The Washington critic., 1889-05-06
BOOKS AND WRITER'S.

pu oS o,o, 'h''aa dn". 1's, o po, Joa,h ,,,os No
no,'so , "n ~ ,,n;norsoi ,o@re, has heon enc
o"ojoJ ,,,, Nrs Ntarr,,ro, II Sans,a,.' an
noeuo ;,',,,', ~ s,sand 20 Me- non,h ond a
s.'.'.', 1,,,,';,s,',., ~ H. ps.a, hJ;ss
sanr,o, ivon' 10 proou,,n ,ro,non onJ IN
,,~,ro,,olv ,,ro,,v nne her ,h;cL orav
Sa;,. ,roy,;,p sof,,v owov rrnn, a ySiJc
i,"o,, ,ndar ,yiis,, 10 90, a ro,r nf
poo,',;s,,i and t;nIlv svoa uor fea,nres
aro dal,cato and rog,,Ior and nor fair
sLin 10 fl,,sbed with q faint n;nlt She
loo hc.n sor sevcraI veors . raadsr Of
,,,a,,,,sc,;,ta 10, ,ho B,,or and olso ono
Of The e3itors of thc UeaiM ond Jone
L,,,rnat. hes;des ,bis she hos been tbe
I ;,,,o Pos,m;s,rese of JIoroe,,s Ya,,ao
peonjs co ,la, sho ie f,,llv nronored ~
as.,,,ne Tho du,ias Of ,his resnonsihlc
ad;,n,ioi nost Tbere 10 o,;,e . soc;etv
T of i;,erarv Wv women living T IN proolslvn
~ and % NOT of them are 70 he fonnd in
Mrs Sans,ers narlors at her Thursday
evenings at home. Oliver Thorn Miller,
the famous writer about birds, is
one of these; another is Kate Upson
Clark, whose husband, Mr.. Edward
Clark, is one of the Century" staff
and an associate editor of one of the
New York dailies. Mrs. Clark herself
was for some wears the editor of Good
Cheer" and Is n freauent contributor
to the magazines. The famous Marion
Harland, whose real name Is Mrs, Ter.
hume. and her daughter. Mrs. Herrick.
both well known in the literary world
reside in BROOKLYN and are FREQUENT
guests at Mrs. Sangster's. Helen Evart:
son Smith and some half dozen others
equally well known frequent her
parlors Thursday evenings. Alice
WELLINGTON Rollins used TO be one of
the best known figures in BROOKLYN lit
erary society. hut now makes her home
in the Navarro Flats, opposite the park.
At present she I'm Rio Janeiro. or rather
in n mountain resort not far from the
city. 10 which she was driven by the
ravages of yellow fever. raging lust
now In the brazilian capital. and from
which the inhabitants are diving at the
rate of 18O day.-TN. Y. Graphic.
Accord;no N VIM I Roll Mr. Rob
ort I,onis Stsyenson AZ last accounts ya
Ga,,;ng a,nng fann,,sI,, WITH K;nn Kai
AZ Lano of tbe Uawoiia Islanda v;s;,,ng
him froonontly and iocnsol, yr;,;n~ 20
b;s friends thai he 10 serio,,sIv CONSIDER,
N n aHutCnhIlitxT M nj IN ff a n I'm.
na,,ont no,;,;coi oi,,ca A. pii ayen,s he
of,icr' seelsor hv nre,ent;nS Tho Kg
with n rare peoyl finely set with n verse
or two of noctrv calculated 70 make his
cift more effective The same corre,
se,,opden, odds tbat Mr R;chard Jonry
Stoddard,s ,smagazine naners reminiscen,
of somous an,bnrs do np, f;nd favor IN
every onarter annarently Here ;s a
dol;cate j;ttie commont bv a Western
noner On Mr. Sioddord,s article on Poo.
HStoddard dclights in this devi,;sb sort
of grave work: when he comes out he
smells moist and moldy. AZ of the sen
ulchre." Julian Hawthorne is to re-
ceiye &2. 600. saws n correspondeut for
the novel which he Is writing for a
manufacturing concern, which thev
will use for advertising purposes Every
alternate page of the story Is tShaye an
advertisements
The following bits of gossip are from
that admirable publication Current
Literature: Miss Eva X. CLAIM. the
author of several popular novels and
poems. is about to establish a literary
sales bureau in Chicaoo. The BOSTON
Press Club has 2O3 members. John
Habberton. author of "Helen's Babies. .
is still on the New York Herald staff
Tbora 10 so,no toll, oe ra,r,,,;no ,,,o CiJ'
da mu,o n;,o 20 aoo 'a,H IN ,, ~, n.vvii ,,c Nh Nh
Welch, the widow of Philip Welch.
| the humorist. will do literary and news.
dancr work II ;s said that sammel
Williams Cooner is the autbor of ..The
Confessions nf Society Man nnb.
Iishod anonvno,slv a co,nis of voaro
ago. Ouida saws that no man or woman
can write more than four or five adj
miroblo yorLo of fict;on