St. Paul daily globe., 1890-04-06
AMONG THE WRITERS.

Edward Bellamy, says Boston let
ter in the Critic, is to be editOr-in- chief
of the Nationalist.
John G. Whittier is said to have re-
ceived check for 81, 900 for his poem of
'YThe Captains Well,' published in the
New York Ledger.
("Gyp," the racy French writer is, said
to be the Countess of Martel in real life.
She is a niece Of Mirabeau.
Mr.. HOweliS says of the mOney-mak-
ing feature of literature: s'The sum of
1t is: be an author if that is your love
and your life; but rather be anything
else it you first wish to make money"
Mrs. Perugini. Charles Dickens
second daughter, Kate, has contributed
some clever articles to the magazines.
She has strong vein of her fathers
originality, and not little CT his keen
sense of humOr.
Robert Browning is the first poet in
the history of the world whose voice
lives after death. He survived long
enough to win touch of literal lmmOr-
tality from the hand of science. The
phonogram has preserved his voice.and
if all goes well, Browning can speak in
his own living tones to the unborn gen.
eratiOns of thousand years hence.
Thomas Nelson Page has presented a
memorial window to a Richmond church
in memory of his wife. This is the in
scription: "To the glory of God and in
memory of Anne Bruce Page. youngest
daughter of Charles and Sarah Led0n
Bruce, and beloved wife of Thomas Mel
son Page. Born June 26, 1867; marie d
July 2S, 1887; died Dec. 20, 1888, after a
beautiful life."
In an article in the Philadelphia
Press on 1.-The Profits of Authorship"
Dr. Edward EgglestOn Iepudiates the
statement ascribed to him, that there Is
not a single American author who
really makes an income out Of his
books. and says: ''Of course did not
say anything so preposterOus. as the
words attributed to be. What did say
before a congressional committee was,
that did not know any authOrwhO had
acquired competence by literary work
properly s0-called.
Alphonse Daudet, probably the most
popular living novelist, is thus de-
Scribed: t.Daudet is one of the most
remarkable looking men in Europe.
His head is one of great beauty, ex-
ing over a white. broad forehead, eyes
as black as any coal, but brilliant with
the light of Southern suns. the face
itself a perfect oval. full, dark beard
and mustache and delicate, finely
chiseled mouth"
Ibsen'S home in Munich is in the So
called Hemmeter house, 80 Maximilian
street, corner of Canal street, from
which one enters the building. In a
little court on the ground floor stands a
fountain bearing candelabrum, which
lights the staircase. The dramatist Oc-
cupies fiat on the second floor, plainly
furnished, according to the American
standard of domestic elegance aud
luxury. but very neat and comfortable.
The walls of the modest parlor are COW
cred with old portraits of Dutch and
Italian masters, and modern paintings,
among them the original sketch of the
Swedish artist Gronvol's picture, 'sOut
of Work." which attracted so great at
tention at the Munich international art
exhibition of 1888. on account of the
power and feeling with which it por-
trayed the miseries of the pr0letariat.
The idea of having Lord Tennyson
of volume of his works that will soon
be issued in England and America, is
quite brilliant one. 1t is to be hoped
that the publishers pay the poet for his
hundred autographs at the highest mar
ket rates; he might even demand to be
paid at post-m0rtem rates, so great will
be the desire to possess this unique edi-
ton. The volume will contain only
three poems. with twenty-five drawings
by Edward Lear, and portraits of Ten
nyson and Lear. Apropos of the auto
graphs, it might be as well if, after this,
noted authors declined giving their sig
natures to any autograph hunters on
the plea of defrauding their publishers.