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mnCA'aa DAIIAT? TRTBTJNE? A A v. n. im 14 Her Husband's Past South Again THEIR BOOKS DEAL WITH SOUTH Takes Lead in London Hears Many Tales of Housman Wit His Publisher May Collect Some of Them. Literary Week i Wl St Provides Setting for Novels Humor Studied. BY FRANK SWINNERTON.

ONDON. Special Correspond ence. Since the death of A. E. Housman, examples of his caus SYNOPSIS.

Kell Martin elopes to London with Erie fameron. an older divorced man, who had teen iaitinz in Wellsport. her home town, ignoring her parents' pleas to marry Dick Holmes, her childhood sweetheart. Eric has two children, Meg, 17. and Kobin.

15. Mrs. Beaumont, the mother ol Hilda, his first wife, lives with them. Hilda has married agrain. Granny tortures Nell with constant reminders of Hilda.

The family move to Wellsport where Eric lias an engineering iob. A solicitor's clerk, Shyner, calls and tells Nell that Hildas hus-fcund had died and she is in London destitute. Nell arranges to send her a weekly sum iecretlv Mee receives a atrimr ol pearls from her mother from London. Eric suggests lookin-UD Hilda. Nell threatens to leave him.

Granny arouses Eric to jealousy of Dick Holmes but that is ended when Dick elopes with Me. When grranny hears that Nell rxnectiiiB a babv leaves them to stay with a relative. A letter comes for Nell from the solicitors Nell confesses to Eric about Hilda. Eric and Nell ro to London to call on the solicitors. They learn both Hilda and her husband had been killed in an auto accident over a year aso.

INSTALMENT XLVIH. HIS LAWFUL WIFE. Nell heard them talking as in a dream. That oily little man, Shyner, who had been employed by Messrs. Troop nd Gunny, in the capacity of a clerk, had been under observation for some time for suspected dishonesty.

He must have got wind of the fact that he was being watched, for one day he walked out of the office and never came back, and although they had issued a warant for his arrest, the police had been unable so far to find him. It was only a few days ago that in making a more detailed search of the desk he had occupied they found Nell's letter with the check for 50 enclosed, wedged at the back of a drawer. Apparently it had arrived on the very day that Mr. Shyner went out to lunch and failed to return. He must have hidden it there meaning to cash it later, but being alarmed had not dared return for it: His mission to Wellsport was to deliver the packet containing Hildas pearls to Meg and to inform Eric officially of the death of his first wife.

But apparently Nell's jumping to the conclusion that Hilda was alive nd a menace to her happiness had given Mr. Shyner an opportunity which he could not resist He did not deliver the pearls, but sent them through the post next day, hoping in that way to give more conclusive proof that Hilda was still in the land of the living. It would have been too dangerous for him to have disposed of them for himself. It seemed that Hilda according to Mr. Gunny's information had lingered a few days after the motor accident, tic wit, directed for the most WELBOTJRN KEIXET.

HUBEB.T SKTJDMOBE. AUTHOR PALMER HUDSON. Dart against his fellow classical BY FANNY BUTCHER. Village Chronicle' by James Mc-Connaughey. TFarrar Rinehart, $2.50.1 Published on Thursday.

"So Fair a House," by Welbourn Kelley. Morrow, $2.50. Published on Wednesday. Rain on the Just," by Kathleen Morehouse. Lee Furrnan, $2.50 Published in April.

"I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes," by Hubert Skidmore. Doubleday-Doran, $2. Published in May. "Humor of the Old Deep South," edited by Arthur Palmer Hudson. Welbourn Kelley writes an engaging story of southern family in "So Fair a House." Hubert Skidmore won the Avery Hopwood prize with "I Will Lift Up Mim Eyes," a tale of the Kentucky mountains.

Arthur Palmer Hudson offers a scholarly anthology of "Humor of the Old Deep South." These books are reviewed this week. scholars, have been flying about London; but the; mystery o- the writ-ingi by this dry' and cynical man of the lovely lyrics composing "The Shropshire Lad" has remained intact. It will be known some day. Meanwhile there has been a report, instantly denied, that Housman's old friend and publisher, Grant Richards, was contemplating the composition of a formal biography. Mr.

Richards has no such idea He may gather together some further reminiscences of his friend, such as he gave in SELLERS 1 Sparhenbrokc," by CharlesMorgan. "The Weather in the by Rosamond Lchtmmn. Give Us This Day," by Low.Zara. The Lost Puritan." by Georxe Santayana. "Beyond Sing the Woods," byTrygve Gulbransscn.

"The by Ethel Borleau. "Author-Hunting," and it would be a very good thing if he would do so. Housman often stayed with Fuch-ards at Cookham-upon-Thames, and end knowing that she was uniixeiy to live had asked for the pearl necklace to be made up into a parcel which she, herself, addressed to Meg at Lillis gardens. The Argentine solicitors who had the late Juan Dellabanna's estate in charge, with Messrs. Troop and 4.Nm and VmSAffiVpiSi NONi'ICTION'.

"Wake lip and Live," by Dorothea Brande. "Around ihe World in by Patience, Richard, and John, Abbe. "The Way of a Transgressor," by Negley Farson. "Inside Europe," by John Guntber. Th Coming Boom of Real EsUf.tf," by Roy Wcnzlick.

"Satan Came to Eden," by Doref Strauch. Gunny, their London correspondents, nsked them to see that the parrel reached its proper destination and requested them to inform Eric Cameron of Mrs. Del-lapanna's death. his sayings and doings there would be charming gossip as recorded by Mr. Richards.

I believe it to be the case that Housman waived all claim 1o royalties on cheap editions of "The Shropshire Lad" in order that Mr. Richards might be able always to keep them in print. Miss Harriet Cohen, the pianist, has written a book about her craft, called "Music's Handmaid" Fa.ber, which should be much more odd and lively than most books of that kind. For Miss Cohen is a personality, the friend of many literary as well as of even those comparative luxuries never; lusing typewriters or by loud talk, cloud the mind of the heroine of thelsb outlines the growth of the uni-book and she is a heroine of heroiqlHerstty and supplies an interesting proportions, Tecorn about the growth of women activities there. She offers an ex- Maw Cutlip is uneducated, poverty- Macmillan, $5.

Published in May. "More than Lore," by Marion Talbot. University of Chicago Press, S2.50.1 Published yesterday. "Tribute to Harriette," by Angela Thirkell. Random, $2.50.

Published on Monday. THERE is a tang of ihe south in the two outstanding novels of this week, and their allurements have led us to three other books with a southern flavor. "Village Chronicle," by James Mc-Connaughey, has as background a university of North Carolina, not, I believe ever labeled as Chapel Hill, but often spoken of as the intellectual center of the and it concerns, mostly, a young professor and his wife. It is, therefore, not only a novel of southern town life but also a novel of college life and a tale of Ihe young wedded and a very good one on all counts. It has that pleasant quality of naturalness that is something quite different from realism, although it is one form of it less intense, more companionable, like a person who is without side, and is fun to spend an evening with.

The people of the "village" are very real Joel, who always manages to take the unpopular side of a question and is sometimes pig-headedly wrong as well as knight-errantly right; his father, who has been the town's newspaper editor and printer for a generation and zealously guards the piece of news that he is dying of cancer; Dr. Stevens, who is the nicest kind of town doctor, without making any of the popular fictional, grandiose gestures that such characters often do make in otherwise honest fiction. Joel's wife is a nice girl everybody is nice, really even the harpies who are always bent on reforming the world, and who believe that harping should always bfgin at home. ridden, but deeply loving and ten- fi tremely useful amount of-data in her derly watchful, motherhood at its Kttle volume. There is little liter- Jatry felicity, however, in her record.

most appealing, real happiness rooted, and she mill town isn't She knows where for her family is sees to it that the their final goal. many musical people, the Tania of Arnold Bennett's "Letters to his Nephew," the subject of more than one satirical sketch in novels by William Gerhardi and others, 'and a picturesque and energetic figure both upon the concert platform and in private life. Whatever writes is bound to be full of zest, and I expect this book to be very amusing. "More than Lore is a book- of folcts unquic-kened by the personality the writer. One got a real feel-iqg of those first exciting years at 1ft University of Chicago from James WtMber Linn's "This Was Life," but not) from "More than Lore." Biography ofHarriette Wilson.

Al'most a century before the University of Chicago was even dreamed of alyoung woman named Harriette Henry Williamson's immense biographical novel, "The Flax of Dream," is to be published by Faber. In this book, which will contain nearly fifteen "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" was the winner of the $1,500 Avery Hop-wood prize offered at the University of Michigan for the encouragement of creative work in writing. Mr. Skidmore shows an unusual gift for writing. His work is sadly without humor, but it.

is memorable for swift, incisive description and for catching in words the "feel" of a scene. Presents Anthology of Southern Humor. Actually from Chapel Hill, which is the scene of "Village Chronicle," i hundred pages, are gathered together sA A i it i i i it i her home and her husband was bv her side. and her husband was by was in one consecutive story the previously published as "The Beautiful Years," "Dandelion Days," "The Dream of Fair Women," and "The Pathway." They will be found to tell the whole of one man's life from childhood to marriage, not, as so many other novels have done, with pedestrian details of urban life, but with an emotional richness which is nowadays hard to find in fiction from England. "The Flav of Drpam will probably establish its author preeminent among the more emotional writers of his generation.

i comes "Humor of the Old Deep South." Arthur Palmer Hudson is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina. For the last 1en years he has been making an in-jlensive research into the folklore and regional literature of the south, par-! ticularly of his native Mississippi. This anthology, gathered from every conceivable sour contemporary I newspapers, magazines, books con-I tains what, he feHs are characteristic I examples of southern humor of the Wilson got a thorough education in whattSour ancestors used to call the university of hard knocks, or perhaps she fight better be said to have got a postgraduate degree in 1he bed of She was a famous demi-rep of London and Paris, was known to everyione of fashion in the fashionable world, was visited by Wellington on hisiway home from Waterloo and the ta of her refusal to admit him, and of tier lover's hanging out Ihe windowtin 1 tie cap of a duenna, gave London la guffaw. She published her memoirs in and as Irene of the most successful of blackmailers made a fortune by omitting details from them. Those memoirs are a classic of their special kind of writing.

Now Angela Thirkell has writlm a sinography of Harriette Wilson supplying 1he details that Harriette choset to ignore I which did not add to heyiglory and a -record of the events ofjJier life not covered by the memoirs. I Miss TliSrkell quotes copiously from the memoirs. The quotations are the plums in book That otherwise has, "Village ChroniHp is a hook that any one ran rear! with enjoyment thp heel le-browed becau.se it kids, if gently, Ihe life of a college group; the low-browed because it. 1ells an engaging story without demanding too much of the leader. "Village Chronicle is the second selection of ihe Discoverers, a group organized by Farrar ft Rinehart, the publishers, to provide "discoveries" to readers who might olherwise not make them for themselves.

As a bonus each "discovery" is a limited first edition, numbered and Hilaire Belloc Offers Study of Palestine in 'The Battleground Is it that Easter always turns the thoughts of readers to Gethsemaue period between 1540 and JW0. It is a scholarly volume, but it 5s also an amusing one. If the casual reader finds himself slightly confused when he tries to differentiate between 1his recorded humor and the recorded humor of, say, the west, or of New England, and feels, in leading hurriedly, that it is pretty much like other humor of 1he same period e-cept. for local subject matter, that and a hillside overlooking Jerusalem or that T. E.

I-awrence's "Seven! Pillars of Wisdom" pricked anew i and violently the interest in a farj i historic country? At least three) "So Fair a House "Mrs. Dellapanna had no personal estate," said Mr. Gunny, "and although she died after her husband, she would have inherited nothing, since he was entirely dependent upon an allowance made him by his father. If sh hnd lived, however, rlouMless she would liuve been taken care of. The elrier Dellspanna is a very rich man, I am informed." It.

was nearly 8 o'clock that evening when a tirpd pair of travelers Tvended their vsy hand in hnd along the station marl in the Port; house. They hadn't said very much to each other. It had all been a little confused after leaving Mr. Gunny's. Erie thought ihey might as well have lea in Richmond, now that they were here and had some lime to kill, hut unfortunately Ihey chose a too-Tjooular river resort and the crowd? and the clatter made it impossible for them to talk privately.

The bus that took them to the station was crowded, too. and the only compartment in the railway carriage that had two empty proved to be occupied mainly by Tewbury and Wellsport people three of whom were men Eric knew too well to avoid getting into conversation with. It was only now that they were really alone, and they felt inarticulate. They could only walk along holding hands just as they had done that, morning when they toiled up Mount Ararat road with such forebodings as to what the future had in store for them. Nell was thinking: "She was dead all the time even before I met Eric.

It was I who raised her up and made a menace of her. And all the time, she was in her grave, poor thing! Hilda had never been a menace at all. Hilda had never threatened to lake Eric away from her. never consciously or unconsciously interfered with her life and his. She was and had been from the first his lawful, wedded wife in every way.

The church would have blessed their union, had all the circumstances been known. She had agonized over sharing her husband with a shadow. How much she could have spared herself and him, if only she had faced that shadow sooner and thus proved its nothingness. Meg, too, would have been spared something. Nell spoke of her as they walked up the garden path.

"You must let Meggie know as soon as they send their address," she said. It will ease her mind, at least. And you are going to forgive them aren't yju, Eric?" He squeezed her hand. It was all the answer she needed. Suddenly her heart felt curiously light.

Here was her home and her husband was by her side. "I think I'll write to granny, myself," she said. "I'll wriie her a long, loving letter, and after the baby comes, we'll invite her to pay us a little visit." "Steady on!" Eric exclaimed with an uneasy laugh. "There's such a thing as carrying philanthropy too far." A light mantle of snow lay over the countryside, but it was beginning books about Palestine have recently to mv mind, little distinction and i been published. Considered most important is Find out Tomorrow in the Chicago Tribune Hilaire Belloc's "The Battleground" Lippincott, $41, which is a history.

a study, an interpretation and a prophecy of Syria and Palestine, wit. "TribuDe for Harriette" is destined, so thte supreme court of books says, to be. a best seller. I hereby register my dissenting opinion. Historical Ships Are described in Attractive Volume written bv one of the most ardent men of his day.

Madeline S. Miller's Footprints I Set in Mill Town. "So Fair a House," by Welbourn Kelley, has as background a contemporary cotton mill town near Savannah down one of whose streets Sherman had marched. Its hero is a northerner who has long lived in the south, and whose wife has, as the book opens, just divorced him and remarried, leaving him with two daughters Swanee, aged 17 and romantic about the town's Don Juan, 10-odd years old, and Little Rose, 13, who takes over The management of the house and a hilarious son of 10, named Singer. The children are all very adult for their years, but convincingly so.

The tale of their family life has, as does "Village Chronicle," that engaging naturalness which is irresistible in a book. The father lias a hard time with the children, but he manages in Palestine" Revell, S2.50J is a book reader must. Vie content with the knowledge That, ihere are niceties of comparison and difference which Mr. Hudson and ot exper ts can make. Mr.

Hudson classifies his selections, according to subject rather than chronologies 1 1 for the lay reader a chronological arrangement might, I think, be mote illuminating. Marion Talbot Writes of Early U. of C. Days. Mr.

Hudson received his master of arts degree at 1he University of Chicago, and he may have had if. during the time 1 hat Mat ion Talhot was dean of women ihere. That is Ihe coincidence, and 1he only one, in the juxtaposition of "Humor of the Old Deep South" and "More than Lore," Miss Talbot's reminiscences of 1he SUMMER TRAVEL and of description of Palestine today illumined by the great biblical events. It is written by the wife of the pastor of the Central Methodist Episco jory Riirbinson, artist-sailor, has marine literature one of its fire, given most attractive books in his "Ships pal church of Brooklyn and contains a commendation from Field Marshal Viscount Allenby. RESORT DIRECT 0 1 1 1 "Yearbook and Almanac of the Holy Land," edited by A.

P. Anthony Holy Land Almanac, gives a short history of Palestine and describes the present -conditions Ihem with intriguing intelligence. there. That. Have Made History" Kennedy, He hats sailed round the world in a square rigger and knows ships as few writers or artists do.

In twelve ptirring chapters, each with a reproduction of a painting by the author, het tells about some of the world's famous early ships. These include the Mayflower, the Royal Sovereign, Capt Cook's Endeavor, the Bon Homme ftRichard, the Revenge. Drake's GoJctm Hind, Columbus' Santa Maria, -fiind other noteworthy craft. In addition tot.be gorgeous colored He almost, gels intrigued himself by an adoring girl who does his typing DIFFERENT vacation this Do you vanf year John W. Vandercoolc university or Chicago.

Armed with a. piece of Plymouth Rock I thr ust into her hand as she courageously left Boston for the wilds of Chicago, she came in 3892 to "Harper's Bazaar," as some wits 3lled 1he new university, and for Thirty-three years, until her retirement in 3915, she wielded her strong, right mind for ihe betterment of women in the bizarrely successful bazar." She tells of the early days when guests at a reception ravaged the rooms the way that visitors denuded the Queen Mary, when callers were allowed on Friday and Saturday evenings in Ihe women's halls, but never on Sunday; when the better nature of the women was appealed to not 1o disturb their fellow housemates bv marine sketches the book has a num Ihe is a successful popular author who lias no illusions about being great. Old Uncle Cephus black broods like an old hen over the children, and tells The world what he thinks. Their problems are very local and personal until there is a strike in the mills. Tragedy nearly stalks, but before the last page the languor of 1he magnolia-heavy air has readjusted life to its former calm.

"So Fair a House" is a delightful book; no more southernly unique than a perfect camellia, but just as refreshing and pleasant to have around. "Rain on the Just" Is Regional Novel. As a matter of fact, none of the ber or pen ami jnrc snetcnes, maps, and diagrams, 'i'n both text and illustrations Robinson has presented his subject in a to interest the layman as well as, the marine minded leader. Fifth Large Printing to thaw and the streams were running swift and brown one Sunday morning in late February when the Martin car drove up to the Port house and two old people got out. They had the usual hampers which always accompanied them on those visits and Mrs.

Martin had a big bundle of catkins to prove that despite the wintry aspect, spring was really on the way. Nell was home again from the Cottage hospital. She had arrived in state yesterday with her month old baby girl, driven by Mrs. Richard Holmes in the elegant little saloon car which had been that young matron's Christmas present from her adoring husband. The Martins were coming to dinner and from the bulging hampers it looked as though they had brought their provender with them.

Mrs. Richard Holmes had the door open before they reached the steps, and Dick was there, too, torelieve the old people of their burdens of love. Meg was as smart as paint and the picture of radiant happiness. here you are! she exclaimed, "Nell has been getting so impatient." The house smelt of roses. Eric had been wildly extravagant over his wife's homecoming.

"How's Lottie been doing while Nell was away?" Mrs. Martin asked anxiously. Lottie was Eva's successor and had been sponsored by Mrs. Martin. dad says she's fine, but he's been having most of his meals with us so she hasn't had much cooking to do." Then I think I'll go straight through to the kitchen and see what she's tip to," said Nell's mother.

"My, my, but it is nice to know it's aJl over and she's home again. But I don't expect she'll come down to dinner." She says she's going to," said Meg. Upstairs Nell was putting her little rosebud of a daughter to bed in the muslin draped cot. It was rather a pity that the baby would sleep for hours, now, but mums and dad could come up and take a peek at her, if they promised not to make a sound. Dad would want to pick her up, of course.

He said he knew how to hold babies. When she had tucked in her treasure, Nell took off the loose gown she was wearing and got a surprise out of the hanging cupboard. It had cost a lot of money, but she rightly deemed this to be the greatest occasion of her life. Eric had slipped a dainty sapphire ring on her finger the first time they let him have a talk with her alone after baby Jean came. That had tjeen a surprise, too.

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