The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-07

The Tauchnitz Library has just reached
its three thousandth issue. Nc. 1000 was Gel
ebrated by the publication OF the New
Testament
Pierre Lott calls his opening account Of
his recent tourney from Cairo to Palestine
lie Desert" This is to be followed by a
more important paper entitled Jerusalem"
Cast Braccio," Mr.. Marion Crawford's
new novel. which is TO run through the
Century Magazine during the coming year,
IS described as being fun OF romantic and
tragic episodes.
The main incidents Of most of the stories
by owen Wister, appearing from time to
time in Harper's Magazine. and very read
able stories they are, are taken from the
authors own experiences on the western
frontier.
A new volume of letters by James Rus
sell Lowell is coming out in London under
the title OF Mr.. Lowell in England; A
Series of familiar Letters" Mr.. G.. W.
Smalley has edited the letters and written
an introduction.
The leading woman Of letters in Switzer-
land is Mile. Adele Hugueni, who writes
under the name of 1T. Combe," and is a
native of Jura. Her forte is the writing OF
clever short stories Of homely life-She is,
indeed, a Swiss Mary wilkins.
Mr.. Gladstone, who is full of literary
energy. is going to assist in the compila-
ton Of the Peoples Pictorial Bible" a
large volume which is to be published in
New York. One of its features will be it's
numerous illustrations. which will consist
of reproductions Of .well-known Scriptural
paintings.
Fred Walker, the remarkable young En-
glish artist. who is so tenderly drawn by
Mr.. Du Maurier in the character of Little
Billee. left many unpublished drawings.
These are soon to appear in a book of
"reminiscences written by the Royal Acad-
emician, Stacy Marks, a relative of the
dead artist.
Samuel Harden Church's life Of Crom-
well, after winning golden opinions from
the critics in this country. has met with
an enthusiastic reception in England. The
Engllsn edition, which was not published
unLl sept. /, was bought up in ten days,
and the second edition has already been
supplied in London.
AS a girl Miss Braddon was so unsuccess-
full in her authorship that. as she herself
states. the postman's knock was associated
in her mind with the sharp sound of a re-
jected manuscript dropping through the
Times Dead now known as The Trail
of the Serpent" was published by a printer
OF Beverly, in yorkshire, who paid her
only about SIS for the serial rights.
A personal friend of Du Maurier's who
had recently heard from him, says that he
has a dozen more stories in his head, any
one OF which he believes to be as good as
the two he has written. and that he is at
work upon one of them now. He seems to
have shown that Thackery was mistaken
when he said that nobody ought to write
a novel after he was fifty years old. Du
Maurier did not begin until he was nearly
sixty.
some months ago ii got into print that
T.. b. Aldrich had been invited by the ed
itor Of the Pail Mall Magazine TO contrib
ute a sonnet filling about a page and a
half" Those who know that a sonnet con-
tains but fourteen lines had a good laugh
at the editors expense. But the tables are
turned, ana the editor has the laugh on his
critics, for over Mr.. Aldrich'S signature
appears a fine sonnet, occupying two pages.
Inc type, or course, is very large, and on
each page considerable space is filled by a
picture.
Jane Barlow, whose Irish Idylls," pub
lished two years ago, brought her to the
attention OF the reading public, has lived all
her life in Ireland, though she is Of German
and Norman descent. Her father, the Rev.
DR.. James Barlow. is the senior master
non-regent of the University of Dublin and
a ~well-known Greek scholar. The young
iaqy Snrinks from notoriety, and when her
walled out appeared anonymously in
the dublin University Review, in 1885. she
resisted all efforts to make her reveal her
identity. Among her other popular sketches
may De named "Bogland Studies Hi
Dernia and "kerrigan's Quality" She lives
IN a little hamlet called Raheny, near Dub