Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-25
The Jacksonville letter in this issue Is
from our old friend ERNEST WEI.


The ScnIBYrRs have issued new el!-
ton Of the southern poet LANfFE's poems,
and in announcing this fact . leading lite
rary authority states that the uunher of
bis readers ia steadily increasing. and lat
his place among orr foremost America
poets is now assured and likely 10 b. per-
manent."
Before the present season Il gone
HouGHroN, MTFIS Il Go. expect toaldt
new volumes TO their Anne, can Common
wealths series-one on New Jersey by
Ar,rIx Scorr. president Of Ringers Col
lege. and one on Vermont. by ROLAND L.
RoBINsoN.
The engagement is announced of DR..
SrGuEA IBsEN. son ot the Distinguished
Norwegian drama.ist. IlESEicS l8,Es, 90
BEEGLIoT BjoRNsOS, daughter OF the poet
BIoRNsrIrHyE BJogss)N. We chron.c't TINS
fact manly 10 afford the composit7r a
chance 20 air his piety.
Colonel HHNRY WATrERs0S is not in favor
Of the convention TO consider The neels
Of literature in the South" which Is called
10 meet at Nashville on October 2stl. Tho
Colonel thinks the South IS receiving
ample literary recognition. and instances a
number Of southern writers whose works,
he saws. ARE snapped up Ike hot GAGS
| by the great publishing houses. and real
voraciously b. the public OF the North.
That is true. but We have not found that
ANYTHING by southern writer's which might
be offensive 10 tho yorac.ous Gui iastl-
diou- North has been snapped up Oy
sad publishers. Maybe the Colonel can
mention some writings Of this sort
IoxGMaNs, GEfES & Co. have Just brought
ont Canon FAgRAE's Darkness and
Dawn: or. Scenes IN the DAYS Of Nero
| This Is sand u be the authors first ven
ture in fiction Tor many years, aniinit nc -
SAID TO have stuck to the facts more closely
than most writer, OF historical fiction do.
The same firm will publish at once Sir Ed
WIN ARSoLDs Seas aud Lands" the ear-
lier chapters Of which are devoted %
| Canada and the United States. The DH.k
of the bool, is gwen up TO japan.
GronGE TEAScIs JAMES. Of the Dniver-
sity Of Nashville has been appointed lee
turer On literature in tho University OF
PENNSYLVANIA. and editor Of Jarersiy Lr-
t1.s.on, the Official organ Of the American
Society for the Extension Of University
| reaching.
TheJ. Is. Iippincott Company announces
| for early publication the Life Of Beuia-
min Harris Brewster by EUGEss COLEMAN
SAylDGE. u. d.; the second volume Of
"Hermetic Philosophy" by SIX. OF tie
II. i. Of L."; and new edition Of Pro
fessor EoaERr BAAIEoLows " uyl0ler-
matte Medication"
Mr.. GoDwIN SMITH has enlarged and re-
cast IN tho form Of a biographical essar
his two Macmillan reviews OF the life OF
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. The book will
appear shortly.
The November Century will haze two
frontispieces both beng engrayn-5 by
| CoLE from MICHAEL ANGELo's Sibyis,' IN
the Sistine chapel.
The Nu'ual Friend is the title Of aperiodi-
cal to be devoted Ito the interest and al
vancement Of amateur journalism which
Will be published quarterly at Washing
ton. beginning on January Isl
The original Of Mr. Sgoc6goN's "Squir-
rel Inn" Is sad to be the Bear and Fox II
Onteora in the CatsAiils.
Miss ELIzArrrH SIuAsT PHE1Ps's Gates
Aiar" recently appeared in daily paper
as Gates Cigar
At certain public library "Aristocrat
of the Breakfast Table" " Cluster on tho
Hearth" "Hsop's Fables Bon0ary
Eoosc." "Helen's Water Babies" - Ce-
sars Contemporaries " Eggleston's Cir
cus-R Rider" Lambs Essay on Roast Nut
ton" and other aosurditles were called for
within a few months past.
Miss BEADDoS leads quiet and almost
secluded life at Richmond Hill. Most Of
her leisure IS spent in the saddle OF late
wears she Is said not to have "often sought
the literary circles of which she was for
merlv an ornament. She very rarely ap-
pears in public. and never at any gather
ing where there is a crowd
The PurxAMs have issued book by DR..
T. NJ. PRUDDES on Drinking Water and Ice
| supplies and Their Re atoms 10 HeaM and Dis
ease. which is addressed particularly to
those who live in country towns and vii
lages where tho sources Of water supply
are most liable to contamination, but
which contains facts and warnings not
without Interest to jewellers 10 cities.
Poet Lore for October has been received.
The leading articles are "A Love Drama OF
| the Tenth Century" by WILLIAM II. HUD-
SON; "The Literary Genealogy of Jenny
sons Ulysses" by Professor ALBERT S. Cook,
and A New Word on Shakspeare'S Son.
nets" by |. GooDLEr. There are also in
ter esting articles on BEowSINd entitled
Browning Study Hints" and New
Browning Letters and Mrs. Orr's Life"
The able article on SAAKsPEiRE's Sonnets
considers the identity Of the Nv. IL. let
tiers" Of the same. The author rejects the
generally accepted PEMBROKE theory, but
is not able to furnish better.
Book Notices.
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