New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Shop Talk

IInasa I .he title OF Some Distinguished
nm;,csicans,' n.;a, left Toronto University
wsnout r.n. 9 degree because ha did not
wsnt wsn. 70 De lawyer. He always
msn.sa ,soreu 70 write. write. He began as Re-
came to New York, in isse. 81 ns Yrsa
lance, writing special articles for1the he
Sunoay papers. The editor of 1The
1onrh's Companion" noticed his WORK
anu encouraged him to tsy the naga.
zines. After considerable success with
snort stories, Mr.. O'Hiasins turnrd
70 play writing, and two or three of
Ms plays had long runs, notably "The
hmmy' detective play, inspired by
n.s nn acqnaintance with William j.
ss rarns. During :he war Mr.. O'fIiggins
waa associate chairman of the COM
n,tsee on public information. In epite
Oh ms other activities he always re-
Turns TO fiction writing as his true
REX BEACH is in or around Utah
rust now, enjoying the scenic wonders
~ San Juan County, up in the noun
tains. Nobody knows whether or not
ne is looking for new novel there:
MS last, FLOWING Gold" was laid in
Texas. ="
DizafTe, new book of humorous
essays which will be published this
Ia. TON MACkALL, to his dentist,
his tailor, his tobacconist and his
grocer, each being courteously men
toned by name. Although. he ex-
plains, none of these gentlemen di-
rectly inspired the book, nor cor
rected the proofs, nor saw it through
the press. "nevertheless," he says, 81
became decidedly their dehtor-and
still am. Indeed. without their stimu-
lus, this hook might never have been
"The Lady Of the Decoration" other
wise MISS FRANCES LITTLE. has at
last written another story, "Jack and
! in Lotus Land" This also is done
in the form Of letters and gives
ternally, even in the few years since
Miss Little wrote her Arst book.
Dormant Fires" is tho English ver-
ATHERTON's last novel, which II
America was called sleeping Fires"
LUCILLE BORDEN. who's. first
novel, "The Gates Of olivet." has just
been published, is an American of old
stock, descended on the mothers side
from Colonists who settled on the
James River in 1887, and on the
fathers side from Pierre Liguest de
Laclede, who founded st. Louis, Mo-,
in 1854. Mrs. Borden was boSn in St.
Louis, educated at Marysville and has
Travelled extensively, but for some
years past has made her home in New
York City. She has written many ar
translated various works before writ
ing novel.
The author Of 1.-THE Three Fires"
which is novel of Ceylon, got much
Of her local color by sitting through
q three weeks trial in the Singhalese
Supreme Court, or whatever it is
called, at Randy, the capital of Ceylon.
She SAT on the bench beside the Chief
Justice and became known to the ma
tives as "the lady who sits in court"
But her name is MISS JOSEPHINE
Half century Of theatrical history
VIII be covered by JOHN DREW's au-
photography, which will be brought ont
this month b.. the buttons.
Dutton's ara also bringing out a
new edition of book much loved by
the last generation, and still popular
"The Road Member" by an English
woman who wrote under the name Of
MICHAEL FAIRLESS. The book will
be handsomely illustrated with pho
tographs of places mentioned, includ-
| ing the house in which the author
lived and died. in Sussex
A French translation of "Jurren. !"
by RAOUL DE ROUSSY DE SALES.
has just been completed and will be
brought out as one Of the Editions de
la Sirsnes. Eventually all of James
Branch Cabelrs works will be done
into French, A German translation is
also under way.
PHILIP cURTIss. on being asked
for q few biographical facts by his
publishers, makes largely negative
confession. He says: at will come as
great shock to those who read con-
temporary literary notes that have
never been sailor, gambler, a tele-
graph operator, lumberAan, hotel
keeper, 4 revivalist, or professional
| boxer. realize that this is a grave
handicap. In college I believed naYvely
all that was taught me by the profess
! sors Of literature-and believe 1t still.
OF course, this is all wrong"
MRS. KELLOGG FAIRBANK, whose
first novel, "The Cortlands Of Wash
ingten Square," has just been pub
hshed, has had "a play accepted and
scheduled for fall production. 1t is
called "Three Years More" an ominous
title before production, though it
should be all right. afterward.
CECILE T0RMAY, whose novel,
"The Old House," has recently been
published in America, is of an ancient
aristocratic Hungarian family and
intimately acquainted with such lead
ing figures in Hungarian politics as
Count Julius Andrassy, Count APP
ponyi, etc. Miss Tormay was in Buda-
pest in 1918 and took vigorous part
in the counter-revolutionary move
msnt. Her diary, giving an account
of her experiences, will shortly be
translated into English.
BOOTH HARRINGTON has written a
tribute to WILLIAM A. ROGERS, the
famous cartoonist, whose reminis-
csnces have Just appeared under
the title "A World Worth While"
Harrington says: "a little while
ago .(perhaps it may have been
II, the early eighties) the boy that