The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-04-15
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Mr.. and Mrs. Cronwrlght-Schreinel
are on their way to England, where
they will remain during the year.
Two volumes of DR.. David Masson''
edition of De Quincy are ready FOL
the press. There are to be six alto
gether.
A monument to the brothers Grimm
the popularity of whose fairy tales has
ecllpsed their pathological work, has
Just been erected at Hanau.
The inhabitants of Saeckingen, In the
Grand Duchy of Baden, intend erect
ing a monument in honor of Victor
Scheffel who made their town famous.
William Watson's powerful poems on
the Armenian situation have been pub
llshed under the title, "The Year of
Shame" with Il strong Introduction by
the Bishop of Hereford.
The Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall, D,
D., who has just been called to the
Presidency of Union Theological Semi
nary, New York, is to edit the Ameri.
can edition of the Exposltor.
j. B. Lippincott Company are the
American publishers of Wilson Bar.
rett's novel, founded on his popular
play, "The Sign of the Cross" The
Bishop of Truro has written an intro
duction to the book.
DR.. hansen is giving all his time to
the preparation of his book, intending
to finish it before going to London to
deliver his promised series of lectures
on arctic exploration. 1t is certain to
be the paramount book of the year.
Prof. Georg Ebers has written a his
torical romance called Barbara Blom-
berg" Charles V. plays a prominent
part in the story, and the heroine is
the mother of Don John of Austria.
An English translation will appear.
According to the st. James Gazette,
Queen Victoria will personally dictate
and revise a biography of herself,
which will appear in 1897. The story
of the longest reign in the history of
England from the Queens own stand
poit cannot fail to be of great interest.
The stamp duty on newspapers,
which in Austria has greatly impeded
the development of the press, is to be
abolished at the beginning of next year.
Those papers which are not published
more frequently than thrice a week
Will be exempt from stamp duty next
March
The Critic boasts that it reviewed
l, 63o books during 1896. The best of
1t is that the reviews were good ones
hone better anywhere. The new en-
terprise of the editors, called the
Month. Is monthly magazine, on the
same lines as the Critic, and certainly
deserves success.
The newest accession to the Acadia
ME francaise Is Anatole France, and
lis official reception as the successor
II Ferdinand de Lesseps was the chief
literary event of recent weeks in Paris
he real name of the new immortal Is
A'HNoiS L ulDdult. lie was
'orn In Paris In 1914, and made his lit
rary debut in 1873 with a volume Of
erse entitled "Poemes Dorees.~ His
BEAUTIFULLY phrased prose- for which
e Is chiefly noted, places him on 4 lev.
with the French Stevenson. Pierre
.oti.
DR.. Conan Doyle tells in the London
trahd about a seven-months' cruise
nat he took in the arctic seas in 1880
the surgeon of a whaler: "As 7
'as only 20 years old when I started
HI as my knowledge of medicine was
nat OF an average third year student
nave often thought that it was os
ell that there was no very serious cau
pom my services" One dav n stou,
fd challenged him to bout With tho
loves. Later on he heard the steu,
'u saying to the mate, in loud tones
conviction, $50 help me, Colin he's
re Dest surgeon we've hadr ua,s
acRened my e'er This. saws tho
lthor' was the first, and very neorlv
&c last, testimonial that I ever ra
iNeu 10 my professional Abilities