[September Number] the New York Tribune, lecturer on art, and the editor of many books; Edwin W. Morse, author of historical works, and at the time of this letter in the editorial department of Charles Scribner's Sons; William Crary Brownell, noted author and critic, literary adviser to Charles Scribner's Sons; H. E. Krehbiel, Huneker's friend and associate Michael Pupin, professor of electromechanics at Columbia University, stands as a scientific man and inventor at the head of his profession. His invention of the Pupin coil enlarged the whole range of telephony, and saved millions by reducing the necessary diameter of the copper wire. Five hundred pairs of wires are now in a single cable stretched across the continent. Professor for years, and since 1880 musical critic of Pupin has written this narrative to be a help to young men, and to show that absolute poverty is a great incentive. ** Ethel Rose is Mrs. Guy Rose. Her home is in California, but she was for a long while a resident of Paris, where she was known as one of the most skilful of the artists making fashion drawings for American publications. Mr. Rose has been noted for his charming landscape paintings. ** Mrs. W.K. Clifford, author of "Love Letters of a Worldly Woman," "Miss Fingal," and numerous other books, After a photograph Underwood & Underwood Professor Michael Pupin the New York Tribune; Charles J. Rosebault, fellow newspaperman and author, for long an intimate correspondent; and Frederick James Gregg, editor of the New York Telegram. Elizabeth Herrick's short stories have often appeared in SCRIBNER'S. The author is now living in Springfield, Massachusetts. ** The unpublished letters of Edward FitzGerald began in the August number. They are edited by Captain F. R. Barton, a nephew of Bernard Barton, to whom the letters were written. Captain Barton in his lives in London. Several of her plays have introduction last month told about their been produced in London theatres. James Gibbons Huneker's letters reveal him as the genial and intimate friend of a number of influential men. A volume of the letters will be brought out soon. The men addressed in the present group are: H. L. Mencken, critic and author, associate editor of The Nation, and editor of The Smart Set; John Quinn, well-known New York lawyer, Huneker's own lawyer and friend, and a great collector of pictures; Royal Cortissoz, literary and art critic of ** discovery, and sketched the relationship between FitzGerald and his friend. W. Edson Smith has been a railroad man, employment agent, circus man, and traveller about the United States, as well as a writer of much prose and verse. His circus tale, "Big Top o' the World," appeared in this magazine more than a year ago, and was well received. ** Stark Young, one of the editors of The New Republic, was for a number of years professor of English at Amherst (Continued on page 21) [September Number] (Continued from page 19) College. His books include "The Blind Man at the Window" (verse), "Guenevere" (a play in verse), and a volume of oneact plays. ** Articles by Brander Matthews appear from time to time in SCRIBNER'S. Professor Matthews, novelist, essayist, dramatist, poet, and critic, has been professor of dramatic literature at Columbia since 1900. "The Return of the Middle Class" will be the title of John Corbin's new book. It includes the present article and the preceding one, "Democracy and Womanhood," and in it the author continues his searching discussion and analysis of present-day social difficulties. The book gives space for more detailed suggestions and conclusions, which are sketched in the magazine articles. Mr. Corbin is on the staff of the New York Times. ** Frederic C. Howe, from 1914 to 1919 Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of New York, is a prominent New York, lawyer and lecturer. His books represent years of study and investigation upon subjects such as municipal ownership and administration, taxation, and revenue systems. ** Roy L. Garis has taken degrees from the University of Virginia and Columbia University, and is at present teaching political science and economics at Vanderbilt. While at Virginia he held various scholarships and assistantships in philosophy and English. I. W. Taber has long been known as a skilful pen-and-ink draftsman. He illustrated Kipling's "Captains Courageous," and has made special study of marine subjects. * * William Hervey Woods is a clergyman of Winchester, Virginia, and a favorite contributor of poems to SCRIBNER'S. ** William Lyon Phelps, Lampson Professor of English, has for years been voted the most popular professor at Yale University. He has lectured before many clubs and societies, and is a widely quoted authority on current literature. He is editor and author of many books, including the following: "Essays on Modern Novelists," "Essays on Books,' The Advance of the English Novel," "The Advance of English Poetry," "Archibald Marshall," and "Human Nature in the Bible. **Louise Eberle knew Solon Borglum through her association with the artist colony where he lived. The Grave of "Mr. Rose of Barnes" In the Point of View for February, 1922, there was a short article about "Mr. Rose of Barnes," which described a pilgrimage in England to the grave of a man who died in 1653, to see if his "bequest to provide a constant succession of rose-trees to grow on his grave" had been fulfilled. Twice around the church the pilgrim walked, and found neither grave nor rose-tree. A reader in Farmington, Maine, forwarded the article to a friend in England, who called on the rector and was shown the grave of Mr. Rose, and the tablet: HERE LYETH INTERRED MR EDWARD ROSE On a space of ground just below the tablet are four rose-trees-not very vigorous, but living. The correspondent adds that Barnes is now a part of the London postal area. These facts were sent to the author of the Point of View, and he replies: The world has shrunk. Mr. Rose of Barnes who died in 1653 could hardly have expected that a visitor from the wild banks of the Delaware would ever come to see if the rose trees were blooming on his grave, and Shakespeare, the first performance of whose best plays Mr. Rose might have seen in London, would hardly to-day write of "this vast globe.' Here Scribner's Magazine brings word to me in Paris from Barnes, England via Farmington, Maine; first that there are rose trees on Mr. Rose's grave and second that Barnes is not a "borough" but a part of London. To which I beg leave to reply (Barnes England care of Farmington Maine U. S. A.) (1) I am glad to hear it (2) Barnes ought to have maintained its interesting individuality and resisted the all devouring maw of London reducing neighboring villages and small municipalities to the dead level of metropolitan uniformity. Neuilly and Boulogne and other municipalities have, in the judgment of an old fashioned observer like myself, done much better to remain independent and resist all incroachments from their big sister Paris. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS F NEW, OLD, & RARE BOOKS OR EARLY FALL publication are announced: "The Puppet Show of Memory," delightful autobiographical chapters, by Maurice Baring; "Some Things that Matter," by Lord Riddell; "The Conquest of New Granada," by R. B. Cunninghame-Graham, a wonderful account of Quesada and his discovery of Colombia; "The Pomp of Power," an anonymous book of astonishing War revelations; "The Book of the Indian," by Hamlin Garland; and "The Indiscretions of Lady Susan," by Lady Susan Townley. The newest fiction includes: "Certain People of Importance," by Kathleen Norris; "Babbit," by the author of "Main Street"; "Peregrine's Progress," by Jeffrey Farnol; "Fair Harbour," by Joseph C. Lincoln; "The Secret Glory," by Arthur Machen; and A. S. M. Hutchinson's new novel, "This Freedom.” Lov OVERS OF BIRDS will greatly appreciate the opportunity to purchase separately the beautifully engraved and colored prints. from Audubon's great "elephant folio" edition of “The Birds of America," now on view in the Retail Department gallery. This new collection contains many of the rarer prints in the most desirable state and in pristine condition. F ROM PARIS have newly arrived the following French books: Marcel Prévost, "Les Don Juanes"; Anatole France, "La Vie en Fleur"; Maxime Formont, "Le Visage de l'Amour"; F. Tristan Derème, "La Verdure dorée"; Maurice Genevoix, "Rémi des Ranches"; Jules Méry, "Terre paienne"; and Camille Flammarion, "Après la mort." Mail and telephone orders receive special attention [October Number] Raymond Recouly, noted French journalist, political editor of the Revue de France and foreign editor of Figaro and Le Temps of Paris, is now in this country, where he has been lecturing at the Institute of Politics, Williams College. His course of lectures dealt with such subjects as the French and Russian revolutions contrasted, the evolution of Germany since the war, and the press and international politics. His books on Foch and Joffre are widely known. ** George Wharton Edwards, artist, writer, and illustrator of international reputation, has to his credit a long list of awards, among which are the Great Medal of King Albert, the "Palmes d'Or" of France (for his books, "Great Works of Art" and "Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of France"), the Rosette of Officer of Public Instruction, and many more. He says: "These are not war decorations. They are 'Distinctions Honorifiques.'" Henry H. Curran last year was the chance to see the police parade from the grand stand, in company with Mayor Hylan and his own fellow members of the Board of Estimate. Consequently, Mr. Curran determined to mount the hydrant beside which he is pictured. To a friend who expected to sit with him at the parade he wrote: "This year I have no tickets at all. Something has happened. George Wharton Edwards For ten years Henry H. Curran was connected with the government of New York City, and his knowledge of its manners and its multitudes is probably unmatched. Those who read The Tribune of May 7 will remember that among the opportunities he missed when he was not elected mayor of New York City . . I am sorry to be the black sheep of the Board of Estimate, for his Honor has invited all the members but me to join him on the $5,000 grand stand. But I have never missed a police parade, and I shall not miss this one. So, you and I will try the hydrant." Mr. Curran worked his way through Yale. He has written several other stories, which will follow this one. The first of the series of "Real People Who Are Real Successes" is by Victor Murdock, Federal Trade Commissioner and author of "Folks," and a book on China. The series aims to picture a few people whose success, though perhaps little known, nevertheless has been important and of lasting quality. ** Comtesse de Chambrun is Clara Longworth, wife of Colonel de Chambrun (himself the author of a book on the American army in Europe). She is related by marriage to Count Charles de Chambrun, who was appointed to Washington as Chargé d'Affaires at the French Embassy during the absence of Ambassador Jusserand, and to his brother the Marquis de Chambrun, deputy from Lozère. Comtesse de Chambrun has recently won a prize from the French Academy for her book on John Florio. ** From among a number of replies to "Life and the Librarian," by Elizabeth Kirkwood, in the June number, we have selected a paper by Mrs. Eleanor B. Ledbetter, who gives another point of (Continued on page 21) |