The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-12

Literary notes.
Arsene Houssaye is writing biography of the
great actress Rachel.
We regret having to announce the discontinu-
'ance of Swinton's Story Teller
Principal Tuoch has in press new volume
entitled Modern Theories in Philosophy and
Religion"
Mr.. Kinglake, as literary executor, has already
taken in hand the tebooks left by Mr.. Abra
ham. Hayward.
Mr.. Clemens Mark Twain) has been drama
tizing his novel of 'The Prince and the Pauper,
and the play will probably be produced within a
few months.
Mr.. Wilkie Collins declares that he considers
the proposal to translate his novels into the Ben
gall language as comforting on him one of the
highest distinctions Of his literary life.
Sir Lepel Griffin has prepared second arti-
Gle on America which will appear in the March
Fortnightly. Our political institutions will
come in for Sir Lepels consideration this time
! Mr. II. L. Blanchard is to write history of
the English stage from the close of 1880 to 1880
''Fifty Years of the English Stage" is the title
of the book, which will be published by sub
seription.
Mr. Henry Hooper, in Shakspeariana for De-
cember, takes the ground that Holofernes, in
''Loves Labor Lost" was meant to be carica-
! ture of Bacon But the play was written too
early for that.
D. Lothrop & Co., of Boston, have abandoned
the sale of miscellaneous books. and will devote
their attention exclusively to publishing. The
| firm is most popularity known, perhaps, from its
connection with Wide Awake.
| An American doctor who is young and wealthy
falls in love with Lady Barberina, the daughter
of a hundred earls What happens thereafter is
| told by Mr. Henry James in the story which will
! appear in the May Century. The scene is laid
partly in London and partly in New York.
Autograph letters sold recently in Paris for
the following sums: Louis XIV, 300 francs;
Elizabeth, 200 francs; Cromwell, $50 francs; Leo
X. 80 francs; Frederick the Great, $50 francs;
Washington, GOO francs; Napoleon, l, 900 francs.
| Nine Roland, 215 francs, and Wallenstein, 200
francs
The prizes recently offered by St. Nicholas
for the best original illustrations by young artists
under seventeen years of age brought more than
nine hundred pictures under the notice of the
| judges. The names of winners and reproductions
| of the successful drawings will appear in the
! April St. Nicholas.
Wong Chin Foo, the bright editor of the late
Chinese American, contributes an excellent pa
per to the Youths Companion, on Marriage
Laws and Customs of the Chinese" Mr. Wong
He was formerly in the Chinese customs service
as translator and interpreter.
Matthew Arnold's paper on Literature and
Science, which will appear in The Manhattan
for April, has some of the matter contained in
the lecture with that title which he delivered in
the United States. but differs from it in import
ant respects, 1t has some sharp thrusts at those
who clamOr for practical education for
youth
Tho ,,av, od;4ion of tgEoe,valI's T 80 re ToI,,
son." announced recently by the Lippincotts, is
edited by Alexander Napier, who has discarded
many of Croker's notes and the division of the
work into chapters Other Croker features are
retained. Mr.. Napier thinks Croker had many
qualifications for his task though his edition
disappointed the hopes that had been raised of it.
There are now published in the United King
dom 2 105 newspapers, of which England has
1,57S Wales, so; Scotland, ISL; Ireland, l56, and
the Isles 20. London alone has 401. In the
year 1876 the total of newspapers for the United
| Kingdom was only 55l, of which IA were dalies.
The daily newspapers now number l79 The
number of magazines published in the United
Kingdom is b260.
The New York Tribune says that ''Mr. Tom
Wharton, of Philadelphia, well-educated youth
of twenty three and nephew of DR.. Francis
| Wharton is the author of the novel, "A Latter
Day Saint" The Beacon says that the tale is
made up from incidents of Philadelphia social
| life. which are portrayed under a gllise of such
! thinness that it is questionable if Mr. Wharton
had not done awiser thing and called names a la
| Miss Sally Pratt Mclean" Mr. Wharton is now
writing another story.
For the purpose of defending the memory of
Lady Lytton against statements made in The
Life and Literary Remains of Lord Lytton, re
Gently published, the friends of that lady are is
suing selections from her autobiography which
show that Bulwer only obtained the consent of
| Lady Lytton, then Rosna Wheeler, to marry
him under passionate appeals Bulwer told her
! that without her all his schemes for worldly sue
cess and future happiness were destroyed Ro-
sina broke off the engagement three times, and
on each occasion was induced to renew it under
the vehement persuasion of Bulwer.
A correspondent at Salem Mass, writes in
favor of free school books. He says it has been
proved by experience that pupils, understanding
that the books are loaned to them, and that it is
offense to soil injure them, take better care
of them, and they last year or two longer than
| their own books. He contends that giving chill
dren free books no more makes them feel that
| they were objects of charity than does the Civ
| ing of teachers and school houses at public ex-
| pense But, providing free books only for chill
dren whose parents claim they are too poor to buy
| books, does place such children the brand of
pauperism.
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