The age-herald., 1898-04-10

in challenging the infalibilty of court martials in France has won for him secret sympathizers among academicians who have hitherto condemned most vigorously his literary and artistic methods and the moral tendencies of his books. Whatever may have been the sins of omission With which the academy can be charged, it has always been a dignifed body of men, and their power which is considerable, has not been abused.
 The academy has considerable funds at its disposal It awards prizes for eloquence, poetry and virtue" and prizes for the best work of fiction.
 Colonel Thomas Wentworth H gginson once described himself as "a man of cheer full yesterdays and confident tomorrows;" he liked the phrase so well he wrote book and called it Cheerful Yesterdays" to Prof. Brander Matthews, who also com pleted a novel and called it "A Confident Tomorrow" Each book will soon be pub lished
 Readers of "Quo Vads' will remember that several times reference is made to the novel written by Petronius, an historl- cal character, who combined many of tho attributes of Bean Brummel to his bril- liant characteristics as an athlete and sol- dier and writer.
 A great deal of interest has been mani fested in this novel, which was very imper- fectly translated into English in 1851. Now, however, an English version will soon be published and the translation will be made by Prof. Harry Thurston Peck. It is said that the work will be done with much idio- matic freedom, so to bring out the re- markedly realistic features of the original with all of it's jokes and slang represent ed by suitable modern equivalents. It will be called "Trinalchio's Dinner"
 Mir Jerome K Jeromes new book will be volume of essays somewhat in the style Of his 'Idle Thoughts of an Idle Eel low" We believe that Idle Thoughts was and still is, the most popular book that MT. Jerome has ever written.
 MT. Henry James, the novelist, has pur- chased a house in the picturesque English town of Rye, where he intends to spend the rest of his days.
 It is said that MT. Douglas Staden's re- modelled "Who'S Who," marvel of cheap ness, fitness, and excellence, has been cordially welcomed by the public. The edition of the second issue is much larger than that of the first, large as that was.
 News comes from Holland that among the English writers who are being read there with enthusiasm is Ian Maclaren Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush' has been translated under the title of Hearts of Gold" and has been most cordially receiv- ed"
 MT. W. L. Alden. in a recent English let ter, writes enthusiastically of MT. Neil Munro's John Splendid" which Is running as a serial in the Bookman. 'There is a new man." he says. ''He is a Scotchman. and yet he does not write of 'meenisters' nor chronicle the small beer-or should one say whiskey ?-of the Kailyard. His name is Neil Munro, and unless am great ly mistaken, he has future before him."
 MT Alden goes on to say that we have the full measure of every writer now be- fore the public, with of course, the ex- ception of Mir Kipling, who may at any time astonish us with new success in a field totally different from any that he has yet cultivated"
 One of the most popular books ever writ ten was "Alice fin Wonderland and yet strange to say, in this day when the ma- 1ority of authors crave publicity. no one