Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-17
Literary Notes.

1.-THE Cliff Dwellers." by Henry b. Full
Ter: Nowadays. and Other Stories" by
George A. Hubbard, and THE Work of
John Rusk;n: Its influence on Modern
Thought and Life" by Dr. Charles Valid
stein, are being brought out by Harper IL
Bros, who also publish new edition of
the anonymous novel. " The Bread Win
ners,n which attracted so much attention
when first published in the Century"
FIVE or six years ago. Although the au-
thOrship of this novel has never been
ayowed or published. it Is quite well I'M
derstood by the knowing ones that the
honor belongs to Col. John Hay, the au-
thor of Leete Breeches," and the biog-
rapher of Lincoln.
The first volume of Moncure d. Con-
ways Complete Works of Thomas Paine"
will, the author says. not be issued before
next spring. The Putnams will be the
publishers.
The house of Murray will publish in q
few weeks memoir of the late Duke OF
Clarence, cOplously illustrated.
The New York Shakespeare Society has
begun TO reprint the archaic texts of the
seventeen plays first printed in the Hem
inge & Condell Folio of 1923. THE Tenn
pest" the first of these plays, will be
issued in a few days. OF these new vol
umes, only 500 copies are printed, as te.
fore, hand-numbered to correspond with
the 500 sets of the prior twenty volumes.
THE State Education of Women in
France is the title ola forthcoming arti-
Gle in The Century" written by Mr..
Theodore Stanton, VINO has long resided
IN Paris and has had access 10 valuable
statistics furnished by the French Minis
ter of Public Instruction.
Eugene Fields new book of Profitable
Tales" and revised edition of Hamlin
Garland's Main Travelled Roads," tho
latter having an Introduction by Mr..
Howells. are announced By Stone IL KIM
ball. of Chicago.
A series or lectures on The Ethics OF
Literary Art" by the poet and critic. Maui
rice Thompson, Is about to be issued by the
Hartford Seminary Press. of Hartford,
Conn. The lectures are said to deal
trenchantly with the realistic" move
ment in recent fiction.
"Fetter's Southern Magazine" for Sep
TENDER, contains an interesting article On
American ArchItecture-Its Past and
Promise" by lone Estes Dodd.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Got, the oldest
actor at the Francois, IS preparing his
"reminiscences OF the recent visit of French
players TO London, as a sequel to his
"COmedie Franchise a LoIdres."
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated
his s4th birthday on August 29th. Asusual,
he was the recipient of many remem-
brances from friends and distinguished
people. He was born IN the same year
(l509) with the Hon. Robert {. Winthrop,
Lord Tennyson, Gladstone, Darwin aud
Abraham Lincoln. We may add that his
birth antedated that of Dickens by one
year and of Thackeray by two. yet these
twain, great as were their achievements,
have been of the stage almost genera
ton!
Miss Amye Reade, niece of the novel
list Charles Reade. has followed in the
footsteps of her uncle. to the extent of
writing two novels, Ruby and Ter
ma.
The Woman's Library. at Chicago. con-
tans 1000 volumes, In sixteen languages,
and represents twenty three countries. 1t IS
to be placed IN the permanent woman 5
Memorial Building which, Is to be erected
in Chicago. aud will form anucleus tor the
collection of the literary work OF women
II the future, as we'll as through its cate-
logue soon to be issued, a complete bibli-
ography of women's writings up 20 the
present time.
Not the least interesting Of the exhibits
of the Women's Building, at the Worlds
Fair, are the MSS. of famous feminine
authors. The women's part IN the Expo
sItlon Is a great success. We would say
that this Is the Age Of Woman. ii it were
proper to attribute age in that direction.
Has it occurred to any one that We d ont
hear much nowadays about the great
boom in literary activity IN the South.
concerning which the papers were filed
TO overlooking a few years since: What Is
the trouble? Why are nearly all OF our
promising writers silent In concert! Has
the vein been worked out or the pocket
exhausted? Itremains fact as much as
ever that the great American novel Is vet
TO be written. a1d the first in the field will
win the crown of undying fame. We hope
that the omInous silence of the present Is
only temporary--a MISLEADING ofstrength
for a higher fight.