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Show AUTHOR QUITS LITERATURE I Julian Hawthorne, who has announced his s0 - pcrmnnont retirement from the field of litem- ittZrS ,uro 'n ,aV0T f silver mining. Is ono of tho Vk beHi know1 nmon8 tho present-day fiction writ- ff SSi ors. Ho Is tho son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, I KviPI?) probably tho greatest novelist this country has feS ASjfit ovor produced, nnd tho son has displayed n vor-V3jfVZ' vor-V3jfVZ' satllity that Is far beyond that of tho father, I LA iJft? although Julian Hawthorno has of course noth- V!nv 'nK to croJlt B "tornry senso that will 4aSwsw L compare with tho half dozen masterpieces that SvWsiW' jwJKi havo mado tho elder's namo Immortal. jjSBBJII Tlio son lias moro than a score ot books 'SnjtB&iL to his credit, bosldes a carload of magazine and nowspapcr articles. Thcso comprise novels, ffitf- jKpiSjfgjg$a short stories, school and literary studies, crltl- ' clsms, a hlBtory of tho United States, several biographical and romlnlsccnt studies of Ids father and mother nnd essays on many topics. In addition to his literary work proper, young Hawthorno has devoted n number of years past to newspaper work. Starting In ns literary crltlo for a Philadelphia paper, ho finally united himself with tho staff ot Hearst news-papers, news-papers, whero ho covered the wbolo Bold of dally llfo, from reporting a prize light to turning tho searchlight upon political men nnd conditions. It 1b this sort of a Journnllstlc roving commission that ho Is resigning to assume the responsibility of developing a western silver mlno. Although 'referred to often ns "tho younger Hawthorno," In distinction to his father, Julian Hawthorno Is hlmBelf C2 years old. His sister, Mrs. Roso Hawtt.orne-Lathrop, hns llkowlso shown a taBto and aptltudo for literature, litera-ture, although in her caso It has been overshadowed by a love for soclologl cal study and charitable work among tho unfortunates of tho "lower twenty." |