New-York tribune., 1922-08-06
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be published by Henry Holt g.
u Co. this autumn. This bold
experiment is also the first
novel of the author Roscoe W. Brink,
and Louis Untermeyer, who has read
the MS, calls it moving and power
fully motivated." IL Ia said to "corn-
pletely reveal the soul Of an Amer
lean woman of the people
sensitive, beauty loving soul that is
beaten upon By the relentless forces of
the city, wearied by the drudgery Of
raising family. yet modlea into shin
ing gold by her love of beauty"
The American Academy of Arts and
Letters has complied book of rec
ord of its former members, some half
"a hundred iilustrious names being in
cluded. Each receives Il page photo
and very brief sketch,
Brander Matthews possesses a copy
of Kipling's MANY Inventions bound
by Sanderson, the celebrated
bookbinder, who rarely spends his skill
upon contemporary books. Brander
Matthews was so pleased with the
book that he asked Kipling to auto
graph it. Kipling returned it with
three original bits of verse on the fly
leaves-a parody of Browning. H
parody Of Whitcomb Riley and the fol-
lowing gem:
See my literary pants!
| am bound in crushed levants.
Brander Matthews did it, and a
Very handsome thing of Branda."
elizabeth" the Countess Won
Arnim and now Lady Russel--will
have a new novel brought out in the
fall by Doubleday, Page & Co. 1t will
be called THE Enchanted April
Conrads within the Tides" has just
been issued in French, being the latest
volume in what will be a complete
French edition Of his works 1t con-
tains preliminary note by the author
countering certain criticisms of the
stories in this volume.
The genesis of Booth Tarkington's
"Monsieur Beaucaire," his first notable
sue 'ess, has just been" revealed Twen-
ty-fve years ago Harrington wrote for
precious" little magazine called
John O. Dreams" q short comedy en-
titled "The Kisses of Marjorie" He
illustrated it himself with set of pen
sketches fingered in his mind and
gradually grew to separate literary
life in the story of the noble barber of
Bath. He kept the manuscript for two
years before venturing to send it out,
but at last it found its way to NC
Clure's Magazine and fame.
An unpublished play by Balzac will
be brought out by the Princeton Uni
versity Press in the autumn. 1t is a
tive-act drama entitled Cromwell" and
Balzac's original manuscript will be
reproduced in facsimile.
The Princeton Press also announces
"The Theory of Relativity," by it's
original proponent Dr.. Albert Einstein.
May Isabel Fisk, "Thc Talking
Woman" author and monologist. is to
be married shortly to an Englishman,
Captain Malcolm Johnston. 1t is said
to be a Glove at first sight" romance
two meetings and an engagement.
The real name of the author of
"Zell," one of last years successes, is
Harold Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong was
practicing law in Detroit, but had been
a reporter and was unable to shake
off the craving to write. He, got
years leave of absence in which to
make good or give up and came to
New York. In that year the wrote
"zell," under the nom de plume
Henry G. Aikman," which II. l..
Mencken saw in manuscript and placed
with Alfred A. Knopf. AS a result Mr..
Armstrong has thrown up the law, and
his next book will come out under his
own name. 1t is called For Richer,
for Poorer" and naturally is a study
of marriage.
Rex Beach has deserted the movies"
temporarily and turned back to the
written word. He will have new
novel published by Harper some time
in September and has another out
lined.
Houghton Mifrin Company report
that THE Butchers Advocate" has
written them asking for a review copy
OF Martin Johnson's book "Cannibal
Land" 1--WE feel sure" they explain,
that a work of this kind would be of
exceptional interest to the people
reached by our weekly" Perhaps Ber-
nard Shaw is one of their subscribers.
Amy Lowell Is busy on Lille OF
Keats" though it will not be ready
until next year, 1t will contain six
hitherto unpublished letters from the
poet, several from Fanny Brawne and
number Of rare portraits.
"Toby, NJ P" of Punch" otherwise
Sir Henry Lucy, in his book of Lords
and Commoners," just published by
buttons, gives comparative estimates
Of Disraeli and Gladstone. Gladstone,
he says, was great with the full force
of lofty moral character and supreme
intellect" DisraeIi was great only
in the sense that his cleverness was
superiative." On the other hand, con-
slider this anecdote from the diary Of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, published bv
Harper: AT the time OF the Bull
garian atrocities Lord Carlisle was
chairman of the committee organized
TO En- land 4O +ha