nervous instaoiity oc oo. in raris he falls in love with a shallow, in- sincere, extravagant, altogether worthless woman. The victim of an hereditary lack of balance and sense. of proportion, he allows this woman to consume his whole life. Her pres- ence keeps him from writing his nov- els. He is driven to desperate and un- scrupulous methods of . securing money to satisfy her whims. When she has exhausted his funds she turns to other lovers; and Jean, finding his mistress unfaithful, is virtually driven insane by the agony of wild passion and jealousy. His vision, his imagination, his every thought is dis- torted by a mad eroticism. The days and nights become nightmares of rav- ings and mental tortures, So his existence continues until he is finally brought to realize the folly and hopelessness of trying fo attain the love of such a woman. He de- terminesto force Juliette out of his mind, and the book closes with him at, last free but with a vision not yet back in focus. Like Zola again, Mirbeau admits to a moral purpose. The unfortunate Jean is held up as a kind of "horrible" example." But, overlooking this moral purpose and granting the auth- or's premises-the neurotic hero, the Latin temperament, the Parisian scone-one finds a novel written with a heat, a power, and a vigor that ele- vate it far above the ordinary. PHOTOSTAT HELPS LIBRARIAN (Continued from Page 1) It has always been a hard- problem -that of finding a way to carry con- had to be taken along, and Mr. Bishop Knopf is publishing two new animal Scribner's is publishing a collec- set out on his trip to Europe with no stories by a Danish naturalist, Svend tion of sixteen one-act plays by B. more official baggage than a light Fleuron. "Kittens, A Family Chron- Roland Lewis, entitled"One-Act brief case. He says that the posses- isle," is translated by David Pritch- sion of these convenient lists enabled ard, and "Grim, the Story of a Pike," Plays for High Schools." In it are in- him to secure several hundred vol- is translated by J. Muir and J. Alex- cluded plays by such modern writers umes which he would not have been ander. The stories are said to let the as Sir James Barrie, George Middle- able to purchase otherwise. He car- reader into the psychology of the aei- ton, Althea Thurston, Percy Mackaye, ried his list with him wherever he mals, without their actually stepping Eugene Pillot, Anton Tchekov, Bos- went, and it took only a moment to out of character, and are not merely worth Crocker, Paul Hervieu, David consult his book on the spot, no mat- children's books. Pinski, and others. ter where he was. The time and labor - ordinarily required to obtain the sets was greatly reduced, and many mis- takes were avoided. j I A PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH HERGES- HEINER- An intimate picture of Joseph Hergesheimer, author of "Cytherea," (Knopf), is given in the article by an anonymous writer in the May Book- man. Hergesheimer's early -struggles are thus described: "Hergesheimer 'inherited a bit of money and a weak constitution. As a boy he=was a bookworm, shy and reserved. When money fell into his hands he forthwith got married and lived in Florence. There he suffered a nervous breakdown and was nursed back to health by Dorothy after months of care and anxiety. He wrote for fourteen years, urged on by a dogged belief in himself, without having a single manuscript accepted. He and Dorothy bore the pinch of ad- versity and the rebuffs of editors with fortitude, and the final triumph was therefore all the sweeter. In those years of apprentice work, his masters were Conrad, Henry James, Meredith and Flaubert." New Guimpes To wear with your suit The- style for late spring and early summer decrees that your spring suit or sports sweater be accom- panied by a fresh,.new guimpe. These guimpes are finished with real filet edging and inserts to match. Irish -crocheting and Val lace have also been used on guimpes and smart bos of black picot ribbon add a smart touch. Priced from $1.50 to $4.75. ve it br th ca ol pa w to to st w fo he 0' ul t at ax fa p vi pC o al fo bl p. Si 'tr ty b( 1Y t g t w 'c4 w b c g t w cc tr enientLy a card catalogue system of uportant proportions of a great li- In contrast to this his present mode rary. Cardboard is very heavy, so "One of his favorite exprs siens in sat if a man tries to take along the ards themselves, he will likely be speech is 'utterly charming,' and ut- bliged to transport a ton or two of terly charming describes his home in aper. One person once had a special West Chester. It is an ancient house ooden frame of drawers constructed built.of boulder stones, with huge fire- hold his cards. It took a taxicab places and heavy, seasoned timbers. take it to and from the railroad It sits away from the road on a ations where he stopped, and he rounded knoll, a little sombre and ould often have to run back and conimanding. Airedales disport them- rth from the book-sellers to his selves on the lawn. Two cars, one otel room to consult the catalogue Joe's and the other Dorothy's, are in ver a doubtful volume. the ample barn, now equipped as a B h n garage. Servants perfectly trained; But Hr. Bishop had no intention of furnishings a continual surprise and ndergoing any such difficulties. He delight, inevitably placed; and plenty sought long and hard, and he worked of hot water, a. rarity in _ country nd worried, until he finally evolved homes. Over this deniesne rules Dor- n entirely new and unusually satis- othy, frank, cordial, unaffected, whole- ictory method. He had been ex- some, pretty, and lovable." erimenting with the photostat, a de- An interesting account is given of ice which in 'photographing written how Hergesheimer writes: ages, can be made to reduce the size f the writing as much as one-half, "With such a home one would think nd .still retain its legibility. He that Hergesheimer would do all his iund that , large handwriting, in writing there, isolated and quiet, lack ink, is much clearer in the among familiar surroundings. In- hototastic copies than is typewriting stead he rents a small office opposite r printing. In fact, others have the court house in West Chester and 'ied to do much the same thing with arrives there at nine o'clock in the rpewritten lists, but the results have morning, like a business man. He een very unsatisfactory. According- has steel filing cabinets in which he. , he had many of his cards rewrit- keeps his notes, his correspondence, o in this manseer, and then he ar- and the manuscripts of everything he anged them, alphabetically, on a fiat writes.. He uses a stub pen and writes urface. .By overlapping the cards the first draft carefully in a grade- he more than one-half blank space school composition book. Then his 'hich is usually found on them was secretary makes a triple-spaced copy on the typewriter. He goes through avereanth hty-five car nto a spa it carefully, making innumerable ahich would form a page about 7 changes and corrections. She copies y 5/ inches when the photostatic it again, and again he makes correc- ipy was made. A very thin but firm tions. The third draft and even the rede of paper was used for making printer's proof are not free from his le prints, and when the whole book rearrangement of words." 'as completed, it was not more than half an inch thick. The pages were "Types of the Essay" (Scribner's) ound in the library bindery, and the by Benjamin A. Heydrick, head of the esuit was a neat red-covered book, English department, High School of ompact and handy, and just about Commerce, New York City, is a se- he size of a piece of typewriter lection of representative British and aper. American essays, arranged to illus- Two or three similar books were trate the types which have developed iade, containing other lists which in this form of prose. C The Charm of New Neckwear The very newest collar and cuff sets-are of dainty Swiss embroidery in Bramley style. The very fin- est material has been used and they have been em- broidered in open designs. Priced from 59c to $1.75 each. Handsade collar and cuff sets of marquisette are attractive for wear with sweaters. Some are trim- med with real filet lace and others have crocheted medallions at the corners. Priced $1.75 each. A