| Show II Barrie Helps a Brother Novelist To Get Elected to Parliament Our London Literary Literal Letter I I Special Correspondence I loeb 7 Probably the par parL L In this country countr which Is now coming com to an aim end emI will wIil go Ion down to fame famo os ns one of ot the tho most literary on I record With the single ex cx option of ot Sir Arthur Conan Conlin Doyle Dole the entire collection coll of nt authors who of oC ered themselves them ele ns as candidates were triumphantly elect el and no doubt the Creator of ot Sherlock Holmes would have got In too had huh he It allied him himself hImself self with what proved to bo tics the un tin unpopular popular ride Ide As At It was however ho he hons holIa ns lIa soundly beaten benten by b nn tin eminent bar bor Shaw the electoral contest ban has altti attentIon to tIme the toeo doso Ihl h exists between n J M 1 and Iw 11 of MIranda of ot the Balco Balcony ny 11 1 A g i W Mason on who lute linn Just been heen icon elected to nt as aA the rep ie Je f of ot Coventry Both Iloth novel its ts ure are keen Liberals 1111 nt lit the be diming of ot Masons campaign Barrio hula his friend to tho the Coventry strict find anti remained 1 with him nil all through tho the light tight even oon topping stopping to see seethe seethe the votes Ott counted bill and to tD hear Masons Mason s selection election announced Moreover Mr Jr gave gao Mason his moral support In every way 11 po lie He drew draw tho the theline line lino lit mit actual canvassing ln It Is true truo ho III Is much too retirIng by hy tempera temperament mont ment to shine an Os n nn nil election ele worker but bul he sat Hat on the tho platform at every een eYer one ono of Masons meetings mid silt generally hacked backed his hU lIt lat up trans from start to ta finish Probably he ho thoroughly enjoyed It for tor or his Inter Interest est ott In III I 1 to be le almost ns us keen koen u as al that t which ho ha takes In fairies and It ha her hap buen nell rumored several times that tie lie would como come forward as a IL can call for tor Po So o perhaps Mason will wilt b tJoe be able to recIprocate later Inter on Meanwhile It seems that betides besides the five 00 novelist re Parker Ma Mo Manon Molion non lion Churchill and Vivien Vivion who will sit Alt In Iu parliament tho the publishing trade will wili fist nho be represented another victor Ictor In the election being Frank Newnes who has hns hm returned for tor A Liberal h he U Is l thus the only son Ion of at Sir lr George and a II director In the time famous publishing Inn Orm which l 1 Issues sues Strand and Wide World magazines and count lesH other r Walter author of or A ADay Dog Day Un which set net nil all n l England and nn who other timings writes that notable co In Punch has hlll a grievance Ono One of at atthe the society In New eu York recently reported reporter him hint as at being d dl ad II but limit In Iii telling lollIng me about It yesterday he lie appeared very much alive Indeed Mr Ir IrI I has ban hn written the Ihu editor of ot thu the periodical a it 1 letter bI h he was 11 kind enough to let mo limo itC e here Hore It Ill li Is Dear near Sir SirIa fUrIn In your our ls of or the you 01 refer to my m book A Dog Day ns Os being by hy the late hate Walter Waller l As this Intimation of ot my death IH Is apt to cause unnecessary nr pleasure to my nw friends will you yU kindly deny den It I am nm still Homo people have havo no ho sons ROnA of duty dut Excuse more but hilt I am nm Just Justoff Justoff off ort to Join the Burial society Yours truly trimly WALTER E Mr 11 Emanuel toils tells me that ho h In is now writing another book on dogs which Ilko hiko the Iret VIII b IJ tIC Illustrated by hy Cecil Ce Ceo cil cli Aldin It U la le probable that It will bo be published In lii and morl u tIm rim iii hi Fergus Hums who ha has been down don In Cornwall Corn willi putting the touches to seven Reven new tle novels has hilI returned to his hi hom home near London Lonon energetic aa liS over ever and anti ready for tor seven even ven more Ther have havo been wn so many mall tragedies trag of ot late Into In connection with books to many suicides committed to call attention to books boke and no so o many happen happenings happenIngs ings Inga over books that tailed to attract attention to It Is u pleasant to be able ablo to till tell of n it 1 charm charmIng charmIng charming Ing romance that never would have happened If It It had not been for tor a I re recently rec recently c volume of ot essays urn Per I r hap hapis on tile the whole hole It would b be more correct to ay say sa If It A it 1 certain newspaper article had not been heen published for tor this thle It as that really rea startleS started Ie busIness Mike wrote the article In quo tion He lie Is In this thu export exp rt on exorcise exercise Sail And An diet and In hIs hla hI article he declared declare that the way WilY ta to tl be happy was wan to ap al appear appear pear happy ha armi n nt said sl d much more on tho the same lame subject That Snide vas lii J t aZ read reail by b Miss lIss I 1111 Ie 1 n a who 1 to a II little III lit co 00 tone of or literary folk tolk at estgate and It Inspired her to write the book of ot e es eH above referred to which she call catl l all od Lifes tutU and of ot which sho sh lien gent I u a copy Ol to Mr Ir Miles lIlu explain explaining lug ing In at itt the time same earn time ho It camel came to bu ho hI written AH A I It the tue little work made IMrIe madea a it lilt hit hi I Among others to whom hom It Queen who earned d It Il about with her ht everywhere emil and rend some parts of ot It to one of ot the young oung EnglIsh who ho wan uvas Ill Ne dK SH to say 83 y the young authoress ivits Il to write another book anti and when It was hed she mute to Utti asking a tor for Ma lila hi advice a it r A short simoti car cor correspondents respondents followed d with Ith the thc result that the athletic expert took n II trl trill down to to see ee MIss s now as us IS the tho lady Idl xu Hl there ate are to lx bt 1 weddIng belie bolln MeanwhIle Miss MleH new hook book Is It nearly ready read mind I understand Is to tobo bo hu dedicated to her heY fiance nance The Tho American admirers of Rem Rein Rembrandt brandt brandl who ho are coming corning abroad this year should l arrange to 10 do so before beforetime the time end of ot June In which vase case they thc will ivill willbe be ho In time for the tho celebration of ot the tho I tercentenary of oC the great grent artists birth which takes place lIllI In Holland In hi July Je den where was born bornand bornand and spent nearly nearl all nil his hla life liCe will be betho betho bethe tho the scene of at tho the duet chief ceremonies which will Include the unveiling of at u a status statue I close cios to the tue in which ho saw the light um CHURCH |
