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LITERARY.So far the career of Frederick Ferdinand Moore, whose first novel, “The Devil's Admiral,' is claiming considerable attention for its entertaining romantic qualities, has been varied enough to satisfy the taste of the most exacting lover of the adventurous. When he was fifteen he ran away to sea. shipping as a seagoing cowpuncher out of Boston in a cattle boat bound for Liverpool. Then for ten or twelve years he roamed the world by sea routes as soldier, sailor, and newspaper correspondent. If it hadn't been for the Spanish-Ainericau War he believes that he would be a sea captain to-day. and if it hadn't been for the Russo-Japanese War. he probably would be an officer of cavalry in the United States Army. “Kipling and the Mowing up lt;»f the 'Maine' made a soldier of me. In says, and took me from the sea, for which I still have a weakness. Th n the Japanese pulled off that little affair at Chemulpo just as I was ready to get a commission in the Amerieat army in the I’hillippines: things were happening which I wanted to see, andPORTRAIT OF F. F. MOORM ..1 took my discharge by order of the Secretary of War. and let the commission go. preferring to be a correspondent. which promised more action than soldiering for Uncle Sam. Away I went, pursuing the will o’-the-w isp of adventure, and after the Portsmouth treaty I found myself in San Francisco waiting for the fire and other doings in April, 1006. Then I had to stay and see the city built again, and remained with a San Francisco newspaper until December, iqi 1. It was there that ‘The Devil's Admiral’ was written, and its characters are some of the men I knew as shipmates from the day I passed Boston Light outward bound until the day I sat down at my typewriter to tell thestory. I would go over the old routes again if 1 could, either as a sailor or a cavalryman, for both services appeal to 111c strongly.it is interesting but not surprising to bear that Miss K. M. Dell's novel, The Way of an Kagle. has not only-been immensely popular wherever the Fnglish tongue is spoken and rea l, but that it has also bee 1 translated into five foreign languages. French, German. Danish. Swedish, and Dutch. Her new story. The Knave of Diamonds, is winning even more popularity than did her first no\el when newly published.Those who have read F.li .r.beth Robins’ striking story. “Where Are You Going To? which deals so trenchantly with the white slave traffic. will he interested to hear that the famous London cleric. Dean Wil'rr-force. has spoken of the book in ’wo of his recent sermons, one in St.John's Church (Westminster). and again from the pulpit of Westminster Abbey.The author of The Devil's Admiral. Frederick Ferdinand \! re, has traveled a great deal, including •bree tours of the world, and participation in “a few little wars. Mr. Moore says he is one of those pers ms who simply have to wander • vcr tlie face of the earth. He ran avv.iy to sea when he was fifteen, shipped as a seagoing cowpuncher out of Boston 011 a cattle boat bound for Liverpool. For ten or twelve years he roamed the world as a sailor, soldier, and newspaper correspondent. If it hadn’t been for the Spanish-Atncrican War be believes that he would be sea captain by now. and if it hadn't been for the Russo-Japanese War he probably would be an officer of cavalry in the United States army.Dorothea Mackcllar. a Victorian poetess, now settled in London in search of literary fame, has been developing her talent for the writing of fiction to some purpose. Recently, in collaboration with Ruth Bedford, another Australian, she published a novel called “The Little Blue Devil, winch showed signs of the develop •nent of a distinctive talcrl »V»r picturesque imagination, romance, and unconventional characterisation. Kid' Provost, horse stealer and good fellow. is a curious combination of good and bad qualities, and gives one cause at least for sympathy in that he is certainly no hum bug. and doesn't whine when he gets himself hurt. Katharine, too, is an attractive heroine of a straightforward, frank disposition. The story itself is exciting.The George Inn. Southwark, which figures in Jeffery Farnol's new nov?i. The Amateur Gentleman. is a favorite resort of the author's. Mr. Farnol often visits the quaint old hostelry an 1 drinks the punch particularly recommended by the maiden lady prj-prietor.Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle. “Life’s Pilgrimage. etc.. is finishing a new novel, to be entitled• I « ••dvlvta.Kverard Mcynell. a son of Wilfred Mevncll. who. himself a poet ami husband of a poetess, looked after tin-material needs of that erratic genius. the late Francis Thompson, has noy\ nearly finished a Life of Franc s Thompson. upon which he has been
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Adelaide Critic
Adelaide, South Australia, AU
Wed, Jun 25, 1913
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