The morning times., 1896-10-25
Philadelphia publisher is to be married in
this city next month

Mrs hittNaiu hII Ing, originated the Word
Telegram" in 1852.
The cry is, since the. appearance Of
Gabriel D'AnnunZio's novel, II Icncli, look
to your putrid laurels''
The Turkish question is the subject of a
new romance, Tie New Crusade" by u
reputable English writer
Robert Barr was a clcol teacher Ecfore
he became journals and now he devotes
all lis cndeavors TO literature.
''Birrabas' continues To lead the Lippin-
colt fiction sales. Marie Correili's other
works Stimulate the sale of this one
new student Of Wordsworth correctsthe
erroneous impression that the poet was
OF Il inild. gentle and tranquil nature.
Marion Crawiord's "A Rose of Yester-
day which besins in the November Cen
tury ana will run for six months, opens in
Luccrne.
Richard lie Galliennc's prose Fancies"
belong 10 the bric-a-brac school, says Il
book magazine; whatever the brio brac
school may be.
THE Island of Cuba" by Lieut.. A. s
Rowan. U. >. A, and Prof. NJ. NJ. Ramsay,
OF the Columbian University will he pub
lished at once by hessrs. Holt X Co.
Thomas Hardy has decided to include
THE Pursuit Of the Well Beloved" in the
collected edition of his works. 1t VIII he
the first appearance of the story in book
form
Kansas editors excel in the selection of
eccentric names for their papers. The
Prairie Dog. the Astunishcr. the ParalyZcr
and Thomas Cat are conspicuous among
others. ~
George W. Cable, from his Massachusetts
home, has begun the publication of a maya
zinc lie calls The Symposium" 1t is the
ou' growth of his other periodical. The
Letter"
Nancy Noon" is new story recently
issued in England. 1t Is by one who calls
himself Benjamin swirt, and combines the
matter OF Gissing with the manner of
Meredith.
A kinsman of John c. Calhoun, who has
recently visited tue old homestead in South
Carolina, says he found there nearly $500
unpublished letters of the South Carolina
statesman.
A. seton Merriam, who has scored sue
cessfully with his two novels, THE Sow
crs" and "Fiotsam," will complete the trio
with tie immediate publication of The
Tents of Kedar."
The Chap Books next poster has been
made for IL in Paris Tie artist who de-
signed tits Toulouse Lautrec, and the printer
is Chaix, cciebra ed as having made all OF
Cheret's affiChes.
Each returning year brings n new foot
ball book. This year it is called a Primer
OF Football ltis written b II Coloredman.
n graduate OF Amherst. and once on the
Harvard team, W. II, Lewis.
- II has been reafirmed with more posi-
tiveness since the death Of WiilEim Morris
that the iaureatesiHp was offered 10 him.
but thai he declined it for political reasons
He was rampant Socialist
repairing next winter to Rome, for the pur-
pose of completing there III ''undisturbed
quiet, collection Of lyrical poems, chiefly
consisting Of peasants Sengs
The heauthorshipof" 4 Superfluovs Woman"
is now acknowledged by Miss f. +. Brooke,
who VIII have her name on the title
page Of her new story" Lie, the Accuscr,"
which Will be published next month.
Jules Stmon's name was originally Jules
S.mon-Suissc. He once took t:n article To.
Victor Cousin, who said: 'Drnp tina, word
'Suisse'-it means ncthiuG--aEd call Your
sell Jules SIMON: il souDG' hctter''
The volume on Christina Rossctti, rpon
which Mackenzie Beli has for sCmc lime
been engaged, is now completed TIE
greater part will fe given in serial form
before tie book is published in February.
Several weli-known story writer's con
tribute to the November issue of tn. Penny
Magazine, which appeared last Tuesday.
They are Julia Macrut.er, John J. a'Bccket,
Fila Higginson, and Henry Caldwell oak
ley.
Mildred Howells, daughter OF William
Dean Howells, and Allegra Egglcston.
daughter OF Edward Ecgieston, are both
clever art students. A Gangkter of George
W. Cable is also worker in the realm OF
art.
Archibald Forbes is writing a history of
the famous Fora y-scCDnu Hts-nianGier>, ,otileT-
wise known as the Black Watch. regiment
which saw the carnage OF Waterloo, was in
the Crimea, and fought in the Indian MI
tiny. -1
Germany is the homie of the book plate
The earliest authentic specimen dated is
a BuXheirn, 1i23. The largest plate thus
far unearthcd measures four feet ten inches
and is Italian. The earliest English plate
is in a book owned by Cardinal Wolsey.
The autobiography OF Sir Richard Tenn
pie. which is about ready for publication,
deals largely with his life in India. where
he spent twenty-nine wears in admnistra-
tive work. He long served in Parliament
and took part in nearly ; 900 divisions.
Theincrease eofncwspapcrsandm ma gazincs
in Japan is marvellous. One city, Toxic,
has twenty daiiies and fifty-six maga-
LIltS- lUcrc are totidE cU- newspapers
and magazines. Thirty years ago there
We're twenty. The newspapers of Japan
have weekly circulation of 2TS 900 400
copies.
When william " Was King" by John
Ashton, has just been published by D. APP
pleton S Co. In this volume the time when
the first passenger railway was opened and
steam navigation began to he general is
discussed, while other interesting anec-
dotes Of the social and political history are
written Of in Convincing manner.
Richard Harding Davis acknuw ledges
sensibly that he i S nothing more than Il
well l-paid reporter. Now that l am able
to travel farther afield. instead of Gut
tenberg I describe the Derby and the
Grand Prix, or the condition OF the Panama
Canal, or an English election. But it is
still reporting; 1 have never considered
it anything else"
The first volume Of the letters OF Victor
Hugo. which is promised for about the end
of this year. contains letters to Hugo's
father, to his young wife, to his confeSsor,
LamennaS, and To Saintc- Beuve. with 9TH
crs that relate To his early books and plays.
The entire series extends from Hugo's boy
hood dOwnto his death. None OF hem have
heretofore been published.
With the French there are two express
sions, which are almost proverbial. used to
convey the idea that an artist has desired
to provoke. Il all cost, the curiosity of the
public: They say either that he has fired
Off pistol in the street. or that he has
.'broken the window pancs." Measured by
the French proverbs. there are few whole
panes or loaded pistols left on this side
Clark RuSsell'S new novel of the sea,
which he calls What Cheer,'' will be
readyt hisSea son Around hrec cha ra ctprs-
sailor named Jeremy Liver, a lass named
Joyce Whitaker, whom Liver loves, anu d
master mariner named Heron, who loves
the same lass-the story runs, and chiefly