The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-05

Trains leave from Nehtra4 utPoe, 80
bean almost wholly broken up by eA. ',,a
stone of the copyright law ana close5l,t e,e
1aroer foreign connections among eulVo a.
and publishers. There was a tline e ,'a,,e
was possible to make solhet ms ar, COM
IT mean commercially ana etiop
fortabIe livelihood by pursuing transla''on
as a business. but don't believe aoyDouy
tin5s II POSSIBLE now. l could name seNeial
persons who. after pursuing II essen tluNly
for wears, have had latterly 10 turn "ioie
or less to other vocauons -. Il,
~ Horace Howard Furness, VINO III
"a winters Tale" has lately Dropsh1
ont the eleventh volume of his Varioruil
SbalEesneare furnished a rare example
of devotion to a high literary purpose
II is now about thirty years since ne ne,
gan the preparation of what ne caIleu' az ar
indeed still calls, the new Varloruln ep i
ton of Shakespeare IL mas peeiI i1i9 "a
most exclusive occupation ever since, anu
the magnitude of the material gatheIeo
are digested in the repeated WONDER even eve,
of Shakespeare scholars as each new VOL
urne appears. There can nave peeh A.,le
If any, money in the enterprise loI lno
author. The books are very eNpe 5iis -
10 nrint and their interest and VaIue Is
mainly for specialists ~.
Dr Furness is now GA years old. lie
was born in Philadelphia, ana mas o.
Ways lived there, but ne comes OF d Me-
sachusetts family, his fatner peihs ~,
william Henry Furness, Who porn o llu
reared in Boston, became al y OF % e si. .
of age pastor Of the FIRST Ohi'alIai,
church of Philadelphia, and so renamed
Coz. al, even ffty years The son was
educated for the law but the STUDY u
Shakespeare has been his chief vocaIiol
DR.. Furness has none of the selilsh,ies
and disdain of amateurs that spScia"9t9
are ant to have in their specialues' nc
will give himself no end OF pains 10 lec.-
ure on Shakespeare to young womb >
club, and has done much 10 populai' 1e
the study of Shakespeare.
The Empress of Russia, has lately SIG
nified through the Russian. legation. .neI
gracious acceptance of presentation copy
of Mr.. John A. Logan Jr's IN Joy u
Russia /" In doing 50, she also offered
few sugges lions for corrections ana reV's-
ions. which, no doubt, the author Whi
nrotit bv when he gets out a. new EDITION
Mr. Logan is probably the first OF AInerl-
can authors 10 have an Empress LOT ms
literary adviser and the fact is none liie
less interesting in view OF MI Logan
ancestry. From John A. Logan, ~" III
The fervor and Internationally OF his de-
nocracv the crowned heads OF Europe
cot over hut the scantest courtesy. l am
not sure that he would not be even now
a little disturbed in his rest II he thought
his son was likely to change the epeihhs
of n Russian name at the suggestion oI
the Russian Empress.
One cannot go on Arctic expeditions
without money. [ was told the other day
mat Lieut.. Peary's expeditions had US
ualIv cost him about $4,000 each, ana that
was when they extended through only one
season He thinks it likely that the one
on which he is 20 set off in July wtl re-
ouire 800 Co., but he anticipates that II
will consume not less than three years
since 7 made mention of 1t, a week or
two ago Lieut. Peary has finished work
on his book. and 1t Is now published. Au-
thors don't usually have their hand stu
actually in the work of DOCK UP 70 So
near the day of publications. put inns
book owing to Lieut.. Pearys many occu-
nations. has been produced as few books
are heinz. one might almost say, packed
and aboard the cars for transmission TO
the trade before the last line was writ
ten.
ested In the Arctic was told me the other
dav. and is, / think, worth publishing. As
a member of the engineer corps ne had
had some connection with the Nicaragua
canal. ard had become very much inter-
ested in H. But suddenly the enterprise
met with one of those reverses that IL
has encountered at pretty regular inter
vals FROM its inception, ana seemed 10
have gone overheard forever Peary felt
nositivelv boreaved the deepest interest
of his life was gone AS he wandered
about Washington one day, half disconso-
late. he went into a secondhand book
store and was there attracted by some
odd volumes on Greenland. The volumes
fired him with desire to go TO Greenland,
and he made the Journey in 1886 Since
then all the time and money he could pos
sibly spare have been devoted to Arctlc
study and exploration.
| should like TO warn the young men
in the country who are az this moment
packing their satchels preparatory TO
coming TO New York TO pursue Btera ture
(of whom, no doubt, there Is considera-
HE number despite the recent drafts on
the talent and vigor Of the land for the
prosecution OF the war;, that they may
very safely leave behind them the aspira
ton 10 know life" For some years back
now to know life" has been quite a
mania with young writer's and in a mum
Der Of instances that lie within my per-
sonal acquaintance II has wrought out
most unhappHy knowledge Of lie, Of
course is not a thing that one can do
well without, whatever vocation one would
follow. But with the writer's who IN
phraseology lay the most stress on such
knowledge. life" seems 20 comprehend a
very narrow and most quagmiry terri
tory and the business OF making acqualnt-
ance with il is apt 20 prove debauching
10 the morals and the character one
can really have a pretty fair comprehen-
sion of life at large, and make quite an
effective presentation of Il in literature
and still never go 20 see for oneself how
the "wharfrats' conduct their love affairs.
how the petty thieves find exercise for the
gentler side of their nature and how the
variety actresses behave when off the
stage But / could name young men OF
excellent literary promise, who, under the
misappre hension that these incidents were
fundamental, have entered so ardently, 50,
as II were, sympatheticaliy. into the study
OF Them that they have gone quite 10
niecns under the efrain of IL The readine