The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16

moro evident student and scholar. Also,
II he looks like banker he locks too ike
a banker whose bank has failed, and In
falling brought distress 10 the innocent
through no fault Of his own. His is not
the face of n misanthropc, but II is the
face OF a man wno sorrows. Perhaps TINS
IS the result OF a life in which there has
been little pleasure. Perhaps II is a facial
deception-an expression as misleading as
that of the thief who looks Ike clergy
man. At any rate II Is impossible. while
YOU are i'm his presence, TO imagine Loia
really happy. But l must emphasize the
fact that the lines in his face are those
of the man who is sad, not OF the cyhlc
or pessimi5t.
NV Will. VISIT AMEE1CA.
Eyes. / shall almost certainly go 10
America" he said gravely. but WIN thd'
Great nervous repldlty which forces nm
even when ne is making a pubic speech,
10. 20 back and repeat words over which
he has stumbled. - .,,,oe
"shau Won add New York 10 the clues
,,,nich are TO be treated in your new,
series?" | asked. amazed at the posi-
r,,itv which his remark had opened up
81 will not say yes. and | VIII not say
M {" no reDlied THAT series began with
T,ourdes' Its next book VIII De ROM
After that will come Paris. Nhe'heI
paris will be followed by London ana
London by New York / cannot say yer.
! have thought of IL. II | decide 10 carry
ont this plan | shall make very care
IN, study OF my field. / think shall not
make mistakes which will amuse you. /
try 10 avoid mistakes. | study my SUD-
sects very minutely before l take them
up. and am most careful.
ANA with that he dismissed what is APP
narently the most important piece OF
literary news OF the year. lola going 10
America TO write novel about Ne"
York. one wonders how this literary
surgeon would vivisect the city which
- STOLEN his books without even S,
mach as 'by your leave and from which
ra has never received a penny-except
q, ono from the New York Herald for
."I,ouries"--in pay. The literary piracy
If American publishers Is a sore SOL
with him.
his NEW BOOK ROME"
The second book of this new series OF
his IA almost ready TO go 10 the pub
Usher. He has not talked about II very
much-he expects. l think. that II VIII
rreate greater stir than 'Lourdes' did.
lie gave me permission TO quote him thus
concerning II. ane .hese are really the
drst important wofss he has spoken on
the subject; ..... 10000
.,udy and research TO gather the mate-
rial for IT. doing nothing else meantime.
There will be forty characters moving
through It's sixteen chapters. and each
chapter will be from nifty TO sixty pages
,onr. IL will be as big volume as Ia
pebacie.'
LEO XIII. will be the lofty figure In
the book, as Napoleon Ill. was in lie
Debacle.' have treated Leo NIL with
.t~h 10. n
I consider him to be an inteiigen<e-an In
tcllectuai and moral force.
'My novel pictures Rome under three
aspects: The Rome OF the Paia'ine. me
Rome Of the Popes and the Rome OF the
ouirinal. shall treat ancient Rome In
retrospective manner. for the action OF
inc book Is wholly modern. ] was some1
what disappointed when ! visited some
az the ruins there. yet have taken great
pleasure IN preparing this part OF the
book"
II would ~ innsnasihas 70 Giys bsttar