The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
LITERARY NOTES.

One of the leading Greek novelists is nj.
Gregory Xenopouos. A translation of one
of his novels has been undertaken by Mrs
Edmonds, and the book is to appear under
the title THE Stepmother.
Dr. Creighton, the Bishop of London, in
recent address on Reading" said: "All
human knowledge has been gained by the
impertinence and medicines of small
number of people who were always ASKING
Why? "
The Historical Society of Trinity College,
Dublin, of which he was an early member.
is cooperating with the National Literary
Society of Ireland to celebrate the CEN
tenary of Burke's death. 1t is proposed to
hold public meeting next November
Hall Gaines new romance 1.-The Chris
tian," is described as a drama of frail hu-
man nature aspiring to perfection and
struggling to attain the highest ideal. The
story opens in the Isle of Man, but the
action takes place for the most part in
London.
Edward Everett Hale tells, in the Youths
Companion. of James Russell Lowelfs first
client when he started in law. after Low
ell had nervously given the client a chair
taken his hat and sat down with his note
book to take notes on the case, he found
that his visitor was painter come to col
lect bill.
Count Tolstoi is reported to be writing a
new novel, the scene of which opens in a
-
is sentenced to exile in Siberia. One of the
jurymen recognizes her as victim of his
own, with the result that he accompanies
her to Siberia and shares her hardshlps,
thus doing penance for his early sin.
hitherto unpublished sonnet of Maui
PEASANT has been discovered. 1t was writ
ten to lady, and accompanied a singular
gift-a bit of the rope used by suicide to
hang himself. The gift may have proved
valuable but the sonnet is mediocre, and
Non glEgtt
was refractory to the honeyed inanities of
the madrlgal
There are said to be in France 2,l50 wom-
en- authors and journalists and about 700
women artists. The provinces contribute
most of the writers-about two-thirds--
while Paris is represented in the same pro-
portion among the artists. Among the
writer's 1900 are novelists, 200 are poets, $50
educational writers, and the rest writers
of various kinds. The artists comprise l07
scuptors and the others are painters, rang
ing over all branches of the pictorial art.
Being in Saranac village lately" says
writer in the Illustrated American, II was
naturally curious to find out whether the
inhabitants preserved any remembrance of
the time when Robert Louis Stevenson lived
among them. l inquired right and left, but
got little for my pains The author of
kidnapped lived retired life in the Baker
cottage He held scant converse with any
man, but was known by sight TO all. His
tall gaunt figure was familiar sight in
the village
New York letter in London Mail: THE
Century Company will publish Mr.. Rud-
yard Kiplings Captains Courageous in
book form in this country. 1t has not been,
announced how much they gave for it, but
shrewd guessers place the figures at $l0,00O
or big royalty and a goodly sum in adj
vance The Century Company know very
well what they can afford to pay Mr.. Kip
ling, as they have published his Jungle
books, and they can take the sale of those
as a basis. | do not think that our pub
fishers are in any mood to take plunges in
the dark. They have done enough OF this
sort of thing The head of one OF our larg-
est firms said TO me recently that he in
tended to pay no more fancy prices for
names. and, what was more he did not in
tend to buy any authors manuscript until
he had seen it. A wise conclusion, il seems
to me- and one arrived at after some sad
experiences"