The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
LITERARY NOTES.

or. Samuel Smiles is preparing new
volume similar in character to his cele-
brated "Self-Help" SERIES
Rudyard Kipling has just completed the
manuscript Of new short story dealing
with Indian life. entitled THE Tomb of
His Ancestors" The story will first see
the light in this country in the CHRISTMAS
number of one of the magazines. MT. MD
ling has also recently completed the manu-
script of q new poem, enutled Inc Get u
the Young Men,.
Alphonse Daudet, Leon his son, and
Ernest his brother, are keeping the name
of Daudet before the public in eight differ
emf novels and short stories this year
Ernest Daudet, the historian, is writing MS
life of the Due d Aumale, also keeping up
a series of historical papers in review
and working in collaboration with Hehrl
Cain on an historical play.
Miss Mary Angela Dickens describes Miss
Braddons personality and tastes in re-
cent magazine article. She says that In
the authors private den are rows and rows
of books which, besides being careIully Sc
lected. are notable for the beauty or their
bindings the mere handling of which is a
pleasure. All Of Miss Braddons nome
shows evidences of beauty ana luxury.
w. L. Alden in the New Illustrated Mag
azine. tells how he writes: II do not work
with any great regularity he says, for
a great part of my time is spent in cleaning
nv bicycle. However, 1 usually manage to
do at least an hours work daily on dhe
tvpewriting machine, and my usual rate OF
speed is about l,SOO words an n eod II
an hour, seldom do more than 4,uOO words
in a day. for by the time l have written;
saw 900 words, the machine refuses to spell
infelligently and persists in writing about
one word in four backwards
Rudyard Kipling has been rebuked by an
Irishman for making Private Mulvaney
speak Of her Majesty as the "Quane." The
vowels and certain combinations of vowels,
he says, are pronounced by. the Irish people
as they were pronounced when EngIish was
first taught the inhabitants OF the Emerald
isle-namely, the sounds which the letters
possess in Latin countries to-day Sucn
words as tea, meat, ETC., are pronounce
nounces priest, chief or belief. Nor do they
mispronounce the word, beef, seen feel or
queen. but they do pronounce queer
'quare."
The book review of the New York Post
saws: There has just been published in
New York quaint little volume of Judeo-
German poetry from the pen of Morris
Rosenfeld, which marks an era in Jewish
literature Heretofore the poetry of the
Russian Jews has consisted in the main or
folk-songs, accessible in language and sem
timent only to those of their own race and
country BY the mastery productions or
Mr.. Resented, until. lately tailor by trade,
a new road has been opened Tor II, one
that leads to universal literature and de-
mands universal recognition. The Jewish
Muse sings in the minor key of oppression
and suffering; so, too, our authors poems
have frequently tears for their subject. and
their burden is the unanswered question.
A London critic says: Favorite novelsts
NAV rise and fall but THE Silence of Dean
Maitland goes steadily though unobtru-
sively on it's triumphant way. In the coun-
try libraries one has to book ones turn
with the story some weeks in advance; and
although eleven years have passed since
the first publication of the fascinating
tale new editions are still regularly called
for, with a persistence which is the more
surprising in that the author Maxwell
GRAY takes no pains to advertise either
herself or her work. The pleasure which
Maxwell Grays comfortable and reposeful
werk has given to people who read for en-
ioyment rather than in order TO keep
abreast Of current fashionable Action. VIII
make very welcome the announcement that
q new story on whion she has been occuDied