The morning times., 1896-08-02

Crane, Clinton Ross, Z. NJ, Thompson and
Annie Eliot are fine names TO adorn any
magazine. -
D'Ennery, the French dra natist, says mat
he will bequeath ESQ ,UG0io the Society
OF Dramatic Authors he is the author
OF THE TWO Orphans. -.
Mr.. Barrie received the rudiments Of his
education in the. little schoT which was
wont TO exist not many yards from Aud
LIGHT Kirk In Thrams. -
An entirely new bouk On ale Bronies is
10 he published shortly. iSis by Clement
h Shorter and PROMISES 10 god maierlalIy
10 our knowledge OF the brantes.
The popularity of the yellow Book is
waning Aubrey Beafdsley has left II,
will discontinue its pnbics;ion
Bret Harte once said Of the profusion Of
fire u revolver from yorr font porch any
where without bringing down two-Voi-
umer!'- q . ~
1t is rather generaify agreed that the
best Life of Goethc was written by George
Henry Lewes, although a later biography
has Jus, been .written'by br. Albert bel
schowsky.
Mrs. Olipha MT, who spent the greater part
OF the winter in PARIS, has recently removed
10 the pretty Wimbledon Common. She is
busily engaged on her History of the House
OF Biacswood.' >sss 80
Old Parisian landmafksa are gradually
disappearing. Tie laststo go was No %
Rue Gc IA Tour d'Auvergne, on .t:e si ,. .,
the farmhouse winch DeiobSeu " the <'ooe''
OF Montmartre. ~
Although Harold Frederic has written SIN
long stories and whole batch oil snort
ones a writer in Munsey's Magazine speaks
of Ibis debut with 'lhe Damnatioh Oh
Theron Ware
Mrs. Humphrey Ward has found literature
pa ying Investment, For her three novels els
Robert Eismere." david Grieve, and
"A EtI,. 4.
ceived over $500 900.
A new French novel, "A Roma nee OF
Love- by tie Lovenj oui. Is said to describe
accurately Ralzac's conriship and marriage
of Mile. de IIanski. marriage unioftuhdue
both for Balzac and for the world OF
letters.
remarkable series OF hitherto unpub-
| lished letters from John RusEin 10 Dante
Gabriel Rossetti Will shortly be gwen 10 tle
public by the poets brother. Ihere is
| abundant proiEise OF rare exCeliehcies III
these letters.
Though Harold Frederic lives and writes
| in England, his stories are all ABOUT Amer
| lea and Americans, aud tbs SURPRISING TOW v
| al such Il distance he keeps in such mt,
mate touch with the people, places ahc
| thing which he describes
1t Is instapced as a remarkable feature
| in contemporary French literature tDa.
| there is an abundance OF fiTst-rate DOoks
| for the young. In former times u used 70 oe
| necessary 10 feed the iuveplle intellect
| on TRANSACTIONS of English authors
An English translation of the cars
| travels i'll the far East while iIe was czaro-
WITT is about to appear in London; me
| book was written Under the authority OF
| Nicholas by Prince Ookhtomsky, who ac-
companlcd the young prince on LIS journey.
Donald q. Mitchell. '.lk Marvel" lives
quietly in his secluded home, EdSewooa.
| about three miles outside OF New maven.
| lie is in his seventy-fiftii year He only
| writes when in the mood. He has been
| two years upon the third OF the manu-
! script of a new book.
Miss, Montresor makes curious little
| break IN ~ aise Coin or / rue IN tlie oieh-
| ing pages of chapter eleven, -MonsieI NO
| reZe has his right arm ainputateu, anu d,
| the close of the same chapter we rcau
| that "he sat down and ms hean uroPpci
| in his hands. "-Bookman.
All of Rudyard Kiplns's poems and
| stories-and for that matter, the poem
| and stories OF other distinguished Eng
| iis,i autiiors--are copyrighted lscouptry,
| and their quotation in newspapers OF eise
| where is a violation OF the copyright IA" >
| carrying serious penalties.
John Bunyan foughtop the Rouhdheadsi sue
during the civil war in England: This has
been definitely settled by the discovery OF
| his name in several places on the muster
port Paqueel. Some people, it seems
Thought John fought for King Cnaries,,s
or how many authors could it be said
nowadays, as Thackcray once Wrote OF
| Charles Lever in FraZeT'S Magazine, tnat
amidst III the wild scenes tiriough whicil
| he carries his characters, '*nd with all his
| outbreaks Of spirits end dull, ne never
| writes sentence that is moi entirely pure.
Julian Hawthorne's eldest daughter, Hi
! degarde, has given evidence mat she
is vice consul of the United States at
| Kingston. Jamaica; the other rs with
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., in Boston. The
younger Children live with their parents.
| Yale announces new prize for poem
having for It's SUBJECT something pertaining
10 history or art. The competition is TO be
open To all members or the university, ana
| Will be unique in this country, although
the custom has long been esinpiisheu aDroiu,
especially at Oxford. TiS judges OF the
reward are To he Edmund Clarence Stedinan,
Thomas Bailey Aidriclr and Francis Fisher
| Browne.
One of the first of the campaign biogra,
phies is Byron Andrews Mckinley and
Hobart published by F. Tenneyson Nicely.
There will be many others doubtless as the
electoral battle approaches, but III Is uount,
congeniai. clear and correct as this one.
1t gives Il detailed account OF the entire
career of the Republican nominees, en-
beilshed with many anecdotes anu coplous
illustrations.
Mr.. Barrie has written the life of his
mother, who died eleven months ago
Mother and daughter died within couple
of days of each other. The daughter, slowly
| uylnp on Ter rect. nurSeu INC iuCpiei uutu
sue could nurse no more: and the mother
needing no more nursing. died. not know
ing. perhaps scarcely suspeciing, that hel
daughter had but a few hours gone before
Ter out or this world into the next. They
were buried together.
There viii be Published within the next
few weeks in England work which is
certain to prove of the greatest interest to
aOtiQuarians. Mr.. Martin Rule some tine
ago discovered In the Ifgary or Corpus
Christi College, Camtridsc, what purrorts
10 be t!is. Inissal brought by 81. 4 ug,istifie
to England, with anuotaiions By Pope
Gregory the Circuit. BIZ tie sanction of the
/ bead Of the college. Mr.. Role 10 having II