The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21

The ivy which surrounds Ihackcray b
grave IN Kensal Green cemetery, and
which had spread over nearly the enc
tire surface OF the plain tabular stone,
obscurlng the modest inscription. BIAS
recently been neatly trimmed. Imel
beginning 10 leave traces on the monu.
ment erected in the same cemetery by
ladmiriDg friends nearly forty year, ago..
! The massive head OF the poet and hu-
st-immediately underneath which
is his self-chosen epitaph, He sang the
Song Of the Shirt stand. sOrgly an
need Of cleaning, while the figure on
the Dedestil. one side Of which repre-
seuts a touching scene in The Bridge
of Signs, are no less in need OF reno
walton.
The new edition Of Mr.. Ru,kIn B
poems. 20 which reference has before
been made, viii be a larger work than
was originally expected. Mr. Ruskin
unpublished poems turn out 60 be- ao
numerous that the book will run into
/ two volumes. These will contain all the
p0etlcal writings Of Mr.. Ruskin deemed
worthy If publications and there VIII
TINS be 10 excuse or room left for any
Buxton F0rman Of the future. IL s
possible that a third volume viii Dee
added. containing several early pro-e
pieces by Dir. Rus1in which have never
yet been printed.
Among the De Quincy manuscript
recently unearthed letters from Words.
worth, COlcrldge. and Charlotte Bronio
are found. One letter. signed "Cuucr
Bell. in which she sends De Quincey Is
copy OF the poems OF the three -lste-s,
and tells him that the publishers say
only two copies have been sold. has b
melancholy interest. Along with thee
letters have. been. discovered five lost
papers. The Dark Interpreter" and
the Spectre Of the Broken with The
rest. Ofcourse they are all 10 be given
TO the public in the orthodox share
two volumes If Life and Letters
which DR.. Japp is now editing.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton has taken
infinite pains 20 secure complete ret
OF authentic likeness for her new book.
Our Early Presidents, Their Wiyos
and Children, IN the press OF ID. 10
throp Company. They are nearly all
reproductions of paintings and minia-
lures in the possession Of the Presidon-
ti9l families.
\ volume Of some interest 10 Words
wOrthiaas. dealing with the poets and
poetry Of a districtof Scotland rendered
classic for all time by the pen Of their
master. and peculiarly associated with
the genius and works Of Walter Scott
and the EttTick Shepherd. will be issued
in the course OF a few weeks.
Milton is not the first precedent we
have for the receipt Of copy money,
however. The Bible commentator DR..
Henry Hammond, was first in the mar
ket, fourteen years earlier, having been
paid by the king printer for anuoil.
tions on the New Testament.
The authorized Life OF ltsen. writ
ten by Mr. Henrik Jaeger. will appear
early in the autumn in an English YER
SIGN by Mrs. Bell. the NUMEROUS poeti'
cal quotations being translated from
the Norwegian By Mr.. Edmund Gos.e.
Jennie June. Mrs. j. G. Croly. mas bee
come the sole eOilor II the Home
Maker which will henceforth have a
Cycle department. the owners of the
Home Maker having bought the Cycle
and merged it into their own magazine.
We have not been able to leorn the
cause of the difficulty between the pub
Ishera and Marion Harland. their for
mer editor. but as she, her daughter,
Mrs. Merrick and Mrs. lluugeriord
have all resigned without an eX'
PLANTATION or farew ell' in the columns
OF the Home Maker, the publishers
having denied them that coufles, there
is room for the suspicion that the leave
taking was not amicable. Mrs. Ter
hume is essentially conservative. orIho'
dox. and domestic. whi.e Mrs. Croly,
very clever and advanced woman. viii
hardly edit paper on the same lines
that were indicated by her predecessoF
The Cycle SAYS its editor didn't make
money. but it did not fail in any Of ITS
promises. and retired owirg 20 r'an OF
woman anything.