The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-26
LITERARY GOSSIP.

Gnces
or all Mr. IIowei.s works, Venetian Life
ms had the largest sslc.
The entire cstar Ief.. by D.. James Free
man Clarke i worth less than Sss,1o
II is estimated that il will take ten wears
TO publish all the pos;humous works Of Victor
Hugo.
Mrs. Susan Wallace. wife Of the author Of
"Ben Hur.' has a new work, "Reposo II
Egypt
Mr.. r. Stevens will tell the story Of his
South Pacific cruise in about City short seria
articles.
Gerald Massey. the English poet, is now in
America and Will give lectures throughout
the country.
Laura Daintry denies tina; she IS "a legiti
mate offspring Of the erotic brain az Ella
Wheeler Wilcox"
Now lyrics have been introduced into "Th'
Cup" by Lord Tennyson ot the request OF Ms
Mary Anderson.
Anna Katherine Greene preserves the old
stumps Of The pencils with which She ha'
written ner tnlcs.
Max ORell formed a copartncrship viii
az elevator boy in Boston, aud will Use som'
stories The boy told BIN.
An unpublished poem by Wordsworth. 7o'
lines long, will appear IN Macmsllans new
elition of the poets works.
NJ Emile Zola was inspired. 50 10 Is said. e
write 10 l,avc" 10y Lori Touysons line 10
"Locksley Hall Sixty Year After
Mrs. Alma Tadema and Mrs Edmund
Gosso arc sisters, and they res, mblc caci
other in being blonde, tall and quite talented
Bret lIar;e, Mark Twain. Bill Nyc. L. W
Howe, Charlie Egbert Craddock and Joaquin
Miller made their first Successes in western
journals
Or. Leland Miller. q Sheffield. lass. la
given $4,000 o. Williams college e. ostablisl
g char in American history, literature am,
cloqueucc.
10 is said that Whittier ambition 0hcp
young man was to become politician, Ia
that be- was saved only 10y the fearful appeal
Of his friends
Mr. 4. Miner Griswoid perhaps bette
known as Fat Contributor is 10 enter ih'
lecture field e. give the public Information
about "Qgeer Folks"
Mrs Austin Dobson, wife of the wei
known poet, has taken mp the profession o
letters, having just published Cherry burn,
a volume Of short stories.
Rider Haggard writes in pleasant corue
room q his charming old manor Of Ditch
ingham, which IS overrun with Banksu
roses, clematis and jasmine.
a London author has written thirty novel
in three years This beats the record Of an
living man, but tho writer's enormous labo
has brought him only $1,000
Mr. Tracy Robinson. the poet is -, rosy
sweet tempered, sunny hearted, gray, baud
some. good aud has leon connected vat
the Panama Canal company since 1850.
II is said that Cen Lew Wallace expect
that his tragedy. "Commodus,' which wi
appear in lIarper's carly IN 1850 will do NOR
for his reputation than did "Ben Hurn
Speaking of the personal appearance O
Lord Tcnuyson. Edmund Yates saws that Ga
laureate is q cross between a Guy IaWkes AN
the mysterious reclu,o Of q mclodrama.
Mr. T. !. Stmson. who woocs fame unde
the nom dc plume. J. s. O Dale who b al0u
80 years Of age. is blonde and very tan, al
fccts the English ia dress aud accent, and
wealthy
Mis- Olive Schre.ucr. author OF the "Stor,
of an African Farm is an English Cover
ness who was born al tho Cane OF mixed Ger
man AMI English parcntagc the daughter q
a missionary.
y Boston literary eouius inyeuts nam,
for books and plays, copyrights them au
waits FOR bidders. his stool, now consists ,
tweuty-eight titles, FOR one II which be WI
offered several hundred dollars
Mrs Laura g. Holloway. originally a Tel
ncssee girl, Who's parents lost their pro-
orty during tuowar kept them, by her book
aud her diiecnt newspaper work .u grca
comfort t. thc end Of ihcir days
Mr. Ru>kin has ronldcd 10 Bis admircr
that a shelf Of tire 'i'tic cabinet in his stud
els loaded with po.-ical illusions which wcr
the delight Of my father and mother. an
which have not got tho heart 20 burn
Mr. Frank Den 9ster sherman, the poet
sends ia the most beautiful copy imaginabl,
DO is more Ire OIL English print than ,h
work Of the pen, aid each letter b. formed a
delica,e.y and clearly as though engraved
Mrs Mona Card! who started the d.scu,
sion 0n Z, Marriage "a failurcN spends NO,
az her time ol la,go estate 300 Hampshir
dividing her day ho,Wecn superintendent
her farm and performing Literary wo.I. Oh
typewriter.
Mrs Arthur Siannord, better known q
John Strange Winter, felt perfectly conf
dent that the dranat1atioh Of "Bootlo
Baby would be- success because q biac.. ca
followed through the stage door. Maybe a.
play viii have uino lives
=.