The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-22

Of five workingmens clubs and reading.
rooms. which will be erected gradually.
ana viii be so fitted as TO attract work
tngmen.
Westminster abbey IL daily ta-onxed
by admirers OF the poet Tennyson. who
wish to lay flowers on his tomb, or, at
least. to touch 1t with a ring or a volume
OF his poems. All classes and conditions
OF people are represented In the throne.
and the unusual degree of homage paid
to the poets memory Is a matter Of uni
versal comment In London.
Jean Ingelow Ia the daughter OF a banker
OF Lincolnshire, and was one OF a family
of eleven children. She wrote her nrst
poems on the window shutters. closing
them away out OF sight when completed.
Her brother was the first to secure the
publication OF her poems. and four edi-
lions of a thousand copies each were sold
the first year. Twenty-six editions Of
the same volume have since been pub
lished.
The great-granddaughter Of Robert
Burns, Jean Armour Burns Brown. whom
the Worlds Fair managers hope to coax
to Chicago this year. is a young woman
OF twenty or less. and Is said to strongly
resemble her famous ancestor. She lives
in Dumfries. near the place In which
Burns died.
De Maupassant Is getting better; he n
calmsr. his memory appears TO DO re-
turning. and his moments Of lucidity are
more frequent.
Bret Harte says that much OF the fiction
OF the civil war is yet TO be written. and
that there the great American novelist 10
to md his great field.
One day maker OF prose and verse
a
ner a story which he had submitted 70
him the week before Says TRUTH. IL
you please" said the poet. politely. Il
would like 10 know why you can not use
my story, so that | may be guided In the
future by your preferences. Certainly"
replied Mr.. Bonner; this story will not
do for me because you have In II the
marriage OF man with his cousin"
"But," protested the young author.
cousins do marry In real life very oftcn.-
"In real life, yes" cried the canny
Scotchman, but not In the New York
Ledger"
James whitcomb Riley served an ap-
premiership as house. painter.
Professor william c. Sumner. the noted
political economist. has just received
hearty welcome back 10 Yale. after an
absence OF year and half In Europe,
tulOENSu ny kCcbic
MIR. Blackmores new story. which Is
sometimes called THE Pearly Cross and
sometimes "Perly Cross" Is really entitled
"Perlycross." His Tess OF the D'Urber-
viiles" has produced a deep impression
In Russia, and a translation begins In the
January number OF Russkaia Mysl tRus-
sian Thought. Lists Of the unfamlliar
words In dialect. agriculture and local
nomenclature that occur in the novel have
been sent to Mr.. Blackmore for para
phrase as the work has progressed. The
translation is by Mile. Vera spassky.
collaborating with the editor OF the re-
view.
A new novel by Beatrice Whitby. author
OF the popular Awakening OF Mary Fem
wick" is to be published Immediately In
Appletons' Town and Country Library.
under title quoted from Mrs. Brown
ing-"In the Suntime Of Her Youth
Henry Holt & Co. are about to publish
a second volume Of Ten Drinks History
OF English Literature"
The death is announced OF Mrs. A. +.
Bandelier at Lima, Peru. on December
nth. Professor Bandeiier and his wife
started through South America last June.
on a three years archaeological expedi-
ton backed by Mr.. Henry Willard.
Volumes Of stories which the Casseli
Publishing Company will bring out soon
are these: "The Dngdale Millions" by
w. c. Hudson: List, We Landsmen." by
w. Clark Russell: "a Blot OF Ink" from
the French OF Rene Bazan. by o.; AN
Old Beau. and other Stories" by John
s. Wood; and Nurse Eliza" by George
Manyille Fem.