The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-08
LITERARY BRETITIBs.
short Notes Bearing Upon the World OF
Letters.

Lett6Tt.
Ono NJ the brothers OF Maarten Maar-
tens (whose real name Is van DER fOast-
EN- Schwartz is the director OF an an am
sterdam gymnasium. Many years ago
his father was minister at the scotch
mission in Amsterdam.
Editors of,newspapers throughout Eng
land have been appealed 10, throusn
circular signed by 100 members OF tne
House OF Commons, asking them 10
cease to demoralize the people by report
ing sensational cases OF immoraiity or
brutality and in other ways appealing 10
the sensual nature OF man.
Some one says OF Paul Bourget, me
new Academician: NO one ever UNI AVE.
ed the mysterious cOmpleXity OF the te-
male heart better than he. No one ever
showed such acumen i'm searching the un-
consciousness the mtuitiYenesS OF ialt
humanity No one ever showed so much
delicate refinement i'm picturing the 1T
tie things that make the life OF the nero
inc"
The large collection Of Egyptian papy-
rus documents, discovered several years
ago at FL FayOum. has lately been plac-
ed on exhibition al Vienna, by the Arch-
duke Rainier. whose property they are;
These papyri are said to cover a period
OF . 800 years, and to contain evidence
that the Egyptians in the Tenth Cen
fury knew the use OF type IN pruning
The documents are written In eleven Diff
ferent languages.
1T is a pity" says an English writer,
that the Americans are not allowed 70
buy Standardization and transport II
to the States. They would at least
treat it with the respect 1t deserves
which is more than we do. y short time
ago, the carved oak doors when We're
placed at the north end OF the church
century before Shakespeare was born We're
temporarily removed; whereupon util-
itarian churchwarden sold them as lum-
Der. The purchaser intends to brkd
pig-sty with them
Il dare saw" wrote Edward Fitzeeral1
i'm one Of his letters, Il may have told
you what TennysOn said OF the Sistine
Child, which he then knew only by cugrav-
ing. He first thought the expression Of his
face (as also the attitude almost too
solemn even for the Christ within. But
some time after when a. +. was mar
red. and had a son he told me mat
Raffaellc was all right. that no mans
face was 50 solemn as a child's fun Of
wonder. tie SAID one morning that be
watched his babe 'W0rshipping the sun
beam on the bedDost and curtain
OF the Paris papers, lie Petit Journel
has a daily circulation of 4tO.OD 10 5000
copies and on Sundays and ON special oc-
casiOns of over 1.O00Vo. Le Petit Parisien
has circulation OF Zp.No. and L'Intran-
siseant, the journal edited by ROchefOrt
from his London exile. 10000. Next i'm
torite The issues Of Figaro. lie Temps,
lie Matn. and the Journal d,s Debats
cost more money However great their
success among those VINO can afford to
pay for them, no paper costing more
than sou Zone cent? can ever be- popular
with the masses in Paris.
Archibald Forbes tells this story at
Stanley's expense: Stanley had delivered
an unsuccessful lecture. When his mana
ger came % call on him about IT, DE
heard an une1rthiy noise coins ON below.
whats that asked the manager.
That's my black boy; he always makes
that noise when he Is cleaning my boots
"All right" said the manager. You
divide to-nights lecture in bali. and at
the end Of the first part have your
black boy on 10 make that noisc' The
experiment was a triumphant SUCCESS
such a success that the audience would
not hear of his leaving Off for Mr.. Stanley
10 resume.
NJ. Delisle. the principal lio.arian at the
Hibli0theque Rationale I'm Paris. warns
ms that our modern literature is destined
10 perish. old fashioned paper made from
rags has stood the test for hundreds of
years. as the many fine specimens OF Fiji
tenth. Century printing show; % say
nothing of still earlier books In manu-
script. Nowadays, however. paper ls made
Of more perishable material. I'm particular,
as NJ Delisle points ont, paper made from
WoDd-pulp soon decays. - first, the
pages are covered with yellow spots. and
these I'm turn are replaced by holes. Mr..
Deiisle makes no reference to the de-
suction Of books by wear and tear IN
public Libraries, aluOugh This is some
ming enormous, as may be- inferred from
the fact that the ordinary lie OF a popu-
lar book IS only from four % five years.
The remedies are the constant m"ltlpl-
cation Of editions by publishers, and inc
conversation of books by libraries The
Library, London, May