Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-05

washington was only IL years on. onv
of the letters I'm this collection 10 dated
the day before washington's death. :,
Ths forthcoming edition Of Sir Richard
Burton's complete and literal translation
OF the carrnina OF catullus. says the New
York Critic IL to be printed on handsome
paper from old-faced type. cast expressly
for the purpose, and to be destroyed I'M
medIately after production. IL VIII have
for frontispiece an etching of Blake's por-
trait Of Catuilus. The issue In no case
will exceed the number OF LOO copies anu
VIII be limited to private SUBSCRIBERS.
There are to be a few large paper copies
and four copies on japanese veiluIn' WHEN
are not for sale. The volume will contain
many curious and out-of-the-way ammo
tations.
Miss Mary Corelli. who is known as tne
fayorkfe novelist of the Queen or England
will. Il Is said, be her own publisher mere
after. Miss Corelli says, in a recent auto
biographical sketch. that since she began
her career. six years ago, she has never
had "A word Of open encouragement OF
Kindness from any leading English critic.
In .pite OF this she has written ana pros
percd. as any one else would with such
n patron. Miss Corellrs confession would
seem 60 prove one OF two things-either
that the leading English critics are sinsu-
larry obtuse or envious set, or tnat her
Nfaiesty's literary judgment is not of the
best.
The first paper to he printed in English
in Egypt is The Sphinx. which is about to
be established ut Cairo by an American,
David Garrick Longworth.
DR.. Samuel +. Smith. the author OF
America" passed his eighty-tifth birth
day week before last at his home in New
ton Centre, Mass. near Boston. He Is
active and alert and visited the Worlds
Fair during the summer.
Mr.. George KEENAN, the Siberian trav-
eler. has written a story taken from real
life and framed 1t as q psychological
study. It will be entitled John Hender-
son, Artist" and will appear in the Cen
fury.
DR.. Josiah Strongs book. "Our Coun-
try" is now I'm its 10th thousand. lie has
now written another book, whose title IL
'"rhe New Era: or The Coming King
DOM" and whose purpose is said 20 be
to try to "apply the fundamental princi-
pies to the solution Of some of the great
est problems Of our times, and to reading
history, both made and making, In the
light OF Christianity"
A new novel by Miss Mary wilkins IL
TO make its first appearance In January
i'm the pages of Harper's Weekly. IL -
described as a particularly strong piece
OF work.
Mr. Holman Hunt, the artist, Is writing
a. History Of the Pre-Raphaelite Move
ment," which he hopes to publish by the
end of the year.
George Meredith will have n new novel
I'm Scribners during the coming year. 1t
hrtfl
ton and one that will likely rival the
famous "Egoist" A new serial by J. NJ.
Barrie will run through the same maya
zine at the same time. An old school,
fellow has been talking about Barrie, ana
says that the now famous author was, ~
q. boy. a very commonplace little person,
and although he wrote farce for New
Years entertainment at the school which
was promptly sat upon as poor stun.
he is remembered best as a small and ant
mated member of the football team.
Mr.. Howels has been writing his liter
arv "reminiscences, which Will be published
In Harper's under the title Men ana Let
ters"
The real name OF Madam Sarah Grand,
who IL now famous as the author or The
Heavenly Twins" IS said TO be Mrs.
McFall. She Is described as slender
graceful young woman. possibly about
80 with q long, oval, sensitive face, pale
but radiant with intellect. Her hair Is
brown. and her eyes are "of SO indie
scribable a shade as TO be additionally
fascinating" Her voice Is low and sweet,
and her talk original and delightful. she
began to write at II.
Bret Harte has written new short
story which Is coming out In Harpers
Bazaar under the title OF IAN Episode OF
West Woodlands"
MARK Twain" has been very busy writ
ing Of late, and is said TO have ready
three new stories for early publication.
one OF them, which will bear the aesthetic
tito "Pudd'nhead WILSON," WILL as in the
case OF "Huckleberry Finn" and Tom
Sawyer" have its scenes laid I'm steam
boat town on the Mississippi river.
1t IS said of DR.. A. Conan Doyle that he
has enough work in hand to keep him
busy for the next three years. All this
work, too. Is sold in advance at higher
prices than almost any English writer
commands at the present time. And yet
two years ago the manuscript Of his
white Company" was going the rounds
OF the New York publishers. and not
one cared TO accept It. Mr.. Dana, OF the
Sun, when 1t came to him. Immediately
took Il, published It and made a success
both for his paper and the author.
Rider Haggard is reported TO have re-
ceived 5000 for simply the serial rights
TO his new novel. not yet completed. His
first two or three ventures, which he pub
| lished himself, were financial failures.
His first success was king Solomon's
Mines" which has brought him In thou
sands Of dollars.
Molly Elliot Seawell, the author OF a
| number of stories Of the navy, has pre-
pared for st. Nicholas a half-year serial
| describing the adventures of Decatur and
| Somers, the young American commanders.
whose heroic deeds in the war with Tri-
poll are the pride OF the American navy,
and should be familiar to all the boys and
| girls Of the republic.
The Scribners will shortly bring out q
| volume of personal "reminiscences by Cen
| eral Dabney II. Maury. It will cover the
period of the Generals life after his grad
uatlon from West Point and Will contain
| references to many distinguished contem-
| poraries, including some OF the illustrious
| men Of the century. The General IL not
| only fertile raconteur. but Is q charming
writer, as ell Dispatch readers must know,
| since we have published under his sig
| nature numerous letters, all OF which
were well received by the public. The
| Scribners made an offer for tho book as
soon as the manuscript was examined by
| them and from that fact as well as from
our own knowledge OF General Maury' s
| capacity as a writer and his large fund
| of anecdote and reminiscenca, we expect
| his work TO be a success I'm all the direc-
lions IN which an author wishes to sue
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