Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-14
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

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DIR. Won FUAaxenbeck, the chief
burgomaster of Berlin, who has just
died of apoplexy, was almost the best
known Of German politicians. Ever
since the turbulent days of 1s4s he had
taken an active part in politics, and
from 1874 to 1879 he was the president |
of the lower house.
Lady Ulrica Duncombe, who is |
said to have been the prettiest woman |
present at the second royal drawing |
room, is tall and dark, with milk. |
white skin that contrasts effectively |
with her dark hair. Her face is oval, |
and t'seems~when she looks at you," an
observer relates, ''to be all eyes"
All the act objects belonging to
the jurist, the late Benjamin II. Brew
ster, have been presented the Philade1-
phia library company under the will OF
his sister. There are vases, bustS and
fgurines in terra Gotta, paintings in
oil, and drawings in water color and
pen and ink. His library of 5000 vol-
umes, chiefly on Roman history and
archaeology, is also presented to the
library.
Profit on books in England is said
TO be about as follows: A ''shillina
shoclxer'' pays its expenses when it has
sold 1000 copiess a three-shilling book
upon which grade and all higher graded
the price of the cover has to be &C
counted for, becomes profitable after ii
has sold 800; six-shilling book when
| it has sold ], 200; a two-volume library
| book when it has sold 400; and a three
| volume book when it has sold 800.
| w. S. Hobart died the other day in
i tn
1870 he was a carman in the Chollar
mine. He received 81 a day for push,
ing an ore-car in the lower levels. He
made little money in stocks and put
is into teams with which he hauled ore
to the mills. He prospered at this and
| finally got a contract to extract ore
from the Chollar mine on a certain
royalty. This was the foundation of his
fortune.
-Zola's new historical romance on
the "War of 7O-'71" is the work of if
teen months of labor, and the author
himself believes it to be the most inn
portant book he has ever written. It is
replete with personal and documentary
| evidence, in the collecting of which M.
lola visited the battlefields of the east
crn frontier, questioned many survi-
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hundred volumes of war history and
military records.
Henry Labouchere, the London ed.
itor and member of parliament, was al
one time attached to the British lega
ton at Washington, and q number o.
characteristic stories of his eccentricf
ties are still current at the capital. One
relates that during brief trip to New
York he was mistaken for celebratet
Irish patriot by some Irish-American'
who met himin saloon on q side stree
off Broadway. He encouraged the de
fusion to the extent of eating dinner
given in his honor by the friends of the
cause, and finally gave them the silly
without revealing his identity.
Walt Whitman's late home, a Gttl
frame house worth about $1,000 O.
1000, is to be bought and preserved il
! his memory if Mr.. Traubel, one Of tn
executors of the poets will, can rails
the money. Already circulars asking
for subscriptions have been sent out t.
, | Whitman's admirers. Mr.. Traubel say
that the two bedrooms, where Whitman
did all his literary work, and the par
y lor would be kept as it is. The interio
will, however, be somewhat repaire'
and reprinted. The Philadelphia Pres
I says that Whitman left number o
D manuscripts, containing both prose AM
, poetry, which have never been pub
D 1ished. Among them was poem &c
o lumbus," recently written, on the com
II ing Columbian exposition.