The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-10-22
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Lowelrs "Vision of Sir Launfel, I"
which gave an impetus to his early
fame, was composed in forty-eight
hours, while Grey struggled for seven
years over his famous ''Elegy."
Richard Wagner's widow, the
daughter of List, is tall, fne-loolxing
old lady. Her features are those OF
List, softened to feminine mold, and
her face is rather striking than hand
some.
-Adolph Sutro, the millionaire, OF
tunnel fame, is building the finest bath
since Diocletian's- Acres of sea are to
be inclosed with granite walls, paved
and tiled and covered with glass, the
tide being admitted through suitable
channels in the stone.
"A lady of his acquaintance once
asked James Russell Lowell why he
had not sent her a copy of his last
book. II could not afford to-" he re-
piled. IF my friends don't buy my
books who the deuce will buy them?'
More authors are exposed to such sol ic.
itations from persons who can not
plead want of means as an excuse for
them.
The famous Greek manuscript OF
the New Testament, which dates from
the fifth century, and constitutes one
of the chief treasures of the vatican
library, where it is we'll known to
scholars by its catalogue number, 1909,
is now being phototypically fuc-similed
by order of Pope Leo Kill, who in
tends to present copy of the work to
each of the principal libraries OF
Christendom.
Flinders Petrie's researches in
Egypt have brought to light some man.
! uscripts of Greek literature far earlier
than any classical text which we have
had before. The scholars have discov'
cred three pages of ::the lost "Antiope'
of Euripides, and also fragments c1
Plato's "Phado." The text of the lat.
ter confirms the suspicion that the edi
tors of Alexandria regularly improved
and touched up the original text to suit
their ideas of style. Another fragment
is identified as portion of the eleventh
book of the 1liad, and it contains five
lines that are not in the accepted text
1t appears that 1,11S novels were
published in America in 1890 ascagainat
ss1 in England, the total number 81
books issued in the two countries being
1850 and 4,414 respectively. But an
expert in these matters contends that
for every novel printed fifty are writ
ten; or, in other words, that s.. 900 nov
u, - To-
The population of the United Statex is
in round numbers, $4,000 At this
rate one in about every 1000 persons
writes novel every year. Figures
however, are always deceptive, for OF
the LIS novels published certainly 9
large number are reprints of foreign
books.
The Literary Journal says that the
following books were called for at g
certain library within the last few
months: Sara Zenaski," Sequel o.
Saracknessa which is st. Hilario, I'll
worth case" "Aristocrat of the break
fast table, Cluster on the Hearth,
maria Bashkershirb," "Alsop's Fa
bles," lily Spatia," "Dana's Emanue
of Geology" ''Bonbary Roose, by Dick
ens," "Helen's Water Babies" "Grea
Orators-their habits and nature wher
young" Caesars Contemporaries
'Tents of Ham," "Eggleston's Circus
rider" "Guyot's Earthen man,
Lambs Essay on roast mutton,
''Roe's Escaped from Eden," Butter
and Eggs and Kisses" Mrs. Burnett:
Vera Cruz" ''Trow bridges Three
Scoots," ''Stock's Lady of the Lake,
"Kenelworth and Chillingly Sacred Let
ter, by Hawthorne" "Expectoration'
(Expatriation).