The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-17
Literary Notes.

Cardinal Gfbbon has just finished his
work on The Ambassador OF Christ" on
which he has been engaged for several
years.
Sir Robert Peel mas written q novel It's
name is "A Bit of Fool and IL is 10 he
ready this month. WHAT would the great
Sir Robert say TO rhatP
Maurice Maeterlinck lives in Client. Bel
GUM. one ardent admirer in the Figaro
calls him tine most brilliant. sublime.
moving poet which the last geo years has
produced" BY Nordau, however, he is
characterized as a ''pitiable mental Grip
pie one of the great 'degeneTates."
Mark Twain has left rural quarters in
Surrey and taken up his abode in London
for the winter. Il IS said that ne Is likely
TO remain on the other side of the Atlantic
until next summer. Much depends upon
tina progress ne makes with the book de-
Scr31ing MS recent tour around the world.
Mr. Zangwiu has ready another volume
on Jewish life with the title 'Dreamers OF
the Ghetto" Mr.. Abraham Gains ''YekI:
A Ta3e u the New York Ghetto" is an
other volume on the same topic only il is
soTneWA3t new 10 learn that there Is
ghetto In New York Mr.. Heinemann. OF
London, - 10 p'aciisa the two romances.
Frederic Jesup Sumson. whose new nov
e.. King Noaneit," Is Just now being uni
veTsaly read and praised. IS a man slight
Is past the prime OF life out wei pre-
served. He is weli-kn0wn Boston law
yer whose writings heretofore have been
chiefly on legal cCpics, with occasional
lapses into ncaon. when he used the pseu-
donyn Of J. : of Dale. King Noa nett
which IS destined 10 i've after all his 9TH
er books are forgotten. r has been called
the American Lorna Doone."
OF the composer Edward i. MacDoweil.
who has lately &c u called to me new pro-
tessorsalp Of music in the Columbia uni
verSlty Of New York. Henry T F1nck
writes 3n tae January Century. Anton
s5la4 As declared Aim gFeaTer composer
q 7 sNsFH 81 tr4.4 a
fA2t WITH The exception - Pa8ereWskf
none ~ the young composers now IN Eu-
rope aol3s out such brilliant promises Of
the future as MacpoUcsl. wFl0 seems des-
tired % place Auer3ca unsteady on a
level wtsh Europe." Nr. Ffu-~k also adds,
Is g p.a mist would rather hear Mae
DcNcl t1au any professional now IN
Europe excepting PadereN ski
ar. Clement King Shorter. one of the
best-knoVn London editors. connected
Attn fhe Illustrated London News the
sNelc,a re A4oa-n and ne 1cSlish Illus
Grated New, mas heea winning fresh iau-
res 10 a.s new book. Charlotte BTouTe
ans Her Gree" As the little announces.
it is an intimate account 81 The friend
81 pE acau2iata mes. relations end atsc-
C.o0s - tLe aa-acr Is Jane Eyre In
many Ways D. IS 81 s2pp.cmCu1 70 Mrs
,5asAe L-!e- fRt-t-en a generalton a&3.
t1at IS. M S1uTter takes Sc for granted
tGa~ BIS readers have -ead tha life pzsns4
hy the aut1oress % -'Crau<ari''
AZ Coulsoa ka-ua1an seems &c della se
ta sensational tEles. MS }a-est beck is err
t-1ed Tee ChliG. The ~ - Man ana tina
IeVt ' which e Q,ute h-.iuz % 20 Win
BIS A Dead Mans Diary. A Sock CO
S-gaCge Ssn@ and perhaps the best
k.1sn one 'ffra ana che Au-." AfceF
e.. MS seESatsoas-lsu seems 20 b. con-
nr=3 I'D aiS tlf es for PAS work IS Eharac-
eT-ze3 ~ he2.toy tone. IL wfsch he be
tT4-s tlsr re s. "a student a. mems souls.
STRIVING 80 taE open EEe secrgt motives o.
Hte. and describe t2e innerrnnsE workings
az the human near y. There j. A singular
beauty. charm and poetic feeling "a his
Slcssoo. ara i has heeH propnesse8 taas
IL years &c cone &c viii as knoaE as the
poet Goye2iSt.