The morning times., 1896-08-23

spherical. He has little, round face.
beaming with ,humor. His only facial
decoration besides q gCo1 color Is q small
mustachc OF sandy color.
A year ago ..Trilby" and "Coin's FL
nancial School" were the books Of the
hour. 1t Is not likely that the vogue for
'Trilby" win ever revive, but owing to
political conditions Coins books are once
more becoming good sellers
When tho executors OF the late Guy de
Maupassant examined bis library they
found that nearly all of the modern books
contained therein were presentation copies
from the writer's. In nearly every instance
the leaves OF the books were uncut.
Mrs. Burton Harrison will edit the new
edition OF Mrs. Martha j. Lambs History
or the City of New York, and will add
q chapter on "The ExterDaIs OF the Modern
City," taking up the Rprrative where Mrs.
Lamb left off and bringing 1t down to date.
william Canton 8 ST tyied 1.-The laureate OF
the nursery" He was born fifty years
ago on the Island OF Chusan, off the Coast
OF China. He spent his youth in the Island
OF Jamaica. was educated in France. and
lives in England. There is a fatfly tosmo-
politan career.
The Tademns are me-seekers In letters
as well us art The painters daughter.
Laurence Alena Tadema, is the author OF
aud this and others of Miss Tadena's
books are illustrated by her sister. "A ma
Alma Tadema.
Mr.. Blackmore has Just celebrated his
seventy nty-iirst birthday; George Macdonald
is his senior by one year; Mr.. Meredith and
Mrs. Oliphant are each sixty eight; Miss
Braddon is fifty-nine; Sir Walter Besant
fift vel ght, Ouida fifty-six. and Will;.am
Black fifty-fve.
Miss Braddon. neglected by the critics.
adored by the populaCe, continues to illu-
inmate the world with her works, and
while the fatuous rejoice over u second edi
ton OF 1.-The Amazing Marriage" .'Sons
OF Fire" goes calmly and irresistfbly into
reprint after reprint.
1t Is said that Eugene Field never In
all his life knew what IL was TO be out
OF debt and have all the money he needed.
The largest item OF his estate are his
books Fields manuscripts were models
of photographic beauty done in various
colored inks on superfine paper.
John Ruskin's publishers say that since
1871 there has never been loss on any
OF that authors works For good many
years Ruskin received over $:5 900 AT
nually In royalties. Strange as 1t may
seem, none OF Ruskin's books have ever
been translated into a foreign tongue.
It is said that Rider Haggards lanrels
are threatened by n new writer. George
Gossins. whose vivid romance Of South
Ainca, entitled ''lsban-Israei.' is praised
in London as being as picturesquely and
wildly eXtravagant as anything ever
evolved from the brain OF the author OF
She
Here is an anecdote of Christopher North.
said To be inedit: A lady admirer had Just
compIiInentcd Kit upon his noble head,"
o..l nfr hon v.,I ItN.aF
staggered her by replying. True, madam:
in cur village there was only one head
bigger thaa mine. an that was the village
idiots sf'E-
Announcement has been made of the
discovery of Thebcs by the Egyptian
archacoloeist, Prof. Flinders Petric, Of the
bust OF Merennah, the supposed Pharaoh
OF the Exodus, and large tablet OF tiao6
granite, which contain, SO far as known,
The first Egyptian mention Of the people
OF Israel
The Ear OF Sheffield has recently fin
ished editing an e,.itiun oil the hitherto
unpublished works OF, Edward tiibboh
This work is said 10 contain Glib. ol's
small talk about the House Ct Commons.
about country life. about taverrs and
country houses and about London society
and its tex c,nvivs,i habits.
"Tem Grogan. .-~ Adam Joilnstone's Son
and Seats OF the Mighty" each led in two
cities corning 70 a canvass oLlast months
popular bo1iis. "A Singular Lie" was
most read in baltimore. white A proIis" IN
Cleveland. Weir OF Hermeiston" in IN
dianapoiis, Cavaliers" in Philadelphia, and
"Cindcreila" in San Francisco
In 1866 four lads occupied the same
room on the ground floor of the first di-
vision of Cadet Barracks at West Point.
Since then they have made their names
more or less well known in CufIeut Ameri-
Cap literature. They are Capt. Cha lies
King. Arthur SherbuTe Hardy. John tris-
ben Walker, and Richard Henry Savage
Shakespeare's identity with Bacon has
been finally established by DIR. George Can
tor OF the University or Halle. He has
found u Latin poem on the death OF the
inCoupari',ie frances oI VsrI.asn, VIII
ten by friend OF Ben Jonson's- In one
line Bacon is called Z uirinus. winch mems
spear-wielder. which, of course, is shake
spear, 9. E. d.
Rev. ". E. Clarke of Apia, Samoa.
thinks that the religious siCc OF Robert
Louis Stevenson's character has not re-
ceived due recognition. He says that Ot.
every Sunday night Mr.. Stevenson CON
Quoted family worship. Mr.. Clarke
stated. moreover, that Mr.. Stevenson was
u regular attendant at tte English church.
anu nc luul 10 uttpls
religious man." speaking from the most
intimate acquaintance.
Generally woman acquires her nom he
plume OF nom lie guerre because she is
suggestive of it, but in the case of
Mrs. Hungerrcrd, the Duchess as she
is commonly called in book circles, quite
the contrary is the case. She was first
dubbed SO from spirit OF incongrlity. iie-
cause the popular idea of a duchess is a
stately individual, and Mrs. Hungerford
is petite, fragile, a little woman of the
Dresden china type of beauty.
The scene of Beside the bonnie Briar
Bush has already become a literary shrine.
In the yestry of Logiealmond tDrumtochtyb
Free Church there now lies j visitors
book" and correspondent finds that
fifty have signed 1t during the month of
May from places SO far apart as Belfast.
Leeds, Edinburgh, Australia, Cape Colony
and merica.
1t Is p0ssible-tbough the fault is not
common-for authors to be too modest
Speaking OF Col. John Hays mild refer
e,ice 10 onr OF his. own undyinG ba lads a.s
literary indiscretiou," the London Globe
sa ys: The name OF the ballad Is not ri zen.
but fit is Jim Bludso,' or Little Br cecf IS.
or Banty Tim.' or The Mystery of Gilgaf.'
We beg to differ. or, at least to wish that
i,erar indiser etions OF this kind were more
often to he met with. For this little shei,r
OF ballads of Col. John Hay Is likely 20
re remembered when many poets OF more
pretension bavebeenforgotten. ba ve TbeirrOugh
disectnrss. salty blImor Ind genuine pathos
are the best aDtiseptic."
SAYS Henri Roehefort in his biographical
narrative: Speaking OF Ste ntha one day,
Hugo said to riie:l The only works which
have a cI.anceao live through the ages ere
those which an wen written. Do you he