The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-13

has proposed a special new chapel but
his schomc has not met with much en-
enlargement. The clolsters offer some
we'll space available for memorial tab
lets. Dean Stanley desired a new cloia-
ter which might serve monumental
purpose. The writer Is Of the opinion
that The Abbey was never designed 10
be- used as q cemetery. and that II The
people were 10 be accustomed to some
less bulky form or memorial than stat
nary or paintings or drawings,
wo pfesume-iho uncomfortable or uE-
healthy oyercrowding OF is space might
be prevented W. L. j. writes or
The Naming of Novels "a fascinating
subject. as. in many cases. not only the
success but the very existence OF the
novel depends on is name. Some nov
els have never got beyond. the name.
ike Victor Hugo's 'Qgi QUEEN Grogne.'
Gautiers 'Capitaiue fracasse' was
tamed thirty years before 1t
was written. 10 Was announced. with
out any intention Of writing it. on the
back OF an early effort. it was even
criticised before 10 existed. With
Dickens. too, the name was the frs.
necessity. The chimes in Genoa both
cred him greatly while he was trying
Co think Of name for his Cnrietmas-
book. No gong on without the name;
-, ma despair. he named it The Chimes
tie evolved six names for David Cop
pcrheld'' a dozen for Bleak House
and fourteen for Hard Times. lie
left q last OF Nineteen names without
novels attached. Of which Dust and
The Young Person are perhaps the
most suggestive. IL was Constable. the
publisher. who originated the title OF
Rob Roy. Vanity Fair Is declared 10
be- title toe big for its book 50 is Les
Miserasies. Poetic titles are absurd,
iuterrogative ones Irritating. the writer
tniuks. The Scarlet Letter Is a perfect
title, for, while it tells nothing. it hints
the whole story.
70 announce ones self as the owner
of pair Of gloves. into one OF which
WAS once thrust the hand that wrote
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark. sounds
almost as startling az TO proclaim own
ership of the stylus with which Brutus
slew Ce ar. or of the bow which Alfred
was stringing whonhe Z ttheclkes burn.
Then again the Idea of gloves as worn at
the close OF The sixteenth century a.
once suggests the cavalier, the man of
noble birth. the naughty aristo-
crat. none of which WAS Will
Shakespeare. Aud yet. no doubt,
MS contempt for the lower classes,
plebe.an though he was. would very
naturally prompt him to wear gloves.
! ANYWAY, SIR. Horace Howard Furness
tells the world in plain language that
he is the owner al q pair OF gloves worn
by Shakespeare. They are OF the gannt-
| let kind. of leather. with cmb lssed
cuffs. he edges of which seem 10 be
| trimmed with fur Their pedigree is
as follows: " shakespeare gloves
given 10 j. Wand. In lI46, by
| fret cousin once removed, of Shakes
paare, who assured Ward that his
! father. Shakcspsare's own cousin. and
ga no after the death OF Shakespeare had
the safe of bis effects, often declared
chat they were the identical gloves
worn by our great poet. Given by
J I'm Ward 20 Garrck. By Garrick's
widow bcqusathed 10 Mrs. Sldi0ns.
By Mrs. sddors bequeathej TO her
daughter, llfs COmbe. By MIS- Combe
| bGquoalhed 90 Mrs. l.. a. Kemble. by
Mrs +. a. ksmbie given to the
present. owner. n. He
The ability 10 write equally well in
two languages Is rare one. butt seems
fo De possessed by Nine. Charles BigOt,
# Paiie. formerly Hiss Mary Healy.
daughter of the wCll-kn0wn American
portrait painter. Her charming littlo
story "A Mere Caprice, written first
io English aud published few years
age IN ihs country was aftefwgfd
written by her ln French. and received
Che high honor Of being crowned by
che French Academy. Nine. Bigot has
recently completed another brilliant
short story which is about % be pub
li-hed by Mes.rs. a G.. M,Clurg & Co.
with the title. "A Foreign Match. 10
ike the former work. is a story OF Pa.
usi8n life. such as tho author is 20 pc
lcnliarlv fitted % cell. vcral OF the
characters are Americans. several Of
them are French, ard one is Italian.
The story BE- simple IN construction. IS
easily followed. and abouuds IL bril-
iant passage and dramatic situations.
The scope and motive are revealed in
ihc tit.o and ihe handling which the
theme receives 40 the hands OF Nine.
B.gof. together with brilliant literary
. quality Of the story. will doubtless
give Dc "a prominent place among the
notable fiction Of tho year.
Mr.. w. IA. SrACKPOOLE has discOy-
cred a method by IS nich any moderately
vCil educated p.rs0n. without obscrva'
aon. Imagination og knowledge Of hui
man nature. may $40 down aud write a
great novel. ard instead Of keeping his
plan 90 himself and growing rich by
means CT ID. he publishes DO % the world
ia Lippincolt's for March. lie would
p have the ambitious novelist take any
F, known series OF facts and treat II AZ NIr.
Froudo has treated the facts # the life
r oi Henry VIII. Nr troudo simply
formed out Ol his Own inrer conscious
p ness wise. yifiu0u. ADD liberal minded
/ denry, o1d then he bent bis facts 70
-nit bic creation. Any one can do the
ike with any other series 81 facts, and
q li Doe will only call che result "A novel
b and not history all will be well In
r. stead OF hunting % facts. or supposed
a facts Mr Stackpoole would 90 a step
, further and take incidents, plot and all
: other materials. except tho characters,
e. from some successful novel whose copy
q eight had expired. lie gives an exam
pie Of how Vanity fai.' might be
worked over toa new complexion.
IT'S interesting 70 know that the
\ g0rG 'bialnerskiien is o classic. Ac-
eording lo contributor To- American
o. N0ies and Queries. 81 appears IA tho
n old bliiad OF Maggie Lauder;
5 Elcht seofnuly slc answered BIN.
a nIe.0uo Y.l hllauslHkNri
IUeOu yluf gate. sou lMinHfsAiici
aiy name .s Maggie Lauder
y There q certain description Of pub
n lie writer's and speakers for whom this
10 eouiempiuCUs appcliationsesms 20 have
% been exprf.sly coined, and It would be
~ iity ifa question OF good taste were
+. 10 deprive .lem ol los due application.
.
De- Nevertheless Looking Backward u
e.. .oils TO ihe three. hIndfecih thousand
Al CODY. and ,llti9nA'Lt clubs multi.
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