The age-herald., 1898-07-10

to the New York Herald from the war front in Cuba. MT. Davis went to Cuba with our soldiers, and he writes that "the luck of the British army" of which MT. Kiplng boasts, Ifs the luck of Job in com parison to the good fortune that pursued the expedition; as one of the generals on board said. This is God Almightys war, and we are only his agents. It was in every respect a typical American expedi- tion, run with real American optimism and readiness to take big chances. At night the lights of the navy had ordered to be extinguished were blazing defiantly to the stars and bands were banging out ragtime music.
 Further, Mr. Davis says, ''at night you picked your way over prostrate forms of soldiers Four of the correspondents, who were congratuating themselves on hav- ing obtained outside cabins, found out too late that they were situated over the boiler which, as our cruise was in summer seas, drove us to sleep on the deck, where Fred erfck Remington kicked me on the head all night and two soldirs used my legs for pillows and Stephen Bousal of McClure's Magazine, and Caspar Whitney, of the Century Magazine, walked over my chest" The first of a series of papers on "Ameri- can Literary Centerst was written by William Dean Howells. The novelist says that New York society apparently does not care for New York novels, society or other. This has called forth a goodly amount of interesting discussion about the novels of New York; The truth of the matter seems to be that there have been veryAfew read able books written New York society and life, whose characters were Manhat-i taners. The books of Prof. Brander Mat thews have been largely quoted. But is is not surprising to learn that New Workers have been slow in demonstrating any eag- erness to read "His Fathers Son."
 At the Booksellers dinner, held a few weeks ago, in London MT. Yangwill arose to the toast of ''The Trade" and said: q once met a lady in an omnibus who said to me, Are you Mr YangwiH?' said I was She said, I have read one of your books six times Madame, replied T would rather have heard that you bought six copies.' toast of "Literature" emitted some biting sarcasms among which were these:
 ''For the consumers of literature I have profound contempt because they do not consume enough nor Is what they consume of the right sort. Among things which pre- vent an author from getting on is the cir culating library. The curses of literature are education, bicycles, golf, the art of fiction and printing
 '"The Romance of Zion Chapel" by MT. Richard Le Galliene, is meeting with great success and favors. It Is said that the author in the character of the Rev. The ophilus Londonderry, has taken the ca- reer of recently deceased Congregational minister. Indeed, has almost given the real name. A story said to be true is told of teh original When he lay dying a friend who had called to console him read a chapter from the Epistles All he re- marked was, What a terrible style St. Paul had; almost as verbose and involued as Gladstone's." One was personally ac- quainted with the hero declares, however, that Londonderry did not abandon the Christian faith.
 Douglass Jerrolds well known remark. "1 have know Thackeray for eighteen years, and I don't know him yet" very ac- curately represents the feeling of Thack- cray still have. In the new "Thackeray,"