The Washington critic., 1889-05-18
BOOKS AND WRITER'S.

q good time Tor starting new perlOdt-
Gals, but q number of important enter
priscs will soon be launched, nevcrthc
less In England Mr. Archibald
Groves is TO start and Mcssrs Long
mans are To publish u sort of siX.pense
Nineteenth Century, under the title,
THE New Review" then there i to be
new English illustrated weekly, which
Is 10 sell for shilling, backed by the
artist, It is said, backing which, per
haps. will not appeal much TO the com.
merciaIly minded; Mr.. Frederick Green
wood is just preparing to launch n new
paper, and the Cassells send out q new
journal for the working classes, entitled
the AmericdR Workman. "A unique
fiction experiment will be tried in Lon.
don by David Christie Murray. He has
arranged with Mr.. Henry Herman, who
II will be remembered wrote the play,
"The Silver King" to write In col
laboration trilogy of novels, dealing
mainly with literary, dramatic and
artistic circles. The three books will
contain the same characters. IL Is in
tended that each story shall be com.
plote in itself, and to make this seem
more distinct each volume will be issued
by different publisher. MIR, John
Sleicker, the new managing editor of
Frdak Lcslie's Illustrated Ne,os-
pdper, is so fond of Albany, where
he became famous as editor of the
Ecentag Jouindl that he continues to
make that city his place of residence.
II will not be long before he will be one
of the great men of New York. He is
short, thin has short side whislsers,
brown moustache, and wears eyeglasses.
lie is bright, wholesoued fellow. who
is chummy with all the great men of the
country, and Is boon companion of
Mr.. AFkell The extraordinary state.
ment published few weeks ago In the
New York He,uM that Robert Louis
Stevenson was dying Is more than
usually outrageous, as ut that particular
moment Mr.. Stevenson was better than
he had been for long time. In letter
recently written to an artist friend in
New York Mr. Stevenson Says he Is de
lighted with his South Sea journeys,
and that his friends may not soon ex.
pect TO see him In New York agaia. -
Miss Olive Schreiner's new novel Is nj.
most finished, and IL is probable that
| the book will be brought out this sum
mer or in the early fall. But little is
known of the general character of the
novel except what Miss Schreincr has
written in letters TO American friends,
frsm which 1t seems waiTantable TO
suppose that the novel will be even
more daring in its tendencies than "The
Story of an African Farm. Prank
Dempster Sherman, the dreamy poet, or
rather "writcr of society verse" used
to be retail stationer at Peekskill 1t
is said that owing to splendid opinion
of himself he has not met with the
fame that might come to him were he
more agreeable to those who could give
him the proper boost. He has morbid
dislike of reporters and does not deig
an introduction to one.
According to Truth the author of
"NIr. Barnes of New York" has been
spoiled by his success. II happened
to be standing in front of the Grand
| Central Depot the other evening"" says
writer, "lazily waiting for train
when the conversation of couple of
| policemen attracted my attention. They
were talking about queer sort of con
veyance that had just dashed up TO the
depot. 1t was an open barouche, of the
pattern quite popular, should imagine,
with our grandparents, and II was
drawn by a couple of rather sorry
looking mouse colored nags. The
reins were in the hands of an elderly
lady dressed in rather glaring white
waist, while beside her lounged, arms
folded, nose In the air and lofty
contempt for the entire human race
painted on his face, Mr.. Archibald
Gunter. The whole outfit tickled the
two policemen so much that they
simultaneously treated one another TO
drink, while l remained behind to
watch further progress From some
invisible corner at the back of the
barouche there suddenly sprang little
black thing completely enveloped in a
hat and pair of boots. Struggling be-
tween his ambition to do his duty and
seize the big horses by the bride, and
the impossibility of seeing beneath
the enormous brim of his singu-
lar hat the little chap at,
tIacted almost as much attention as
his employers. Then the elderly lady,
with dignity that was almost ridic-
ulous in its self consciousness, stepped
slowly from the barouche, followed in
time by the august Mr.. Gunter himself.
wish you could have caught the ex
preston of the gentleman's face as ht
did so-you would have agreed will
methat, after all, humanity Is sorry
sort of affair. am told that little
success has in Mr.. Gunters s case spoiet
a very agreeable man. A few month.
ago, when beer and free lunches wer,
the companions of his intellect, he was
one of the boys. Now il is all changed
Without the knowledge how to do IT,
he apes the grand eoi9neur. t
From Brentaho's Washington, Chicago
New York, Paris and London.
Letters of the late Edward Bulwer, Lore
| Lytton, to his wife G.. w. Dillingham;
successor to q. w. Carleton & Co., pub
fisher.
These letters, when they were frs
made public in England, attracted mucl
attention and caused much amusement
| They showed that even as clever Il maj
as Lord Lytton Is fool and uses yer,
foolish language when in love- Thei
publication was in bad taste, as the,
were given to the world but to max
him ridiculous, and did not decrease tn
reputation his wife had won for being
good deal of n tartar. The book Ough
to have an American sale.
From Belford Clarke & Co., Chicago
New York and San Francisco:
"a Splendid Egotlst," by the autho
of ''That Girl from Texas Daintil
bound in white paper, with illuminate,
cover. This is summer novel, easy {
read and pleasant 20 remember. Ii
not profound, neither are the babblin
brooks, and they are pleasanter becaus
they are not.
"Maron Lescant," translated from I'll
French of Liable Provost by Arthur "
7 Grundy. Belford, Clarke & Co., Chicag