The authorship of the very clever novel, "Guerndale," which appeared last fall, has become an open secret at last, and although no authoritative announcement has been made concerning it, there is no longer any doubt that its author, who masqueraded under the nom de plume of "J. S. of Dale," is Mr. Frederick J. Stimson, a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1876 and now a practising lawyer in this city. "Sly Ballades in Harvard China," also published anonymously last year, turns out to be by Mr. E. S. Martin, the editor of Life, to which position the cleverness of the book in a great measure assisted him. - [Gazette.
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