The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-21
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

james Russell Lowell, it is said.
will devote the remainder Of his life
to travel and reading. He says that
his literary work il all done.
Tho Duchess OF Rutland is con-
slant contributor to the magazines,
and gives all her literary earnings to
one Of the London asylums for the
blind.
Rev. Augustine Francis Hewitt
who succeeds Father Hecker as SUE
perior-Gcneral Of the Paulist Fathers,
was born in Connecticut sixty-eight
years ago. He is Of q literary turn Of
mind, and has written many books.
Associated with him is Father Deshon.
who was at one time lookei upon as
Father Hecker's probable successor.
When s.Our Mutual Friend ap-
peared it was enthusiastically re-
viewed in the London Times by the
late Mr. Dallas. Dickens was %
pleased with the article that he gave
TO Dallas the Ms. of the story, the
critic metaphorically clasping ito his
heart and protesting that he would
never part with the precious thing. A
little while after he sold it to Mr..
Childs for twelve hundred and fifty
dollars.
Gladstone was invited by Vest
ern editor to contribute an article on
Washington. The English states
man declined in the following words
written on postcard: II am much
honored by your letter. But | can not
act upon it. Washington is a noble
subject. ] studied him forty years ago
with love and admiration. But it is
not in my power now to renew the
study, and should not like to profane
the theme by thin and slovenly work. =
Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon, the London
preacher, receives an average Of 500
letters Il day, and he employs three
secretaries 20 answer the communities
tions which come to him from all parts
OF the world The enormous rev.
enues of mis- church, or Tabernacle,
are entirely devoted to the various
philanthropie movements in which
the reverend gentleman is interested.
as the ample income derived from
his books and sermons is more than
sufficient for the needs OF himself and
family.
DIR. A. T. Happier, OF China, call
| ing attention to the fact that Arnold,
! in his Light Of ASIA" estimates the
number Of Buddhists at four hundred
and seventy million, and James Free
man Clarke, in his :. Ten Great Relig-
| ions,' gives the number at three
hundred million. says: 81 regard these
statements as entirely unwarranted
and unsupported by facts His own
estimate is seventy million. Prof.
Monier Williams states as his opinion
tl.at one hundred million would be a
large estimate of the Buddhists in the
world. Missionary Review.
-Dr Sir Moreli Mckenzie has .
family consisting III wife, two sous
and three daughters. 9ne son IS on
the stage under the name Of u. Ii.
Morei, while the other follows his
fathers profession. Each oE the
daughters has special talent, which
she is given every opportunity for
cultivating. Ethel, the oldest daugh-
ter, has taste for Journalism, and il
the London correspondent Of Phila.
delphia paper: Hilda, the second
daughter, aspires to be an artist. and
has studio. where she paints indus
triously, while Olga, the youngest. is q
musician, and has done something in
the way Of original composition.