| Show cr 1 I Myra Iyra lettY I elly whoso whose stories torlea of ot child life In the public schools of ot Now Nov ow York YorkI I tron the flowery Bower In have hao diverted and entertained n a wide wille ido growing circle of ot In lie about to bave on an extended 1 trip tnt through our ourn oan n Mexico o and California tI II Kelly does dOfA not make the trip prim primarily only In earch of ot literary material htmL but rome me literary literal returns ate Ut nut not Improbable able nevertheless In lii the meantime mean limo a it number of ot her stories have been col cot for tor publication In book hook form Corm Anthony Hope has returned to tl ti his hlA tnt rit love lore pure romance He lie Is It again writing In the vein which will 1111 tl a be hi b popularly considered hIs host bent bentIn hostIn In th the March McClures lc he signalizes return by b a romantic love lovo story eil along time the line of oC Ills his I former UM Mt 1 Ida M r Tarbell Is III adding to her lIer an as a II writer that of ot nn an after I dinner der speaker At Al the banquet of ot the limo Chicago Society of ot New ell York on oil Un 1111 olnA birthday nho liO was vas Invited to Ir ak ly I upon time the Joint of oC the Ihl newspaper new then mon pros IJ tnt lot ant and an according t to reports made mado the tho Ml dt of the evening Miss yeats r if f y of the Iho life lire of ot Lincoln enable hr to speak peak with authority on ott that ab t I I recently that nit sets MIS n II day ilay were ero being sold tt IC t Idi Ida M I Life lie Ira of ot Lincoln In In th the four tour volume edition edithm und unil timid that our o ore hundred ll thousand ot of the books have hlll been since Ince lt tt I publication This Is I proof enough of lr the Ite vitality and alue of ut u n toed food book on a n good subject subjectS S I There In is some ome reward In hi II novel writ In leg and that there IH Is some ome truth In iii pub Ihen claims claim to lo great ireat edit Ill It mi of ot pop IHil vu novels Mels rove by h them IB I Indicated by V the fact that tho the estate of ot Henry won Iton Merriman time the author of ot liar kich of at the who ho recently died amounted to 10 moro morn than two tuna him dr drej rt and sixty uty Mix thousand dollars The Tho ho from Cram of at the tha which Mch nan hac ha sold sobi among the tho lest heck b lii in the th contributed M ru small maIi amount to tu this total I I IA A notable feature of ot the present pub is III lime tho ho sudden Increased for books Oil on Meets connected Iti the ocean and the countries toO row at al Wilt nil all hooks books on Jaran alii Html HU nail the tho h ocean ini In reemt years have hae e sprung l Pita Into o Ir popularity The rime call for tor Time The Mastery of ot tint thu the edition on hand II a now new one time the saute im II true ot f Mr Ir Wilt Greater Rumula i lrA ers Il I fro front from Is Ic to 10 WT In a welcome f Iconic new nel f i In Si one OM Volume Time The Ouk k l Inon k l III n H 1 aJ ln l Picture of ot rue lIfe b by a II who Ud long In time tt new Millon viii he be publish ell loser OHr nt mit it II a i much tip time oell n Which i time hIM aM Will hail nit an extensive lve stilt snit 1111 of at the tho large larlo I er r of et tt which In the Iho edition U by time by radio ItIs In th Insl emus is IB It 1 ft Kotto 1010 This Thill ot of rL p Or ery tim y kent b 11 y a tr ot of time tho g s e 11 r I e a r s which gives Kives n I unique Intimate picture of ot the Inner life and thoughts though Is of or Jap women Other Oilier r volumes of ot special Interest t Just now Include Japan Inpan A Record In Color by b Mortimer anti and Dorothy Mr Francis II The Time of ot which Id h a historical of at Hu RIn growth since 1815 especially In iii Maui Man Manchuila nn chuila Mr lr Ir Walter Del Mars bright anti and A 1111 entertaining book hook of ot travel Around the tile World Japan Jap ln anti and anI Mr hl The Story Stor of at Moscow ll eco I SI In time the Hookman there l Is a n tabulation 0 o the tha books book In the for tor the time year 1903 During the tho twelve twelvemonths months there appeared In the records as tie bestsellers a n total of at ti tl ties The largest number of volumes Issued 1 h 1 ny n a single firma no pub by iy the company compan Sons and the tho Mae Mac I c mUlan company were tied tiel for second place with four tOUl each The lh live Merrill books claiming this distinction are ar Under the Hose The Orey Grey are Cloak Clank The Main Time The Fill gree ree Hall hAil Ar u of Mine I tS I The Time late Henry Melon au an author thor thai of ot of ot the Guard though not much of ot a II social lion abroad was wan a I splendid host hosl at lit homo home At A lone I one time he lived In III time the country nt at the top of ot a very ery steep hill hili and extended the following wry racy wet wel welcome come collie to his huts visitors Ivery man who vimo ho bicycles up my may hill Is In rewarded at Urn time top with a 1 bottle of champagne It IH itt IHa a n dIfficult huh hill and every man who vho ac accomplished d the tue feat not got Juts liU bottle and also a rL great mommy many other men mon who tried failed and acquired nothing hut but buill a it great greit thirst I S According to Who Mr Me Ir IMen I llen was born at it 11 t Mount A boo India In iii the eldest son on of an nn army aWl aria He lie was educated nl at Plymouth and mutt served ered as clerk In n nn an Insurance In from On com cam comIng comIng Ing lag to London he studied for Cor tho time stage but hut abandoned Juts his project on rinding that his Imle ability did not nol justify perseverance Some Somo Everyday Folks 1891 1893 his first Iut book van stute aR followed time tha next year by h 1 Down Dartmoor Way Vay ny by which he lie first cattle came to public notice und and two years later laler by b Lying ets and amI In III by b Children of tIme the Mist My M Devon Deon Year n II volume of ot nature studies of oC the th country which Mr Ir has haN made muade peculiarly his own was wall welcomed last fall and his Vim TIma American Prisoner hits has been receive In ft P way t which shows that the time reputation as II a 1 novelist Is iii established d Ills His recreations are arc trout fishing fish In got gar gardening dening and bicycling i Myra Kelly lell time the clever portrayer of child chilLI life lite In New Ne Yorks public schools beyond tho the How cry Is practical Lit Literary fame tamo anti and public attention have not diverted her tier from the paths of ot salt an anIt Ity It Into tho the higher walks of ut specula speculation tion suggestion omit mastery whither I so 0 many literary women have halo wander wandered ed td Such Huch a disciple of ot oriental I met mel Miss Kelly recently amid at af after attar tar ter considerable con concerning corning literary motifs und umul tho time pur purpose pose lese of ot her soul Inquired anxiously Mv NY child chillI what Is tho the color of ot your soul Bout soulI Boutt I t nm ant sure lure I dont know knoll promptly replied Miss Kelly 1011 unless being be ng Irish h hIt It Is green green Areen exclaimed tho the ques questioner Mine lIne l lit Is royal ro nl purple Our colors can never harmonize I must you OU Farewell and who away Into Inlo time the purple shadows of ot a u darkened room beyond That tIme tha literary aIde of at journalism Is 18 Improving Is shown by imy II tho the care Iare that the lI editors of ot now no ex cx C In 11 the selection of ot reviewers for tor Important books hooks A big New Ne York weekly recently wrote to 10 lips In connection with willi their volume Religions of ot Authority by h Augusta In substance as ns follows We Wo tire arc Impressed with time the book and are glad of at tho the copy COllY you em emus us Wo are trying our alit b beat bOllt st to get some solute someone one who Is III capable of ot It the tho kind of ot a n review which Its It Importance de lIt demands mands a timing thins which we have h c not found easy S I S SNo No ono one would Imagine that hoary Honry author of or My M 1 Friend Pros Pro Prosporo poro lero whose literary Is III Isso so St bright rippling and would consider Henry James work vork tho time most admirable kind The filet fact l Is however that Mr worships Ot nt nl James Jame shrine runt thinks that every timing thing that comes conies from Iho tue James 8 pen eui Is I perfect Ills His admiration fur for James tho unarm man In Is II quite as ns strong Iron n OR as his 1118 ad nil admiration for the Ibo ho author anti whoa when Is In l time the two are th the tho cronies 0 S That the tho chief character of ot a novel not always dm nil all tho time plaudits If is shown by tI b the tho popularity of ot tho time little ittle i Italian child In III Henry liar land lands My M Friend I n It reviewer but hUI hn has for tr n a 1 couple nf cut paragraphs to express his delight 11 In Iho tile childish wisdom and nut sweet piety of ot this original little Italian girl who IN IH certainly quite Julie as ns delightful n II choir char actor act r AS III Mr use has over ever created N N NIn In these those days of oC annual imos Who It Is I strange e that theto bo lIt any nil doubt about the Iho facts of an au oh thors history Hut But It has been n recently circulated ns its Information that Joseph Conrad the tho author of ot and Youth began life lite nut nil a newsboy In Paris This Is III not miot BO so BOHe solie o olie lie He was 1111 born In itt Poland educated at alII n a Polish university anti was for Cor seIne fome years nn nil In lii the tho French navy later entering the British h set ser service vice JCl where he picked up his Imla knowledge oC ot English S t Hundreds of oC beautiful old steel en In of of ot fatuous famous au on authors thors and of ot scenes front from their hooks books have hAC been reproduced In III time tho four vol ol 01 tunics unies of oC tIme the now ne Illustrated 11 History of ot English Literature III re by L lr ir Rich and Mr Ir Iose Oo c and each cant of ot the more mure prominent auth authors ors ore Is In III a mu really line photo reproducing r the tho portrait The Time account of Sir Walter atter Scott for In itt Instance stance IH Is by h many por portraits traits also nl lJ by hy Just Ju 1 the thc scours scenes train from tromA A which visitors to 10 Scotland will wIli remember with pleasure pleasureS uro S S S Major Martin Hume the tho author of at atThe The Iho Lose Lovo Affairs of ut Mary Queen of ot left let Wemyss anile Castlo the time other day da bearing away u In III his Ills bag hag a mu man malt that Scotland has been hecim longing to 10 get el a mu sight of ot for tor many years It ItIs ItIs Is 8 the dairy of oC David Mem s Lord ma who vImo t out with mc I t it Prince dim Chur dimle lip lie le the tha In III the tho is ria lag of oC 1745 Lord ort was then thell thenG 26 G years of ot age won salt of ot time the four Karl of ot t from tile his youth had been heen an nn ardent Jacobite lie Ho was Willi opposed to ho the rising rifling of oC 45 but hili nevertheless n tots mis cd ed a n troop of oC life lite guards while which he lie com commanded until un III tho time overwhelming OI defeat of ot anti and when hemm the lime young prince was vas compelled to lly ily II to 10 tIme the continent Lord meho went as mis his lila companion During time tho long foreign that Ihal fol tol owed lowell a n careful dairy was mas kept timid and andIn In Its pases without fear tar or favor tavor tho tue of ot time tho Stuart pretenders limit hat his lute base huc anti and vain character r laid bare hare It WRIt was a n triumph tot for Major Hume flume us its a mm when he h was wall tilde to persuade I tIme I he owner olner of ot Wemyss Castle to 10 allow him ulm time the we I I of ot anti and documents Ilo hitherto refused to many distinguished applicants S S SA A strange literary coincidence turns up till In III connection with Mary book Time The Rotes hoses of Joy JO The Tho title of ot the tho I he book hook Is 18 taken from froma fromn n a 1 little known volume hilt but lit III litle littie tie Ilc le seen ovin In III h libraries Not Notwithstanding NotwithstandIng withstanding UH Its rarity tho Iho little poem appears In lii another thel novel lIo 1 of ot the Iho year Rebecca of oC Sunnybrook Permit Farm In mm which It gives n a name attune to 10 n it whole chap ter ler Cr Rosen Hose of ot Joy Jo It 11 seems s remark remarkable able that Ihal the time dust duet of ot oblivion should be hp beso so EQ suddenly ormul violently shaken front from such Huch a n modest mOllest little fragment of ot verso verse |
