The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-11

| TIE Gate.
The Omen Court is about TO publish =
serics of articles by mr; Cna'sS %
| Pierce In be entitled The Cf1uc Oh AT
l,,r,,oots The series will be devoted to
= ,.r;t;caI and historical discussion Oh the
methods of reasoning.
Henrik Ibsen is at work on new
La which is said to contain characters
ptaLan from personal friends. The hrst
cot il finished and has been printed as
| Conenhageu. The play is a comedy with
scenes laid in Christiania.
Houghton. MifIn & Go. promise yol-
ume of late verse from Whittier, AT
Shutdown" with illustrations by rar-
rett. and Songs of Sunrise Lands, by
Clinton ScoIlard. suggestions IL MS ira
wells in Egypt, Syria and Greece
The mental state of Guy de Maupas-
sant is now considered absolutely nope
less. His yacht has been sofa an1 MS
furniture will soon pass under inc nam
mer. NJ lola thinks that dwellng 700
much on a study of q mon0mahlac AZ
fected his mind by sympathy; others say
that there is insanity in his fanny
A new novel by Alphonse Daudet Will
soon be published called Souuen De
Famille." the story of the god and the
bad son of a widow. After finishing
This he intends to translate into French
from the Provencal of a farmers boy
named Baptiste Bonnet rustic novel
! called Memories dun Valet de ferfne.
The complete edition of the late Philip
Bourke MarstOn's works, edlted by
T,onise Chandler MoultoD. will soon ap-
near from the press of Roberts Brothers.
II will contain some verses not before
published in volume form, and an appeh-
| dix-muCh interesting criticism on MATS
toms work made by some OF the most ais
tipguished men of letters OF our tline'
Mr.. Paul Leicester Ford has for the
first time collected in one handy volume,
entitled Writings of Christopher 90
lmhus." those letters. etc, OF the Voy-
oger. which describe his experiences in
the discovery and occupation of the New
World. The book will be published imme-
distely by Messrs Charles l.. Webster ~
| Co. in their Fiction, Fact and Fancy
Series"
A new novel by Marion Crawford;
under the title Of Children of the king,
will shortly be published by the Naomi
Inns uniform with their new dollar edl-
| tion of his novels. The same hrm an
nources also q new number OF thelr DOL
lar Novel series by an American resi-
dent in Rome Under PRESSURE by
the Marchesa TheOdoll, IS a graphlc PIC
ture of the Roman society OF To-Day.
Lord Tennyson's birthplace, Somerssy
House. is to be sold by auction on thurs.
| dav the 18th instant Ii is a beautiful
nronertv with lovely grounds. and then
| there are its associations, for 1t was
! there that as n child the Laureate made
unconsciously his first line OF poetry, as
he ran down the garden, with his long
curls dving in the breeze and called
QUIT hear the voice that's speaking IN
the wind
"Beulah." the author Of "Tatters,' was
| born in Mexico. of Spanish and American
parentage. Her mother died when Beu-
lah was almost an infant, and her father
left his home for the g0ldhelds ol Arl-
IONA. taking his daughter with nm,
where, until her tenth year: her home was
n miners camp. Her tather dleu Wpeh
Bculah was twelve years of ago, and she
was then taken in charge by her mother
friends in Boston.
A. G. McClurg & Co. have in press
"l1rance in the Nineteenth Century:
1890 1890" By Elizabeth Wormly Lat
rner: "a History of Molern Philosophy
from the Renaissance to the PRESENT.
bv r. c. Burt: Sound and Music by
Professors John A. Zahm. profusely IL
lnstrated: References for Literary
Workers" by Professor Henry Mat
son: and "a Short History Of English
Literature for Young People" by Eliza
beth 5. Kirkland.
Harper d Brothers list Of new books
includes "The Danube: From the Black
Forest TO the Black Sea" written by f.
n Nillet and illustrated by the author
and Alfred Parsons; The Principles oI
Ethics" by Professor Z. Browne; "A
Family Canoe Trip" by Florence Wat
ters Snedeker. illustrated; The wood
man." by Jules De Glouvet on. Guernay
dc Beaurepairc. PrOcureur-GeneTal anu
prosecutor of the Alarchistsl. translated
by Mrs John Simpson lnee SENIOR and
4 new edition of THE Maid OF hllleena,
by William Black.
Daudet says that be does not think
anything Of literature rs profession
After all, he declares, there IS moth
ing so weary as brain work, and 1t IS
practically impossible 10 keep up the sort
of strain undergone 10y every literary mn
| for many years without breaking
| down" His advice to young people
who come to consult him on the question
! of taking up a literary career always
! is. Stick 10 your profession. and II you
| have it in you to write anything really
good. you will find time 10 do it"
Henry Holt & Co. have in press the
second volume Of Ten Drinks Earl
| English Literature; German Literl-
ture in its Chief Epochs." by Professor
| Km0 Francke Of Harvard; translation
of Professor h. Falkenberg's History OF
| Modern Philosophy" from Nicholas of
Cusa to the present time ; Hume" by
| Professor Aikens of Trinity. \. C.; He
gel" by Professor Royce of Harvard;
Dictionary of Botanical Terms, pOpu-
lar as well as scientific, by a. y. Crozier;
and Physics" by Professor George +.
Baker of the University of Pennsylvania
Mr.. Whittier has several homes and
divides his time between them. lie al
ways votes in Amesbury, and spends
much of the time in his house there-nOw
occupied by Judge Cate and family
where his room and study are ALWAYS
kept ready for him. Another of the poets
homes is Oak Knoll, at Denver, taken
care Of by an elderly maiden niece and
her companion. The home of DR.. Cart
land. on High street, Newburyport, is
also open to Mr. Whittier at all times
and seasons, and the brOtherly regard
existing between these two old men must
be beautiful TO witness.
NJ Zola's next novel is TO have a reii-
giOus theme. He proposes 10 deal with
those who 60 on pilgimages with the
hope of spiritual or temporal benefit; and
he is about TO visit Lourdes 10 study his
subject. 1t is understood that he intends
TO treat the great modern pilgrimage with
the reverence due 10 earnest devotional
conviction, although some Of the sur
roundings will meet with his strong dis
approval IT is asserted that he takes the
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