The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-22

Marion Crawford receives no royalty. put
sells each of his stories for lump sum-
said TO be $4,000.
Mr.. Barrie's new novel-about two-thirds
of which may be said to be completed-ls
so far study of child Ire
King Oscar of Sweden, who Is poet
musician and scientific scholar, has COM
posed an ode to the memory OF Gounod,
which is highly praised by the critics.
Mrs Crosland says that by the multi
tude the author Of "Childe Harold was
called Byron. but others-Lady Blessing
ton. the Trevannions and other personal
friends-pronounced his name Birron-
Mr.. Du Mauriers ability to illustrate his
own stories is emulated by one of our own
authors, Miss Alice French. otherwise
Octave Thanet, In so far as the camera Is
concerned. A novel thus Illustrated by ner
is TO appear in the Midland MontnIy' the
new Iowa magazine.
Count Tolstofs forthcoming book on the
In the Lenox library, New York city, is
a copy of the Oldest Bible ever printed,
Gutenberg's so-called Mazarin Bible 1t
was only two months ago that the I'M
fortunate confagration occurred at May
ence, resulting in the destruction or the
printers house. Though his first presses
were probably constructed at Strassburg,
they were put up in this house A statue
of the inventor stood in the courtyard.
Some delay in bringing out Mr.. Steven
sons Travels with a Donkey" caused him
to write TO his publishers this characteristic
note: Dear Sirs-What has become OF me
and my donkey? She was never a fast
traveller, but she has taken longer TO come
through Hanover street than to cross the
Gerandau. There must be carrots in your
office. Please see TO IL and let me hear.
Yours truly, Robert Louis Stevenson.
An English author, g. Robinson Lees. F.
r. G.. S., has just been banished from
Iar-IrS sale Tr &c
Palestine for his intimate acquaintance
with the people and holy places Of Jeru-
salem, and is the author of Jerusalem
Illustrated" The attention of the Turkish
in the book, and all discoyerable copies were
seized and confscated, and the author
ordered to depart.
Germany will sustain her reputation as
the home of scholarship by having the finest
dictionary of the English language ever
printed in foreign country. The publica-
ton has already commenced of DR.. Muret's
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Worterbuch der En-
| lischen und Deutschen Sprache," which is
based on the Century Dictionary, with the
| English Pathological Society, so far as that
| has been published. 1t is 20 be wished that
we had such fine dictionary Of the Ger
| man language in English.
| recent Franco-RUssian junketings will
utilize that episodical ebullition as illus
tratlng a patriotism which. the Count holds.
is inconsistent with Christianity. Yet he
| praises Americans for possessing a ma
| tional self-love." and tells this story in
| connection with 1t: Il one day wrote an
| 1 did not particularly overload the latter
with fiattery. Nevertheless, / sent the MS.
over the ocean, thinking it would be &C
| cepted by any paper eagerly as my
| other productions. Not a bit of It, The
| translator took it to fourteen different
| editors without getting il accepted, and
| finally it had to be sent to England"