The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-07

xs III
Knights OF the Literary Order OF METZ,
the second was TO be G. l.. o; NJ, or C trit
panions of the Literary Order OF hieI ~
and the third grade were to be hssoI,f
ates. There were to be twentyIhtouxi The
the first, 100 Of the second. and 10 OF 'nI
third. As a matter OF fact the , mrs. 80 =,
were selected, when celebrated h ntna,s
man. hearing Of it, wrote 10 tne V" nd
pointing out the heartburnihes a. 80
jealousies that ii would give rise TO- a tha
his letter was so convincing, that eae
idea was incOntinentiy dropped.
As a girl Miss Braddon was 50 uhsGe-
cessful in her authorship that a. aae
herelf states, the postman's KNOCK va a.,
associated in her mini with me s sl,,i,i,
sound of n rejected manuscript droppihs
through the open letter box. her n l,s,,
book, Three Times Dead" now known
as 1.-THE Trail of the Serpent "d r,
published by printer rr OF dnlu Dea aSoSi SIS
for the serial rights.
Some months ago 1t got into print that
II r. Aldrich had been invited Dy VI"
editor of the Pail Mall Magazine ID con-
tribute a sonnet filling about a page
and a half" Those VINO know thai Il
sonnet contains but fourteen lines had
good laugh at the editors expense 1ht
the tables are turned, and the editor
has the laugh on his critics, for over
Mr.. Al1richs signature appears iiie
sonnet, occupying two pages The type
of course, Is very large; and on eacH
page considerable space IS filled by PIC
ture.-Maii and Express.
The first thing Mrs. Henry Ward Beech
or ever wrote for publication was IN
1859. when she was lying on sick bed,
and TO pass away the time she wrote
what afterwards grew into the story
From Dawn to Daylight These were
sketches Of Western life many or them
drawn from her ouw experience Inc
sheets Of paper upon which the story WAS
int
drawer without any thought on the patt
of the writer of ever making use Oh
them. but one day her daughter. Il young
girl about twelve years Ola, came across
the manuscript and became so mnch m
terested In the story that she begged her
mother 10 have it published. And TOT
that. my first publication, received
SO0." she added. This was the beginning
Of her literary lobOrs, which nave Deeh
kent I'D more or less ever since. For
long time Mrs BecCher contributed
weekly letter on household topics to,
newspaper syndicate; she edited a &C.
partment in the Domestic Monthly LOT
several years; recently she has written
for The Ladies' Home journal, and AZ
one time shc edited DEPARTMENT. ~
Godev's Magazine. Nor has she yet al,
thOu5h eiyhty-three years old, lad
aside her en-Courier-Journal.
Ping Yang. in northern Korea, Where
tho Rattle Was Fought" was the first
kingdom, the chief author being an an
cestor Of COnfucius, named kishi who,
gathering up his writing materials, anu
LEAVING China in il22 Il. C., emi-rtted
eastward into Korean regions. Ills name
is greatly Venerated and many tablets
still exist in his honor in the northern
parts OF Korea
AIphouse Daubet said recently: "Flr
the last fifteen years every three mohu'5
| have received note written WIN pen
ell from the same man who evidently
is a great traveller for his letters b ar
all the stamps OF the world. He tells
me that he trains animals 10 pronounce
my name and then lets them 20. nave
never been able TO flnd ont who he IS.
Walter Besant Is one OF the latest to
admit that he collects autograph letters.
The genial nOyelistS does not however,
send out to celebrities printed s!lgS,
asking for these fayors. Mr.. Besant sim
DIV preserves, among his great CORE
spondence, those letters which, coming
from people of consequence In the world
are worthy of preservation.
Mime. COuvreur, who has Just succeed
ed her late husband as the London
Times representative in the Belgian
capital, Is best known to the pubic as
'"F sna !" the novelist. or Dutch family
she was born in Highgate and was
brought 10 in TaSmania-hence her nom
de plume She first made her name in
Europe as lecturer on emigration IN
the principle towns OF France
Mrs. Rider Haggard. it IS said, is the
"cougonial inspiration Of the noted
is read and criticised by his wife before
il Is sent 10 the publisher.