The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-28

play called The First Gentleman of E.u-
hero.
number OF unpublished letters by
Nine de Stael have been found which
were addressed To the Gar Alexander J.
another discovery Il 4 number o. letters
which were sent 20 BossueI.
Mr.. Clement k shorter IS engaged on
work on Byron and his friends. which
: expected 70 III place quite different
from that occupied by any previous book.
II Is not likely that the work Viii be COM
pieted soon.
Marie Core!n has a rival among the
upper ten in London. a recent visitor
. the drawing rooms OF royalty and the
English aristocraey tells US thai the book
which IS most frequently met With there
is the poems OF Mrs. Ella " heeler Wilcox.
Mrs. James r FIesds has undertaken
the task OF writing a biography OF Har-
yet BSecheT Stowe. For many years Mrs.
Fields was an intimate friend o. Lae
author Of "Uacie Toms Cahta." ard in
Authors and Friends has atte1soed her
devoisoa.
For the first time In several years Anna
hatFHaz1ne Green is about 10 give hew adj
niN@IS q new detective story. The Put
MANS announce IL under the name That
Affair Next Door" The D9ok is spokea
% as eQualing anything done by this
writer SINCE Hand and Ring.
In rece1t lecture on The Drama as
an Artistic Product" Mr.. ZangwiI said;
Greek dsansatists trained their own act
oFS- English actors trained their own
dra.Tsatists." A rsstssg-n psay he siasctared
contains an oa1saoe OF sin. a pound OF
Soarow. and u pint OF chssstnuts.''
Ths first inssta2lmezlt OF In Ke<far's
Tents, by Henry Seton MeTTiman which
wLAs asEounced TO appear in the Febru4
afy Book man. has been postponed untR
the March number 1t is announced that
several sisoTt stories by Mr. Merriman
VIII appear in McClure's Ma sazine during
the year.
The NansanS 80 i;lxsl,- >. - III -
tween them: while the explorer is lectur-
Ing IN England his wife is singing in
sweden and drawing large audiences. Not
50 much by reflected glory, 1 believe. as
oy her gifts as a singer. She is said 10
have very sweet voice. and TO have been
public singer before her husband made
his fame.
The late George Du Maurier threatened
20 write novel TO be called '-Soured by
success. II IS probable that the author
was driven TO this cynical attitude by
paragraphs like the following: THE town
OF Triaoy. in Florida, has its streets and
squares named after characters in the
novel, and lake near 1t IS named Du
Maurier."
The Early Correspondence OF Hans Won
Bulow." edited by his widow is the title
OF a noteworthy volume which will be
published Immediately by ID. Appleton q
co. These letters contain graphic descrip-
tons OF a young musician. and much in
feresting gossip about List and Wagner,
10 whose encouragement Won Bulow owed
so much Ia his youth and early manhood.
The Career of Candida" by George
PASTOR, has been called one OF the most
robust and refreshing stories OF the times.
1t deals with difficult social problems,
which are treated with perfect reserve,
and the book is one TO be commended to
readers on account OF its freshness and
constant interest. 1t Is published in y.
Appleton & Co.'S Town and Country LII
brary.
Mr.. George w Cable is to occupy an
editorial chair in New York. He has as
snmed the literary management Of Cur
rent Literature" abandoning his own
symposium. and will devote all of his
tine that is not given TO original work
70 the New York periodical. Besides edit
ing the latter. he viii carry on a special
department TN it. The character of this
department has not been announced.
Russia's celebrated historian. Prof Alex
ander Buchner. is dead. He was g. years
OF age, and was born in ST Petersburg.
Prof Buchner was A student Of Heidel-
berg, and his German tendencies were
continually proving an obstacle to his ad-
vancement in Russia. In spite of them
he occupied the chair of Russian history
IN most OF the large universities In Russia
at different times. Most OF his numerous
contributions TO Russian history were
written in German, though few were In
his native language.
Conan Doyle and Max Beerbohm are
having an angry discussion. all IN type,
as 10 whether Pitt the younger was or
was not a fop. and whether Beau Brum-
NELL ever did or did not stand with his
thrmbs in his armpits. Then there is
another terribly grave subject: Did
Count dOrsay wear big hat damned
over his nose? Conan Doyle is only nalf
armed. for il once Max Beerbohm were
10 attack him with his lead pencil. then,
indeed. might the romance writer De de-
molished. Nevertheless. in season or out
of season, let us stick TO the historic
verities.
DR.. Elliott Coues has just finished read
ing the proofs Of his new work on early
Western exploration. The Journals OF
Alexander the Younger and David Thonp-
SON., which Is 20 be published by Mr..
Fra ncis +. Harper in a limited edition
David Thompson was by far the greatest
Brltish-Americ0u geographer OF his day
and his maps. which VIII be reproduced
IN Dr.. Coues' book, are OF great interest
and value Historically. "a they give the
geography Of very great part Of North
America az IL was then known, with the
current names. the location OF the posts
Of the Northwest Company. etc.
Nine. Adam was driven into Journalism
by the unhappiness OF her first married
life. Her parents married her while she
was a CIR OF 10, 10 notary in provincial
town. She lett her husband and. aided oy
George sand. wrote herself into fame in
Paris She married senator. n Adam.
and wes feft a rich widow his death.
This enabled her 70 found La N0uveIe
Revue and 20 establish she salon in the
Rue Juliette Lancer. 10 which all the
celebrities IN Paris crowd on her re7ep-
ton nights There Is a private theater
attached % the house whore new plays
are occasionally acted BY clever amateurs
on Sunday nights
AIR Aymer %Vallance's book. The Art
Of William Morris" viii not be published
until some time during the present month.
set every copy mas already been sold II
Is 20 be issued in a limited edition OF 600
copies. az eight guineas net Some of the
English papers ara laughing az Morris
Inconsistency IN preaching socialism and
leaving ali his money 10 his family, who
would oe well OF with only a part OF 10.
Morriss warmest defender IN the matter
IS Mr.. Kerr Hardie. who thinks that the
poet did the right thing, and argues that
socialism does not mean. divide al and
give 20 the poor" II only means that the
government should legtslave gainst one
persons accommodating 700 much money.
Re does not say, however, what should be
the limit.
r. G. Chained TAYLOR has been recog-
niZsd as q beIliEerent by Spain His
book. entitled The Land % the Casta-
net IS the casus bellL Don Juan Valera,
former minister Of Spain at Washington
Sra which The Chicago novelist and tourist {
Is attacked inside his trocha. THE title
0f The book " Senior Valera says. 'ls an
insult 30 Spain. r. Is just ~ though a
SpaaiaFd wrote book upon the United /
States and forgetting ali about Washing |
Poe. Edison. Claiming Whittier and i
OF hers. forgetting the m0nss and beautiful Z
America women, & he vasfness II he coun-
sry its monuments and its natural beau
Of hogs IN Chicago. and cau his book |
The Land % the Hog
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