Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-07
Ln.rary Ness..

30 BE- started in London by JEROME X. JE-
ROM, IL IL said that the irst edition will
be 200 900 copies. The number OF the S.
cond Is not given. stu another periodi-
cal is ANNOUNCED TO be begun in the same
town. 1t will be called sdla's Journal and
will be edited and owned by GEORGE Au-
ousrrs SAIA. the veteran journalist.
The late CHRISTOPHER p. CRAScB. whose
death We cbronicled last week. was born
at Alexandria. Va. in 1913. and received his
early education at the Alexandra college.
He married. IN 1887. Miss ELuADErn WNDr,
q great granddaughter Of JoHs ADAMS.
who il still living.
MoycURz D. CoxwAY's Life of Paine"
is announced by G. =. Putnan's Sons. lt
is said that the volume would have ap-
pearsd last year but for the late discovery
of new material. including an unpublished
sketch Of PANE by CoBpE1T.
To the Knickerbocker Nugget Series
the PuTyAMs will add JoBSsoS's "Ras-
selas." Lord LrrToS's " Lucille" and Mrs.
BsowSrSe's aurora Leigh"
The scRIBsERs will publish in this coun-
try 1.-The Darkest England Social
Scheme" review of the frat years work
in carrying out General Boora's idea.
The same house will start new series to
be called The Great Educators" which
will give concise accounts of the leading
movements in educational thought,
grouped about the personalities that
have influenced them.
MACMILLAN & Go. announce volume OF
plays and miscellaneous poems by Dir. j.
HosgEy.
A volume of Lyrics" IS issued this
week by HARpRR & Brothers. 1t IL by Miss
Cora FAIDsr. a young lady who lived tor
some years in New York city. aud thence
removed to Italy. where she died on Janu-
AIRY 18th. Her mother was an American,
and her poems are written in English.
Longmdns School Mdqdziae is the name OF
q new periodical to be published by the
house whose name it bears. Early num-
bers will contain, among other matter,
stories by A. Conan DoYLE. II. RIDER HAd-
GARD. and z. AusrEY. Rather "new'de-
parture."
Mr.. JOSEPH Ksrour, who is reputed to be
probably the best known of London critics,
is about to publish volume OF remi-
niscences Of the stage.
OSCAR WILDE has written new play,
which will be produced at the st. James
Theatre, London. by Mr.. GEORGE ALExAS-
DER, formerly of HENRY IRyISG's company.
ZoLA says that GUY DE MAUPAssASr's
madness is hereditary. His. father, it is
declared" died alunatic. and his mother,
who still lives. is not in her right MIND"
He was rich. but took to writing, and work.
ed like a galley-slave from pure love of the
art.
A new quarterly review is to be pub
lIshed in New England. to be devoted to
religion. ethics. and theology, discussed
from the point Of view of liberal thought.
II will not be committed to any particular
denomination. Rev. NICHOLAS z. GILMAN
will DO managing editor.
Robert LOUIS STEVENSON denies re-
Gently circulated report that he was about
to return TO England by saying that be
has mo more intention of leaving Samoa
than OF going to the North Pole" This is
explicit enough so long as he does not
change his mind. People have been known
to go to the North Pole-or at least try to.
Boston is to have a new weekly periodi-
cal to be called T',oo Tales and to contain
two tales-only that and nothing more.
They are to be by the best writer's, it is
said.
BEN. BUTLER's long-promised auto
biography" was published in Boston on
January 30th. The New York Adrertiser
calls it his " confession" In 1t he saws
that he ran for the presidency in 1884 to
defeat CLEVELAND and 10 elect BLAINE, in
the election OF the former of whom he
saw great danger to the country"
writer, Mr. II. ID. TRAIL. in the NM
tenth Century for January gives list of
sixty-six English poets whose verse has
been printed at least in VrcToRIA's reign,
and maintains that at least fifty living
Englishmen are able to speak in the veri-
table and authentic language of the poet.
No former age can compare with this, lie
says.
The Rerie,o Of Recie,cs for February, which
has been received, will prove unusually
interesting TO Democrats, as it contains
two sketches of DAVID b. HnL-one by q
political friend and one by political OPP
ponent-and two splendid portraits of
him, together with portraits of Hon. EVAN
p. HOW'LL. Senator A. f. GoRMAs, Mayor
GRANT. of New York, and RICHARD CROKER,
chief of Tammany Hall. Alr. HILL is also
freely "done" III caricature. Mr.. DASA's
portrait is there, too. but apparently got
misplaced. One of the writers makes Mr..
HILL appear an earthly angel. the other
mundane dsmon. but both agree that he is
the strongest Democrat in New York.
while the editor OF the Rerieo declares
him to be "the most formidable of can
didates for the Democratic nomination to
the presidency" Other special articles
are "Help for the Russian Starvelings,"
THE Laymen's Movement" THE Poly
technic and Its Chicago Excursion" all
fully illustrated. All of the regular de-
partments are up TO the mark.