The morning times., 1896-06-28

porter There is dow quite remarkable
group of novelists who kcye been Journal
:sts. But Journalism nS pas undergone
a Remarkable change sir worked at II.
In tue ,ast twenty .9tne newspaper
has become q magazine Compared With
what 1t was The daily newspapers Is now
literature, science. art-frotn ANYBODY,
providing only 1t 10 Interesting"
Miss Lily Dougall, author OF "Beggars
Ali," has written q new novel, The Ma
pronounce it the best story she mas yet told.
The heroine is a selfish young journalist.
who, travelling alOpg the Canadian Pacific
Railway, is l6st inihe wilds and wauders
cynical, but witty. original, and showing
talent Of q high order
1t is announced in England that Mark
Twain. at the conclusion Of his South
African tour. viii come To that country,
and. after delivering a few lectures. settle
| for time in some seaside village, and
conclude his book on his recent travels.
Mr. Clemens, In aninteryiew at Natal. said
that he enjoyed India immensely. and
would have liked 70 stay two or three
years longer. but that the neat drove him
out.
Mrs. stanuard, the author OF .'Rootle's
| Baby was once introduced to Sir Aorell
| Mackenzie at a London entertainment by
her writing name OF John Strange
| winter The doctor, who did not keep up
| with current fiction. looked some ewbats
| dazed, and repeated the name wonderingly.
whereupon the author remarked: oh yes:
I'm Boobies Baby Sir Morell retreated,
maryeling stin more, and, dra wing friend
aside, con nfided to him that "he had just
met a poor, demented lady. who was intro
| duced as man and thoug "a baby
A large number of Epworth Leaguers
| and their friends will be interested in know
| ing the books recommended for the '96-'9l
reading course. Only four books are listed
each year, and next years Quartet ... marks al,;
| of Christ in the Poets," which gives the
poetical interpretations of Christianity
| by eight great English and American poets;
sThe Law Of Sociul Service by Prof.
| Ely: ..Torch Bearers of Christendom." cpl
] tomiZipg Paul, Constantine. Charlemagne
| and Luther. and In League with Israeli"
| league story.
/ Stanton who answers to the description of
| Southern poet-a very peculiar species
of animal was in a particularly frantic
mood the other day. and In the course Of
| contributes to the Constitution. he would
| he were the ocean," Just about year
ago Stanton had a similar frenzy. and IN
/ were a railroad train A man who
.wouldst he were railroad train one
| year and starts in next year to wOnlding
| he were an ocean. ought take the gold cure,
or any other cure Tor. kilD, and take it
| quickly
Books are sometimes bought in ways that
startle the lovers of such treasures. 1t
| fs recorded of an excellent butcher in a
certain Pennsylvania town that lie became
extremely successful in business and was
| disposed to indulge the loDgings of his
wife and daughters TO enter society"
In fitting up the new house it was de-
cided I'm family council that an imposing
library must be one Of the chief fea tues
| OF the new habitatiop. The head of the
house Could neither read nor write. but
| he had accumulated nearly a million dollars
| that he should buy the books. So he
went to the bookseller and made his wants
known. The bookseller produced num-
TONER to designate the books that he
wished. The butcher locked blankly at
| the catalogue a minute and then said, with
| the air of man who could not be bothered
with such small details: oh. send some
blue books, some green books, some black
| bonka and n few red 0neaf,s -