Show j I IN T E LITERARY WORLD I BY HERBERT BREWSTER HE CENTENARY of Emerson occurs tomorrow CHE and fitting celebration of the event will be b ob observed observed observed served in many cities and societies throughout the country Some ceremonies have already dy taken place one a dinner in New York pUy its given ghen by the Unitarian club to Dr Edward Edvard Waldo Emerson Emer More than participated In the dinner and listened Usten d to stories and reminiscences of ot the poet I et by his hl son Professor F McIntyre of oC Dickenson college recently told two stories of Emerson which may almost be styled hitherto unknown In the fall faU of oC 1 Mr Emerson came one day to the cigar counter of the old Fitchburg depot dep t In Boston Bos Boston Boston ton That aughty memory about which he be used sed to joke so uncomplainingly prevented his asking in words for what he wished a cigar Putting one finger to his mouth and puffing this Imperial master of English indicated his wish The attendant prompt promptly prO t ly brought a s box of cigars Mr Yr Emerson then scratched the counter and touched his flier finger fi er to the end of a 8 cigar in response tp tc which matches were provided He evinced great satisfaction ti at having t his wishes so readily guessed and oo walked toward the smoking car of his train his Race e all the too time wear wear wearing e r lag ing that look of ot benediction I am owner of Platos brain Of DC Lord Lon Christ Christs s heart and strain s The following incident is te one of ot many to Illustrate the fact that the Lord Christ heart rt in Emerson out outlived outlived t lived the rest One day after the mental decay dee v of Emerson was far fax advanced some SO one came carne to his house asking for his autograph His IDs power poter to write one in ip the unusual way was altogether g ne but nottO not so sire to give pleasure to another Accordingly Accor his l daughter du h r gave him one of his own autographs auto He sat Mt down with this before him hint and with all the care cage e of oC SL a painstaking child chill at his hig copybook he wrote another presented this to the applicant with that old sweetness of manner which h even eveR disease could not destroy A Whoever W Annie Flint may be she sh has bas written ritten a noteworthy book In do her first attempt A Girl of or Ideas published a few fe days ago The Th story stow is that of ot a young college girl who starts life after after the com completion completion of a college course with the purpose se In view of becoming a great writer Her first ft t book b ok Is re rejected rejected rejected by bj all of the publishers publisher but in spite of this discouraging fact she is inspired to open an office from which she may dispense e ideas ide s for tor o q her ber writ writers writers writers ers According to the tale the heroine Is most suc successful in this course Although she has been un an unsuccessful successful 1 as a writer herself she tells dozens en of ambitious writers what sort of articles and stories stones s ries riesto to write and they the all aU succeed Impossible as tile con conditions v which Miss Flint assumes seem to those fa familiar familiar miller with the business of publishing she BIte has ha never built up an interesting romance romance A famous author who has written himself opt oyt o t but whose work is still in great demand goes to the office of the girl of ideas to t write her up He e goes goe away con converted converted and with an idea for a story he h uses uses ses Jn In Ina a tale which proves to be his most suc s It happens that the girl of ideas has already sold td the tiie e es same s me plot to a newspaper editor out in Arizona sand and nd the he famous author is attacked on all s sides des for plagiarism P ism In her bel efforts to save gave the good go name of the famous author the girl of ot ideas falls fall In love with him hima a feeling which the author has already enter entertained ent r tamed for the girl girland and the story stor natural n ends s happily For at least one reason the publishers should cut cul cultivate Miss Flint She has suggested d In the be of her story scores of oC very ery attractive titles s for r 1 Hov Hovels or els Miss Flint FUnt like her heroine must pst hay have h v a ac cap p ital of or imagination which would be valuable le to any publishing house Ralph Henry Barbour whose hose novel nor l The Land of Joy promises to be one of the most moat popular of the summer books although only 32 33 years ye rs olds old has bas had hada a remarkable career Career as a newspaper man and a d au author au author author thor Few know him as Richard Stillman Powell but that Is the name under which lie Ite itches has h s been con contributing c In to the magazines for several years Yi y Mr Barbour began writing for a Boston newspaper and after six months he was discharged for having allotted al allowed lowed loed himself hi to be scooped on a story He drift drifted drifted ed to Colorado where he was employed on Denver Dener papers his last Jast task in that city being that of ot literary editor and cartoonist After Arter that he h worked on Chi Chicago ChIsago cago sago and Philadelphia papers until two years ago ago when he returned to Cambridge and devoted dev ted his hi en entire entire tire Ure time to writing The Land of ot Joy Joys is Mr Bar Barbours Barbours bours hours first grown novel noel his four other books hav hay having havIng haying ing been en long stories for boys In the th new story however Mr Barbour w will capture a i larger audi audience audience ence The scene of most of o the tory Is la Leesburg te Va a very ery quiet old town whose claim on future fame fam rests on the fact that for eight hours tours It was the seat of the United States government Qt When Washington was Invaded by the British during the war of oC 1812 the archives of the government were secretly se secretly removed to Leesburg tw miles away and deposited in a vault there A meeting of the cab cabinet cabInet cabinet inet was held beld In the little town during this ls time Um so that the place wa the seat of runt government g for tor a short time w Admirers of the work of ot Mr Frank Norris willbe will be gratified with the announcement that there will wUl short shortly shortly ly lybe be issued In book form a collection of Ms essays Ba B Bon on literary topics most of or which appeared In various v magazines and ind newspapers and a volume of ot short stores under the title A Deal In Wheat and Other Stories This will make eight books to the toe credit of a writer tel who died before he had been writing that many years a remarkable record g the he quality of ot his work and the fact fat tI tt tt t t c ft fJ w wrote rote most of these books h he w was s t dart carry nJ on other work for tor a living Not until within three years of his bis death did his income from his books provide for him freedom from the drudgery of ot newspaper work or of editorial work for a publishing pu firm Miss Josephine Dodge Daskam or oi Josephine Daskam as she now no prefers to be bs b called evidently a preparation for a new surnames surname fa one of ot the most clever cleer of our younger writers Not loot ot long ago we thought her field was limited to stories pf children but her recent re nt verse erse a d l articles show that she has ability to hit off the follies s and weaknesses of grown people A deep current of or good sense underlies under underlies lies HaS her work Her last bit of Omar for Ladies Ladles contains con contains contains the following Myself when slim did eagerly frequent Delsarte and Ling and heard great Argument Of Ot muscles trained to Hold me up but still Spent on my Modiste f dist what Id always alVars spent sp nt t With Walking Clubs I did the best I With my own Feet I tramped my Ten Miles lUles good gOO And this was wac All AU that I got out of or iti it itI M I 1 ate much more for Dinner than th ll I T r should A Berlin newspaper has bas recently made an n Inter Interesting esting canvass of its readers for the purpose of ol dis discovering discovering covering their opinions as to the ten t n greatest of liv living Ii ing men men It is te gratifying to the profession of writing writ writing wrIting ing that literature takes precedence Tolstoi leading leadin with votes otes followed by the historian historia with votes Ibsen comes fourth in the list with votes otes the third place being given to the theY young Italian genius in science Marconi Gorky received votes Mark Twain bUt one The Germans Ger Germans Germans mans mans evidently do not read our genial ge al prince of hu humorists humorists humorists The following is a sketchy Interview Inte with ith H G G Wells by Punch On our pressing the electric elec button ton the door was opened by a Martian Martia in answer to our question hooted politely that th t Mr Wells VeIls was w wout out on his aeroplane superintending the flying drill doll dollof of the Sandgate Highlanders and was for r r the tine tin tiD being an invisible man but that he was expected in any moment i While he was speaking a whirring g noise was heard overhead and Mr Wells Wens swooped to o earth Divest DivestIng Div Divesting t ting Ing himself hims lf of his celluloid cloak studded with plas pla mon buttons Mr Wells on demanding and receiving our assurance that we belonged to the te middle classes ushered us Into his sanctum We experienced eX con considerable considerable difficulty in keeping our feet te t owing to the th curvature of the floor Mr Wells adopts t this ls system to prevent the collection of dust but finally succeeded in anchoring ourselves to a paperweight while our host settled himself comfortably in the th cushioned seats of his time machine and an l began be n to talk ta The reporter left lert the house bouse by b way W f f a moving staircase and came to himself in the surgery of a Sandgate practitioner |