The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-15
LITERARY BRBVJ1fES.
Short Notes Bearing Upon tho World Of
Letters

Mrs Clairmonte, who has recently be-
come a person Of note inthe literary
world under her pen name, George Eyer
ton, lives in the country, probably not
far from London. though as yet she has
succeeded In keeping the place OF her res
dence secret, owing. 1t Is said, TO her aD,
horrence OF lion hunters" She is fond
OF fishing and outdoor sports, IS at nome
in five or six languages, and mas trav-
eled a great deal, but, after England
prefers Norway 70 all other countries.
Her husband Is an enthusiastic lover Oh
angling, and Mrs Clairmonte has been
with him several times TO Norway on
fishing tours. She Is "a little SIP Oh q
heroines. A correspondent of the Boston
transcript. who visited the novelist al her
home thus describes her
She Is woman woman tSiDn from of her appear
ance, with a slender. not paruculary
weu-deyeloped figure, graceful, pretty
hands and a delightful way OF using them
when she talks she IS n3t pr end sy gn'
pathetic, being so changeful IN express
ion that Il seems always as though I'M
wonted lights and shadows played NJ
fully over II. She has pretty, SOFT mar,
not thick, and though her eyes are not
large and she Is so near-sigted mat she
Is never without glasses, they are ex-
tremely fascinating. She seems woman
who would draw strangers 70 conllde III
her. ana III is eflltnt llOii Hti
that she finds no one duh or depressing
but takes the keenest interest In humanl-
ty at large. She has wonderIuliy sweet
sympathetic voice, and though she Dress
es simply, her gowns and hats-her very
gloves and boots-seem TO mean some
thing more than those Of ordinary "o-
men.
The Comtesse dc Monticello. wife OF
the French Ambassador at 81 refers
burg, has sent 10 Mime. Carnot as the
representative of French women DOCK
containing portraits in water colors OF
twenty-four groups Of Russian women,
500 autograph signatures, ana dralt
for 1S0O0f TO found scholarship in
French college for girls. The volume IS
sumptuously bound, and its corners OF
gold are ornamented with rare gems
New York Times.
The Publishers Circular reports the
sale at auction, at Berlin on May list, OF
a holograph letter from Raphael TO
Jnliano Leno, the Treasurer OF st. Peters,
dated January 10, 1918, never yet printed,
and, indeed, previously unknown ac-
companied by legal document referring
to its contents. 1t fetched $500 marks
$50. The only known relic of the artist
handwriting are some receipts for moneys
paid to him, and few lines en- the back
OF one Of his sketches preserved in the
Museum at Lille.
Miss Estelle Hatch Merrill has assumed
the management of the new magazine
called the New England Kitchen. 1t is
published directly in the interest OF the
Household Economic Association. al
though financially, ii Is totally distinct
from that or any other organization.
Miss Helen NJ. Winslow, whose dialect
poems Of New England are among the
best Of their kind is winning great praise
as a reader OF her own productions. She
does not pose as a reader, but she has
a quaint way Of giving these bits OF
Yankee characterization that is very tell
ing. During the past week she has read
before literary clubs In Haverhin and
in Medhed. Kiss Wnslow has another
novel in preparation. which will undOubt-
edly be as successful as was "SalOme
Shepard, Reformer."
Some lists Of books most popular in
Norway have recently been printed from
which it appears that Charles Dickens
among foreign authors stands ahead
IL appears that G. ColmOre is a nom de
plume, and the true name OF the novel
list Who has become famous rs the au-
thor Of "A Daughter Of Music" is Mrs.
GeOrgina Dunn, the wife OF a London
harristcr. Colmore Dunn. who lives near
Hyde Park. She is described as slight |
ana delicate in appearance, and devoted |
10 music and literature.