The morning times., 1896-09-20
Literary Notes.


Jean Ingelow is seriously Ill.
Lord Tennyson loved his intimatcs. but
hated society.
Gen. LLOYD Bryce has retired from the
North American Review.
Alfred Austin Is an alulnnus Of the Uni
versity OF London by the class Of '53.
The author of "ls Life Worth LiviDg?''
has Il new work ready, "Clas asses and Mass
es."
The Home Magazine continues its excel
lent record as IA higl-class family periodical
for general readers
Every article in Scribncr's for October
VIII be by American authors, with the eX-
ccption OF Barre's rial.
Sir Walter Besant thinks every writer
should employ a literary agent. kipliEg
and Rider Haggard find them useful.
Americans have written more novels this
year which have won English appreciation
thanhave 4 Euglish for merlcin appreciation.
1t is hard TO purchase "A newspaper in the
streets of st. Petersburg. The genus
newsboy is unknown. In Moscow it is
quite different
4 newcomer to the exchange table is
Facts and Fiction, which is "A Chicago pa
per Tor the iiiSlTutlloi ana entertainment
of yo1ng and old
The hero ot Rider Ha aEgard's new novel is
Il missionary. instead OF Il chief There l.
extensive current interest in Matabe!c-
land and Cape Town.
The New Amsterdam Book Company's
publication of ''Opals" is necessarily de-
layed ON account of the peculiar type in
which it is being set.
Says Nordau of American letters: "YOu
have rot produced anything letter than
Bret Harte. He is a Coluir bus. He disCov
cred q new world in fiction"
ST. Louis Life now appears under the
title The Criterion. Its many cXcellenCirs
have been added TO and confirms Its right
to IA place in the front rank.
Mr. James Lane Allen has written a cw
novel entitled Tile Choir Invisible" II
is an historical novel. dealing withKcutucky
life in the period following the Revolution.
Du Maurer's new novel. The MartaiH,
takes its title from Il woman who appear Is
only by name i'll the book, Though slc plays
most important part. 1t Is the story Of u
man s life.
Mine Blanc. the noted French writer
a few days ago told i friend that her re-
cent visit to America was To reEew her
T.ind-to catch up with the freshness aud
spirit of the new writers.
Up to the time OF Tennyson E1GO
and terCe of wine constituted the annual
fee of the poet laureate. Since 1913 the
wine mas been coInniuted TOR money. which
Is now said TO amount To 200.
LuCie-I understand that since Mr.. Long
hairs maria Ge, he has given up poetry and
is writing more Tor the public taste.
Leun-ies; he's writing advertisements for
a canned soup-housc.-N. Y. Journal.
The original Of Bret uartc's ''Tenncs
sees Partner" was j. y. Chaffce. He is
now about sevcnty y-five years old, and last
week left Second Garrottc." the mining
camp. for the first time in nifty years.
What to Eat is a new magazine devoted
to Just what its name implies. 1t Is pub
liShed in Minneapolis and denotes fine ar
tistic as well as culinary taste in the
Northwest. II is an EpiCureans delight.
Ian Maclaren" tthc Rev. John Watson
sin great demand for his approaching visit
to America. He is to lecture at Yale. he
is engaged to preach in many pulpits, ana,
in addition, he will deliver no fewer tina n
riny-fiye lectures. He will leave England
on September 16, and is due to be home
again by Christmas time.
About $500 newspapers and periodicals
are issued in Paris every week. OF these,
III are loS 1lIlStIdttu, l'S
devoted to fashions, 80 to medicines. more
than 200 to finance. and 60 to sport The
oldest political paper is the Gazette de
France. founded in the time of Louis XIII;
but the purely advertising pint. the Pc
tites AtfiChcs, is 2S4 years old. Next
follow in order the Munitcur Univcrscl the
Journal des Debats. the Constituiionnel.
the Univcrs, and the Charivan. The Fl
caro- has been in existence only AZ yCar RS,
Il I, fnr ba NJ, N
are the Journal, the.Librc Parole, and the
Grand journal.
\ perfect avalanche Of novels 10y we'll
known writers threatens to descend On us
during the next two months. 1t will ill.,
Clude John Oliver Uobbes',' The Herb
Moon" E. j. Benson's "Li,;iitations, :"
which is in Il deeper vein than either Of his
previous novels. 'ncdo" and The Rubi-
CON- and far superior to item 10th; THE
Deserter," by Luuis RcCke and w Jeffrey;
The Great White Queen a roEaEce Of
the Ivory Coast, by William lie Qucmx,
author of the nIelodranatic, 1t. fas cinat t
ing tale, ..ZoraiGa;" while Mis- Manning
ton Caffyn, of yellow Astcr" notoriety
is represented by "A Quaker Grand
Mother" in which she is said to have
touched but very lightly on tie sex pICb,
LEM. For this relief much thanks!
Tit-Bits publishes an o;.nt Of the grea t
est literary prize Competition ever arranged
The reward for the fortunate con Ictiior is
| a million and a half Of collars. The mon
ey, which is not to BE- awarded Until 925
| was lodged in 1888 in the In pcria1 Bank
at st. Petersburg, by NJ. Aranjeveff, tht
founder OF the military colony of Novgo
rod. He deposited 30 900 rUh.cs, which is
10 accumulate until 1929 and then he pait
| as a prize to the writer Of the EeSt his
| tory OF the reign OF Alexander of Russia
| the judges being IA committee OF the 81
| Petersburg Academy Of Sciences. 1t is es
| timated that the money So deposited will
| by the time il has to te awarded, have in.
| creased to 1000 900 rublcs. three-f fourth.
| to go to the winner OF the prize and the
other fourth TO be devoted to the cost q
publishing the wor
Glass in Geology.
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