The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-23
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Rider Haggard's first book was .
complete failure. It was "Catewayo
and His White Neighbor." lie made
El0 on his second, Dawn"
The first order for the Carnegie FREQ
library in Pittsburgh is for 1900 vol
nmes, and it will require nearly six
months to fill it. as books go out Of
print 50 rapidly.
-Ismacl Pasha. the ex-Khcdive Of
Egypt, is practically prisoner at his
residence on the Bosporus The
Turkish Government recently refused
him permission to 60 to Carlsbad to tako
the waters for his health.
Tho Empress Frederick has, be-
tween her jointure, her husbands fort
unc and the Duchess Of Gailiera's be-
quest, an income Of e70, 900 year. The
English taxpayer has had TO contribute
9s, year to her support for the past
thirty-three years.
When the Queen had read "Alicc in
Wonderland she personally solicited
its author by letter to send her another
Of his charming hooks" Then the
droll gentleman. who is a follow Of
Christ Church College, sent Her Maies-
ty his treatise on the ..DifIerential CAL
culus."
The number OF volumes added to
the British museum library last year
was 80. 500; OF these nearly 10000 are
new books received from the publishers
in pursuance of the English copyright;
A695 volumes have been presented, and
no fewer than 1860 acquired by pur-
chase.
That mysterious quality called
gift" strikingly revealed itself in the
childhood of the distinguished French
artist, Nine. Jeanne Madeline Len.aire.
AS soon as tho little girl could move
about, pencil was her greatest .oy, SO
that even at the age Of Ave or six she
busted herself in making pictures
B l.. Farjeon, the popular novelist,
was once newspaper man in New Zea-
land. where he was the proprietor Of
small newspaper. A friendly letter
from Dickens turned him in the direc-
ton OF novcl-writing. IIe is married to
daughter Of Joe jefferson, tho actor,
and one Of his young boys has caught
the gait and mannerisms of Rip Van
Wrinkle from seeing his grandfather
play the character. and is able to pre-
sent good imitation Of the original.
Whenever Gladstone gets down to
garden truck and talks simple things TO
simple people tho Conservative press
has fun with him. Lately he talked to
| the folk about Harvard en- about poultry.
| eggs, fruit and tame rabbits, and
| showed them there was profit in their
| cultivation. Awhile ago he had some
| thing to say about jam and fruit pre-
| serving in general, whereupon the
quantity Of strawberries brought into
| Covent Garden this season shows an in
crease.
The Critic says that scholarly
Philadelphia journalist writes To it to
say: would it not be interesting TO
find ii any one writes Newman? He is
undeniably tho first stylist Of the cent
ury, but l never meet any one who
| reads him. and do not believe there is
an author of his rank SO little read in
| the Libraries" Whether Newman is
read by journalists, or widely read by
any class, we can not say, but that he is
deeply read by those qualified to appre-
ciate him we know 10 be true among
our own circle Of acquaintance, and sus-
spect to be the case generally.