Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-26
him. have made fame by literature.
r.. JAY EDWARDS


NOTES
Since the publication Of "An Artist in
Crime by the Putnams not long ago
people haye been asking who "ROderigue
OttOlenpi" X. This Il the curious name
TINT appears on The title page. / had the
pleasure Of meeting the man 20 whom
u belongs the other day. IL is not as
might be supposed, a pscudOnym, nor ~
Y the name Of one OF foreign birth. for
Or. Ottolcngtn is proud Of declaring
That he is full tlcdged American
10 Is interesting to note that both Or.
Ottolengui and Conan Doyle, the English
writer. who has won great popularity
through his dete tive stories, are cOnnec-
ted with the medical profession Or;
OttOli1gii's Textbook on Dentistry
Is well known in his prof -ssion and his
articles Ia the medical journals have
been translated into several languages.
! have no doubt that his scientific know
ledge helps him greatly in his work. IL
will surely help him Ia the new novel
ne rs about 10 write which VIII deal with
what he calls The Etology Of Crime
lie believes that crime Is u disease and
he will attempt IN this work TO exemplify
his theory through fiction. He Is also
engaged on a child's story.
new play by lbsen, entitled Arch
tect Solness' was recently produced in
Berlin nc the celebrated Lyccum theatcr.
ANVukn the Nulltlff INftANfN " VIII AAAt
usual enthusiasm Of hrst-nighters and
demanded the appearance Of the author,
who, however kept himself nv the back
ground the impression seems 10 be that
the play was disappointment. The
critics speak Of IL with reserve. but the
leading, Berlin papers intmated very
HuRgGuyN1y that the work would never
have been given on the stage " lbsens
name had not been attached TO II. |
am inclined to believe that. 50 far as
thus country Is concerned, the lbsen craze
II dead IL Is safe to say that. though
our literary tastes may not be- Of the
highest, the morbid does not thrive long
among u.s. Two or three Of lbsen's plays
have been given nc the German theater
ia New York city. but ns this house In
patrOnized chiefly by those who are ia.
iuiliar with uic German language, the
performances attracted little attention
Speaking of Ibscn reminds me that
Bronson Howard once declared the Nor.
wegan playwright to be the most skillful
IN the construction of his dramas Of any
contemporary writer for the stage. This
IL pretty high praise when we consider
that Sarlou is still az work.
| am very glad TO be nblc to announce
that TOlstoi Is working on u raw novel
which iS % be- piece of pure literature
and not q vehicle for his philanthropic
or sOCialistic theories. lt IN TO be hoped
TINT this Is an Indication of his return 10
the ways Of modern civilization, for his
talent was altogether too great to be-
suppressed by his cccenticitirs IL Is
only the commonplace man who can uf-
ford 10 ignore the laws Of conventional.
" and devote himself to such life as
TOstoi has brru leading for the past few
years. ! do not know Of a more con.
spicuous case in which genius has been
warped by the exaggerated philanthropy
thun TOlst0is No one can read his
magnificent Anna Knrcuina" and then
read his stories written since his "con
version without noticing a marked fall
ing of in their quality. Not only has
literature suffered from Tolstoi's moral
ideas but tho family of the writer have
20 bear the heavy burden which These
threw upon them ] happened TO be-
acquainted with some of the personal
friends of the 'IOstd family, aud they
have given me nm account Of the strange
life the novelist has been leading for the
past few years Everyone knows that he
has made himself skillfu shoemaker:
that he has gone into the field and plowcd
and Tint he has devoted large portion
OF his time 70 alleyiuurg cases of suffer.
lug among the poorest Of the Russinn
peasants. But everyone does not know
that but for the practical sense of Mad
anne Tolstoi he might long ago have given
away his fortune and placed his family
in poverty. Fortunately Madame Tolstoi
Is a woman Of great force OF character
and she has been the salvatiop of her
! husband during his yenrs of philanthropic
dreaming.
The wedding present given Carmen
Sylvia. the most versatile of modern
writer's. who IL not only IA poet and novel.
! ist but also the queen of ltouuaniu, TO
/ the vic Of her IBW niece, the Princess
Marie OF Edinburgh, was a beautiful cns-
ket Of gold IN Byzantine work which
contained tiny book ia gold, with thirty
"a a. aaaV TOD Ia -.
! ON each OF which was inscribed an orr.
/ ginnl poem. II is said that these verses.
! though lnte1ded TO be cheerful, still bear
! the Imprint Of Jhpt melancholy which has
| setued upon the queen Of late. The
| book Is entitled The Wander staff, ="
ana II Is dedicated TO the bride In those
| words With thy Wander Stgif equip
| ped, enter AS victor thy new home"
| The titlc of Amclie lives Chambers
! new novel, which is "a appear in Town
! Topics, is "Imid, the Sang Digger"
! just what this means no one seeius to
! know; and as no explanation Is offered.
! the character of the tale is still mys.
! terry.
Speaking Of Mrs CHAMBER reminds me
! oi an incident relating TO her which was
| told me- the other day, A celebrated
| American writer who b ut present max.
lag ms home ~ New York happened TO
! lneet her az the house Of one of his
| friends during her last VISIT here. IL
had read The Quick or the Dead" ana
Il had shocked him beyond expression
but he was charmed with the authorizes
herself. Moreover, he became quite 10
condled 10 the fact that she had written
such q wicked story when Mrs. CHAMBER
told him that The Quick or the Dead
was the work Of her inexperienced girl.
| hood, aud otherwise referred to il I'm mn
apologize tone lie went home 10 his
! wife fun of elthusiRsm for the charm
Ing wnter His horror may be imagined
when Barbara Deeiing." the sequel Ia
The Quick or the Dead, was announced
WARRINGTON