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Show . . , Books and their Makers By Looln Loonard. Says Llfo: "Speaking1 of 'V. V.'B ityos, jy Mr. itonry Sydnor Harrison, tho Loudon Lou-don Times says that Mr. Harrison makes things ns difficult for his readers as ho can. Those who opon It ami begin at tho beginning have to wado through a chapter which Is porhaps fuller of literary affectations affecta-tions than any other chapter wo have over road. "This will bo news to tho majority of Amorlcan book rovlowors, who, not having any other opoch-maklng book to write about during tho Summer, havo filled tholr columns with paeans or pralso of Mr. Harrison's book." I am Inclined to sldo with the American Ameri-can rovlcwcrs, after having heard "V. V.'s Eyes" read aloud In truo Summer piazza fashion. Tho London critic may well complain or Mr. Harrison's stylo, bo-cause bo-cause the yollng American author Is doing nothing more of less than boating tho Victorians nt their own game. His chapter chap-ter headings al-0 lengthy and dollclous and tho "literary affections" add humorous humor-ous piquancy to tho Style which could not bo sacrificed. Tho author or "Quood" has waited long enough since his first success to wrlto a really good book. "V. V.'s Eyos" may not coives, Is about to rovoal her to horsoir and us as nothing more nor less than a social parasite. Tralnod oniy In tho pursuit pur-suit and allurement or tho opposlto sex. sho is o.vpoctod to provldo handsomely ror horsoir thereby. Falling a brilliant match, sho becomes, in Mamma's plain English, a burden to hor parents. Tho preservation or her social prostlgo costs an tindcslrablo suitor's reputation and subsequent sub-sequent suicide. Hor maintenance in the matrimonial market strains father's cigar factory (long and Justly donounced as a homicidal institution) to tho point of actual collapse. A religious flavor' Is Imparted to theso humilatlng revelations revela-tions bytho unworldly character or the apostoll V. V. Ho Is lame, and, rrom a confirmed bnblt or giving to him who asks, porpotually shabby. Ills friends claimed for him tho second largest practlco in town, although admitting that bis habit or sending no bills might havo somothlng to do with that. On editorial pages his Initials oppoarod appended to fiery denunciations denun-ciations or local factory conditions; but In personal- encounter with tho roprohon-slbly roprohon-slbly wealthy, compelling Influences or chlldllko ralth omanatod rrom V. V.'s porsuaslve oyes. iy tills modern Incarnation or redeeming lovo, Carlisle (tho horolno) is called to repentance His WHO WILL RACK DOWN? There is but one problem now in tho Mexican situation. Either President Wilson or Victoriano Ilurrla must back down. Either the United Stales of America or the present occupant of the blood-stained presidential chair in Mexico will have to recede from a position deliberately deliber-ately taken and therefore vital in the negotiations. If President Wilson shall insist on his contention that Huerla must personally pledge himself not (o seize or accept after the Mexican Mexi-can October election or nt any other time (lie oHlce he now usurps, tho one great and necessary preliminarv to Mexican pacification will have been taken and securely held. If President Wilson shall waive his already expressed demand, this nation is shamed in the hearts of its people and in the eyes of the world, and midnight murder and the dynamiting of bridges will continue to be the Mexican title-deeds to power. The honor of two nations, the life of one, the interests of humanity human-ity all over the world now hang in the balance. It is up to the President of the United States. bo romarkablo, but it Is human, wholesome whole-some and ontortalnlng. And tho combination combina-tion or these qualities Is almost all that any author could deslro to produce. Tho horo, V. Vivian, M. D., Is distinctly dis-tinctly a now typo and ono or tho most winning charactors that has been created Tor somo timo. Ho Is a social worker or tho slums and the settlement, and crlos out llko John tho Baptist, to tho commissioners who havo to do with tho ndjustmont or social and oconomlc dltror-encos: dltror-encos: "Look at your Job rrom a social standpoint. stand-point. I toll you, It's jusi thoso Huns, theso yollow-rlch Hoths and Magoes and Old Dominion Plcklo pooplo who'ro rotting rott-ing tho hoart out or this flno,old town. And tho root or tho wholo ti'oublo's is tholr dobasod personal idoals, don't you soo? 'Oot on,' at all costs, that's tho motto; slapping tholr money in tholr nolghbors races and shouting, 'Horo's what counts!'; spreading tholr dograded standards by oxamplo through tho community com-munity yellow inatorlollsm gone mad." Tho horolno bolongs to the yellow, materialistic ma-terialistic Huns-ls a Hoth, In Tact. Hor rajhor charnctorlstlcolly smokes hotter cigars than ho manufactures and her mothor is tho kind or lifts-long conserve-tlvo conserve-tlvo who montlons humidity In connection with warm weather. The story is very flippantly, but very accurately told thus in tho Nation: Mamma's social enterprises are managed man-aged on tho strictest business prlnclplps, and the damsel's own costumes boar the sign manual of the metropolitan modiste. But onvy not hor specious triumphs. Mr Harrison, whom nono or those things do- sacrlflclal death, In the very act or Instituting Insti-tuting the long-needed ractory ropalrs, completes hor conversion, as It wore, and wo ond with a plotlstlc nolo or sacrod omotlon "Ecco Homo!" "Aro all thoso his rrionds?" askod tho daughtor or tho cigar manuraoturor as sho lookod over tho mlscollanoous multitude or pooplo who llnod tho shabby stroot whoro V. V. dlod. Hor quostlon complotely sortoned tho look in tho hawk-llko director's eyos. "Thoy'ro bis mothor," ho said, "and his brothors and bis slstors " Margaret noland, author or "Tho iron Woman," will shortly return rrom her transcontinental trip to hor homo In Konnobunkport, Malno, and to hor garden which occuplos so largo a part or hor Summer days. Sho Is at present in British Columbia, whoro hor husband, Lorln F. Doland, author or "Imagination In Bust-noss," Bust-noss," is recovering rrom a sovoro operation. opera-tion. Holman nay, having bought a now boat, Davy Jones IL, to tako tho placo or Its predecessor burned last Winter, is cruising cruis-ing in it up and down tho 1,200 miles or tho Malno coast. It was just a year ago that "The nod Lane," Mr. Day's latest novol, mado Its appearance. Mrs. Humphry Word is spending a great part or tho Summer at Stocks, hor country homo near Tringr. Its formal parterres and terraces where the poet Waller, and, In later days, Sir Walter Scott, often walked, may possibly have (Continued on page 11) BOOKS AND TIIEIH MAKERS. (Continuod from pago 71) suggested tho gardons described In "Tho Ooryston Family." Mrs. Ward's now novol, Is now appoarlng sonally In Harper's Magazine. Bex Beach's Summor Is being spont at his homo, high up on tho slopes or Lake Hopatcog. A dally dlvo rrom his own dock, excursions in motor boats, motoring, trout nshlng, and rrequont bouse parties kcop him pleasantly busy now that he has finished work on his now Alaskan story, to bo published this Fall. General Nelson A. Mllos's summor has brought him an unusual experience that or being kept virtually a prisoner in tho beslogod city or Soria. General Mllos's lntorost In military operations which ho acknowledges in his book or reminiscences, "Serving tho Bopubllc," began as a child whon bo listened to tho exploits or his ancestors In tho Indian and Revolutionary wars took him abroad somo wcoks ago to witness the fighting- in the Balkans. Robort D. Eldor, author or the roccntly published novol, "Tho Sojourner," having taken his Ph.D. at Columbia, has turned ror tho Summer rrom the academic to tho business lire. Ho Is now occupied In Lcadvillc, Colorado, looking artcr his rather's mining Interests. Will N. Harbon, who has finished work on a new novol, will probably remain In New York this Summer lnstoad or going South, as he usually does. Tho scones or "Paul Rundol," his latest novel, aro laid In his woll-known Georgia mountains. Albort Blgolow Palno spends tho Summor Sum-mor days nshlng and motoring at his homo In Roddlng, Ct. Ho recently took a trip to BodTord, Mass., to visit tho homo or his ancestors. Mr. Paine himscir, like the ramous subject or his book, "Mark Twain A Biography," was born In tho Middle West. Irving Bachcllcr, who hit his latest gonial Mow at humanity's raults with his novol, "Tho turning or Grlggsby," is keeping his hand In trim cutting down trees at Roblnwood, his thousand-acre Adirondack camp. Milder amusements in which bo Indulges aro walking and trout nshlng. Josso Bowman Young, whoso book, "Tho Battlo or Gottysburg," was published In tlmo ror tho nrtloth anniversary or tho groat nght In which Its author was en-gagod, en-gagod, Is spondlng his Summor at his homo In Chicago. Dr. Young has given up actlvo mlnlstorlal work, ond will probably now dovoto his tlmo to writing. Sir Gilbert Pnrkor Is still In London, whoro ho will stay as long as Parliament remains In sosslon. It may bo recalled that ho was appointed momljor Tor Gravo-sond Gravo-sond In 1U00. That ho has not dosortcd lltcrnturo ror politics is proved by tho publication a row months ago or his new novol, "The Judgment House " Arnold Bennott, in splto or tho liking he ovlncod Jn "Your , Unliod States" ror tho bustle, or American lire, chooses whon ho Is in England a quieter, more mellowed background. Ho Is now In his now homo, a Jacobean mansion In Essex, near a town with tho quaint namo or Thorpo LO Sokon. Louise Clossor Halo, author or "Tho Actress" and "Tho Married Miss Worth," is resting on hor laurels both literary and d matlc at KennobUnkport, Maine Later the season alio expects to Start on a transcontinental theatrical tour. II. G. Wells, author or "Ann Veronica," Is spending his Summer at his homo in Dunmow, Essex. Ho and Arnold Bennett arc comparatively near nolghbors, both hoing rosidonts or tho same country. James Oliver Curwood Is not likoly to complain or tho heat this Summer. Only a Tew days ago ho started on Tor one or his extended trips to unoxplorcd roglons In Northern Canada. Llko tho heroine or his latest novol, "Isobel," Mrs. Curwood bravely accompanies hor husband into tho Arctic wildernesses. Theodore Drolsor does not seem to bo playing: much botweon novels. Ills latest, "Tho Financier," was published only a row months ago, and Mr. Brolsor Is spending spend-ing his Summor in or noar New York, working hard on his noxt book. Kato Langloy Boshor, author or "Mary Cary," has moved Tor tho Summor rrom her home In Richmond, Virginia, to the country club outside or that city. Country Coun-try clubs may not suggest a quiet atmos-phoro atmos-phoro Tor literary cirort, but Mrs. Boshor nnds It possible to work thoro In putting the nnal touches to a now novel scheduled Tor the Autumn season. This will be hor first book since "The Man In Lonely Land" was publlshod. William Doan Howolls Is summering In Europo and oxpects to romuln abroad until tho Autumn. Mr. Howell's latost book, "Now Lonr Mills," ono or last sotv-son's sotv-son's publications, was a novol. It is rumored that his noxt work will bo a volumo or trovpls. William II. Tolman, whoso book, "Saroty Methods ror Provonllng Occupational Occupa-tional and Othor Accldonts and Disease," was rocontly published, Is Just sailing ror a two months' absence in Europo. By moans or those Troquent trips abroad Dr. Tolman, who it will bo rcmomborcd is director or tho American Musoum or Siiro.y, keeps In touch with what rorolgn countries arc doing to make llfo In tho roininorclal world sarcr and healthier. |