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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

MIR. Henry Fielding Dickens. third
SON Of the novelist. il highly success
ful lawyer in England.
OF John &. Whittier, the London
Literary World says that he is con-
spicuous example Of the poet born.
-Four hundred and cighty-two
works on theology and religion were
published in the United States during
1888. OF these 339 were made in the
United States.
Mrs. Humphry Ward is troubled
with sort Of writer's cramp which
makes literary work difficult on ac-
count OF muscular weakness Of her
right hand and arm.
Elijah NJ. Haines, who died at
Waukegan, ILL.,, recently, was an au-
thority on Indian languages and GUS
toms and left large mass Of manu-
script material concerning them.
President Harrison devotes about
an hour a day to newspapers. He
reads the editorial comments cut out
for him by Elijah Halford, spends
few moments on the telegraphic news,
and always looks over the baseball
scores.
Tho late centenarian, nj. Chev-
reul. although one Of the patrons OF
photography, refused during the
greater part OF his long life to have his
picture taken. Not until 1888. when In
his ninety-seventh year, did he over
come this antipathy.
MIR. Gladstone is said to be an OK
cellent sleeper, usually putting in
about seven hours sleep in every
twenty-four hours. and having the
happy art of dismissing his public
cares upon going to bed. This is one
Of the causes to which he attributes
his good health and bodily vigor.
Now that pioneer type machine
has been invented and brought to q
success. it will unquestionably effect
new revolution in printing. and ma
terially decrease the cost Of the pro-
duction of newspapers and books.
Hand composition will take vaca-
tion in a few years, and operators upon
keys will pick up the copy where they
leave off.
--Bayard 1ayloSs arst name was
James. Wilkie Collins was christened
William Wilkie Collins. Austin Dob
sons full name is Henry Austin Dob
son. Edmund Gosse has William for
q middle name, though he never uses
it. james Rrander Matthews, Samuel
Duffield Osborne, James Lawrence
Hutton and Edward Howard Seely are
| few other full titles Of writer's who
curtail their signatures in print, and
Frank Stockton's name is Francis
Richard Stockton in full.
"A gratifying unity of loyal senti-
meEt in regard to the recent centen-
/ NAL celebration finds expression in all
the religious publications without re-
1 gard to creed or UNCONVENTIONAL char
acter. jew and Christian alike stand
on equal footing about this at least
A Jewish writer in recognizing the
boon of American independence says:
..Eor the first time since the institu-
tion OF the Government has the Jewish
| religion, have the Hebrews, found
recognition in State paper by the
President Of the United States. Moro
than any other class OF citizens have
the Jews cause to be thankful to God
for the great boon Of liberty and the
rights OF man which was embodied in
the constitution which they established
and to support which George Wash
ington on that day made solemn
oath.n