The times., 1898-02-13

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was appointed printer to the colony. In
! l772 Ciementlne Reid published The Vir-
ginia Gazette, advoca ting the colonial
| cause. Two years later paper of the
same name was started by Mrs. II.
| Boyle, advocating the cause OF the
| crown. In 1773 Elizabeth Timothy
| started a paper in Charleston s. c.
Anna Timothy subsequently became ed
| itor, and was appointed State printer,
which position she held for seventeen
years. Mary Crouch also issued pa
| per in Charleston at this time, after
wards continuing it at Salem, Mass.
The second volume of Victor Hugo's
Letters is soon to appear. The two
| volumes are edited by Paul Meurice and
will prove extremely interesting to low
ers of Hugo.
Some correspondents of the New York
| Times are terribly troubled about the
kind of books children ought to read.
The worst difficulty in this connection
| comes from the notion that children
| must necessarily have books written
down to their understanding. The
| average child If turned loose in
| an average library, will very soon indi-
cate what sort of books he or she likes,
and the best thing the parent can do
will be To follow the child's unconscious
| leadership.
| Mr.. Archer NJ Huntington has written
book of travel which is Of interest at
| this juncture. II is "A Note Book on
| Northern Spain"
Mr.. Edward Dana Durand late legis-
| latiVe librarian in the New York State
| Library. and now professor of economics
and administration in Leland Stanford
| University, has written a book which
will be of interest to students of eco
| nomics. 1t is The Finances of New
York City and is a history of the fl
| nances OF the city from its birth TO the
present time.
The irreverent college boy seems to be
In evidence at oxford. and here IS one
| of the college verses, on Professor Jow-
EFT:
Il stand first; my name is Jowett.
Whatever is to he known, ! know IL.
i am the master OF this college,
Aud what L don't know isn't knowledge.
\ new novel by Conan Doyle. entitled
"A Desert Drama" is soon 20 be pub
lished by Lippincotts.
A romance of a somewhat novel type
is King Washington" by Adelaide
Skeel and William Fl. Brearley. AS the
title indicates. ii deals with the life Of
the father of his country.
A meek correspondent of one Of the
| literary journals wishes to know why
people say that Quo Vadis" is a relig-
ious book when twenty-five pages are
given up to a description of Neros ban
quet. and the first statement Of Christ
ian faith made by the Apostle Peter gets
just eight lines. The literary journal has
not as yet answered the question. But
1t can be answered. The reason is that
great many people with tender con-
sciences are starved for sensational read
ing.
Mr.. Andrew Lang has taken a new line
of thought. He is now preparing for the
press book whose title is not yet known.
but which is said to be a criticism on
the anthfopologicai scheme of the gene
sis.
THE Broom Of the War God" story
of the recent Greco-Turkish war, by II.
N BrailsfoTd. is shortly to be issued by
D. Appleton e Co The author is a
Scotchman. educated in Dundee, and
Fellow of Glasgow University. In this
book he tells of his actual experiences in
the war
Once upon a time Eugene Field told
Mrs. Humphrey Ward that he used to
sleep in the hollow of a tree in Missouri.
and lived on wild fish and fruits Then
Barnum, he said, found him and edu-
Gated him, 1t is rather hard on Mrs.
Ward, from any point of view. but it is
reported that she afterwards said he was
a typical American.
1t is uncertain whether the Philistine
for February has invented new dialect
or is merely having a fit of some sort.
The editor remarks, and, by the way, he
makes the remark on the cover Of the
publication "Those who really do not
know how to take this magazine had
better not" MIR. Hubbard's purpose in
this announcement is still unrevealed.
A new volume of poems by William
Watson has appeared. 1t is called The
Hope of the World
Captain Mahan's book on The Infiu-
ence of Sea Power in History" is now
used in all German schools and libraries
to promote the Kaiser's scheme for a big
navy. 1t would not be a bad plan TO
use it in some American schools and
libraries.
In Correspondence Between Burns
and Mrs Dunlop" q book which is to ap-
pear before long, nearly forty hitherto
unpublished letters Of Burns will be
printed.
w. T. Giles. who died in Chicago not
long ago. is said to have established
more newspapers than any other man
in the country. He was seventy-five
years old. and his journalistic career in
the United States
H. C. Frick. Pittsburg millionaire,
has purchased the last picture of Dag
nan -Bouveret for 100000. 1t is called
Christ Breaking the Bread" and there
is one feature in it which is likely to
cause a commotion when it reaches
America The artist introduced his own
figure clad in modern Partisan clothes.
as one of the group, and kneeling beside
him are his wife and child, also in mod
ern costume.
The London Academy offers Grown
of 100 guineas for the best book of the
wear. and second Grown" of so guineas
for the next best. The first prize was won
this year by Mr.. Stephen Phillips for his
volume of poems, and the second went
to Mr.. Henley for his Burns
Some Indignation arose in London not
long ago over the untidy and neglected
grave of Charles Lamb. The grave has
lately been put In order and encircled
with a neat iron railing by member of