Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-26
Iiterary Notes.

Norman r. Gale Is the namo of a new
aspirant for poetic distinction. volume
of verso from his pen has been received
very fayorably by the critics. one eminent
authority declaring it unquestionably
the best volume of light and amatory verse
that has come from England since Mr.
Dobson's AT the Sigu of the Lyre." Mr.
Gale Is said to be tall, handsome. about 80
years old, bashful and shy as a girl in her
teens, and. of course. unmarried. Some
of his verses which we have read are ex-
cellent specimens of rers de socte.e.
Houghton, Mitilin IL Co. hayeready the
complete works of Whittier IN seven large
octave volumes. Tho edition contains illus
trations by many artists, amongst whom IS
Mr.. W. l.. Sheppard. A similar edition Of
Holiness works in thirteen volumes Is
announced for early publication by the
same firm.
DIR. George McDonald's Heather and
Snow" at present running in the Glasgow
Weekly Mail will DO published IN book
form by Harper & Brothers.
1t is again rumored that Robert Louis
Stevenson Is very Ill.
L'o 10 Ddie is the title of O journal just
started in London. 1t will have to take
issues one and two weeks ahead.
The Home Publishing Company, of New
York. announces The Chief Factor. the
first novel published in America by GIL
bert Parker. of London" rising young
English author.
SOCIALISM and the American Spirit" by
Nicholas Paine Gilman. author of " Profit
Sharing Between Employer and En-
ployee,h will be published in few weeks
BY Houghton. Mitilin 4 Co.
DIR. Thomas Nelson Page has entirely
captured Boston, If reports be true. Says
correspondent of q literary journal /:
"One lady voiced the general opinion to
me after the first reading in these words
L looked around the house and saw scores
of ladies with their hardkerchiefs to their
eyes actually weeping over the pathos
which Mr.. Page put into his stories. "
DR.. o. w. Holmes attended the reading
and DR.. Page spoke some warm words OF
appreciation of the autocrat.
The Scribners arc preparing an "exhi-
bition No." OF their magazine rs their con-
trlbution to the Worlds FAIR. They have
aimed to make 1t as fine an example of a
magazine as can be produced.
hir. S. l.. Mcclure. of syndicate fame,
will publish AcCl,ue's Magazine, the first
No. of which will be ready about May
LIST. He proposes TO introduce quite noyel
features.
DIR. A. Conan Doyle, who has become one
Of the most successful writers of popular
stories. says that his literary apprentice
ship was long and trying one. During
ten years of hard work he averaged less
than fifty pounds year from his pen.
1.-The Colossus" il the title of new
novel by Opie Z. Read, which will be pub
lished in March by f. j. Schultz d Co.,
Chicago.
Macmillan Il Co. announce as nearly
ready the first volume of Henry Craik's
English Prose- Writer'S" uniform with
the companion series. L. II. Wards Eng
lish Poets" This volume covers the
period from the fourteenth TO the end OF
the sixteenth century.
A new poem by w. T. Henley of nearly
600 lines will appear in oil early number OF
Scribner's Magazine. IL is entitled The
Arabian Nights Entertainments,n
The Methodist Book Concern announces
the Lite and Work OF James q. Blaine, y
for one OF the articles in which il is claim.
ed the late ex-Secretary received IS 600 q
few months before his death.
Henry Holt a Co. will shortly publish
Literary Criticism for Students" by
Professor Edward I. Mclaughlin. of Yale
o volume of selections on literary asthe.