The morning times., 1896-03-29


ana an extra one hunG5s.s copies on Japan
paper.
Henry Wattcrson Is tg to write life
of Abraham Lincoln.
Maxwell Gray Is hopelss invalid per
manenIy confined 70 her soia.
There is talk OF a monument to George T.
Root, tue writer OF patriotic songs.
II is said by friend of Thomas Hardy
that Jude is aportTait Of the author.
The "Familv / etters'' of Dante Gabriel
RoSetti is attracting widespread attention.
There is a Celtic revival current, and
everything Irish is the fad in affairs lit
erary.
Mr.. Blacks new novel, "BriSeis," will
be published i'll book foIm al inc enu OF
April.
Zola is stin ambitious for place In the
French Academy. Dumas always voted
for Zola.
Alfred Austiu's new poem, "Engiand's
Darling is dedicated by permission 10 The
Princess OF Wales.
William Astor Chanler has prepared an
other work OF travel, this time INTO North
eastern Africa.
Du Maurier is so weary of "Trilby" that
he requests his friends not TO speak OF II
in hiS presence.
A Landmark Club has been organized
their history and tradition.
Sir Lewis Morris has been married Tor
thirty years. He kept bis wife IN the back
ground peLding the laureatesbip contest.
The crown prince of Italy has written a
novel. He often contributes stories ana
poems to Italian journals under nom 'de
plume.
John Morley, IN an article in one OF the
magazines, SAYS: ''ThSre are probably not
six EngliSIpen over fifty now living whose
lives need to be written or should be witt
ten
A Charles Lamb autograph sentence
reads: verbal illusions are not wit,
bacouse they will not bear Il translation, -
and fiend paid $40 at London sale 10
call it his own.
"John-a- Dreams is the title of a new
magazine to be published shortly in New
YORK, to cater TO the conservative lcono-
ClaSt and the practical dreamer, devoted
to mere literature and classical topog-
raphy.'
collection Of 80 500 book-plates sold in
London recently for nearly $50, ,OO0. 1t was
the Carson collection, one of the largest in
existence, and the price paid Is wo or three
times as much as has hitherto been palu Tor
any similar collection.
John S. C. Abbott's life of Napoeon is
said to have sent more young men To West
Point than any other publication. What
boy with spark of military spirit in him
has not reVeled in the glowing pages or The
old hero worshiper?
Gen Charles Hamlin and his son, Afr.
Charles E. Hamlin, are collecting data and
arranging the extensive mass of valuable
matter already i'll Gen. Hamlin's possession
for an extended biography OF the late eX-
Vice President HannIDal Hamlin, which will
be written by them.
Hall Caine says all the strong situations
in his novels are taken from the Bible.
The Dcemster is the story OF the ProdlGal
Son. The Bcndman is the story OF Esau
and Jacob. The MauXman is the story
of David and UTiah. The ScapegOat is the
story Of Eli and his sons.
Opie Reed, the novelist, says that the
most remarkable audience he ever addressed
was one at Sterling, ILL.,, where he spoke
under the auspices of the Switchmen ana
Brakemens Benevolent Association. His
audience were mostly oDe-arInSd ana one
legged men, and it was pathetic TO see them
attempt to applaud.
At George Eliot's native town of Nun
eaton WarwiCksnire, which is described so
graphically as .sAlilby' in the writer's EARL
est success, Scenes Of Clerical Life, a
public George Eliot memorial library Is &c
| be built. In it's structure, which IS to be
somewhat after the fashion of the memo
| rial theateratthe neighbOring townofStrat-
| ford-on-AvOn, it's proposed to form col
| lection Of manuscripts, pictures, relics, etc.
The effects ofpoor Paul Verlaine, found
| in his room, will soon he Officially deliv
| cred to his onlyIson, NJ. Georges Verlaine
| now serving his! time in the army They
| consist of bundle of manuscript and q
| handbag, Of another manuscript IN the
| portmanteau, which was presented TO hin
| the day before he came to London-the first
| portmahteau be had ever possessed-half 3
| dozen of his Clay pipes, his pet cigarette
| holder, also of clay. pair of eyeglasses, q
! slouch hat and Hnightcap.
The remaining manuscripts OF Char
| lOtte Bronte are in the possession CT hel
| husband, and others have now been pur
chased for publication They are fai
! more numerous and important than it ha!