The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-30
THE TIMES RICHMOND. vA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER so 1894.

his latest WORK. Inc HuuIenEe
with profound interest and in the deepestt
silence to the end, when there ensueu
a storm Of applause and cheering
The journal-book Of Shelley and the
manuscript letters written by him, ana
mis- second wife, which presented 20
the Bodleian Library last year by the
poets dsughter-in-law. are not 10 ee
opened or copied Tor many Seaio ~
come.
Richard lie Caffeine, author, OF The
Religion OF Literary Man, having
recently lost his wife, sent out a four
page cicular to tell about it. me rrst
page bore only the words "Eloi, Eioi'
Lama sabachthan!?'
The dowager Lady Tennyson is re.
ported as recovering from her recent
fall. At the best of times spending her
life upon sofa, the Laureate,s WIDOW
Is an untiring reader OF books, Doth
grave and gray. In modest way her-
self an author, too, she Will doubtless
be represented in future anthologies OF
poetry by women. Lady Tennyson'
though a strong patriot. has never shar-
ed in the English national fits of dislike
toward other peoples. Not even the
periodical tides OF anti-French feeling
have carried her along with them; and
when Lord Tennyson wrote his "Rlhe-
men, Form" she made her protest at
the first reding aloud in the family
circle. MY wife thinks it too iniiam-
lIiS W lIlr IIlSllS1l 100 lDSulllitS W
the French wrote the Laureate in the
margin of the first rough draft of the
verses before sending them to friend:
Lady Tennyson chose The Battle OF
lines Of her own in order to express her
gentler sentiments toward the French:
'Frenchman, a hand in time!
our flags have waved together;
Let us drink to glory of thine and mine
At the battle OF Alma River.
Our flags together furl'd
Henceforward no other strife
Than which of us most will help the
world,
Which life the noblest life.
Then pledge we our glorious dead,
Swear to be one forever;
And Gods blessing Ctn each dear head
That rests by the Alma River
An English critic writing Of Mrs. Hun
gerford. The Duchess" says: There
IS no guile in the novels Of the author
OF Molly BaWn, nor any consistency,
nor analysis Of character; but they eX-
hibit faculty truly remarkable for re
producing small talk. the shallow, but
harmless 'chaf Of certain strata OF mod
erp fashionable society, She can
invent an interesting story, she can tell
il well, and she trusts to the honest.
natural, human emotions and interests OF
life for material
MIR. jerome X. Jerome says that ne
has been everything by turns, and
nothing long tie was for time railway
clerk, actor, reporter teacher, stenog-
rapher, literary man." and is now an
editor,
What is the most popular novel among
American readers \ poll OF alt the
principle libraries IN the United states
which apears in The Forum, shows that
David toppcrfieit' leads in popularity
every work OF fiction. The most popular
nine novels, in the order OF their popu-
Iarity, are as follows: "Davd Copper
field" Iyanhoe," 'Thc Scarlet Letter"
Uncle Toms Cabin "Ben-Hur.'
adam Bede," "Nanity Fair Jane
Eyre" "The Last Days Of PompeiL'
This is a complete reputation of the no
ton sometimes expressed that Dickens
and Scott and Thackery have lost their
hold. our own greatest novelist, Ma
thaniel Hawthorne. comes high up in
The list. and Uncle Toms Cabin" APP
pears likely to hold It's own for all time.
Mark Twain IS quoted as saying that
1t gave him very great pleasure 10 hear
that his works were almost the only
which Mr.. Darwin read during the last
year Of his life. till he was told that
Mr.. Darwin suffered from a kind Of men
tai atrophy and was forbiddeu to read
anything but absolute drivel
Mr. Jerome X. Jerome. the English
editor, recently received the following
missiye from an unknown contributor:
Dear Sir-f am waiting for my break
fast. To be plain, | have been waiting
for my breakfast for two days, and un-
less YOU accept the inclOsed manuscript
| shall have to wait considerably longer"
The man is still hungry.