The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-20

Speaking Of Zangwill. that abnormal
ly clever and sometimes satirical He
brew who Is deemed by many the smart
est critic in London. certainly by the
younger set. the July Bookman prints
a picture Of him which destroys illus
ions. Many who had idealized his
personal appearance from the irresisti-
BILE brilliancy Of his causerie into some
thing quite striking and quite hand
some will learn with dismay that his
countenance In reality Is destined to
stop a clock and his physique to send
the hero-worshipper into trance. But
Of course Zangwill cannot help that;
and, truly. II Is wise dispensation
which gives to some men beauty and
to others brains. 1t kind of evens mat
ters up.
Before We pass from Zangwill. II
should be said that the Chap Book for
July IL begins the first Of series Of
fortniehtly letters from him. entitled as
are the Critics without Prejudice"
In these letters our London friend will
WELD the scalpel on his fiction-writing
contemporaries and keep cisatlantic
readers en- courant with literary
movements and gossip on the
other side. The same number
of Chap-Book contains laugh
able bit of epistolary dialogue from Clyde
Fitch and a poem by Theodore Wratis-
law which Is as conspicuous for Its pro-
priety as the last one by this ambitious
vers!her was for its untamed fervor
and fine scorn OF the conventions.
J. NJ. Stoddart. formerly Of Lippin-
cott's. Is named as the editorial head of
a new magazine which looks as II It
might find a profitable field. The new
conner Is weekly. called 'Informa-
tion," and endeavors to be n "cyclo-
pedia of current events" The gist Of
the weeks news in all departments of
legitimate human activity so far as
known Is printed In alphabetical fash
ion, in the belief that busy readers will
have need of some such ready refer
ence. Information" Is printed by the
publishers Of the New Science Review,
at SO Fifth avenue, New York.
II /
The tide OF economic literature set
going by the recent discussion Of the
currency question floats two new PAM
phlets to our table. One Is entitled
"The White Dollar. it's History, Utility
and Limitations" by Murat Halstead,
published by the Franklin News COM
pany. Philadelphia. The other is ELI
Perkins on Money" published by Charles
Fl. Kerr & Co., 175 Monroe street, Chi
cago. Both are "gold buggish" in tone
and tenor.
II \
Count Tolstoi Is at work on a great
novel on the subject OF "Justice."
Fort Frayne" is the name of Captain
Charles Kings new novel of army life.
Stevenson's est. Ives" will appear
initially in McClure's Magazine as se-
rial.
John Strange Winters new story has
been christened "a Magnificent Young
Man."
The Samuel F. Smith america" me-
mortal fund now amounts to 5000. An
drew Carnegie has contributed $4OO
The American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science will be held in
Springfield. Mass, Aug. 2s to Sept. next
Henry James Examinations" comprise
"The Altar OF the Dead" 1.-THE Death of
the Lion" "The Coxon Fund.-" and "The
Middle Years."
SIR Arthur Sullivan and Playwright
Pinero are said to be busy upon comic
opera In the satirical vein, directed against
the Decadents.
DR.. J. p. Grocer Griffith, of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, has issued (Saun-
ders) a manual for mothers and nurses
1.-THE Care Of the Baby"
Hamlin Garland is writing a long novel
with the title of "Rose, Of butchers
Coolly." "Coolly" Is said to be a common
western term for a kind Of small valley.
Rose is one Of the New Women OF
American western Efe.
Clovernook the home OF Alice and
Phoebe Cary, near Cincinnati, has been
purchased by their lifelong friend. Mrs.
NJ. Louise Thomas, whose son married
the Oldest OF the Cary sisters. 1t Is IN
tended to preserve 1t In the family as a
Cary memorial.
A Centenary Edition" of Burns, edited
by w. f. Henley and T. +. Henderson, Is
10 be printed by Messrs. T. & A. Con-
stable. or Edinburgh. and published In
that city. 1t will fill four volumes. issued
at intervals Of about three months in the
course Of this year and next.
Richard Mansfield will appear next sea-
son In a dramatization of Dostoievskis
sombre "Crime and Punishment" under
the title OF "Rodion." The role OF the re-
murderer will undoubtedly
offer him n powerful opportunity for his
peculiar gifts of portraiture.
Harper's Weekly will soon begin the
publication Of a number Of articles by
Julian Ralph, who. during his recent tour
N the west, Investigated such subjects as
Civilization In the Indian Territory"
'Coeducation in the West" and the pc
,uliarities of Municipal Government in
Western Cities"
The remains of Samuel woodworth. the
,oet are soon to be cremated In San
Francisco. At one time John Van Ward
,gitated the project Of placing bronze
igure Of the "Old Oaken bucket" in Cen |
raj park. New York, but his plans were |
,ever carried out. In Massachusetts there |
$ considerable talk of purchasing the site |
II the Woodworth homestead In Scituate |
md dedicating the ground to public use |
Is park.
HAMLETS OF WAYNE.