The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-02
Literary Notes.

Professor Richard G.. Moulton, OF am am,
bridge England. in an address peiote
American Educational Association at 81
hurry Park, said that the neWspdptI a,ar
the magazine are destroying the Po"ci
TO read real literature. ana OF me ~
he thinks the magazine is the more hai III
full.
Some one writing to a London paper
SAYS: "a sudden storm OF ram III ~
me, the other day, to take s shelSer and M as
| wandered round the chapels OF the hi ~
| noticed. as is usual at this period Oh slie
wear Il great number or our AHci -. -
Cousins. guide books in hand, doing the
monuments OF course, one and all gray,
itated, I'm the course OF time, 49, 49,
Poets Corner, and from distance Ihaue,
as IL seemed TO me. obeisahce 80
the bust Of their countryman anu po 49,
fonefeIIow' on sauntering toward the
niche occupied by the counterfeit PteiHe IL
nent OF the great man, nOuSeh t"t r.
heap of white paper at t ine TO fonDa the
heap resolved itself into mass Vl "a,
ting cards, with names and penciiS,,i,, , 3u
dresses from all parts OF the olld n.y.
States. This seems to me 10 DC q ,,non
extraordinary ritual To leave cards upon
a marble bust, That ought 70 De uec''ue"'
enough for anybody
Oscar Wilde's forthcoming book pro-
claims his belief that he mas SolNeu ttJ
mystery OF Shakespeare,s sonnets III. NJ
.
uncomfortable and Ingenious History %
Mr. ". H.: Being the True Secret OF
Shakespeare's Sonnets, Now for me fiIS'
Time Here Truly Set Forth. Inc III
tial letters and cover designs are pS MI
Charles Ricketts,.
The Bookman hears that Miss Frances
Willard. who has Just returned TO TINS
country from England. IS 10 rePrl,t , nei
autobiography from the Woman $50 i9,.
IL will appear i'm the autumn, prODdply
under the name Of MY Happy HaIf-Ceh-
tury"-she being now just NIFTY years vi
age The same paper says tidt Nl9S IL
raden had an offer OF 81 Tor an aruCic
Of 800 words for well-knoWn American
paper. but refused it because she couId
not comply with the condition that me
story be written on the day the Oher was
made.
It may be a satisfaction to the as
cOuraged writer who has real talent 70
learn that "BOOtles Baby. the HfSl
known of Mrs. Stannards popular writ
ings. was returned to its author SIX t.nts
from as many publishers, win tndnhs
for the courtesy, etc" John Strange
Winter. to use her best known nom de
plume. gained her ideas of garrison ~
from her early home at YORK iier HIS'
story was accepted when she was eigh-
tom and between that age and twenty
nine she wrote no less than fortN-t"0
novels. signing them "Nlolet nltD.
She assumed masculine nom de piui"c
later. when she began 10 write stores
OF army life.
a memorial window TO Charles Kingsley
has recently been placed I'm the church
at Holne, South Devon, where ne WAS
born
Daudet says it has taken him years
Of hard penauce to get back into favor
Win the Provencals after writing Tar
tarin." The first inhabttant OF ldraScvh
to let the light Of his countendnIe sulne
on the author once more was ul' lli-
kaeper and the reason or ms hllHh'sa
E,nrttgf te3flp would come To
tho inn asking 10 see Tartdlln. hut
ne has gone hunting the landlord "ou'o
say, with a regretful shrug. ana ne may may,
be gone a week" They Womb stay anu
spend their money at the inn Tor Wrsh
'and depart"-said the landlord to i,aade.
with mournful face-"dcpArt Wl'hDut
seeing Tarta1n at al. Monsieur NY
gratitude 70 you IS eternal.
In his biography of his brother, Samuel
Iongfeuow gives this account OF the
origin OF "Eyangeline:' Mr HaWthorhe
came one day 70 dine at Cralgle House
bringing with him his friend H. L. con-
DIV who had been rector Of the church
I'm south Boston At dinner Conolly sald
that ne had been trying I'm VAN To hi'ti -
Hawthorne to write a story upon IN ~
cident which had been related To nm by
a Darishioner OF his, Mrs. Halliburton. IL
was the story Of young Acadidn iutlhth,
who at the dispersion OF her people ny
The English troops. had been srphL axe j
from her betrothed lover; they sousht
each other for years in their eXle. ana
at last they met in a hospital where the
lover lay dying. Mr.. Longfello~ was
touched by the story, especially by the
consistency of its heroine, and said . ms
friend If YOU really DO not want ttlS
incident for a tale. let me have it for a
poem" and Hawthorne consented. o1t
OF this grew "Evaneelinc"-- whose heroine
was at first called Gabrielle.
Gascoignes Is the name OF country
Mace lust purchased by Miss Braddon.
II Is situated in the heart of the New
Forest II contains about six acres OF
ground including a comfortable mousse
stable and gardeners cottage