Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 10, 1921, Night Extra, Page 15, Image 15

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WEN NEW BQORS ARE WBLISHfrb if IS eASYITO CHOfiSELA GO&tt.QNE.
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A JOURNAL FULL OF
UXl 1MA.1 'E . GOSSIP
UTibtlcr ami "Is l'" ienils
puii Tin, nnie of wh8fIcr ,,
net permanent, it win net
be for Inck of the effort
of Mr. nncl Mrs. Pcnncll
te prove that he was one
of the most ntrlklng pcr
wttn)ltl"? nntl the most
illiitlnEiilshcil nrtlNt of his
time. Tlietr Hfc of winst cr. puu
lihed n few "years ns?e, has reup
hremth nix rdltlenH, wliieh would wesn
X justify their belief Hint there U con cen
ftffl Interest in the man. In
Snrntien for writing the life they
Q n journal in which they recorded
S time te time all the Information
hey could snthcr both from him and
t,nm his friends and aBserlatcs. TIiIh
(mirnnl. which hna juHt been miblWhwl
hv the LI
m filled with intl-
plppincnitK,
hut about innumerable rontemperajles,
DUV uv" .. . ,ii, . iitl ,1. ... t
mite-kemIp. net en,y nbeut Whistler,
liiab n (..HtuHAHnhln mint Afi.linfni lti
TlrndillZ It IS IlKC miiiiii; mimi nun
te Informed person who chat about
!, nilistif and literary life of Londen
if the 80s nml 0s of the last century
ind of the first decade of the present
''Fer'example, in the early pages we
ate told of the dlnncrn of the staff of
ihe National Observer, prettied ever
I, V. K. Henley and attended by
Jejcph I'cnndl. Arthur Morrison.
which is reprinted In "Selected English
Letters" (K. V. Dutten c Ce.), a
volume in the series of "The Klnjr's
Treaimrles of Literature." edited by
Sir A. T. Qulllcr Couch. MIks Osberne,
who was i bnrn In 1C.27. did net marry
Sir William till MU bccaune there
were various ebstactrn te be overcome.
She concludes the letter reprinted with
theBc werds: "Yeu arc enough In mv
heart te knew all my thought, and If
se you knew better tlirtn I can tell you
hew much 1 am, Yelirit." The" volume
contains letters by ether men and
women, beglnnlnc with Acnes 1'aHten,
the writer of flip enillent tmrvlvlrtR
Hpecimcns of familiar correspondence,
wiie lived in thp middle of the fifteenth
century and. ending with Stevenson at
the end of the nineteenth. They give
one nn Insight Inte the spirit of the
centuries sncli an 'can he get In no ether
way se easily.
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Wit -mr:imJ fA
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SS : ''DOROTHY'OSBe'ftNtyi M J
DOYLE'S PILGRIMAGE
Recerd of a Journey te Exploit
His Belief in Spiritualism
se centered en this tiny mud patch
tlint we nre deaf and blind te all that
impinges en its from bejend."
' DOKOTHY OSHORNE
I hp frdntlspipte In ft'iollcctlen of
"Selected English Letters"
comparison i of. the 'English of Chancer
with that of Milten does net show RO
graphically the development of the Ian
iruiiBP iih tlii'"niie(nlIrtnn tttm tlie Bible
as It was nut into English at different , en
I
periods.
Ills prDse extracts inelude hlhtnrv,
seimens, lrtteia ,nnd ecsnyB. nnd after
the novel was Invented significant pa-siigi-H
ftem famous books of ficjien nre
included, besrnnine with Defeo nnd end-
ing with Henry .Tunics. In between are
iRJJ
An American Classic '
When Jehn HnbWten wrote "Helen's
Hnblcs" for the nmuw-lr.ent of his nick
vlfe he did mere than lie ct out te de.
He wrote n classic which has been rend
en both sides of the ocean nnd has been
pi luted In .nnumernble editions. The
lntcfcf ceiiiph from the picss of the Stew
art -Kid I Company, of Cincinnati, and
It is Issued in memory of the author, ,
wild flicil ' In fJlnn IlliliTO '. .1. mi ,
VYbrunrv 2fi.. It l Ulimtrnleil In ml. Hluellf-tt. H-ett. .Tane Austen, Haw
ors and in black and white, and con- thorne. iMcrciTJth nnd many ethers,
talnn a facsimile reproduction of the I Curiously enough, Charles T.ninli Is iep iep
eriginal dedication. "Te tlie parents et.ietented by some letters. In poetry he
I lie best chllilrrn In the w.irlil." 'I lie ' kl cs thre oplcctlens from Walt U hit-
book has .retained its popularity he- , ninn and etily one from Longfellow. Al
cnusc there shlnen through It from the most ns iilnch sprcd In jiven te Iteber,t
beginning te the end that line spit It llrldgcH, thj .preM-nt poet laureate, as
that imrki4 the world go leund. Mr. ' te Keats oil Sliflle.V. It would m cn-y
Habberton grasped It without really ' te nsk why this or that luil net been
knowing what lie was doing. He was Included, but' Sir IlcnryV nnswer would
unable te de It again, and nltheugh hoi be that. aH already indicated, he wis
wietc five etiier novels and a play, net uuiuiiig an anthology for the pur
Jlelcn Habits" Is the only book of
his te survhe. In that respect his ex ex
peilenep Is like tlint of Mrs. Stewo.
whose "I'nele Tem's Cabin" is till
lend, wlill" everything elsc that she
wiote Is forgotten. These who held
11. (it thc'i is Mich n thing as litrrniy ln ln
spiiatien may usp thes" instances te
Mippeit thelr fn!iii.
, Sir Arthur Cenan Deyle went te
Australia a little mere than a car age.
te tell the antlnedean spiritualists why I
no nnu become 'a convert te tncir ueuei.
He has written a record of what he did
dnd saw for the information of these
Interested. The, book. "The yandcr
ihgs of n Splrttttnllst" (I)ernn), is a
dlsctlrslve narrative in which bin travel
experiences, his reflections nbeut the
War, and his spiritualistic beliefs arc
mingled with the Account of tlie meet
ings he addressed "and the spiritualistic
ravclatlens he received.
His conversion from matcrlnliitm is
comparatively recent, but he Is,. (se
Widely known tlint the spiritualists
have made much of him. And, he lfns
shown nil the enthusiasm of a hew cbn
vert in what he has said in id done Mnce
lie embraced his new belief. Indeed, he
accents as evidence of the soundness of
Ills faith Incidents which if he did no
bcllcve in the communication of the
dead with the living, would be uncon
vincing. Fer example, he met u man
shipboard who told Him tlint ill
Hendersen's "Paris"
Miss Helen W. Hendcrs-en hns done
for 1'nrl what she has done for Isew
Yerk and Wnshlnjten. Her books en
the two Americnn cities set n new mnnu
ard for Hitch things. "A Loiterer in
1'nrls" (Ocergc II. Doren Company)
gives te the reader the same kind of Il
luminating and informed comment en
tire art, architecture and hbter.v of the
;,VnMi pnnltnl tlinf In rnlltnllied In the
ether books nbeut the American cities.,
The book Is full of delnllcd Inferma
tien, with dates nnd names filling the
pages. Ilut MI.-.s Hendersen handles
them in wicli a wnv as te meuc a ins
clnntlng story where n less skillful
w'rlttr would have been meshed In n
muss of tlrqsame details. She has net
pretended te write n guide te I'arls.
but no stranger in the city could ,?ct
n mere satisfactory guide book from
which te breath the spirit of the place
nnd the ronl.inee of its long nnd f,cnuiii
hlftery. i
i
serially last yeur.nncLwas .published In
Uoek form In May of this year ns Lc
Xeuvcl Hemnlc." Thd Phillips Waster
piece. "Susan Lcn6x--'IIer Fall ami
Rise," published in Jliln country by the
Applctens, Is new being translated Inte
Fiench. Throughout the world thcre Is
widening appreciation of the American
novelist. Due' te Its great success In
England "Huiein Lcr.ax" has gene into
Its second edition.
Rebert Freit at Michigan
Rebert Frest, recently of Vermont,
has established his residence at Ann
Arber, having accepted a fellowship In
poetry at the University of Michigan.
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NEW BOOKS FOR
GIRLS: ll-li
THE OLD MINE'S SECRET
By nlna Turpln. adliier of "Heney
Uwerl," ite. 111. 11.78. ,
Glrln and bejn In a Southern
village.
JA.1IES McXEIL WHISTLER
t'rem the rtchlng made by I'ant
llrllcit whlle Whistler was pos-
In? te Ileldlni
lore ( Including 'ns many flue things
nw possible, but for n very different rea
son, lie has ddne what He 'set out te
de. nnd lie hns done it in n most satis satis
fiicteiy manner. . O.W.I).
dead son had advised him te go te Cey
lon. The' man accepted the ndvlec, and
prospered in Colombe. In r6cetinlfng
the Incident Sir Arthur remarks: "Hew
much people may miss by cutting 'thimt
reives off from these ministers of grncu !
In all opposition te spiritualism tlie
punishment fits the crime.'' -.Again he
tells of his inability te sleep after a
lecture. He was tossing restlessly In
bed when he begnn te detect the pungent
smell of ether coming In wave's through
ail opcniwlndew. In n few minutes he
was In a deep sleep. When he awoke
he looked out of the window' te fcee
where the ether .came from. "ThcnI
returned thanks for one ihore benefit re
ceived." "I de net suppose that 1 am
alone In such Interpositions," he cons
tituted, "but I think that our minds are
THE WINDY HILL.
Dv Cernelia Mellta. ft
Peel et atari. '. etc
'Posthumous Fame of Phillips
Recognition of the work 6f ' David
Ornhnm Phillips in Frnnac hns entered
upon i new phase. His striking story,
"The Master Rogue." is appeuring In
"L'lnforniatlen" under tlfc title of "Le
Mnltre Cetiquin." "The Fashionable
Adventures of )ekl?ila Craig" appeared
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Geerge Stccn. .1. M. Name. Hareld
Frederic nnd occasionally hj Cenan
Dejle. Tlie journal tells us tlint at a
certain stage in the dinner the diners
Aeuld l.i bets ns te which was Frederic
and whlih u.is Dejlc. A'snin we are
told of a luncheon attended by Lewell
at which ('dirge Meredith was pi cent.
Meredith tu ked in n loud, vibrant voice
nil through the luncheon.
lenvinc Lewell riiiinrkeil
NYwbelt's (iicat Anlholegj
TT WOULD he nlmeU as enny
for the
la.Mnan te construct n social, religious
nnd !)litical hlnmj of the J'nglish-r-pcnklng
race from Sir Henry New New
belt's " Vn JCnglisb Anthology of Prese
nnd Poetry" (I. P. Dutten : Ce.).
as it is for n paleontologist te construct
tlie skekten of nn extinct megatherium
fiein a single hone. . ,
The purpose of Kir Henrj . however,
Ah he was i was only te show the presress of the
te n trlenil Fnglish language and literature from
American Literary Taste
The announcement by Little llrewn
& Ce. tlint A. S. M. Hutchinsen'B
"If Winter Cemes" is umi in n l '-1
thousand will gratify every one win- lias
confidence In Americnn literary taste.
The book Is one of the best novels of
the enr, judged by the highest standards.
that he hud been thinking ei tlie muie tlie fourteenth te the nineteenth een-
all the time . Itnics Inclusive. Although there nrp
"Ilut why?" he was "asked ninny ""leg.mt extracts" In the vel-
"IlecniiM'." was tin- icplj. "in the nine of 1000 pages, it was net his pur-
Blbkwc ic.ul of the still spmll wnee '' , pee te preduee such n tollectien. In-
Ged." , died, he has included nothing increh
And in nntitlur place it is rceerdeil bicnuse it was fine llterntuic. His
that lluriH-.Iciiies and a fricnil we-it wcctells arp ,nade te illustrate tlie
into a side Mew nt u nntry cltcus e vlll,ms inflrllc0H that have wi.rkH en
Me n tattooed lady who had the Anicrl- (,C m,M( of th( K ,, ,, felu ,
n eagle .in one knee nwl the I men , , lltcl.ntnrc IIe ,,,
"117,!.. "I,.". 7,";.. 'L'eivn tl. development of the language1
.., . . " ., ,.M 1.7 bv nuetin? the seme n.ibs.ices mini the
lish-spenking ualluus. while en her
batk was tntoeed Leniiaidu's "Last
Suppir." Five ,enrs Inter Huine-.Ienes
nulled Inte his l'tiend's house and told
liini the tattooed lady was en exhibition
nt the Aquiiiium in Lendmi and the
must see her again. 'I hey went anil
found Hint In the intetwil she had
grown fat and that nil the apostles in
the "Last Supper" weie em-cipientl
stretched out till they weie went lug ill
brnml giin I
Tluse things, jem inav s.i. hn-'e
nothing t de with Whistler or art. Of
(eurse tliej haven't. I luive mentioned
them le InilKiite the nutuie of the field
covered b the join mil. Of ienise It is
Mini with Whistler line, with stones of
lus models and of his cliildieu, with an
nnniuit of the Li , hind ntt.iir and with I
ilitails et the ltn-kin suit And it
eerj oppeituuit the leader is told et
Ibe guMtness of the ait of Whistler
nml K tieated te mi exhibition of the1
contempt of Jeseph lVniiill ter thou
ttlie de net agree with hini. j
Indeed, it is net dillicult le decide
ulint pints of tin; book an written bj
the husband ami what hv the wife. The
lurfjee is undoubtedly the (ompesition .
of Hie husband. lie speaks of the ex- I
Libit of the (ollectien of Wlilstlerinnii
In the Cengie.sitmal Libra iy in Wash Wash
injten and ssii h that it "has proved te
us Dii( lnsive'j that if theie ever was
mi unless -igui nnd an nith'ss ntie It is
tins " Net a thousand pel sons visited
it in the lli-t weeks and ill the utimhci ,
llieie was net u single member of Cr- j
Rie nei s( tin- as Js known the dliectei
nf a single ait inuseiiin in Washington.
The journal Is without doubt one et I
the gieat books of the enr. Its gicat-
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attempt te cover up nuthin or te
gloss nn) thing ever. It is iilinet ns te- '
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it deals ns Pipys' dlnn. We de net'
often get this frankness and honest).
It should he piied when it nppe.iis.
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