... A LITERARY LETTER Three Lusitania Fatalities. London, May 17, 1915. In the terrible loss of life involved in the Lusitania tragedy, three names stand out in my mind as calling for comment in this Letter. The first is that of Charles Frohman, a fine personality even to those who, as in the case of the present writer, met him only two or three times but received many evidences of his kindly and ...

... THE LITERARY LOUNGER. THE NOTE -BOOK OF A HOSTILE NEUTRAL* Notes and Queries. In common with many another non-fighting, European, Dr. Sven Hedin had yearnings for the war-centre very soon after war broke out. To be a real looker-on, though not a player, in the great game! The majority have had to stifle that very natural wish, but Dr. Hedin, once ferried across from his own country to our ...

... THINGS NEW: AT^THE THEATRES. ONE would like to invite a number of distinguished dramatists to write a play on the plot of Shanwalla, Lady Gregory's new drama produced by the Irish Players at the Little Theatre. Most of them would decline the task and jeer at the subject. The hero is an honest stable-boy devoted to his loving young wife; he is in charge of Shanwalla, favourite at the local ...