The morning times., 1896-05-17


later generation 1some authentic knowl-
edge OF well -graced players, whose tri-
| uinphs are passing orIare already passed.
'McMilien Il Cos New York; TO cents.)
The original ofahe ls.ro of Koiert Louis
/ Stcvenson's The Ebb Tide" is now driv-
ins an omnibus ih London. The ,charac-
ter IN question was the University man
who found himseaf at Hawaii in company
| with dreadfub little Cockney and an
American sea ea-captain swho had fallen on
hdrd times. Stevensonhefriended the Uni
Nerslty man, and made copy out OF him.
Louis Zangwill, who promises TO rival his
FAMOUS brother one of these days, has
written noveE THE World and the
Man." to be published shortly by Helen
mann This enterprising young man, by
| the way, seems TO possess a happy knack
OF getting hold of good stuff Louis mod
| estly signs himself n. u TO prevent
his works being confused with those or the
J great Israeli
An International mode rn book exhibition
isln progress in Paris this month which in
rin,cs art'stically printed books with and
| Wlthout Illustrations produced during the
| last half OF the nineteenth century, book
oruamentatlon, illustrations, floral letters,
! head and tail pieces, covers and designs.
| The exhibition will remain open during one
month. Eminent Frenchmen are ON the jury
! OF awards.
| Mary j. Holmes. though not recognized
! as one OF the Inhabitants OF the literary
1 world proper, produces vast number or
DOCKS. ana has an audience all hef own.
! tIlt Twelve mont lis past Itt WoihS
reached sale of 1000 900 copies. Who
has read them? What are they? Doesn't
her name suggest Tempest and Sunshine!
/ Her works are contracted for several years
/ ahead by Western publishers
| Frank Barrett who is a popular English
| novelist. FOUND his literary vocation by ac-
cident. He commenced his artistic care eras
IL pOttcrand sculptor. and never dreamed Ct
! drifting INTO literature until the collapse or
! Il Kiln ard the running of some 0f his lovely
! and delicate work, which representatives.
months labor and all Of his capital. 1t he
/ came necessary for him TO turn his ha nd TO
something else al once. and the something
/ else was literature
book agent tried 10 sell a work on
mechanical engineering TO Il darkey ele
Vaior operator in Gotham He made Il
7 long argument ana finally Il last appeal:
I 'Tilcn for your own sake, lie said, you
ought To buy copy. 1t will teach you
iot about mechanical work. You viii know
twic' as much when You get through.
1 Don't want TO learn nothin', boss" he
SAID. II know more now than i can git
| paid for. Then he shot the iron door to.
| An interesting coincidence, or an eX-
! ample or mental telegraphy, is that just at
! Tia" tim" wh"n Prnf. ROent gen was Ter-
! fcCtng his discovery Of the y rays. but
/ before the results were made known. there
! was published III Stella, by Charles :.
/ II nt3.i. romance. the plot OF whicn w1s
based OH the fact Of the peTmeabity OF
the human body TO rays of light. Stella
I was published in November OF 1895. ar.i
4
the condition stated in the book, and
. seemingly so far beyond any likelihood Of
/ conjecture. became ii scientific and demon
strable piece OF knOwledge.-EX.
! We have all heard of THE pies that
! mother used To make and no W comes Mr.
/ VIII I. Hale OF Memphis IL sing or The
/ CLOCK That Father Used To wind This
/ lyric Mr.. Nathan Ha skell Dele describes as
/ "one Of the homey, old Fashioned IoamS
/ that go to the popular heart more directly
J than many more pretentious idyis.' This
is all very well, hut where are you going to
! draw the line? There is no episode 10 the
! home life Of family that may not he sur-
into the popular heart. The Socks That
! Sister Used 10 Darn The Chpnlunks
! That Brother Used To Chase"-therc is no
/ end To the subjects right to the hand of the
industrious, If unisspired, poet OF the 60
! ple.-CritiC.
Students of HoBeric poetry and the lit
! erature of the Greek master VIII find
brochure OF fascinating little essays in
I Williams Cranston Lawton's Art and
! Humanity in Homer, with every evidence
( OF exhaustive familiarity with the poems
and the commentaries. Mr.. IawtOu has
! framed his ideas and opinions in such
! graceful language that they are a dual
! delight. He treats of-the Had as work
! of art wOmanhoOd In uhe HAD. of the clos
/ ing scenes in the Had of the plot of the
odyssey, of the Homeric under world. many
other analytical phases OF Homeria. and
supplements with a photography and a
! syllabus for course of six lectures on
/ the literary study of Homer. Macmillan
& Co. New York:75 cents
! Rider HaGgara has lHs,owB peculiar meth
OILS Of working. He-iS supposed to begin at
! 1880 O'Clock every morning, but II is SON
times 3 late as l ! O'Clock before he gets
! fairly n work The originality of his
methods consists OF debating to his secre-
! tary, Miss Hector. who uses a typewriter
AMI taps down the copy as tile author
speaks it. Mr. Haggard continues debating
until lunch time. then breaks off for a
brief interval and dictates for two hours
/ AMI "A half AFT a. lunch He
notes, but relies solely upon marvellous
memory. The typewriter can click away
as fast a possible, but it never disCOn-
certS him, He always keeps little in adj
vance OF il, AMI likes to work five hours
| day. He works very quickly, dictates free
| ly, aud once he has his plot In his head.
| goes straight on. and makes few altera-
| tiOns.
| entirely convince the reader OF the insanity
! OF the author, but they 20 Il good way to
suggest this unhappy afflcuon. Listen
| to these. PlukerCSe AEabag, a clergyman;
! Pyuchpole WhitcrhuCe, an aristCCrat Muir
! gatroyd Whitcrduce. Verinder Vyse, a
| uo&eliSt; Stukely POyntel literary critic;
| Roger Hemynge, "a lawyer; Gen. SIepyng-
| stone. Aubert Frewin. an artist; Deve-
| rruN SCarmun2.i. Wagnrrian, BidCFutuF..
Rsdou. an editor; Mrs. Dorothy Tiptoft.
| Mrs. JclliCOe. Aurelia ESteugrewe IsaEela
! Ia SharnEBOurnc and PClydorc SCamell, a
| singing teacher.
| LouGon burial grounds will be embalmed
i'll literature The topic is interesting.
.'IaE'' n Ian Macla rem g name is
| pronounced to rhyme with DAN
''Bab's'' real name Is Mrs ISa bel Malen
| From a comparison of the statistics Of
| all the chief English libraries. says the
| Golden Penny. il Is evident that there is q
| very general agreemen that the best novels
| in the various departments of fiction are as
! follows: Sensation novel, The Woman
in White" Historical novel, Iva nhoe;"
mestic novel, The Vicar of Wake
! field; sea novel. "Midshipman Easy:''
| novel OF rural life, Adam Bede;" political
| novel. 'Lothair;' novel written with
| purpose. Uncle Toms Cabin" ina ginative
| novel, She; humorous novel. Pick wick
Irish novel, Charles O'Malley;" Scotch
novel. Heart of Midlothian:" English novel,
| VANITY Fair American novel The Scar
| let Letter and the most popular novel of
| all. vanity Fair"
There is no Surer harbinger Of warm
| weather than the appearance of the terra
| Gotta covers of the Town and Country Ii
| brary. These stories are supposed toappear
! semi-monthly What becomes of the win
| ter editions? Cellar or attic? SO surely a s
| hot weather comes he Appleton terra -cOttaS
| scatter themselves into hammOckS, onto We
| randaS, among eXCurSlnniStS anywhere, and
| almost everywhere, even on the bOokStandS
! Who are the new ores? w L. Norris with
THE Dancer in Yellow thOw colors work
| into titles latelyD. and. of course. dear old
! Mrs. Alexander, this time with "A Win
| ming Hazard That's a good, comfortable
| title for hot weather. You are told there's
| q haZa rd. but it is considerably binted that
| it is not losing hazard, whatever NAV be
! the attending perils to the hero and heroine
'The New Bohemian, modern monthly
| published al Cincinnati, is forging to the
| front among periodicals. The Typography
| is as good as the literature of the ma gaZine,
| and it is excellent.
MISERY IN A DRESS SUIT.