The morning times., 1896-05-24


up the war in Cuba. But stephen says he
writes better from Imagination than eX
perience.
Commentators say justly that we are
getting too much Stevensoniana. His fame
may easily rest upon his own nsidered
writings, without his typewriter rushing
into print.
A writer quoted Ben JonsoD's Drink to
me- only with thine eyes, ,put such re-
quest was beyond the comprehension Of the
typo and it appeared wink to ME only with
thine eyes"
Mary E. wilkins has overworked herself
and Is now suffering from nervous prostra-
ton. She has nearly finished novel which
Will be delayed weeks. II hot months, wait
ing ( or her recovery.
AT Touon, Napoleon, looking out of tho
batteries, drew back step to let someone
take his place; ; The neSs eSs, moment nom n1 the
the French empire.
Those who loved Constapce sFennmore
Woolson for her works will be Interested in
knowing that a considerable number OF her
letters have been delivered Into editorial
hands aud will soon be published.
The oxford press iss ues about 100000
Bibles. The smallest is the Brilliant
which weighs less than. four ounces and
mea sures s "a by l-S Inches on the side,
and is only "a of an inch thick.
In village in New York there's a library
where % cents is chaged as an annual
fee. The treasurer reported last year only
20 cents received from Iees' L b Is liquor
town by an Overwhelming majority.
Richard Henry Stoddard is troubled with
his eyes. Several years ago an operation
was performed forthe re moval of cataract.
ii was successful, as was 'iie repetl1ion OF
the painful ordeal several days ago.
Sir william Morris, the pcetSLa de-
lightful accomplishment. IT is sald that,
given Il fair start on any sentence III DICK
eos works he will complete II with very
little deviation from teAtual accuracy.
Robert Barr is true CosHopoiitan. He
is a Scotchman by birth, Canadian by
early ASSOCIATION. ana American by i'm
migration an Engshman by long resi-
deuce. ana man OF the world by travel.
Americans who Will figure IN the forth
coming English book OF beauty are the
Duchess of Marlbor nugh, Mrs Arthur
pagnt Mrs. CurZon, Lady Essex, Lady
Gray Egertou and Lady Terrence Black
noon.
..Ouida's'' hands and feet are said to be
perfect in shape and proportion. To keep
her feet from being cortorted by unnatural
pressure on the bones, she always wears,
summer and winter alike, open buckled
shoes.
Joaquin Miller, the peet Of the sierras,
is coming into publicity again with a
volume or poems called Songs of the
Soul" which his publishers say is the
result OF ten years neaitaucn ON the
Heights"
Old Chauncey Hall School, on Copley
Suuare Boston, is TO te VACATED and tern
down. 1T is an historic place. Among
those who learned ruulhents there were
Francis Parkman, Hora tlo Hale, and
Richard II. Dana.
Though Chatfield- ylor has retired from
| the service OF the Spanish government tlie
| Chicago press gives assurance that KIns-
| ley Will continue to serve ) pa nisti omeiettes
| and there VIII be no discrimination against
| olive oil and Chill sauce.
Conan DoyIe has gone up the Nile with
| a British expedition 10 report Tor the west
muster Gazette. de VIII gather material
| A1r a new novel. The @IiistThent OF man
| Of Doyle's Calhcr, reputation ana price
| shows the power OF JoufndtSIn.
The curious names noted in paragrap
| last week were from Julian liza wthorne' s
| "A Fool of Nature He now says they
| are all real names, taken from list OF
| Jurors III old volumes or English State
| trials, from Richard III TO George III.
There is a suggestion entertained at Hart
| ford for "a benerit performance for Mark
Twain when ne returns nome lie VIII prop
| ably resent this, us he did the penny sub
| scriptiOn when lie failed. Moreover, his
| all-arOund-tne-w world lecture tour viii re-
| coup iIls fnauces.
Cumberland, Md, is the home OF The
Hour Book" This is an interesting little
| events, treated in a careful and enter
Erainng manner. The Baltimore baseball
team ana the city OF Hagerstown are each
! the subject OF "A finely Illustrated artic!e
| in the May number.
! The following advertisement appeared
| not long ago in a New York paper:
.Wanteu-H III the person who borrowed
| the second volume OF my set OF Roosevelt 5
| Winning OF the West kindly return the
same at once, or cail III nythouse and get
| the first volume, that obent usmay lay G the
| set? = 5-,-,-
An Idle man has cenStqnt tendency to
torpidity. He has adopted the Indian max
IN -tnat IT - better t5 wask tnln terun. and
| better to stand than to walk, and better
| To sit than TO stand, nd better to lie tndn
| to sit. He hugs himself into fhe notion
| that God calls him to bc qufet- t--Richdrd
| Czech.
A literary journal quizzcd feF.the names
of the eight leading American author
| esseS, gave these, though not in this order:
| She who was Amene Klyes. Frances
| Hodgson- Burnett, Mary +. wilkins. Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps, Charles E2bert Grad
! dock. Sarah Orne Jewett.- Kate Douglas
| Wiggin ana Harriet BcecHer Stowe.
Steps are being taken 10 celebrate the
! 40Uth anniversary OF MeanCthonS birth,
| OH February l6, 1897. atyhis birthplace,
| brettIn, in Baden. The foundation OF a
| Melancthon Museum on tile site OF the
house IN which he was born, which is now
| occupied by building OF modest preten-
sions, is proposed. The site belongs TO
the Protestant community or Brettin.
There is "a library III England which is
| devoted solely tn collecting the lltcra-
| ture of the English colonies. 1t con
| tains $4,000 voiuInes, and is situated in
Loudcn. There are about 100 works added
| TO the library monthly. II seems suTprlS-
| ing that so large library could exist de-
| voted 10 this one interest but it is d fact,
| and must Increase respect for the number
| aud size or IL. giiHd dependencies.
Gen. Lew Wallace has taken up the pen
| again aud started upon a new piece OF
| work. Bat, as usual with the literary plans
| OF the autaOr of Ben Hur," the Charac-
| ter OF the new work is kept dark aud even
ms closest friends do not know whether it
| is a novel, a play or work of biography.
And as Lew Wallace is a very SLOW aud
methodlcdl worker, II will be some little
| time before the public knows what it NAV
| expect from his pen
Carlyie came one day to visit the emf
nent British painter, John Millais at his
| beautiful house i'll Palace Gate. Mentally
| comparing itsSplendors with his ownmodeSt
| dwelling in Chcyne row, he asked gruffly'
Has paint done all this, Mr.. Millais?''
1t has, replied the artist, good hu-
moredly. Then the sage rather rudely
| retorted, Then all | have to say is that
there are more fools in the world than
| thought there We're"
RounSavilc Wildman, though but thirty
| four years old. is editor OF the Overland
Monthly, ana In his brief career has been
| sas City and Boise City Journals; was con-
SUI general at Singapore and later at Bre-
men, Germany; was Worlds Fair COM
| missioner for the Straits Settlement and
| Borneo; was special commissioner of the
Smithsonian Institution i'll the Malay penn-
| sula, and has been made a member OF the
| Royal Asiatic Society by the British gov
ernment.
NJ. Abel Hermant, the author of La
Meute, the successful new piece in Paris,
has had lively literature career; First he
wrote a story Of college life, which was
publicly burnt by the students of the
| Ecole Norm;tle. 1neu he wrote Il story of
| military life. which was burnt in the pres
ence of the regiment by its indignant
| colonel, while in uue course all the ofIicers
| challenged the novelist. And already the
new play has provoked Il duel with the
Prince de Sagan.