is worth noting
that IL was The Century Magazine
in which this novel ran as a Sc
rial. while the Century Company is
bringing out the sons account OF
his island charges.
| A. z. Housman has suffered at
the hands OF American book pirates
perhaps as much as any English
author. THE Shropshire Lad"
was some years ago imported into
this country in sheets. but was
Eever reordered by the. original
importer. At last an authorized
American edition Is being brought
out by Henry Holt and Company
who have made arrangements with
Grant Richards. the English pub
Usher. In the past, private edi-
tions have been brought out and
widely sold with no return what
soever to the author. Under exist
ing laws 1t is not now possible for
the Holts to secure American copy
right, but they are confident that
| reviewers, book sellers, and the
general public will welcome an edi-
tion on which Mr.. Housman will
receive royalty.
Ruyard Kipling found his idea
for the Just So" story about the
whale who ate the mariner in a
picturesque suspenders factory that
he often passed on his way from
his home in Vermont to Boston,
says the Detroit Free Press. The
mariner of 'inhnite-resource-a and
sagacity," you will remember,
whom the whale found sitting on
a raft in the middle OF the sea
with nothing on but q pair OF blue
canvas breeches, q pair of suspen-
| ders and a lack knife fastened the