The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-15

and engraved title pages. and In all details
viii be equal TO the best previous Riverside
Editions OF our great American authors.
as a special feature Mrs. Stoves autograph,
which she has written for each copy.
NJ Henri Rochefort Is preparing a special
edition OF his Adventures" for publication
In English. and has arranged for their issue
in London and New York by Mr.. Edward
Arnold. The English work viii be kept with
in the compass OF two octave volumes. and
VIII De revised by NJ Rochefort with a view
70 including only matters OF genuine inter-
est TO the English-speaking public
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward Is alb
sorbed in the life OF Christ. which she Is
now writing. and which will probably be
completed within a year. She is bringing
out more than any other writer OF that
sacred life has done the Homanly influence
OF Mary, the mother OF Christ. and OF the
written. ForAthis life OF Chris. a great
deal OF money Will be spent, since IL Is the
intention to reproduce every painting which
made TO Palestine. Italy and Greece II.
copies. ~.
Mr.. Hope has recyntly written to h
Bookman that an American firm has pub
Iished "a new volume OF stories. by An
Mr.. Hope says: Il have never written any
story, or any volume OF stories. under the
title Of Frivolous Sup;d' and am in no
1 have not seen the volume. But since I
myself exercise a strict censorship with re-
gard 10 the republication OF nv earlier es-
says. / do not desire that in America.
where / have received such kind and gen.
erous encouragement. I should be held re-
sponsible for what may DE. in my judg-
ment, entirely unworthy OF republication"
Mr.. Edmund Gosse. in his capacity as
chairman at a recent Browning lecture.
speaking with the authority of long personal
friendship. warned his hearers against
thinking of Robert Browning as a sort OF
Yelled Prophet. What / saw" he told
them. was an transformations. keen. active
man OF the world. one who never failed TO
give good practical advice in matters OF
business and conduct. one who loved his
friends. but who certainly hated his enc
mics, a man alive in every eager. passion
c cus np people ei and nln, af + man AND mho a '0 biz Of sos-
sip. a bit OF a partisan. TOO. and not with
out his humorous prejudices- He was simple
to a high degree, simple in his scrupulous
dress. his loud. happy voice. his Unsuitable
curiosity"
The earliest known novel, according to
the late Amelia b. Edwards. is the story
which has survived the rise and fall OF
many an ancient and many a modern en-
pire. 1t is an Egyptian romance. entitled
The Tale or the Two Brothers" the orig
inal manuscript OF which is in the British
Museum. 1t is written on nineteen sheets
or papyrus, in a fine hieratic hand. and IL
scribe named Ennana. This Ennana was
or the palace 10 King Merenptah
the supposed Pharaoh OF the Exodus. n
he appears to have written the tale by or
der OF the treasurer. for the entertainment
Of the Crown Prince. Seti-M erenptah. who
subsequently, reigned as Sed III. This prince
has signed his name In two places on the
back OF the manuscript these being prob
ably the only autograph signatures Of any
egyptian King which have come down 10