Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-03
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"FauSt" has been tfspsl.ted into mod
ern Greek.
OF sll Mr.. Howells' works, Venetian
Life" has had the largest sale.
The entire estate LETT by DR.. Jamee
Freeman Clarke is worth less than 1922
0O0
L. is estimated that 1t will taxa ten
years to publish al the posthumous
works OF Victor Hugo.
Mrs. Susan Wallace, wife Of the author
Of "Ben Hur," has new work, "Rspose
in E sypt."
Mr.. R. Stevens Will tell the story OF his
South Pacific cruise In about fifty short
serial articles.
Gerald Massey, the English poet, is now
in America, and will give lectures
throughout the country.
Laura Dsintry denies that she is "S lie.
pitimate offspring Of the erotic brain Of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox"
New lyrics have been introduced into
"rhe Cup" by Lord Tennyson, at the re-
quest CT Miss Mary Anderson.
Anna Katherine Greene preserves the
old stumps Of the pencils with which she
has written her tslss.
with sc elevator boy in Boston, and will
use some stories the boy told him.
An unpublished poem by Wordsworth,
new edition OF the poets works.
M. Emile Il 3la was inspired, go il Is
said, to write "Le Rsve" BY Lord Teuny-
sons line in "LocksleY Hall Sixty Years
After"
NJ, a,,,, T.5o,,, .nd M-s E5porrd
Gosss are sisters, and they resemble each
ether in being blonde, tai! and qaise
| talented.
Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Bill Nye, E
". Howe, Charles E ebert Crsddock and
Joaquin Miller made their first successes
in western journals.
DR.. Leland Miller Of Sheffield, Mass. +,
has given SAC. 0O0 to Williams college to
establish . chair in American history,
literature and eloquerce.
It Is said that Writers ambition
when young man was to become 8
politician, but that he was saved only by
the fearful appeals OF his friends.
Mr.. A. Miner Griswold, perhaps better
known as "Fat Contributor" is to enter
the lecture field to give the public iDfor-
nation about "Queer Folks''
Mrs. Austin Dobson, wife Of the well
known poet, has taken up the profes ,ion
OF letters, having just published "CherrY-
burr" volume Of short stories.
Rider H.sssssrd writes in pleasant cor
ner room CT bis chs! ming old manor ct
buckingham, which Is overrun with
Bsnksis roses, clemstis and jasmine.
A London author nss written thirty
novels in three years. This beats the
record OF any living man, but the writer's
enormous labor has brought him only
$1,000.
Mr.. Tracy Robinson, the poet, is "ftty-
four, rosy, sweet tempered, sunny
hearted, gray, handsome, good" and has
been connected with the Panama Csnsl
Company since 1860.
1t is said that General Lew Wallace ex-
poets that his tragedy, "Commodus,"
which will appear in Hsrper's early in
1899, will do more tor his reputation than
die "Bsn Hur."
Speaking Of the personal appearance OF
Lord Tenny sop, Edmund Yates says thai
rne laureate is 8 GOES between Guy
Fawkes and the mysterious rscluss Of
nelodrama.
Mr.. F j. Stimsop, who woes fame
under the nom de plume, j. S. O. Dale,
who IS about thirty five years Of age, is
blonde and very tall, affects the English
in dress and accent, and is wealthy.
Mics Olive Schreine, author of the
"Story OF an African Farm" is en- Ell
glish governess who was bcrl OF Il e Cal Q
of mixed German AID English pareatsge,
the daughter CT & missionary.
A Boston literary genius invents names
for books and plays, copyrights them and
waits for bidders; his stock non consists
Of twenty eight titles, for one Of which
ne wss # sred several hundred dollars.
Mrs. Laura G. Holloway, originally G
Tennessee girl. whoee parents lost their
property during the war, Kept them, by
her books ard her diligent newspaper
work, in greascomtort TO the end OF their
dsys.
Mr. Ruskin has conhded to his sdmi-
rers that eshen OF the little csb,nst in
his study sis loaded with poe,ical effu-
sione which we're the delight of my father
and mother, and which I have not got
the heert to burn"
MIR Frank Demp ster Shermsn, the poet,
sends in the most beautiful copy imagin-
able; IL Is more like old Egg i;h print
than the work OF the pen, and each letter
Is formed IS delicstsl5 and Clearly as
though engraved.
Mrs. Mona Card, who start4d the DIS
cussion on "Is Marriage Failure?"
SPENDS most OF her time On q large estate
In Hampshire, dividing her days between
experimenting her farm and performing
literary work On Q typewriter.
Mrs. Arthur Stennkrd, better known IS
John Strange Winter, felt perfectly corf.
dent that the dram7t.zation If "Bootls's
Baby" would be @ SUCCESS because
blsck cat followed through thes stage
door. Miybe the play will h4gs. nine
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