Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-12

I'VE have not seen you for long
time, Monsieur De Choiseul"
"Ah! Madame rAmbassadrlce, have
been i'll"
Seriously, monsieur"
81 had a narrow escape from being
poisoned"
ALAS! Possibly you took a bite at
you own tongue?'
This little Joke fell like thunderbolt
on the viscount, who was notorious
backbiter and mischiet-maker. The les
son was II severe one. but he richly de-
served 1t and had not word TO say.
The American army and navy has
cause for pride in possessing among It's
numbers many names that are dis
tingulshed in literature. Captain a. T.
Mahuns works on Sea Power have
been favorably received the world
over; Captain Charles Kings novels
are as popular today as ever, and now
we have a striklngly interesting work
on Napoleon Bonaparte's First Cam
paign." by Herbert II. Sergeant. First
Lieutenant Second Cavalry, U. S. A,
This work has been favorably men
toned at home and abroad. 1t was
written when the lieutenant was sta
toned at Fort Bowie. Arizona
Recently n story was set going by the
Paris Press to the effect that AleXan-
Dire Dumas the elder, when at the
height OF his fame. accidentally
dropped a twenty-franc piece IN the
presence of his son, and in picking 1t
up said:
''I am said to be extravagant: but
look-I came to Paris with two louis
and still have one left"
The story was not true, but II had
more foundation than most anecdotes
| of celebrities NJ. Dumas the younger
| now gives a version of the occurrence,
| for the truth of which he vouches.
zone day" says the author OF Le
Demi- Monde II went to see my father
| and found him working, away as
usual / asked him how he was, ana
| he replied as he went on writing
| that he was very tired. ! said he oughl
| TO take q rest, whereupon ne opened y
| drawer. and. showing me two twenty
! franc pieces, said:
My dear Alexandre, when ! came &C
| Paris In 1928 / had tifty-eight francs
| You sec / have only forty left. unu
/ have made up my eighteen francs
/ cannot leave OF work.
II has long been the habit of literar!
| folks 10 poke fun at chicago. ENei
eugene Field, wlu Is on the ,groun'
and should know better. Is given Z
that sort of thing, For a long UNI ~,
. ! no luDllHhAhh iph9I W.
shore Of Lake Michigan that could VI
,,,itb the houses long famous In tn
iSas, Rut this condition OF AFFAIR
nroriIses TO change very shortly. A;
McCIurg & Co. is an old house ina
mas long lent It's name only To- pook
Of n very worthy character. nus -.
n,hltshing house has now a competito
IN Nieesrs. Stone s. Kimball. a coupl
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he right sort OF stun and who promise
according TO a versatile critic, I
.make culture hum In their hatlN
town. This they have aireaay accom- con
,itshed TO a certain extent. Their ems
fpaoi-Nis n great success. Most of tn
nWhiientions OF the house are example
~ unusually fine printing and binding
,Tbejr edition Of Poe. edited by stea
man and woodward. is not inferior
mechanical make up to anythihs s9 fsne,
: a., ly the old houses OF the Eas
win a publishing house OF this char
acter the current opinion that IN
neorle OF Chicago are literary WI
s,sriana viii speedily pass away as
has no foundation on fact.
yTourhton. Mimln & Co. win shortl
n,thIish the Letters OF Samuel Taylo
S1isridce" They were written TO hi
si,, "a southey. De Quincy an
la,'s Sii,,s,.ary contemporaries, and the
1tsc,,ss or touch lightly host Of SUI
t',,,s many OF them important, not
ysu conpsratlvely trivial but all haN
az recognizabln charm from the manne
I in which they are treated, and Lrol
: The kaleidoscopic views they ailora
i lie mind OF Colerldge- The two nan.
: some volumes are well equipped VII
r portraits and other illustrations.
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! she ION her voyage)-"hat IL Una
: Mace down thereg
= why. that Is the steeraEe.