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THE SUN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914.
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AUTHORS CHOOSE THEIR DESERT ISLAND LIBRARIES
AUTHORS SELECT THEIR
DESERT ISLAND LIBRARIES
nr mihv i:, wii.ki.s i iii:i:ma.n.
If l were, cent uwiiy uimn a desert Is
j,,,,) T niiHt eonfeim thiit I think books
r, ui 'ho last thlr.KH 1 would WRiit
trnT,n. I"" sine I nm limited to books
J 6(?!n fhuat Certainly I would need a
Jlj.lr i.iotiK, nlnco the chances would be
kVimt my ever escaping that desert Is
jnl The lllblo first, then little book
flit I lth carefully ttorUid messKes In
i!"jt IsMfUimts to be sent by wireless
too'k'" ships which mlBht eomo iiloiu:
ard ,r titlor unublo to titlto hie nbourd
tr be i' ''"1 In the tvroni? tllrcctlon. Of
cm'- :i"'o measures would lie sent to
CsM't' " "ther olllcliils In capitals of
cour.tt s t'Ot at WHr. It follows naturally
flit '.trh i at war would not tin at nil
I with tn- on my desert Island.
1'Vi ' " fin 'In'"!? hooks rouhl tip text
books ipnn th.) wuity Horn and nnlninl
f , ' i "l IslnmU, wlt1i liistrurtloiis as
tu x .ml mentis to utilize them for
,,.:f.-". -. r etloii until the possible ship
I i ii 1 1 inaclne any sane person east
ii desert Island bclm: inter
(,(! i-i i . book whatever which did not
rave i di ft be.ttlnir upon escape from
iim ! jitanio posuiou, i iiih pos-
t -it Onus, tut I think ton
tlie list to bo practical, n-
,i;0l ',
iMy
Vll
r.irl"c M't.iHon "f both oul and body.
Ilr MOUTH TAKKI.NC.TOV.
r,' :p ti a t"scrt Island with the prlv
!,. . f iirht liooks n companions I
- .-t i In addition to a cook book,
r-flcs . i . ,.it hull.Iliiir, ciiinplnt;, "How to
Knr.r "I no.ims" and the like) :
I; 4, n (Yuen.
. i 'I only Itoblitson.
1 '. . ittiip I. ijrihin
I T MvMerlous Isltnd,
f. How Parts Amuses Itself.
6. Crowds.
7. New York City Directory.
. I'astlmes for tho Country.
Ily JA.HKH MO.XTtiOSII'.HV VUltUI,
1 would take nine books of cluaretto pa
pers and old Irv Cobb's "Hack Home."
H MlltUlltHT lilt, I, MrCM IITI.lt.
Not tho llbniry I would chooso for a
university study nor a vacation resort, but
for the solace of the desert.
1. The lllble. It cannot bo wholly a
desert where this book Is.
2. Mhakespeaie's Dramas. Tho master
plecs of literature.
3. WehMcr's Dictionary. Tho reader's
necessary tool.
1. Whlttler's poems. The poems of
home and heart.
5. "With him went n secret sense
if al' thlncs Bivict nnd fair.
And lleauty's Krneliuis providence
Itefreshed him unaware."
fi. Kipling's "Tim First .lunirle nook."
For recreation.
". Klplltift's "Just Po Stories'
recreation.
Draper's
For
'Intfllectinl TVvnloomnt
of Kurope." For study and reflection.
. Huso's "I.es Mlserables." Tor socio
loKlcal fiction study.
!i. Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities." For
historical fiction study.
10. Trine' "In Tune with the Infinite"
For vts messiiKo of peacomnd hope and
love.
If the desert didn't mind I should like
to ndd Kipling's complete poems, Vnn
Dyke's "Tolllni? of I". IU" nnd as mnnv of
O. Henry's sllolt stoiles as deserts will
Permit to be hiotiKht In.
n- nn.N.v rr.iuir.it.
Of course I'd take to your Island "Ho.it
lleef, Jleilium," "Illlttered Hide Down,"
"Dawn O'Hara," and "IVrsnnalltv I'luV
for reasons perfectly obvious. Thoo now
hntlnK been mentioned, and spuiklnu se
riously, It's hard to decide beforehand.
In rendltiK nvetytliluir depends on how
you t-c nt thn muni tit. Mm, looking
forward from tho present moment I think
I'd nelcrt thusi
ft. The lllble. because It's so full of
Julry, snappy stuff. One could spend
otK H life pettltiR plots from It nood mel
odr.unn, situations, character.
II. "David Copperflild," b, causa 1 love,
hlni nnd naturally have the Dlcken habit,
whlrli I formed at the nKl. of S and have
kept up, regardless.
Ono book of poetry, because 1 lovo
to jead potrv aloud to myself wltb a line,
drnmatlo effect, nnd tbere'd bo m one
near to ntop tue.
S. The Otrek AntholoKy, because I
never have rend It through, nnd nm al
ways declaring to meef that 1 will. I
suplKisn I've bren i.ivltiK It for that des
ert Isle; It will fit splendidly Into the Ion
winter cvtnlni?s.
9. One of Nell I.yons's "Slxpennv
Pieces," I think, because his stories are
not stories, but Just Klltterlim pieces of
life which he has out nut
1". I think I've leached the limit of
my list, but I'll try to sneak O. Henry's
"The Four Million" through the customs,
probably hiding It In my hat, Wause I
couldn't itct aloint without It.
11. Inspired by this thoucht of trick
ery. I'll tuck Olbbon In my shoe, because
I've always been told that a llttlo his
tory Is pood for one.
ii .Tin.iA.v .sTitr.r.T.
If I were plnc-d ujon a d"seit Island
with a dozen books of mv own selection,
1 think I should take with me one of
Mark Twain's best ; "Trlstrnm Shandy"
because I have nut read It. but like tile
"Sentimental Journey") : T.irl.limton's
"The Turmoil" (because I hate read part
of It and must have tlie rest) and one. or
two other volumes selected pitul- fm- in
tertnlnmcut. I should not take the 11. tile
or .Shakespeare, b( cause I believe t. it t
CarncKlo J..tbi,iry on. every deseit i .id
can supply these, and 1 should ruin on
HiidliiK them there and on making rut f
more familiar with them than I am at
present. The rest of my Island collet 'i
I should carefully select fioni a 1 st "f 1
the most Important Knjrllsli rliis-1 -books
of the class represented In the "live ,
tool sneir , mai is in say, wic hooks we
know are Kteat, but which we do not
read, or which. If wo do read them, make
im say to ourselves, "What n wonderfully
well read man I nm, to be sure!"
I have always wished to ho a well read ,
man, but tho older I Krow the nvrc
plainly I seo thnt I shall never be i ie,
short of mine such place as this decert
Island of yours.
rommi H. DORAN COMPANY !' gi-eifeno's
1 1 i i r ii nma I rrnFn rui' i i unil
JUST PUBLISHED AND TO BE PUBLISHED
iiy avi i.i.i y i vn.
I. The lllble, because It Is a book that
I have always meant to rend.
'.'.. (llhbon, becnuse there Is such n
lot of It.
,1. Jtabelals, that I mlRht lauuh.
4. "Don yulxote." that I mlKht wvor
6. "Mouvanl et Pecuchet," becaus th.s
Is ono side of Fr'inee.
1. Carljle's "French Revolution," be
cause this Is the other.
7. "Wdhrhcit and DIchtunK," because
hero I have Oermnny.
5. 'Tim Aialiliwi Nlhts," liecauso this
Is the F.ast.
!' "Tom Jones" beetus this Is r.n
land as FtelditiK i-,w It.
lfl. "The New Foresters," because this
Is lJriKlnnd as my wife and I suv It
ii :r.iiTurin: .tiii:uto.v.
If I were obliged to retlro to a desert
Islnnd I should select ten very lorn? hooks
previously unread, ns I never care to e-
read a hook except after an Interval of
some ears Just now I am reread r .71
I'li'si-oit's "rnnqin st of Mexlrn," wlilc 1 t!
rend first when nhout 20. I should ' I
moro likely to provide myself heavily
una pen. inn ann ji.iper.
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL
By KathaHnO O'Shea (Mrs. Chnrles Stownrt Parnelt)
S'nsaiii n.illy Irank, yet tee.illiiB"r honrft Is t . s Mrry ol the mr'terlous lore sSalr ol "Ireland's
iimr nnl kins," t iJ by hl v.iiow, una p. tut(i I hc l ie Iritli snd l'.nsllih Irs.lers
unmasVed. With 18 Illuntratlons, 2 ol., OtUto, NrtU.OO
EUROPE REVISED. ' By Irvin S. Cobb.
With Che.rful lltutttationt by J. T. McCUTCHEON
Though Culrb h.is never writlr-p milt' inn so fiinnr, let It has crest timely tsroe, bettmsol its
Iratik. slirn 1 r . lute ! what 1 t 'p. ' el l ni'ir". n wat war, are nice. 12m. , Nrt ll.tn
THE WELL-KNOWNS
By iamos Montgomery Flagg
A iiniu is . 11 n 1 1 11 of p'ltr.s.H n( ihe mart interr'tlnE men In the Itlftirr and theatrical world.
In l;lai!K Ininutatile en c, Hi piquant comnrnts. duatlo. Net KM
THE AUTHOR'S CRAFT. By Arnold Bennett
A r frenhinijly sine ac Hint et how and why the author wor'o, written (or t!.c layman who deairi
trie m 111 -.ti;i 1 1 1 1 lil 'r.lu nt lint. Net td.li I
FROM DUBLIN TO CHiCAGO. By G. A. Birmingham !
I'tie . 111th .r I 1 M II fjl'l.D. (iFNKlM-J IIS Kl u tV, tells h. isstlr and b.-irjily lew .
Am. n. .1 11- , 11 ii 1 - lr 2 I'll In an nn t lr h meri an Octavo, Net II.M
NORTH AND SOUTH
BIG GAME FIELDS OF AMERECAu
By Daniel J. Singer
With 72 illuttfatian front Photograph anJ
FrnntttDitc in Color by CfiatUt .ivinrln Hutt
A riWii mi? ortfnunt ol Hit-game hunt rw exp'ditioni in Siuth America. .Men. . Aiaka. and
tho W ttt'in pljtri, t id in UMly 1 it" lr a elfbratpd h..ntpr. OcUto. Titt tZ.ZZ (
LETTERS OF AN OLD FARMER TO HiS SON
By William R. Li&hton
Frrrr me l m t. n.ran-i rtthrr trc?rnt occtioatlon or DOi-ilblo future freedom wilt find ,
hrre n nondcua .y sympathetic nnd sutfKt'ftne picture ot modern famiinc, 12mo, Net ll.oo
ABOUT HUMORISTS MORE OR LESS
Leacock on Serious Humor
and the Ugly Sister of Art
"Whit ih tou menu by st tint? til it
Am'm ' 'i ror la de' llnliiK?"
s I
pen
,. qie -"0:1 i siut nt him. Ste
1 .. k -I'lKels up In Ills publish
- luxii ,otis i..i!t Hud looks np
. T' ' ' in. "'Ian I1UM01 1st it
s .uir s m;i,tti . It has been our
that humorists) with rouu 1
; hur. iiiinpb't t.tecds, and 1
a ft lor looklnK Hpprehcnslve
i" Hut we come with a pur
1 . -1 on .
o.i no 111 to Include tho wo-k
J 1 Too hi inks are here ucd for
11 rr if t. t bo e.tpl, lined later.)
. in' I think he Is ttreat."
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ill .t, 1 1 me. no! I think h Is the
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lit n.imea have been deleted
inniture (he publisher, seeing
. UK smnotlily, permits him-
summoned away. The hu
cte'i more relieved and a
- d, as one who would say:
. . h . winild trust me nlono
is'i, Mr. Leacock, whnt do you
1 - '1. maiter with Amerlcnn hu
r n . r-e nervously over his shoulder
ri '.i',-s "Do you think It would
H ' r 1110 to answer that, even If
rr. 1 r-piv seriously rer?ardlnir Amer-
1' ' ' 1 or "'
Its .ts another Ktanco over Ills shoul
dt ' 1 Is eniboldenel by what ho does
rnt p.
e nr several thlnrra tho mntter
rth ho whispers. "Klrst, tho roiul
' ' . t timet for serious humor. Writ
In? V . s a dariKernus Kntne, you see,
'is .r 'ilways takes two to consum
r ' I've dlscot-ored this In relation
t n" e vn work, which several critics
l"v. ,. 1 ired to bo nbsolutely without
l-.'iir'- AVlth my builesituoH I've had no
tr . xiviy wern cilaaldurcd very
f'i-- Hut real, serious humor la n
1 ' r-ipnsltlon. It's hardor to put
ever Isolated Jokes, funny Ideas or
Junrv Mrnts; nnd then "
" r..il--ed.
v,' And then?"
' '' blK men to put It over."
"V 1 n-'iin wo haven't bis enoufrh
rr
r" more Mr. Leacock danced over
fcK ' 1 ler "Well, of course, I wouldn't
i' ' m so many words. Hut tho kind
r' ,., thtnklnrr of Is thn kind Mark
Tw ' wrote, and Clinrh'H Illckena. I
fin . i of tliose two men tnirntlteri
fhy 'il l ihe samn soit of thlmr, each
' 1 it tho whole spirit of Ills time
1 ' ' them had. beneath nnd lieyond
lev iv,f ,(,,, rhiiciiiiiuK, a w,ip hiim.111
"nr ' t nnd unilerstatidltiR, a back
r nr if tnste and tradition. Without
t " ii. nties no serious humor, no mat-
" fMnnv It Is, can bo written"
"r" ' do you mean by Verlous hit
I WI1.1t do you consider the bisls
t ' Tlfl ""
M' I., ,-oclt fnrsnt to bs appretienslvs
' tin" for th" moment almost a
i '.i-HHMfk.
r imstsj of th humorous," ha ex-
p. tr 1 in tiln inrnmrrullv. the tin-
fif. 1,16 w,,nt of haimony nmonR
t. rn The humor of dlscomllture, of de.
'f ' enrsa and eavaKO triumph, of
lomt' ung umadhad, broken, dfeaUd,
knoiked out of ,t.s orlBln il j-lmpe and pur-
nose, may be expected to mipc.ir not
"l.t amoyi; a primitive people lint also
111 an) ease where the settlement of a new
ountry repr uluees t some extent the
1 iMMimstaiice.s of prlmltlto life. Thus In
Alii' rli an llteiatuitt the humor of the
t Kansas mule, of tho bucklm; btonchu,
if the Kentucky duel Is all of thin prlm
it.te character. This primitive form of
fun Is of a decidedly antl-soclal chir
.icier, since It runs counter to other In
'thiets, thoo of affectl ,n, pliy, unselfish
nis, upon which the prosiesshe de-
"lopnient of the race hns largely de
pcuib d.
"Now this principle of Intellectual
leisure excited by contrns! or Ineon
rulty once stjtted on nil upward path of
deteUipmetit i-es more and more Its
.iiitl-soclil cliiuacter until at lem;th It
appear no longer antncoii stlo tu tho
social fielliiKs but contributory to them
Tie tlti.il stage of the detelopnient of
humor Is it ached when iimuseini nt no
lotifti arises from 0 slncle 'funny' Idea,
mi .tnlnirless contrast or odd play upon
words, but rests upon a prolonged and
sustained conception of the Incongruities
of human life Itself. The shortcomings
of out existence, the ad contrast of our
nuns and rur achievements, tho little fret
ting aspiration of the, day that fades
into the nothingness of to-morr.iw kindle
m the mellowed kind a sense of gentle
..musemetit fiiim'tvliicli all selllsh exulta
tion nits been chHsti tied by the realiza
tion of our common lot of sorrow. On
this higher plane humor and pathos min
gle and become one. To the Creator per
haps In letrospect the little tory of
man's creation nnd his fall seems sadly
dioll.
"It Is of this final stage of the evolu
tion of amusement thnt one of tho keen
est of modern nntly-ts lias written thus:
When men become too sympathetic to
laugh at each other, for 'ndltidual de
fe. t or Infirmities which once moved their
mirth, it Is surely not straugo that sym
pathy should then begin to unite them,
not In common lamentntlon for their com
mon defects nnd Inferiorities: but In
common amusement at them. This U the
sentiment that has lnspl-ed the great
masterpieces of humotous literature, this
lh tho humor or t-e.rv.nucs muni r....,,
nt tho paslng of the older chivalry, and
of Hawthorne dcp'ctlng the sombre melan
cholies of Puritanism against the back
ground f tho silent w-.oils of New
Kngland. Tills Is the really great humor,
unquotable In single phrases and para
graphs, but producing Its effect In a long
drawn plcturo of human life In which tho
unversnl element of human Imperfection,
alike. In all ages nnd plnees. excites at
onc our laughter and our tears.
As he pauses wo sit silenced for a mo
ment, Then we venture: "According to
thnt diagnosis, I guess we, can't claim to
havo 11 great humorist."
"It Isn't entirely tho fault of the hu
morists," ho goea on. "American life
will havo to undergo a rhnnge. freat
i,,,,p enn'f soring tin nil of Itself! It
Ami that Is why I has to havo background, trndltlon, Ideals
in pusent day American Jour-
If you don't know' the work
. inponir.t humorists, whv did oil
hit J oil did III the .V(it'roii'
.11 ocK I Prof. I.eacoclt. by rights;
'fuse to call him thnt, and 111
rk. nt lent. It Is dltllcult to set
t!i nedarogle.il atmosphere with
mior has endowed him) throws nn
1 glance toward his silent pub-
-rr -reiillv. I take It all back."
'uan ?"
i'ng on want "
.thv did you write It" we persist,
reception 1.111 be of the most tlis-
ti thing ou like. I didn't know
...tiled I didn't think ou read
nchIi CiHtiny ovur beie."
i,,."- Intercepts his publisher
I ,!..ri't tit lleve "
null' " agrees .Mr. Leacock. "It
do to s.tv Pint's, the reason. I tell
, . Jii-t h.'t;. that I admit I didn't
m ,iig about contemporary Amer
in.iisiM when I wrote thnt piece,
.'. v T1, ,. I've lead up a bit, I r."
.l' t.,.llg I S ll'l."
. v.,,ks be r-gards his publisher
,i,teh'. Th bitter nods nppinv.il.
1 .ii.snt eten sa ." suggests th''
e, 1, it I found the manuscript
-if,, that It's many years old. and
-.'I it for publication, without Mr.
Knowledge or consent , and say
is , hanged his mind uttorly since
it '
! -i.'oek looks at his publisher ad-
- vou may say that." ho concedes.
1 t for a moment, then adds:
,, n't thlnlt thnt would offend any
t, 1, ler. do VOU?"
1 tirti him we think he haa climbed
ii.out those names wo men-
th.' beginning," ho goes on, "I
f It wouldn't bo better to strlko
mzEmwjAszzmsrsiM fiction
THE PATROL OF THE SUM DANCE TRAIL
By Ra.ph Connor. &Vr"r Jack"in Fu" Co'or anJ
M re d ,' m " int pt.' nii,ense ci plot, nimr uri e roanhned, mete tvocdrrlul color e( Indian
an 1 111 ,11.. 'am. jn I 'ie i. eit N tthri than tn anr cttir Connor book limi, Net II. Ti
INNOCENT: Her Fancy and His Fact
$y IVSarie Coreili -
The mi, ' . I. d n ,v ,n ubic'i M rle Cerclll returns to her first mvantte vein, lo? and adten
.111 11. 1 ikiii .ar initusit . 1 lie storrcl n inn 01 toaar nroucnt up like a t-ul of
I'
A frliM-i Droo
. x iviuuun 1 ia.uuui.u i THE FAKERS. By Samuel G. Blytho
tir oririfn I I a uvmen. .,- rT Mm Illrt!
iy uauu tuai 1 1U11IUIUU5 L,aaHy '"-
limn. NVtlt.SS
K in! , ( all P' Htir.1l re;,rt(n, v. use imm r It e e.led onlr by his tmovrledr" e
fi. . 1 v, tn, i anic oi a aem.tr ik e. wmo. rtei t
f Ii ' nerl, I I
They sy American humor Is on the . simple rherr ,ho homely lives of th, , THE LAUGH 5NG C AVALS ER.
utciine, like the manners of little hoya iu flt village:). ' pir
and the stage nnd 'tvtiluckt whisket.! Within a few years Mr. f-'trui !.v '1 h 1 (ivs
It Is n periodic lament, mid wh.11 the V; " . ' , , ,"' "ao.ng f 1
teflllnr tin,,. 1 ..... 'l''"""" f he ts.,y. the , ,v. hll.Oor,.,
f romance, the ancestor ef the arlet rimrereel'
t Willi I'lrturo Jieket
By Baroness Orczy
a tale fi.lrd vlth
I2mt. Net II .1
- v.. 11, '. HOT 1,1 I J lull., thn. H.... ... 1...... .u.. 11.
pages carry solemn nnd soggv illnicnn. s under tlie aeeiisation ,,t inst urtl ,1, ,
of the condition or American humor, ex-, "HI I" is tla.'iantly dld.i.'tlc a" .1 l.r..'
plaining how nnd why. new trolley car In.wIIiik down Hi" dw.
Somstlnies its too much money, again ! 'he early morning He ran and .1
It's tiK llttlo montt. .-aiiietlmes If ' ttiall.t does ttilt km I humor; liu n
the newspapers, .ni.ecl.'.lh tho abused I w hlch Is ttlthout strain or arm n-n
and self-confessed comles, or tho t.tiule
ill stage, or the movie. Then, too, It's
because thn men Is living, nlas. to., fast;
.Hcislonally It's because we me not
really nglmr nt all, becauee the sunshine
of tlmo Is lcntlng us sltll grteti hut
mouldy. .Now nnd thin, heaven help us,
siapsucK : wrncn is wise anil jo: not 1,
which Is new and ct not smtrt-.il. c!, .
Mi. Strunsky's pro.- style n tinn.l.
fill thing. It is 11s simple as tu nr-
render and ns subtle ns psj-eliologt t t
clear, perfectly clenr, nil the Hut II.-
sentenceN nre not of .ii dlmensinti . il
QUINWEYS'. By Horace Annesley Vachell
Hi- 1 r it-, e . ,t, .us r i nr 'wner cl fjinn
' " a s1- dp ler faVed antiques, la the hero of thli
limn, Net ft l.t
ON THE STAIRCASE. By Frank Swinnerton.
The I
"II ther- ilS,
Is rr , tl.ru, .tin ife. Hi whincrton makes a famllTllT.
t. tlnstar I'd he inwt. d to see It " Arnold lle:rteiL 2m, Ntfl.2
It In all th. so reasons together and it I the meaning Is not on the t
great nimy more.
And If a laugh or n ohucklo Is de
tected among us, theto are ninny who
will shako their hi ads 11 ml write that
tin so urn riot sporitHiii mis answers of
humor to Jimmr but n urasthenLc re
anions of the over wearv, mere left
handed weeping, nnd sult!tutes for sob-
op. but. h.nt-
eter i.e. down Home of It Is, In tv:i it
tver currier It pret, nds to Ik; h' Mti , t
rcider H'. t .in y, easily that h, .lo, :i t
utilize that he Is looking below s ir'i.-.
Noliody In Xrw York was bom ii, re, o!
coins.. The p.-llueld prtsso ,,f j
Strunskv would livid you to t til t It th it
no was 1.01 n nnd educnte.l In Pranc ,t 1
THE HOUSE IN DEMETRIUS ROAD
By J. D. Beresford
'A mnMinif. M w irk of art, worlhr to rrnnk bsf!6 lh raaHcrp.eff n( realistic literature.'
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U&ON
rarxsun
REQUEST
of the N'ew Vork rreiiiiirj Pott Is a mere
surt'vnl. Anvway. Klla Wilcox Wheeler
to h contrary notwlthsMndlnir. when tve
do this left handed weeping, we do ttof
weep nlone.
K F --Simeon Strunskv Is nut with
another book called "Prl.hiixz.ir Court,
or, VlUnrre Life In New Yok City." It
Is made up of connected ess.iv., most of
which havo
1-siimen the apprehensive look;
n 1 "Uun we hud a motlvo In cotn
v. 11. ,ke a pnmlep m dlrtct con
1 t . this iii-'tlt nnd are re
in the rumpled humorist's x-
telief
of taste
"Well.'' wo venture, " nns
Ideuls of tnste "
"Oh, yes," concede Mr. lyncock, 'and
, writes with wnnderful restraint.
Ile'n ono of your best. It was thanks to
thnt article of mine thnt I ever heard nf
him; his worlc was brnucht up to refute
me. And It Is K-nd i people In KnKlnnd
think It's Kreat. Hut It Is limited In its
scope. Truly blc. serious humor
Hero tho publisher reenters, wearlnr? n
sllKhtly nnxlniiH expression which, ns he
catcher tho last words, deepens.
"What have you been tnlklnK about nil
... 1- .i...,.,
"Oh," answers Mr. Iacork easily,
"wo'vo been dlscusslnc thn broad bin
dranco to tho progress of American litem-
'""What Is It?" askn the publisher, look
' n .tmIIT V n o t that every publisher of perrl-
odlcaln nnd books tries to circulate nmonrr
every class.'
"Oh." says the publisher,
"You may scorn the KnKllsh mnprnzlnes,'
continues the humorist, "but there, nt liny
ratn they don't make this mistake. ( er
;.. -i.wiienlH cuter to a certain class;
tho penny weeklies don't pretend to make
;. L. l.evond their masses. Hut the
...i,.,i ,o,.e nf Amerrlcan Journalism par
tleulnrly suffers becnuse publishers take
too broad an mm; rtiiu h,."'
...,i.. .enn't .-.omit that people who don t
possess thought nre not fit to enter the
,.e iii.ri.tnrn. Thev re on th other
hand driiKBlnB them In. because clrcula
tlon Is the blK aim. The acmicnoit Is
natural: the modem magazine cant live
without advertising, U can't get ndvertls
Irig wlthnut rlroulatlnn, and It enn t get
Wg circulation without Inviting the
masses, .. ,
"And the masses to-day won't read
anvthltig but new books, Just ns tlif
won't wear nny thing but now clothes.
Hn publishers keep tempting their nuthnrs
n piodlice new hooks, new stories n
(ltili'kly ns possible, And far too much
Is being wiltten. Most nuthors soon gut
to thn end of what they have to says ns
witness the pltlabln niiso of ,
and nf , and of .
"Hut In modern literature a man no
sooner starts to wrlto than In steps com
merce, tho ugly sister of art "
"That's a good phrase," cuts in the
publisher. "T have an Idea, Why don't
vnu be Interviewed along thnt lino Instead
of that humor thing?"
"Just ns you say,'' airrers the humor
ist, Bn that ! why thli Interview has
turned IU own flanlo
sines "Helshatrir Court." he is the iu"
or 1 tie raHent Observer" nnd ' p,,st
Impressions ' Ho Is also often In Hnrru '
.Pncnsfne, tho .He-inle Monthly, the i(oV
ninit and other magazines.
"Who's ho" gives his address ns up
on MnrnlngBlde Heights, t.ear Columbia
Internal evidence, In "Ilelfhafznr Court"
t.roves thnt he lives in i. .,.-,....
nppeared In the .1 ffniirfe i nllaa liar. lt ,1a ...... .. ;
Vnnthh. They are about the nverage , never has worn, not evnn uh.. uL
nis Himriinein nouie. in the 111st m.i.li. Ilt.ritv elltr i,t n... t-, , .... ......1 ..1,.. .t 1 .,.,, i.eim.-
tmw at hand. Hut It m .1 bit sun rising
that between these covers there are not
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY, New York
Publisher in America for HODDER Sc STOUCHTON
ISi v-T w.J -f --t Wf t- fvfripWm
citizen tn
eire-i, in i w iiienire in me ll'iseniu I'l'tl, n.-ll r'llllllell g ises sli, liv
i"1", " "' "e npiieius , levifwor not i..ng aif, what Wfrn I1I1
In nnv consldernhle Amerli .n oltv Mr. I recreations, he .-.i1.! "V. irK- .......n.i
lie might hate add,., "unit ne.ntv rui...
II n.
it wasn't kind to tnke it Wl'h sin h
uu.illticnt'.ons nnd the same gift for light
vn's.tlCHtAin that Calvertt had, and
r.o'ker-l.ampson. and 1'i.ie.l, It ln't sur
prising thit various vereis fr.ni the
Colvum have been gathered Into covert.
If.ie fheittre iiHlte.l hln Ilnrvsirit friend
If it wouldn't be all rlg'it : him to kiss
her now. "I wouldn't," Mid the man
Horn Cambridge. "Vou'te donn enough
f her." Put Adams Is from Michigan.
Strunsky
dlftlcult
seems to find " rot nt nil I
to discover a grenr deal nf'hodv.
Shafts of a Kindly Satirical Bard
nr vATron rninr.TPn t.atox.
Th" writer of prote, by Intelllrence tsught.
Says th thlnir thst will please, In the way
that he curht,
Hut your poor deepteei nnM, who by Vature
Ii West .
(Tn the arope of n, eoup'et, or irules of q
Jest).
Psys the thins; thst he plen.es ns pleithet
htm bet.
It was ten years ngo that Trnnklln
Pierce Adnms came to N'ew York from
dnrkest Chicago and began to run n dully
column, m. or 1. humorous, In the .'i cnlitf;
.lnfl. Ho tens then "3 years old and knew
nothing about strawberry shortcake. In
fact. It was his shocking Ignoiiiuco of that
nmbrnslnl fodder (nnt sutfirlsliig In n real
N'ew Yorker, but deplorable In n middle
W stonier) which caused me to write to
him correcting his misconceptions; nnd I
havo never since been able to refrain
either from rending or contributing to his
column. It Is a hnppy hnhlt, nnd so many
others, havo not It too that Adams has
plenty of time to play tennis. Contributory
negligence In not tn his blight lexicon! It
wan not ever thus, of cour.se. "Always In
(lood Humor" In tho Wall grew slowly
Into popular favor at (list, the more as,
Adnms'ti nppenl perhaps was not iuttn to
tlin then renders of the paper. Hut gradu
ally tho public bncime awnro that here
wis n column of quality, 11 huinoilst of
real pith and charm. Adams made frleitila,
the .V11K made friends, and tho lltmt rnme
when you overhoaid In thn oletnted, the
subway, the club, "Did you sen what
Adnms said to-day "." Thnt Is fnnm I Ap
parently It only remained for V P. A. to
Indnrso n popular brand nf tnbncco tn
bo throned with tho inimortnlK,
Yet moist was coming. On Jonnnry 1,
1 P 1 4, the Colyum suddenly buret forth,
not In thn J.'ti'iifiio .Vuil, but on thn edi
torial page of tho Ntw York Vi'IIhihc, di
rt Ctly bealdo those two sitniod columns
where Oreelcy thiimleied and lkc Hi. un
ify raged nnd Whitnlaw Held plnt.il poll
lies: and directly opposite ton thn ptge
11 here for font yrms WH'.l.im Winter had
waved thn wlillo Imnni'r of 1'iirll.t and
nioiuneil the deculint drama of to. day
Incidentally we 1n.1v add that th 7'n-niilif-'a
t'lioulatlnii Increased IL'.uOil in the
next four weolts. linn you must Unmv
by this time that P. I'. A. Is with tie
Trllimml I wns wllh thn Trfuinc fur
neatly heven iitis, nnd I'm rending it
agiilii etety day Cm I say more?
Yet there aru times when 1 don't th'nlt
Adams Is vety funny, and they nre tint
always coincident with the times when ho
doesn't think I am llm views tiro per
sonal ti ml et Urn- He doesn't like
Conrad, hit tit I ei l falls to unilei stand
the lure of golf, ho believes ho can phy
teniu, he thought "Once Aboard the
UuKrjr'' was an amusing book, he goes
to tVufeaolonal baseball gmea and he
The ' Knni1 I,ntr' M can.
I "r," ) mnny comic vulentlne
''u" orl," In this country wJio could
conduct (shall we say do conduct?) a
dat y column, hut there Is only one I', r. A
, in?,l ,rhln ".'I" conducted his
unique "Talk of the Pay" n th "n
H sain Joiinml fhe never had nn lm
ator. nnd eould have none) has thorn
ncen a mnn In a slmlbir position with
Adams s variety of iiunlluV.itlonM. ThO'V
'Itiallfletloim ,,-e ,nre t'nin the po-se,.
".on of httm'.r: nnnv Iticlinlo tho In.'K f t
at tho proicr tunes. Adiuns Is In rrnlltv
a serious person, a vei v x-rtous petHon.
I say tills seriously. f0(.s ,irepv
manv subjects. Any form of humiii'i in
Just (' stirs him. Ho Is nurprlslnglv well
read, n 11.1 hoth his terse mid pn,.' re
'o uierary niiusinn nnd paroih
wi-.ie, imnginatlon, ileliem
I' I'm ru , , , ... .
. ' ' "live re.i.i ,rie I'OVIIIII
1 havo seen thntisnnils nf satiric shafts
unloosed, but inner, enve one,., ,. .
malicious one. nr n vulgar one
Hut exception (reprinted unfoititnntelv
... ... nuesi hook of terses, "H ,,!
I.iil'Ht. ') wns IiIh paiov on n I'trri y
Itiillscrctlon i,v a Ynssnr girl. The elinrie,'
wns nlmost irresistible. 10 he stir. - h.
lb-
ln the
a few poems of liner grain
Neither Calverly nor l.ocker-I.ampson
would have hesitated to neltnowlcdpe this
opening stanza to Hermuda:
"1 paint my new filled pen t thee
Trom an embarrassment of topics,
Fair gem of the cerutein sea,
Ollttenlnu down In the eml-trojtc.
Land where duress la but a dream.
Lund cf evepornted cream."
Indeed, wlthfltB schemo of satiric entl
cllmnx the who! poem might hnvc bcn
tho work of either man. Hut whero Is
P. F. A.'s poem to Xcw York thnt has
tho charm In It which Locker found In
Iondon, in nottcn How, In Pt. .Ium"s
ftrcot. In Piccadilly? Is thnt entirely
New York's fault? And where Is his
match for this:
"Ah, mlnetrcl. how tr.inre ts
The enrol yni elm?!
Irft 1'i.vche. who runuei
The gurdens ef Prrl i.
Iteineniher tho thunp't
Perember will bring"
Wo cannot wholly blame newspaper
hurry for each omission, becnuse now tlo
poems me in n book. Nor rim we wholly
bl.imo the demands of the hasty news
paper public, hecnuso Admni numbers
among his renders bund 1 ens who would
welcome the best thnt be or nny m.'ti
inuld do. No. P. P. A. Ms tickled 1 1"
muse. In the ribs In tomboy mood, but
lie has b.en 11. nays Just 11 little afraid
to tvoo h, r. lie shouldn't be. She knows
him for her own. A Ynltt man. thev say,
w .10 had t ilcn a girl to the hall game and
AMERICAN AUTHOR'S ,
MANY DECORATIONS.'
H. C Ch.itl1elil-Ti.vlor, author of "Hold- '
ottl: A Hlogrnphy." w ho bus Just returned '
from a long stay abroad, hns probably I
more decorations than any other Amerl- I
can author. Ills latest has been received
from the Government of King Victor ,
Emmanuel, the Ordnts of Silnts Maurice!
nnd I.aznrus, nnd the Crown of Itnly, In '.
the Pn.vers ty of Vienna, the author. It
mav be added, of some forty scholarly
bro.Iiuies upon the phases of the drama
tist's llfo or features .if his work.
Wilting In I 11 if, 1 lit,, Trntral at
plori nee. Prof. Maiblnlcna declares that
Mi I'hatlleld-T.i.t l.ir's ".ioidonl. A Hlog
raplit" npiieins to him "to be the most
cnmpl. t. .. w.U ns the best that has
M't be. 11 wiit' n upon iloldntr "
recognition of his efforts to bring Ooldoril
to tho attention of Americans. This last !
distinction corresponds to thn Cross of
tho I.c;?lon of Honor received several
years ago by Mr. Chntlleld-Taylor from
the French Government In recognition
of his biography of Mollere. In writing
of Goldonl, 1,0 generally do Europeans
mistrust the scholarship of Amrt leans
in continental fields, Mr. Chatfleld-Tiivlnr
dlfplaytd ns much temerity as an Italian
author would show who wrote of Gold
smith or Hherldnn Tho Italians have
studltd Goldonl morn assldlously than the
1'iench hhve Mollere. and to expect that
nn American book would be pronounced
by the compatriots of Goldonl the brst
that has. been written about the drama
tist must hive been bejond the probabili
ties. Yet .he work has been received
with cniliuslaem by Itnllan rivals, and
among tbrm one widelv known to students
of Goldonl, Prof. Pdgardn Miiddalcn.i of
Conigsby Dawson's
I New Novel
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j THE GAFJDEN WITHOUT WALLS
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I strlMlli.' jilece of fil l Inn of
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I SpringlicItl'Jicpubllcan,
"And So They Were Married
By JESSIE LYNCH WILLIAMS
Author at "The Married Lite nf tho Frederick CarrulLi," etc.
A Comedy Satirizing the Conventional View of Marringe
TIMK: A Scplt'inlmr irvvk-vnd not lon'j ago.
I'U.WK. A cnunlru muse nol far nxeny,
THE PEOPLE AT THE HOUSE
yt the niirr 0 our mvt-Uny ficm
.31?! ' E
JKAN. nn attmciirr (ilrl ol titvnty-fliv, brought up to be rnarHfif but nothing ee,
Mtr lire ill thv huu r til
II KX, (i (innd-lnoliinti .Vo"'ip wtm 11 wrnr or two older, not bravght up fo be anything
but rich llr uiv at 11 ntar-lnj hniinu.
IiUOV, the mlntrtHH of the i.imo, tryi,g to br an "old-fni'hloned rlfr" tn a rietf
jaxhlonxd 101iri.
HEIiKX. .IKAN'S rWr lfrr, n more or est ncto troman irio duenn't belUvfi in
tnarrltgr. Sin no lonqrr liu k nt hi r brofiir's hauec.
JOHN, l.Ul'Y'tS husband, who ntrm fti huue and thinks it In vamnnbj lor xromtn
. fn br nn men trnn' them lo be,
THK .ll'IXII!, thiir Unelr fyrrtlt, vim undtrftandu all of thun nnd lirlltrrn in
ifrou'c
THKOHOHK, their cauiln, n human clergyman.
PUNI'.HT. n brilliant young neientinl vho maki a great lUtearcry.
A few KKHVANTS nnd POOH RKl.ATtnXS nlno appear and dhupptai
At all boolslotcs. SI, 2 5 ncl
CHARLES
SCRIBNER'jS SONS
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tOUT-Mtlllt
mr
The
Poet
By Meredith Nicholson
"While the interest In 'the
rtary Itself will attract the, 1"
render, the Interest In the pic- 5
turn of Tho Poet wilt ho c-rentee
It la a raru performance, in '"!
...u. ... ... v. u,kitiuj niiuno n nil w
ma root is, nut 11 tney want to ,i
know him ns a kind of Good c
s 8atnarltan In a dltrcront way
? than thoy Know him In his n,
verses, they should, road tills
ji eharmhiK ldyl."n,roii 7'imi.rnpt jj
s "To rend 'The Poof Is taltlui; 'J'
J. ix v.-nllt over 11 fiood road on u
bright mornlns, you wish tho .-'i
s' Journoy would never end." z
t .mum ulohc-licMoernt J
THE POET It Ioyo 'i
J. itory of real charm ',
J At nil hooUtartt tl.-Mi ntt'
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AS M' P. I I! AS lOt II
iinTiinirs i.ovi:. . . . ('mn
I11111111I ol' puro liuiiiliter mi
cii-llt tuiii'il lo teur,"
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