The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

&c Ouida - adopted her nom de
plume from her own childish pronuncia-
ton of her name Louisa, though it also,
corresponds to the French slang phrase,
"Why, certainly" She is of French
parents, but of English birth.s
VIM. Morris, the English poet, has
a sort of house-furnishing place of bust
ness, and in his store he makes out de-
signs for wall paper for wealthy and fas-
tidious families. He does a great deal
of work for stylish houses, his best pat
terms being in green and gold. Morris
is 40 years old.
DR.. Rosa Welt, young Viennese
lady, has shown herself to be so learned
and practical that she has been APP
pointed by her university-thato of Bern
Assistant Lecturer to Professor Pfuger
in the branch of ophthalmOlogy, in
which she has made very advanced
studies.
President Chadbourne of Williams
College is to have charge during the
next two years, as editor-in-chief, of a
work on the ''Wealth of the United
States" which is to be published in half
dozen different languages. 1t will be
distributed by the United States Con-
suls, and is designed to direct attention
to every thing that this country has to
sell. An association of capitalists have
taken hold of the matter, contributing
$4,000 at the outset.
Lord Lytton's claims to literary
celebrity are not, it appears, known to
his aides-de-camp. Some time ago, it
is related, an ardent admirer of % Luz
Gle" was invited to dine at Govern
ment House, and was, of course, de-
lighted with his brilliantly agreeable
host. Returning to his hotel he was
asked by brother artist, Colonel and
A. d. G. of the Viceroy, what he
thought of his Excellency. Il don't
care about the Viceroy," said the reader
of &" Lucile;'' 81 went to see Owen
Meredith" "Don't know him." said
the A. D. c., "but know there was no
fellow of that name to dinner"
"A great scheme is under way in
England for the publica ton of a new
and stupendous dictionary of the English
language, to make four volumes as large
as Webster'S Unabridged; which will be
one and half times as large as the ia
nous Littre's French Dictionary. Ten
years have been allotted for the work,
and the first part of it, containing the
letter A, is hoped for by 1882. DR..
Murray, President of the Pathological
Society, is the general editor, aided by
a competent staff, of which Prof. F. A.
Marsh of Lafayette College is the Amer
I lean representative.
Carlyle, according to the London
/ correspondent of the Dundee AdUertiSer,
/ is not long for this world. He may"
says the letter-writer, ''linger on for
| DAYS or even weeks, but he is not likely
ever more to be seen outside of his house
His thoughts have already been fixed
upon the end, and he has expressed a
wish that he should be buried as quietly
as possible in the choir of the old ca
thedral at Haddington, where he laid his
wife dozen years ago" The reports
few days ago represented him as
feeble, but able to 90 out-indeed, as
taking by his physicians advice daily
drive.
Madame Durand, one of the most
popular French writers of the day, whose
nom de plume is Henry Greville, is 81
years old, and native of Paris. Hav-
ing lost her mother in infancy, she was
taken by her father to st. Petersburg,
where he held a Professors chair in the
University. When she reached the ear
" wears of womanhOod she was married
to M~Durand, Il young Professor like
wise in the University of st. Petersburg.
In 1872 they came to Paris. AT first
Madame Durand devoted herself to mu-
sic, composing many pieces that won
popularity. In 1876 appeared her first
novel, D0siG, and since then she has
published several fictions that have been
very successful. The home life of Nj.
and Madame Durand and their daugh-
ter is said to be very delightful.