The morning times., 1896-08-02

reprinted with The addition OF a scholarly
preface and notes from his own pen: rms
pissal contains the first written llture!
ever brought to England, and is In all prob
ability one of the earliest published any
where.
The Evening Report of Lahanon, "a Is
a live, hustipk paper IL has always iau
this reputation, but II is accented oy ti,e
recent industrial edition of twenty-four
handsome pages devoted 10 the intcieStsof
the Queen OF We Valley. tie city 10 wm'h
the Report is an ornament. The text anu
illustration are of unusual excellence, and
this edition Will do much to spread kpcwi,
edge of the actualities and possibilities of
Lebanon beyond its own limits
letter, written by Southcy, heretofore
unpublished, and which has JGst come to
light, contains the following amusing ref
erences to his forgotten ''Madoc' and 70
SCOTS Lay of the Last Minstrel: My
profits upon this poem t''Madoc'l IN the
course OF twelve months amount precisely
TO f3 lis Id. In The same time, walter
Scott has sold 800 copies OF his Lay. ait:
netted over el 900. But my acorn viii
continue To grow when ms turkey Dean Siidii
have withcred-
one hundred and fifty books of III sorts
wer. published in tins country last month.
Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, according to the
Illustrated London News, has expressed
Red Badge OF Courage, is quite the I'M
esltiiing III that line that haseNer been done,
and that the munitions of the boy VINO has
never seen war are worth far more than
the experiences of any writer known u
him, even though he may have been IN the
thick OF the fiercest BATTLE
Its curious fact that in all the vast
empire south OF the Mason and Dixon line
there does not exist single publication
, devoted 10 finance. Designed to cover TINS
deficiency Baltimore firm of publishers
has recently inaugurated The Financial
and Commercial World, whose columns
will be devoted to Southern interests.
The first two issues disclose creditable
journal. The scope of the paper Is extei,-
sive and its matter is edited with intelli-
geDce and discernment. 1t advocates eoiu-
The August Harpers has a line list OF
names in It's contents. Mt. Howells writes
of the Cambridge poet in his later day as
the White Longfelow: a new story, Tom
Sawyer, Detective ny Mark Twain, be-
gins; short play. Tine Silent Voice, Is
writtenby Laurence 4 ina Taneda; Frederic
Remington writes and illustrates OF The
Strange Days That Came to Jimmie Fri
day W Hamilton Gibson. John kendrick
Bangs. Simon Newcomb and Charles Dudley
Warner are few of the her contributors.
on the 25th OF this month Emile ZOla
is TO receive at solemn meeting Of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Ia
Animals diploma and gold medal.
do not know why. 1 never knew that
Zola showed any particular interest in
animals, though l admit that he is OF
angelic patience toward particularly
snappy and vicious little terrier, VINO
Il
terror to the nerv Gus interviewer, and
| in moments of excitement snaps ut any
| body its master included, who may lie
within reach.
The author of Tho Heavenly Twins
| has another book on the stocks which may
| possibly see the light in the aut uiiin-
| There has been a longer interval in Sarah
| Graud's case than usually follows on Inc
| issue of n chef d'b,uvre The worst oi
| making 4 big success 1T starting is the dii-
| ficulty OF scoring Il second, but, given
| decent interval, IL is not insuperablc.
| Some of our rovelists are so greedy they
refuse the public 1iine to digest What theS
| have written. Sarah Grand was asked
| the other day if she intended 90 follow the
| example of Marie Corelli aud pose as al
| Injured nthor. She answered that ~ WIS
| not at all hke1y--London Literary world
Mr. s. S Mcclure. the enterprsing pro-
| prietor of McCIure's Magazine, Ineditates
| Il very important new departure. he thinks
| that the public are beginning to be wearled
| of black aud white, and proposes TO mai
| experiments in coiorcd Illustrations. r"r
| this purpose he has arranged 10 publish u
| life OF Christ, which Will probably be
| written by Ian Maclaren or s. Il. Crockett,
| in his magazine, and he is travelling IN
| Egg ypt and Palestine making arrangements
| for the pictures. An immense sum Is TO
| be sunk in the hope OF securing thoroughly
| satisfactory reproductions. II Mr.. Mcclure
| succeeds no doubt others will have to follow
| in his track, and the Bookinan believes a
new terror will be added TO magazine pub
| fishing.
| No Journal stands firmer on its founda-
| lions than the Scientific American. IL IS
| uneoualed as Il technical periodical, It's
| Typography is tasty, its text always fresh
and correct, and now 1t brings age To
| dignity these marks. The issue of Js'y
| IS completed its riftieth year. 1t has been
| a half century of honorable service, aud
the papers prosperity and the respect
| of the entire scientific world Is its re-
| ward In the elaborate anniversary num-
Der is published the anniversary prize
| essay, written by Edward W. Byru. or this
| city For the unequa'ed excellence or his
essay on Scientific progress during the
past fifty years. Mr. Byrn received $3.50:
Edmund Becker, or this city. was second
| in the contest. The Washington prize win
| ners led "a long list.
eminent Scotch surgeon and professor
In the University of Edinburgh. was entirely
devoted 10 his profession The poet 1enny-
| son had ut enc time consulted him about
| some affection of the lungs. Years after
! ward he returned on the same GRAND. On
| being announced he was ncttled TO OBJ
| serve that Mr.. Syme had neither any
| recollection of his face nor, still more gall
| ing acquaintance with his name. Tenny
| son thereupon mentioned the fact OF his
| former visit. still Syme failed 10 remenl
Der him. But when the professor put his
| ear to the EoeSs chest and heard the pecu-
| liar sound which the old ailment had madt.
| Ctrcuic, he mt once exclaimed: An, l
| remember YOU now! ! know you by your
lung Can you ina CINE greater humil-
iatjon for poet than to be known. not by
his Tyre, but by his lung?