The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-21

HInWZl against A'h'-HI r--s.
0pafheiic h0pelessness,' and even "adesp'l-
ngimpiety. "-Wilmington (N.C.) Messenger
Literary Notes.
II is said that the French periodicals OF zoe
highest class have more Subscribers dutoa'
than at home. OF all living French au'hoI9
Daudet is the chief ~fayOrite IN England
Mrs. Humphry Wards new book has been
a great success-sO great "A one That the pup
fishers are bringing out an edition IN larger
type and two volumes.
lean Ingelow's first volume of verse has
anneared i'm more than twenty-siX editions.
Her father, "A banker in Boston, suffered
financially in a local crisis, and II was 10 heip
the family that Miss lngelow INST undertook
TO write.
IL is pleasant to chronicle the fact that an
edition from new plates oil Inc lale herman
Nlelyille's famous stories Is now IN progress.
They are To be b. ought ont by the Unned
States Book Company under Tue thoroughly
competent editorshjp OF MT. Afthur oleIihau'
Mrs. Burton Harrison has written a new
story. which Is TO appear In the hlaIch III
tury.v tits called Gays Romance" and Is
n tale OF life in the neighboih0Vd OF Wssh,ng-
ton thirty years ago. our lolstol Nluo, d
story OF the suburbs OF Boston, Is also pIOh-
ised for the same number.
NJ. lola maintains a very pretty scOln Tor
tbe English novel. Scott, Dickens and Thac' 81
eray, all together, are not worth Baizac, he
thinks. "ScOit,r he eXclaims, with an lm-
patient wave OF the hand, Literature de
nensionnatv-which, OF course, ehectually
takes Scott out of The category OF gSeat
writers.
The copyright on Tcnnyson's poem on ,he
Duke of Clarence was very strictly protected
by tho "Nineteenth Century" and the English
newspapers could quote only a Inc or two
Whereat they complained, and mttmated tbat
as the poet enjoys a salary hOin the CIVll List
and as the occasion which evoked lhe poem
was a national one, he might nave presented
his verses 10 the nation.
TennysOn reads a great number Of novels
aud reads them in the evening. 30 ABSORBED
does be grow in this occupation mat u Is
sometimes difficult to persuade him 10 20 to
led. He rises late and breakfasts IN his bed
room. usually taking IA stroll at about j. and
lunching at about 2 O'Clock. Much OF the
afternoon is spent by himself, when he enjoys
the luxury OF his pipe (wlln vh'ch nOthiug Is
allowed TO iutertere), and reireshes himself
with "A nap.
This is Emerson in 1SiS-as described by
David scott. the painter: HE hG, a small
looking face and head, topping the rather
slopine shoulders OF a tall, lOng-neched, come
what slender man, and his bearing Is easy,
with dignity and composure. HIS hdnds are
prominently large in proportion 10 ms heau,
his nose DtdkCts anu NhNNiAH " - -
iecting. Altogether, there ls, on hrst view,
The impression OF severity OF character, and
on meeting him in private, That OF steady
gentleness and power
Are there not in this country more reasona.
bly clever writers to every hundred thousand
OF the population than IN any Otherland! MI.
H.. W. Mable says IN "lhe FORUM: moi
many months before his death Mr.. Lowell
commented, in a private conversation, on The
aasa with which "A MAGAZINE CultOl now HIS
his pages with well-plepared aud scholarly
articles. A quarter of Il century ago the same
editor found a small group OF brilliant men
ready TO cooperate with him, but beyond TINS
circle there was no aid TO be had"
II have neyer,V writes Whittier to an
English correspondent, desired or hoped TO
found "A school of poetry, nor even written
with the definite object Of influencing others
10 follow my example. / have only written
as the spirit came and went, often unable &c
give utteraDce 10 the best poems that were III
my heart. the utterance being holden; but II
has been tine browning JOY of a prolonged old
age that my life has not been entirely value
less. and that | have been allowed 10 see the
end of slavery in my country"
Prince Bismarck's enforced retirement from
mower had a curious effect upon the sale OF a
collection of bis letters and speeches. At first
orders came in briskly, and a third OF the large
edition was disposed OF before the first volume
appeared. lucnC tint u NnstnCClAOl . OcIO
sltlon, and the demand ceased at once, ana IL
the twenty-one months following not a hun
dred copies were sold, although the price had
been reduced 10 four or five marks a volume
The publishers are now Offering for sale the
plates and the 5000 volumes remaining o.
their hands.
IL is said that Surgeons income from bis
writings must have equailed if not SUI passed
that Of the most successful men OF letters o.
the day. He published at least fifty books
and OF "John Ploughman's Talk" alone more
than three hundred and seyentv-iye thousand
copies have been sold, and the demand still
continues. AS Dir. Sturgeon usually preached
three times d week, and his publishers brought
out only one sermon a week-Or at most two
They siil have liz hand n large quantity Of
his unpublished discourcss. They have
enough, they declare, 10 enable them 10 20 on
publishing a weekly sermon Tor the next ter
or twelve years.
Nobody wanted "Mademoiselle Ike" when
II was first written; for i've years it Travelled
:he rounds Of the publishers. and "vas quite