The morning times., 1897-01-25

George w. Cable has discontinued the
Symposum. and will conduct an editorial
department in Current Literature.
Over half a million of Crawford's S novels |
have been sold in the United States alone.
''Saracenesca's s" record is 10000.
Du Maurier knew nothing OF dress and
fashion. His daughters saw to it that the
people in Punch were dressed well.
Frederick Saunders of the Astor library
is the oldest living librarian. He was
assisted to his place by Washington Irving.
One hundred and fifty-two libraries max
ing response to the question, What author
is III ost read?'' establish the fact that Miss
Alcott is the leader.
Unstinted praise has been evoked by
the colonial novel called John Little
John, of j. by George Morgan. Mr.
Morgan is said to be the editor of the
Philadelphia Record
Catherine de Vivlonne, Marquise de Rom
touillet, and a writer by the name of
Vaentin Conrart, were the founders of the
French Academy, though RicheIieu is gen.
orally accorded that honor.
Mark Twain will remain the rest OF the
winter in London, WHITTIER he has come
from Surrey. He is at work on his book
describing his trip around the world.
Andrew Lang is responsible for the state
ment that the educated people OF the
Southern States speak purer English
| than the Inhabitants OF any other locality
| in America.
| Rev. John Watson is authority for the
| statement that his nom de plume Ian
| Maciaren' is pronounced Ian" in Eng
| lish, Fan" in Scotch, and lyon" in
| Highland dialect.
BY the terms of Irving's will his home at
| Sunnyside may only be sold within the
family The story OF its desecraton is ex-
aSgeration. Improvements are being made
| inaccordance with the plan and architecture
| Edward Gibbon used card catalogue
| for his own library and the British Mu-
scum has purchased this unique relic. What
| is remarkable is that this great historian
used the backs OF playing cards for his
catalogue
| Liverpool has given to art and letters
| more notables than any other British city.
| Among the famous Liyerpoolians are Glad
| stone william Watson, Richard LIE Gal
| lienne, Hall Caine, Burne- Jones, Hugh
| Arthur Clough, and others.
The distinguished Icelandic poet, DR..
| Thomson born in 1920, has Just died near
| Reykjayik, the Chief town of Iceland. His
| poems chiefly treating OF ancient Icelandic
| legends and mediaeval sagas, enjoy great
popularity among his countrymen.
In view OF the widespread success of
Sydney George Fishers book, The Max
ing of Pennsylvania" conspicuous inter-
| est attaches TO his new volume, ''Pennsyl-
vana, Colony an Commonwealth which
Coates & Co. are shortly to issue.
Happier temper may now be expected in
| that erStwhilc dyspeptic literary review,
| The London Academy. 1t and Little Liver
| Pills are now the property OF the same
man, John Morgan Richards. He, by the
4 way, is the father of Mrs. Craige, whose
pen name is John Oliver Hobbies.
Joel Chandler Harris says that he wrote
"Sister Jane to get rid of n dozen or
more people who were constantly capering
| about in his brain and pestering him to take
the bad taste out of his mouth left by
some depressing and distressing books
recently read, and as means OF recre alton
| in place of whist or cribbage.
Here is one of the average replies re-
| ceived by the commissioners in rXarn-
nations for police positions i'll New York:
i"He Lincolnl was the President that
freed the South and let the Dorkey go
| fred and he was shot by Garfield that is
| all that l renber Of of prestened Lincoln
so 1 Will close hopping that l viii pass
VIII H. Bradley has planned to publish
| q special edition Of the 'Morte d'Arthur, :"
l no
borders and the decorative and symbolic
illustrations. 1t will take number OF
years TO finish the work, which will be
| printed in colors, with rubrlcated text, in
emulation of the beauty OF the old hand
printed missals.
The charming story of domestic life in
| Japan called Miss Cherryblossom, of To-
kyo, ''publishedlastye ear by the Lippincott's,
has met with wide favor in England, where
it is now being dramatized. This is the
t,ird novel recently issued by this house
10 have a place on the stage The other
two are "A Social Highwayman' and The
Sign of the Cross
Reddy the girl who figures soprominently
in the early chapters of Mr.. Barrie's Sen
timental Tommy is said to be drawn from
W. E. Henley's only child, the little girl
| WEOSe QedIH III IoSf WIS Il SduSe Vi SiUCcEe
J sorrow to all who had ever seen her. She
was known as THE Emperor" At the
time of her death Gilbert Parker memorial
lied her in a I oem in the Critic under the
title "To the Emperor, Dead"
There san interesting bit of news current
| about DR. Weir Mitchelrs new novel
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker which is
being printed in the Century Magazine thi
year. The took was first intended fol
publication only in book form and large
. edition had been printed by the Centur.
company and many orders taken. At the
| last moment it was decided to issue it as
serial first in the magazine and the
edition of books is now slowed away wait
ing for the completion Of the novel il
the Century.
DIR. Brewer, in his Dictionary of Phrase
and Fable tells the following story:
1t is said that Spurgeon used to practice
his students in extemL ore preaching from
a text disclosed only in the pulpit, and
u | that one of his young men, on reaching the
desk, and opening the note containing his
read the single word, "Zaccheus." He
thought for minute or tive, and then de
, livered himself thus: "2accheuS was 6
little man, SO am /; Zaccheus W as up tree
. so am 1; Zaccheus made haste and came
| Gown and SO do - He suited the action tC
| the word.
You can't tell what influence trainin