The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-30

The Book She IL About to Publish Compiled
from the Lectures She Has Delivered.

from the Lectures Sno mas DenVereus
,Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON. May 26-Your correspond
ent enjoyed an interesting conversation with
Miss Cleveland this morning, in which va
riety Of topics were touched On, starting in
with an exchange of honest compliments on
TIE beauty OF Washington IN general Just at
this season and the scene about the White
House, now In the perfection of Mays horti
cultural excellence. Then we ran through
the gsmut Of which every body who knows
anything OF the small talk of Washington
society can imagine, until saw in the IN
ielligent counteDance of the first lady OF the
land an expression which meant palmer
than words, us that ell that brought you
here?" That brought your correspondent
down to business level and to the inc airy
Miss Cleveland, tell me how you enjoyed
your New York trip anc all about your
book"
Miss Cleveland answered with a smile:
well, now, there Is very little to tell. My
trip to New York was q busy one, for you
know / there gave the finishing touches to
my book, and through friend superin tended
the details of it's publication. The subj act
matter every body knows nov who is inter.
estsd enough in litelsture of that kind to
have read the Published extracts. Ho vever,
what has BEEN printed Gb0unds in Typo ,raph-
ical errors, which will surely not ap pear in
the book; and that may add az element OF
agreeable surprise to the publication"
1 g ktd were the quoted chapters such Is
sbv would have pre- ferred 10 make the first
10 PRESTON with, aud she replied. 20, do
nCL care anything about that, j do not
know that there is any demand from the
reading public for the particular manner in
which my subjects are treated. The book i
msde up entire of my lectures aud essays
which have been delivered before classes of
students al different schools within the last
few vesrr.n
Then, with the exception OF the portion
you wrote 10 New York within the last fort.
night, nene of it is absolutely fYesh?"
20. yes since it presents all my public
efforts, and only stopped working when
decided should come here. / gave it con-
siderable attention through the winter, so
that the work was pretty well on. My dc ties
here left me no time for IL. My visit to New
York gave The necessary opportunity to
finish IL. Just wished. A friend who no.
deIstaDds all the my steries of bookmaking
hss undertaken ell the details, aud. so far as
/ am concerned personally, l have no
more 10 do with 1t until the publication
Cey comes, in fortnight or SO. Until
than the tnterprising newspapers will,
know, keep me we'll posted as to what effect
it is Going 10 have over the land, and 81 o.
nose | must stand a good deal of notoriety
from 1t. OF course thsy can not positively
know anything about il, but that will only
make the criticisms more readable. Tue
book is not of kind to suit the masies, but
it will be, hope. read by stCde ats, for
whom every lloe OF it was originally written.
Those who have apr eciated my life work
thus far think il should seek expression in
| this form. and such kindly suasion and the
sincerity l know which underlies it have led
NE to publish it at this time."