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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1932.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Dickens Writings World DOUCHE FOR SUNBURN ADDICTS

Can't See

Wrote New Testament For His Children

FORBIDDEN TO PUBLISHER

From one of Misa [Georgina] flocopy of it, to any one to take out of garth's letters a singl: passage may the house; so there is no doubt the be taken, since it adds something about his strong feeling on

subject, and we must obey it....

Never Published.

of first-hand knowledge to the ac- cessible facts about one piece of

As

It was never published,

Dickens's writing which-in so fur of course it did not count as one of በዲ the editor of these pages is Mr. Forster's MSS, and therefore

The Curative Value of Light, by is the author of a comprehensive the dangers of the sun bath, ex- | Edgar Mayer, is a small but and technically scientific book on plains the action of, sunlight on authoritative book comes at a "Clinical Application of Sunlight" the body and discusses the effects timely moment and ought to exer-and of an account of "The Present to be gained by the sun-lamp, He cise a wholesome influence in the Status of Light Therapy When af inquires into the value of light- controlling and the subjecting to man so well qualified to give ad-treatment in certain diseases, has reason and knowledge of the craze vice on the curative value of light a chapter on vitamins and another for sun-bathing, sun-tanning, sun-writes a book about it for popular on irradiated substances. In В lamp treatments, audism and the reading it is surely time for the section on the sun-lamp versus! allied fads that are sweeping the people who have been bronzing sunlight he deals in detail with the country. Dr. Mayer, who is direc-themselves at the seashore and sun-lamp, describing the construc- tor of two Adirondack sanatoria are now examining the sun-lamps tion of the various kinds, their and connected as consultant in his for sale everywhere, with thoughts values and dangers, dosage and Through- specialty of light therapy with of purchase, to stop, look and read. manner of application. several important hospitals, began Dr. Mayer puts his scientific facts out the book he stresses the advice studying this subject and experi-into a simple, concise and readable that the reader must understand menting with sun and light treat-style that, nevertheless, does not what he is doing and must not ments Twenty years age and has lessen their authoritative, charac-forget the possible dangers of light| continued the work ever since. He ter. He sets forth the values and junskillfully applied.

Canadian

aware-has never sen the light of it was one of his private papers, Author Finds

print....

which were left to me. So I gave

it at once to Mamic, who was, I

"I must now tell you about the thought, the most satural and pro- beautiful little New Testament per possessor

of it, as being his

which he wrote for his children. I eldest daughter. - You must come am sorry to say it is over, to be to England and read it, dear friend! as we must not send it to

Baldest Of

Plagiarism

Archie P. MeKishnie, well known

FAULKNER'S NEW BOOK PLEASES.

"Astonishing" In Many Way.

SHOCKS HIS READERS.

A POEM,

By Hugh Kingsmill.

A fine hill, that, sir! Roomy spot

To fodder sheep, you say? That's how it strikes you?

why not?

You see it just to-day.

Well,

But 1..Your pardon whilst I blow. Spring brings the old catarrh. My snuffling discommodes you?

No?

published. It happens that he ex you! We should be glad to see youCanadian author, to whose facile With this new novel, Mr. Faulk pressed that decided determination and to show it to you and Mr. only last autumn to me, so we have Fields in our own house."

pen are accredited numerous booke ner has taken a tremendous stride and scores of short stories, relates forward. To say that "Light in no alternative. He wrote it years Miss Hogarth must have know an amusing story of plagiarism in August" is an Astonishing per- ago when his elder children were full well that, if this manuscript its baldest form which he acciden-formance is not to use the word quite little. It is about sixteen Gospel according to Charles Dick- short chipters, chiefly acupied fens was to be shown to anybody tally unearthed when on his way to lightly. That somewhat crude and Affords a level couch enough

WILD ROSES;

A

Thank you-how kind you are! That hill, sir, has a boldish bluff. You'd hardly think the crest

THRUSH.

For panting folk to rest. From St. Luke's Gospel, must beau-outside his immediate circle, heers regarding one of his books.

Boston to confer with his publish altogether brutal power which

thrust itself through his previous Our Sunday couch one spring. titul, most touching, most simple,himself would have chosen the

work is in this book disciplined to During a couple of hours. stop-

Church bells as such it unrrative should be, le Charles Street friends from what

¡over in certain enterprising a greater effectiveness than one' Pented useless from the plain. never would have it printed and I he called-to them-his "native

walk would have believed possible in so And steeples, jumped from hidden American town, he took a used to read it to the little boys in

Baston."-From "Memories of a

short a time, There are (down tlie main street. To his sur

atill della, MIS, before they were old enough to Hostess, a Chronicle of Eminentprise he came across a book store moments when Mr. Faulkner seems Solicited in vain. read writing themselves.

Friendships drawn chiefly from the

her that winter. "When Charley's children became diaries of Airs, Jurnas T. Fields," whose window featured a wonder to write of what is horrible purely They buried

ful display of his latest books. Na-from a desire to shock his readers

Springs Hurt since. There's no old enough to have this kind of by M. A. De Wolfe Howe!

turally pleased, he paused to sur- or else because a holds for him

excuse. teaching, promised Bessy Chin

But a fascination from which he can- Pestering strangers with such wife) that I would make her a copy

vey the gratifying exhibit.

things. May If Catarrh's the of this History, and I determined to

when his eye fell on the conspic-not altogether escape. Thero are

deuce! do it as a Christmas gift for her

iously displayed card, announcing still moments when his furious the fact that the author was at the contempt for the human species last year, but before I began my copy I asked Charles if he did not

moment in the store, and would au- seems a little callow.

But no reader who has followed think it would be well for him to Against the dim hot summer blue tograph all copies of his novel put his work can fall to be enormously The deep green twilight of the wood have it printed, nt all events for You wave of white wild-roses lies, chased that day he began to won-

impressed by the transformation

is shattered private circulation, if he would not Watching with listless goldender if he were seeing things.

"I didn't know a soul in that which has been worked upon it. By the slow footsteps of the sun- publish it (though I think it is a jeyes

mer rain; pily he would never do that!) e The green leaves shutting out their burg." Mr. MeKishuic said, "and Not only does Faulkner emerge

view, said he would look over the MS, and

nobody knew me. I went inside from this book a styliat of striking The star-flower's small white point-

strength and beauty; he permits) ed bloom is scattered take a week or two to consider. At The tiny leaves whose motions I bought a copy of the book.

wanted to see what I looked like some of his people, if not his chief Upon the dripping moss, and wind bright the end of the time he gave it back

has lain to file and said he had decided never Are like small wings of emerald if my handwriting had improved protagonist, to act sometimes out

in Along the drenched sweet fern. Be- publish it-or even have it pri-

and other things. Business seem-of motives which are human light:

neath wet trees vately printed. Ho said I might White butterflies like snow-flakesjed good. I was obliged to get in their decency; indeed, he permits

fall

the line-up. in due time I stood the Rev. Gail Hightower to live his A thrush shakes out clear tumult

substitute. My first life by them. In a word, Faulkner impression was that I looked more has admitted justice and compas-Soft with rain, until the bright sion to his scheme of things. There (Continued at foot of next Column was a hint of this to come in the My heart and break it with one treatment of Benbow in "Sane-

last wild note!

Frances Frost. tuary." The gifts which he had to begin with are strengthened- the gifts for vivid narrative and the fresh-minted phrase. His eye! for the ignoble in human nature is more keen than ever, but his vision is also less restricted. He has learned justice and compas sion.

make a copy for Bossy, or for any

one of his children, but for no one. And brown bees drone their honey-before my else, and that he also begged that we would never lend the MS., or a

call.

-William Sharp, "Poems."

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