Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-26

o,ssle AS TO WRITERS AND THE
BOOKS THEY PRODUCE.
Methods and Manners ana Personal Traits
&C ,uthors aud rabiishcrs-The
Latest Publications.

,.,oer. bat viii be, nevertheless IN
Vc.tminsior
OLA made third attempt on June
~ q, gan admission 10 the French
academy. bu, was again unsuccessful,
g., having been defeated by the eminent
,..t.rral writer. Professor ERNEST LA
...r bv y votes 20 XoLA's 3, NJ.
r.,vrrrgr receiving >. PIERRE Lon
uishcd him on his second ATTEMPT.
..vi.l now probably recognize the fact
a.. his peculiar sort of popularity is
.,,o.cnt for success IN tins direction.
a discussion Is going on in literary
,,raal as t. the proper pronunciation
first uameof rHAcEERay's Jesmes
Pluche. Most people call 1t
uut one writer asserts that the
..r- blue cockney turnkey says his
,e with "a msgnificcntly impressive
-l this 'JE-AMEs. Says the
writer. dorisivoly, "some Aneri-
,. amousi OF other (sic) actually
,. . 'JrrNs' as his funny name. We
..4.aio oar friend, Truthful
- On this evidence that his fame Is
.-...ar. and call upon him TO settle
sron Of pronunciation.
Ia. published price Of tue first edition
c. .l'. "Elcey" was sixpencc. Re
e,.racopy was sold for G5a, and ga
o., % for a first edition of The
,.-. Wakefield. while copy of the
... irou ct The Compleat Angler -
-.lo
.- WrIVi STEAD has achieved such
..al success with his Rcricc o,
f.at Doe intends 70 Start another
september
that OF cheap edition Of
...u4 rreye' 1000 copies were sold
publication. and If KIPLINe's
.. Room Ballads first edition
WIS exhausted upon tie day OF
.r.u.
CANE. tn novelist, is said to
distinction Of being the first
.. a who has been made an honor
asr Il toe Maccabeans, a new
....-- immunity.
. >-iny edition of CHESTER
letters. IN three volumes. con
ue ma,ter published 10y Lord
ls hve-volume edition
anl the omitted passages,
.ttr the first time IN 1888, which
..ar in their proper places. IN
. lr. BRADSHAW, the editor OF
t.a. clifton, has obtained pos
... Of come original letters dis
....l among some uncatalogucd
scripts in the Library OF Trinity
Dublin. The edition also con-
g., some unpublished letters of
up's. copied from the
q. %. Dublin Castle.
p stated that Lord WoLsELEY has
..,.. the first two volumes OF his
-- .r, z the Duke of Marlborough,
s.t -obable that they will be pub:
l.7 tile autumn. The work is be-
81 vrt.u ou a large scale, and these
.a., a4es bring the narrative down
-s. ,1e death OF WILLIAM III.
. CHARLES SCRIBNER' Sous an
ITS are Norway and the Nor
r-. c. T. KEARY, Converse
,.-a.i Correspondence with Thomas
C by sir CHARLES q. DUFFY /;
Wr.cker, by Il. l.. STEVENSON 4;
.I-- Ai in Illness and Injury. by
,..-...JA,lEs T. PITCHER, United States
A.-g 3D. translation. by Rev. JoHS VII
. IS uit's Teaching of Jesus
--4"O.r Moral Nature brief sys-
g.. ethics, 10y DR. MCCosH.
Al.s finished his big book on the
-tru,saa war. upon which he has
volk for fifteen months lie
t.. r.chciis. questioned survivors
.t.f LIS, and consulted 300 volumes,
alI military, while writing his
r, u the international "unpleas-
Nrgvr works in the morning,
r--.- tae at, moon IN amusenents or
lt -c.-e, spends four or five eve
-.4 v,,k 40 the theatre or club, and
.4.. iy reader OF all that appears re-
..-- natural history. discoveries, or
rt.1. writes two novels every
y-s.l has done 50 regularly for the
-, -..t v-seyeu years, being now en-
-..4 o- bis eyenty-fourth book. He
s. .s poets 10 write as many more
,e -e analiv lays down his pen. He
lai-. Yep iu IRoLLoPE's theory OF the
RESPIRATION 81 cobbiers wax.
.t tr-rN DoBsoS has edited FIELD
journal Of a Voyage 10 Lisbon, ="
.-t NILay a Co. But 800 will be
t.- lie same house Will soon
mag I'D. Nr. GEORGE G. NAPIERs
Boz and Haunis # Iennyson,, and
at r,s.sed)' edition Of Professor
'. ,nIHs "Trip 10 England. "
u. Bible Verified, " by Rev. An
. N. AErmBALD. ID. d., OF Daven-
49, .va, Las passed 70 a third edition,
bong translated into Spanish.
lie July century Professor
DH- WMDsrEN, head Of the
--r.l School OF Archaeology at
.... SUB describe "The Finding OF
-a. q aristotle" II is said that
te aii1bution Of this grave OF
a a- Greek philosopher is not
l' H-yond q doubt, Professor VALID
t...s. teyeriheless, marshais an impos-
~t u facts 70 support ms theory.
q .lan- MARGARET FOSTER HER
500 tie Sargent prize Of 800 for
To- n,s. meircal translation Of an ode Of
-.-t open for competition to students
~ Harvard College or Of the Harvard
---e. lAs Is the second successive