The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-11

Marx Twain has returned from Eu
rope.
Clara Morris has accepted a dram:
by Edgar Fawcett, the poet
Miss Braddon, the well known nov
elist, was the only representative of fem
mime literature on the English Reception
Committee at the recent Congress of Au.
thors in London.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in
spite of his 20 years, is necessarily busy
he writes rs much as ever. and is as in.
terested in his duties at the Medical
School. 1t is limited that he intends t.
publish another volume.
! Prof Louth of Munich has publish
ed book to prove that a .hieroglyphica
Inscription on monument discovered II
lower Egypt by Marietta Bey shows thai
I the monument was erected by Moses.
! William and Mary Hewitt first in.
troduced Scandinavian literature to En-.
glish readers. They translated severa
books from the Swedish to their OWL
tongue. Frederick Bremen was theil
intimate friend. William Hewitt left an
autobiography, which will be prepared
for publication at once by his widow
now nearly so years of age.
The British Museum has lately nc.
quired two celebrated papyri One, d
roll seven feet eight inches long, con.
tains the manuscript text of the last book
of the Iliad, and has been assigned tc
the time of the later Ptolemies, though
some critics think it can not be so old
The other roll, which is even longer.
contains the orations of Hyperides, and
belongs undeniably to the second or first
century, B. G. 1t is wonderfully well
preserved.
OF Mr.. Bret Harte's methods of work
the London It0rld says that his desk is a
model of neatness; he prefers note-papeI
to foOlscap: he would rather write a
page a second time than send it with an
erasure or an interlineation the works
of his favOrite poets are always within
reach, and among them LOngfellow
usually occupies the most prominent
place. He knows the literature of the
day, and especially works of fiction are
to be found in his room. He is fond OF
a cigar, and smokes often when writing.
M. Theirs left his unpublished man.
uscripts in the care of the Bank of Eng
land-the only author ever thus cared
for by great financial institution. The
paper > of authors is generally found
outside of banks. One of the manu-
scripts relates to the personal transac-
tons of Theirs in the Government of
Louis Philippe; with it was sent mon
ey deposit in provision of the impending
events, which soon followed. Another,
relating to the part played by NJ. Theirs
from 1870 to 1877, was forwarded by his
wife, Immediately after his death, to
avoid seizure by the Broglie cabinet.
"A bookseller on the Quai Voltaire,
Paris, has 40 manuscript volumes in his
shop written in entirely unknown char
acters. Critical examination of these
characters by experts only revealed the
fact that they bear close resemblance to
Oriental caligraphy. Some of the pages
are adorned with exquisite Examinations
flowers, shields, birds, angels and the
like. These volumes are the work of
Mr.. III. LegTand, deceased architect of
standing, and an author of several i'm
pOftant works. 1t Is supposed that they
contain memoirs which the author wrote
for his own pleasure and jealOusly
guarded from publicity in this eXtraor-
binary way. The volumes represent at
least two years labor
With Copy of Emerson's Poems.l
Here is no milk for babes within this flask;
No childish cOrals in this casIlet lie;
This music will not serve for lullaby,
Nor this spell open when fool shall ask.
TIL elixir tits to thrill Il herO's task
And level with gods to lift his eye;
And gems are these surpass what princes
buy,
And scorn to deck the brow that wears a
mask.
This melody is of the eternal song
Whcrewith the earth was builded and the
stars
SO high it scars, so near and deep it SWells
The genius of this spell is wrought so strong
rs only they that think may pass its bars;
Wise souls, pure hearts, drink life from
these clear wells.
Springfield Republican.