Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-18
THE RICHMOND DIsPAToH- SUNDAY. MARCH Isl 1884,


Money" b. WiIiiam Broush. snd '.rhs
gphers of TIE Stats," ~ Frank SARGENT
Brsnaan0s announces nat 'sThs rpt-
cupeax," the cookbook OF Dslmcnico's
chsf. vim b published some ums tnis
mouth.
A copy Of the "Pentateuch," inscribed
BY the hand Of Maimouides In the twelfth
century, has been discovered IN the cuero
Library, ofs San Francisco. which local
experts unAte IN declaring TO be genuine.
Chancellor Pasquier. It II said, left pc
sides the volumes Of memoirs dealing WIN
the revolution, consulate and empire.
second series devoted to the restoration :.
An important work. which has long
beers IN course Of preparation BY the APP
pleton firm. is on the eve Of publication.
It Is to be a picture Of the American
Commonwealth as It Is to-day. an aggre-
CATION OF careful studies Of it, natural
resources, Its industries and commerce.
and its work In education, literature, ana
the arts. Distinguished specialists have
In many cases contributed chapters,
and these have been brought to-
gether under the edltorsbip Of Professor
N. s. Shaler. The work. which IL to be
published under the title OF The United
States OF. America" is to be In two bulky
volumes. handsomely illustrated. 1t Is to
be sold by subscription.
Travels In a Tree-Top," an ouc-of-door
book. by DR.. Charles Abbott. Is In the
press
Mr.. Harry Furniss has finished the text
and sketches OF the book describing his
visits to this country, but he has not
decided when he will publish the volume.
Edward w. Box, editor Of the Ladies'
Home Journal, estimates that or all
the hundreds of thousands OF literary
men and women In America, there are
scarcely twenty whose earnings, purely
from a literary career, give them what
may be called a comfortable living. L
mean living such as comes to men as
foremost in their professions as are these
In literature" This Is small encourage
ment for the ambitious young writer. but
1t will hardly restrain his pen. Hope
springs eternal In the human breast" and
every scribbler still dreams OF eventual
fame and fortune. OF course. there are
many more than Mr.. Box enumerates
who make living not quite so COM
Portable as the existence he refers to.
We ourselves could live comfortably on
less than $4,000 year.
Mrs. Burton Harrison IS engaged on
stlll another novel of New York society
life.
Swinburne is reporter to be growing
very deaf. and now hears an ordinary
conversation with great difficulty. For
this reason he denies himself, as a rule.
to visitors. although his personal inclina-
tons would lead him to see his callers.
Anna Katharine Green has finished a
new detective story called 1.-THE Staircase
at the Hearts Delight" One of the New
York magazines Will shortly publish 1t.
The story opens up. 1t is said. several
new and remarkable factors in crime.
w. d. Howells is said to be becoming
very popular with the Socialists OF New
York's East Side. on account of his So
cialistic views. One Of his stories is being
published in translation In a Jewish
weekly.
A Richmond dabbler in literary matter
recently caught the New York critic
In a misuuotation from Thackeray and
Robert Louis Stevenson in one from
Gray. The critic owned up" gracefully.
but Stevenson has yet TO be heard from,
though the critic admits his guilt.
Mr.. Edward II. Peple. of this city. has
humorous poem in the March number
Dusky Maiden, or The Grave That Swims
on the Broad Lagoon" We notice a great
Improvement in this magazine. Pictorally
and geographically 1t now compares
creditably with the leading New York
publications, while its contents are varied
and interesting. Mr.. Basil w. Duke, a
Virginan, we believe, is the editor. Louis
vile, KY, Is the place of publication.
The magazine was originally known as
"Fetters."
Among the contents Of Poet-Lore for
March are Literature and the Scientific
Spirit" by Professor Oscar l.. Trigss;
Character IN Much Ado About No
thing" by c. A. Wurtzburg; "Pippa
Passes" Papers of the Boston Browning
Society, by Isabel Francis Bellows; and
"a School OF Literature; How to Study
Longfellows Spanish Student" by p,
A. C. The usual departments are well
sustained.
| Rose Hawthorne Lathrop writes pleas
antly OF her father, Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the March Ladies' Home Journal. She
says that the novelist wrote In plain,
unpretendlng room. A gold pen was his
standby, and bronze inkstand ms
nearest approach to luxury in his tower
study" at the "Way-Side."