The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-22
LITERARY NOTES.

Harper's Young People is to have an
extra" entitled Vacation, issued in the
holiday season of the year. 1t will contain
a complete illustrated story.
George Eliot, in an autograph letter re-
Gently sold in London, wrote this wise
sentence: Everyone who contributes to
the too much of literature is doing grave
social injury"
Miss Olive Schrener, of African Farm
fame, has finished her new book, and only
her publisher knows whether it is fiction or
not. 1t has gone to the press, and she has
left England for South Africa
Many of the letters of Coleridge in the
forthcoming collection announced by Heine-
mann have never appeared in print. 1t is
said that they throw new light the
character and life of the poet
A new Irish magazine. to be called 1.-THE
Irish Review" is coming out in Dublin.
The name of the editor is not announced.
but the list of contributors includes the
names most highly esteemed in modern
Irish literature.
note from the Century Company
says two large editions Of James Whit
comb Riey's new book, Poems Here at
Home" were sold by the publishers be-
fore issue, and orders were being taken for
the third edition.
Mr.. Janvier's pleasant paper in the cur
rent Century Henriette Ronner, the
painter Of cats. will serve as an introduc-
ton to a portfolio of photogravure repro
ductions OF her pictures TO be issued by the
Century company.
Are there any descendants of Daniel De-
foe in this country? Mr.. Thomas Wright,
who is now preparing a biography of the
author or HooinSon CruSoe, notes thal
Benjamin, his second son, emigrated from
England to the Carolinas.
David Freshman, who has translated
Daniel Deronda" into Hebrew in Poland.
saws in the preface that the knowledge of
details of Jewish life and other features Of
the book convince him that George Eliot
was divinely inspired in writing II.
DR.. Conan Doyle has made UP his mind
not to write any more detective stories.
and Sherlock Holmes, acute and vigorous
as he is. must disappear from the litera-
ture of the future. He has been a very en-
tertaining persopage, but his adventures
might easily grow tiresome If prolonged
Mr. Ouiller Couch viii probably call q
new novel upon which he is working
'Domazre" The hero is a Wesleyan Meth
odist minister and the book will be a prac-
tical history of early Methodism In Corn
wall His volume of short stories, The
Delectable Duchy,'' will be issued next
month.
Mr.. Andrew Lang is now editing an edi-
ton of Scott's ballads and lyrics. to which
he will supply an introduction dealing crit
icaIlv with the lyric achievement Of the
poet The volume is TO be Illustrated and
the frontispiece viii be a replica of Land
seer's picture of Scott, now in the National
portrait Gallery.
The November St. Nicholas contains the
first one of a series of stories of India and
the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling. When
Rudvard Kipling was boy, he and his sis
ter used 10 fight over their St Nicholas
when the new numbers came to them in
india and now he takes his turn at inter-
estirg the readers OF to-day.
The Cosmopolitan managers, warned by
their inability to supply the demand for
their September number, are increasing
their machinery so as to be able TO print
a December edition OF 100000. People paid
so cents, Is cents and even 81 for single
copies of the worlds fair issue after II
had become scarce. although the regular
price IS only l2l2 cents
Pierre Lott is soon TO give the world a
new work. the plot OF which is based on
scenes in the Holy Land To obtain the
true local coloring he Will make a pilgrim
age through Palestine. starting from Cairo
as soon as the summer heat has abated, and
cross the desert 10 Jerusalem. There will
be no European la the caravan. His idea
Ii said to be to follow as closely as possi-