The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-05-01
W. c. AND L. ASSOCIATION COLUMN,
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.


room Wednesday afternoon, May 4th, at
three o'clock.
The circumstances of the death last
night of James T. Field, the well known
author and publisher are full Of pathetic
interest. He had been slightly i'll for some
time, but Friday and Saturday he made a
number OF calls and yesterday one or two
literary friends spent the afternoon and
took tea with him. Among them were
Mrs. Celia Thaxter and Mrs. Lodge. About
nine o'clock in the evening an alarm for a
fire in the vicinity was sounded, and Mr.. T..
b. Aldrich, whose house is nearly opposite
to Mr.. Fields residence, went out to see
where it was located, and, looking up, he
observed Mr.. Field standing at the window.
He waved his hand to him. The salutation
was returned. Within short time there
after the distinguished author expired.
The tire-alarm, it would appear, agitated
him considerably, and after the first COM
motion was past he sat down, and
Mrs. Field engaged his attention by read
ing aloud to him from "Grays Letters"
After reading to him awhile Mrs. Field
heard sound akin to that of suppressed
laughter, and observed her husband throw
up his arms. "Are you laughing2" she
inquired; and then, looking up, observed
that his face wore strange and painful ex-
preston. Crossing over to his chair in
stantly, Mrs. Field only reached his side IN
time to see his head drop upon his breast
and his eyes close forever. The cause of
death was angina pectoris, eliminating
from paralysis Of the heart. This ends a
career that occupies unique position in
American literary annals. He was an au-
thor at lS, and soon after attaining his ma
jority became partner in the famous pub
bllshing concern with which his name has
been connected till within few years,
when he retired from active business. He
enjoyed the personal friendship of all
American authors Of note and many OF the
more celebrated English writers, and to
him America is indebted for the second
visit Of Charles Dickens, and for the publ.
cation of Hawthornes Scarlet Letter
and the works of many other shy authors.
OF recent years, on the lecture platform he
has widely circulated the information ac-
quired by his infancy with celebrities and
independent research into original sources
OF knowledge. Mr.. Field was GA years
old, and leaves no children"
THE PRIZE for the best poem on the
Spanish poet CalderoE has been awarded
to DR.. Edmund Dorer, of Zurich, Switzer-
land
The only portrait of George Eliot which
is considered satisfactory one by her fam
lily is carefully finished crayon Of her
head, front view, for which she sat many
times in 1867 to Mr.. Burton. 1t is now
being etched by NJ, Rajon, not for publica-
ton, but for few OF the novelist's personal
friends. Mr.. Cross, however, has consented
that the etching may he reproduced in
Scribner. Mr.. Cross strongly condemns all
other portraits of his wife excepting that
by Mr.. Lawrence.
A MEMORIAL to William Tyndale the
martyr and translator of the New Tesla.
ment, is to be erected on the Thames En-.
bankment IN London. 1t is to take the
form of statue, which is to cost 100000
Mrs. ARNOLD, the wife of the author of
"The Light of ASIA" and grandnicce OF
DR.. Charming, is mentioned as an architect
Of distinction. She is experimenting the
making In London of the memorial window
to be placed by the Claiming family in the
Claiming Memorial Church at Newport.
THE scene of "a Fearful Responsibility"
Mr.. Howells' new serial, which will begin
in Scribner for June, is laid in Venice. The
story is said by the publishers to be in the
authors brightest vein. Mr.. Howells is
working also upon novel, which
will be begun IN Scribner some time nex
fall or winter.
OVER George Cruikshank's remains in
st. Pauls Cathedral a bust and tablet have
just been placed. On the tablet is written
"In memory Of his genius and his art, his