Show e NOTES I Arthur Plats Plara novel noyel The Triumph will be brought out by Mc Me McClure Clure Clara Phillips I hll Company early In May Airl r let hall had written a o character American piece Illece of oC fiction full olor humor character drawing and and ana The rho Interest of the story lies flea In n 11 young doctors victory over ills Ida own oln c If t a n victory which him eventually Ily tho the love of ot which ho thinks thinka the tha th very ver er victory Itself Itsell has robbed him The environment n of the story etory Is la extreme ex extremely eXtremely y picturesque the tho scene being laid In western Pennsylvania amid the tha oil fields Tho The Incidents by which the tho U is worked out ore are finely dramatic through many amusing moving and nod exulting 8 nil scenes the action proceeds to tou tou tou u splendid ay climax where In the glare 1101 roar ro r of at a gas gall well sell ell the hero leads nil oli armed posse pease against and rioting oil drillers who have terror terrorized IZ 11 ht community 31 Mr 11 r Tiers Ilera story has M hash l running serially aerIally In McClures Mcl lures 1 Viola tho the author of Tho The Heart Just moat brought out by Me Mr M Clure Phillips Company Compan Is la not ono one of at that hat very numerous clan of ot women who fit have graciously given glnn the tho world a n novel written in the few rew months montha be bo between tween graduating from ruin high school and going to college coil coll gp gl Behind Mix Miss Hose Hoso baron boros work worl Is III some Rome living and some knowledge of life Uti She wim 1111 daughter of a II minister born and nM i hd brought up In Winchester a little village In an Tennessee Tenne Sho had I books bouk i hut but wanted life lite and nin people and i when hen quite young she Rhe come came to New NewYork York pone without letters or In h of ot the flings of or her desire The Bin go offered circled her the best beat field find and though tho not struck she began hegan and during one engagement was wan leading lady for tor Tho Thu Lights of at Lon LOll Lendon London don dOli under render the tho Union Square manag mont meet Eventually I abandoning the stage she pie took up newspaper work nod and ran the tIle gamut of ot Journalism Begin Beginning ning to write for tor the tho th s MIP Rhe found her hur readily m i pled d lice Her Ors book look wn Old WIs and New and shortly after its Ita publication shi sho sl became Connected with th the p H R S 8 Mr Ie Clure Company for which house she ulio hl hat has been render reader for tor about live five years Pew here novelists noell t have hao dared to write of ot Washington life lite Political stories as IB n II arule rule Ulo are nrc centered around petty squab squabbled bled bles and mul In state elate legisla legislatures la lures tures s and ana avoid tho mho great center renter of or nil oil things political Possibly this Is so 80 bt be because I cause no writer welter has yet with the of ot Ih the he pen and the knowledge to do Justice to tin the great drama drumn of at American life ns na It sho shows It Itself Itself self in Its most forcible and character characteristic ISUe Isto aspect at the capital capilli There Ther Is b promised shortly however by h Me klure Phillips Company n a novel noel that Ihal for forthe forthe the heat first time gives an on adequate pic picture picture ture tUr of diplomatic and social life lire In tn Washington not 1101 only on I from tram the outside but from front the Inside also It 11 Is said Bald to 10 reveal the true In Inwardness s of or the methods of politics as os at the tho capital and to reveal with an on astonishing frankness tho the practises practises practises of r the great greal American bosses ns nH they show themselves bj b their effect crr ct In Inthe Inthe inthe the federal legislature halls malls The Tho pure purely purely purely ly social tide aide of Washington In Ita ts fuNis well as us Its lis humorous aspects 10 ne iC cUpleR a good share of at the book and Affords an though roman romantic tic background b to the exciting and dra dm dramatic matte matic passages In which politics the ranking making and breaking Of t men their characters and reputations are arc the leading themes i Maurice new romance ons JM Is built up round the fascinating figure of ot Mary Iary ot or said to tolo toLo tobo lo bo ids his best work by those who lio have read rea his manuscript It Is to appear ns us usa a n terms serial In the Pall lall Mall Magazine In that t periodical also 1115 will be Ie found John Oll r Hobbes new novel birthday Apr ANI 23 was selected fele tell by Doubleday Page Inge Co Ca of New York for the publication of or the first drat volume of at the tho Elizabethan J Shakes Shakea Shakespeare Shakespeare peare which Is 18 ready rendy after four tour years carll of ot preparation The edition Is 18 to be edited along new lines to 10 make the plays laya better understood to modern readers Marlon Marion Crawford proved that lint he was wasa a born story teller leller with his lda first book and time and his succeeding volumes have strengthened the Impression Ills gift of or storytelling appeared very near nearly nearly ly Iy nt at Its Ita best beat In The Upper Berth a brief and thrilling fea rea ca story and shoat ghost story etory Combined Man lItan Overboard is la an un another other story torY closely similar In character to tl The Upper Berth It wilt will be the sec lice second end and I sue In the Macmillan series of or Little Novels by Favorite Authors It ItU It U about n two brothers Jim and Jock Jack II riton e resemblance rC Is III RO so close dos that even fin th Ih girl whom both love can AA not always distinguish between them at nt first Bret sight lIght Jack Is lost overboard board In a storm It would be by unfair to tell lell tho the thorest rest of or the story atory It Jt Is very vury much In Inthe Inthe inthe the vein of or Tho The Upper Berth Herth and la is I told 1 ld with all nil the verve and on spirit and fascination of ot that strange and absorb absorbing absorbIng absorbIng ing story Mr Crawfords power to clutch h and compel your undivided ed earn earnest est cat attention has never been heen shown moro mono happily than thon In these theao two brief brier tales 1 99 Ethel A sketch In Chau cers cerl Youth In the May St Sl Nicholas Is based on an nn unfamiliar historic fact tact Chaucer writer of at verse Is well known to every avery school girl and boy bo but bUI not 1 every grownup even of at fair toll general In Information information formation knows that lint the lad Geoffrey Chaucer was vas a favorite page In the tho court of ot King Ing Edward III and later laler a squire to 10 Prince Lionel In III Youth tells the pretty story of the ready wit and am quick courage which ad olt advanced young Goeffrey Chaucer from tram ladys page to princes squire I 9 Wee Macgreegor which has hns Just been beell published In hr this country by b Me Harper Brothers comes conies with the rec reI recommendation of ot a 11 sale of at over oer copies copIeR In Great Britain since the be beginning beginning ginning of ot the year Indeed the lime bulk of tile this sale has taken place In Scotland as aR It II was WM only ani a II few tell weeks ago ngo that the fume fame of ot the hook book reached London where where It la Is now no nil all the rage The latter tort fact tot attests tl the sterling of or the work which have compelled widespread wailing reading In of the din dia dialect lect lee for tor In England strange to say the Scots gents dialect is a II more mare serious draw drawback drawback back than thon In America where we are nt at home with so 10 many dialects The Tho truth Is that In Mr Ir J J nell Bell the author of or orWee Wee Macgreegor the line British public have hae recognized a new Scottish humor Ut tat who has already rivalled J M t vv T T T T T T Y T and Ian Maclaren In their esti estl estimation matlon mation and ond who I Is likely to surpass tho tso th popularity or of these the o writings II II liP grea great greal as It WS In this country Mr lieu Dell I Is another Illustration of ot the truth that thi genius builds better tor for a n man than la hu knows nt at the tho time How lIow Wee NBc Mac greegor forced his way avny Into Inlo print al a 01 moat most In spite of the author and ond later late Into book form Corm In spite of publishers makes n a 1 story of ot unusual Interest Fo bor some soma time limo Mr nell Bell has been on tho the start of time the a OIn In CROW Evening Times and tho the writer of ot a II special column n Jt unlike that hut contributed by hi friend the mho nov nue ellit Mr Nell Munro In the oW News under time tho heading The rhe Lorgnette One Ono day 1 Inspiration o or material failed Mr 11 Bell Dell nod and with characteristic modesty he lie sent In ht the sketch In which Wee Pee Macgreegor Urn first appears to fill the space apologizing for tor forIt or It to time Uto editor suggesting Ung not to toUKO tolice lice UKO It unless It were absolutely nary lory Editors J however tow ever urn only too loo keenly on time the scent scene tar for r r fresh Ideas to 10 tired heed such lIuch and this par editor was no exception to 10 his pe clous race Glasgow over the sketch and ond Mr Hell Was by bythe bythe the time editor to 10 write some Rome more about Wee Woo Macgregor 1 Even ven Vea then he failed falle to 10 recognize the value of oC his creation ere allan It II was waft only at the Instigation o lit IC Mr Nell Neil Munro that he ho plucked Up Uj N 1 courage to offer olTer n a number of or the tho sketches In tin book form farm Two publishers Ilu lacking the tho sagacity of ot tho the Times Tines editor eltor declined Mr Ir hells Bells modest modast utter offer of the tho hook book tor for 50 outright Then he ho offered It for tor nothing but bUI with no success Backed Hacked up by b Mr Ir Munro and several believing friends he lie decided to publish H It at lit his own expense IX peIne For several years yearn he ho had been editor ot of atThe The Scots Beats Pictorial and an under the aus ous auspices auspices of or the publishers of or this Glasgow weekly roper paper he ho brought It out In an anIne Inexpensive Ine form In paper covers coven with only his Initials on the Its Us success seas wal Instantaneous and the printing presses were ere kept kepi running night and oM day to most meet mC Jt the demand A Af f hv weeks creeks ago ogo the look book that had been as ns a 11 gift gUt to a tool local publisher sher had already alread turned In a II peat neat little profit groat of at 1000 to Its author Mr tell Hell like his hla doughty hero Is a II native ot of OlaM h aa gow ROW and amid all was born horn there In lie He lie Is tho mho son of Mr III James T Dell Bell the tho senior son lor partner In time the tobacco manufacturing Inn firm of J V N 1 lieu Jell and It was with the Intention of ot studying the time blending blendin vt ot tobacco that he lie entered the chemistry class clans of ot the tine Glasgow university Like Mr Barrie he Is a u quiet shy thoughtful young wV V Y I man not nol given to talking like hint hIm also ho lie has won nn an enviable reputation OR mum a 0 gentle genial humorist t Just tut WI he has turned 30 1 1 An exhibition of time the drawings ot of Elizabeth Shippen Green Oreon Is In tu progress In Ili New York Miss II R Green en Is 18 a 11 il example of at the American Amerlean girl who wins her way WilY by merit persevere persever perseverance ance alice and pluck She Rhe studied at lit art and under Howard Pyle work wink working winkIng Ing at night on commercial Illustrating to enable her to tel procure the bunt best ml sd vantages of ot Instruction Is le now the thu most tul of ot all pupils oM has won an on enviable mud original place pIA among amon modern ml tem rulers although sUIl still very young Mims Greens Greena work appears exclusively lel In Inthe Inthe the tho Harper publications 1 1 Harper Harpel Brothers receive some come quaint orders for Harpers from old ol people some Home of whom flu Il r e i never missed a II number of or tho the since HB Its inception In 1850 tiro A t hate hale old contributor called II cd nt lit Franklin the Uto other day remarking that 73 years ears previously he lie had hOlt bought from tro thin firm Arm the first book he be yer Ifor own d thine of the tho most amusing orders collie romo fr r m foreigners und and are somewhat to t an order the Oxford Pr s a received troll frond India The writer wont want wanted ed e 1 to In subscribe to their lie wrote Will you yo bo be good enough to tou tou tous u us to 10 Increase my tn knowledge through the tho Periodical placing time line to iii H time line upon my table It for or ever ev r In future for tor forlie tho Iho lie anke of ot Savior I The play piny ni made de from ruin Lorna Dhone will Mill il be he given this tills season III In London Hayden Coffin ColOn ng as John and Lilian Uldee Eldee I as Lorna The dramatization dramatization IB is l said paid to be tae replete with the rim rho II a m nn of or the bool Itself Time The will willbe lc be l c brought to America later Inter Apropos ot or this news the Ih Harper III recall th the tha fint that who wrote nn an e Introduction Intro to om one of r their of ot the book did not consider Ion Lorna Loran Doone hl his heat best work neck Ills favor favorite lie ite 11 was WR Springhaven n which hns has never become very cry well known A copy COP of or Prof Italian truncation translation of or lieu Hen Hur has hilI ben been bt n prod tire pre presented to the p i e who I Is III ild R I to 10 have graciously accepted It II Till Title Is IR not surprising when wh n It Is la i 1 n d Hat tHat HatHen Ben Hen Hur has hils been translated Into Inlo more foreign languages UI than Ihn tiny Any bh other book bonk except the time mutt is I read by all ail acts of or religion 9 1 9 1 9 1 Thin Tho Th Call all of the Wild I il the time title illiG of r Mr Jack Klondike lIke story tolf tobe to tobe be Issued by II the Macmillan company curly cary In the N yane who has rind Mid d the th In m t IN Is m tin about It It Is Mid to show hor ho a ang III at ng advance ow 0 1 even the lx I best pt t of ot n Mr Airm It previous work In Ism power and mm I fore fort and virility 1 rill ty and all to human and turi tur It Is the same name sort cart of ot story lory nn tift I rn iet et 1 Seton ofU of ofa a U except that humAn be beings etch tut r Into 1110 It more largely lor I HH ins actors In lie the drama 1 The hd made n a list of or authors 02 sivi alvr I from the lure record of or all nil their books quoted d among best selling late lints Ac According I cording to this tabulation Mr Wins ten m Churchill Is the most moat popular anti RU au Cul author In the lIe States Th The list Includes not only our own novelists but also n few tell Englishman Third on the list 1191 stands Mr III Lane IAD All Allen n while further down Iown are Mr tr harles Major and a lI Mr III Marion Mai Ion Craw Crawford era ford fond rl In another anoh r tabulation of the book books for tight eight sears post poet sirs lira six elx volumes volume published hll by bv thu Macmillan company Time The Crisis by h Winston Churchill which ranges second Canel Carvel el The Virginian The Choir Invisible Time TIll Reign tel of or Law and Dorothy Vernon of ot Hall Boll The Il t Is IN by b Mr Charles Major whose that Hist story When Wh n Knighthood was waR In Flower enjoys the th almost unique nt of having been In tn The rhe Ilia l ord of most popular books hooks du fig the five fl tI consecutive years since Inroe e its appearance It no so happens that new novels noel by Mr Major Mr tr Churchill and Mr Allen Allan Ihm are aret t I be published In July Jul which seems tn to promise I rom Iso abundant good goad rending reading for forthe forthe the summer Y William Farquhar Payson whose new nest novel hovel The Triumph of or Life 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