The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-28

in letter from Or. hoiiu7s' W.
al, nronouuced the plan very. good
and likely 20 profit people in hurry
no who isp't nowadays, mores Tue
n;tv p To Cardinal Gibbons the ne
v;.w appeared az a mirror reiiectipg
Tho contemporsry thought of Great
Britain and America.
Mr.. Stead has carried out his ingeni-
Gus plan in way to MAKE the iseVIew
Of Reviews the time-saviDg and LABOR
saving device it was intended TO De.
Besides the extracts and asrlaRihen's
from the magazines and reviews, anu
the comments upon and indexes 70 tne'r
contents, which constitute the raisoh
d 'etre of the new monthly. Each num-
Der contains a leading editorial sum.
marjzing The Progress OF the World
frontispiece usually a portrait),
character. sketch OF some man or wo.
man toward whom all eyes are directed
at the time, and special article WIN
illustrations. The globe upon its cover,
outlined againsG star-studded dark
blue background, gives equal promi-
nence to the two great Engllsh'
speaking cities. London and New
York. and the names OF the
American magazines are as numerous
and conspicuous as those OF the Eng
lish quarterlies and reviews. The Re-
view is edited, indeed, as much for the
American as for the British public; yet
the phenomenal though hardly surpris-
ing success it has already attained has
been due chiefly to the demand for it at
home. Hereafter 1t may be expected
TO have as wide il not wider circula-
ton in this country, for, beginning with
the next (September) number, il will be
issued in New York as we'll as in Lon
don.
THE death of Chatrian, the French
novelist, puts an end to the hope that
a reconciliation would ever occur be
tween that author and bis lifelong
literary partner. Erckmann. Then
recent quarrel was source of regret tC
many admirers, for the singular one
ness of their minds was one of the curl
osities Of literature. The disagreement
between Sir Arthur Sullivan and Dir
Gilbert also excItes curiosity as to how
these companions. 50 perfectly yoked
together, will get along alone and dis
united. But glance into history vii
} convince us that in these literary OF
! musical partnerships there is either
, enough talent equally divided to make
either party Independently successful
= or if the one drops out the other IS a0l'
. to sustain the whole burden. WheI
l James Rice died we fancied there wa
an end TO that charming series of nov
els beginning with the Golden Butter
; hy,n but we do not find Mr.. Besan
Q less interesting since he alone is respon
s sible for The Children of Gideon
7 and "All Sorts and Conditions of Men.
: The COncourt brothers wrote with on
q pulse. one brain. one heart, but we d.
e not miss the hand Of Jules, the young
:, er. in the many volumes that Edm0n'
q de Concourt has written since his death
Y apparently without diminutiOn of fore
+ or pronounced alteration OF tone o
q style.
5 The Newporters have an aye aye loo
e since Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger ha
= written that successful novel, "DiplC
f mats Dairy" They say we've got tn
b beauty. and the money, and the fash
I ion. and the birth and breeding, an
J. now you see, we We SOL lDt VIII an
i learning. too. Mrs. Cruger spent las
b winter in Russia, studying its societ
:. and politics, and enjoyed. among othe
: social advantages, long and informf
j. interview with the Empress. Tn
S fair authorizes is brilliantly hand
= some, affects white for outdoo
l. costumes and Greek draDeries for ever
ing-wear. She caused some sensation d
the ball at the Academy of Desigl
winter before last, by appearing in tn
,, character of SapphO in an incroyabl
n gown Of purple satin and trl-cornere
r. hat. The newspaper correspondent
o are. however. hard pressing the claim
r Of her rival, Mrs. Mason. who has estat
k ished herself in the fashionable wOrl
u as clever exponent of Mrs. Cruger
= by-g0ne fat palmistry. What, wit
S Mr.. Llyod Brice as editor of the Mort
l. American, Mr.. Ward AcAlister /
n Society As | Found 1t, and Alr. WI
t liam w. Astor's novels of Italian lf'
s we do not see that Newport has an
Is rival on the globe as the home Of tn
n arts.