The record-union., 1898-10-30

George Moore's novel, Evelyn In
nes," has been one of the successes OF
the year in England. The first edition
of over 10000 copies has been nearly
exhausted and the second edition,
which has some changes of text, is
ready for publication
A short history of the United States,
specially prepared for English readers,
by Justin H. Mccarthy, is coming out
in London.
''The Kings Mirror is to be the title
of Anthony Hopes new novel, the pub
ication Of which will begin after
Christmas. Born in the Purple" the
title he had first selected was reli1-
quished on the ground that it had been
= used before. The hero of THE Kings
Mirror" is a clever boy, born to the
throne Of kingdom as delightful rs
that of Ruritania. His nurse" we.
are told, 'imparts to him the greatness
of his authority, the majesty of his
privileges, as a King born. Next day
she has occasion to spank him. He
has difficulty in reconciling the two
facts"
The two most successful auto
biographies of recent years in England
are said to be those of Field Marshal
Lord Roberts and FIRTH the artist.
The late Lewis Carroll, it is said
produced during his early years three
different manuscript magazines. one
of them was called THE Rectory Um-
brella.' He put lots of the Alice in
Wonderland type Of humor into these
ventures. He was a clever sketcher.
and often ornamented his text, going
to the poets for a particularly bright
series of drawings. There is a line in
"Ossian' which has the words, HE
gave it to his father" Lewis Carroll
pictures the line thus sturdy
boy belaboring his father with
heavy club Fun is even
found in Milton. What boots"
so and so? the poet asks. For answer
Lewis Carroll drew two figures staring
in amazement at each others droll
boots. AS quite a small lad he pro-
duced a terrifying tale of burglar.
One hair on the victims head" ne
wrote in effect, stood straight on end.
Another would have done so but that
a spider happened at that particular
moment to be sitting on it,"
Paris correspondence London Tele-
graph: Artistic circles are in a state of
mild ferment here regarding the
spheres Of influence to be allotted to
them at the forthcoming Worlds Fair.
1t appears that the extent of these
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domain of modern art at the great 1900
exhibition, will be restricted and wholly
inadequate. According to the plans
published, the buildings Of the proposed
Palais des Beaux Arts will hardly suf-
flee TO hold a representative series Of
works by the well-known members of
the two official artistic bodies, the So
cite des Artistes Francois and the
Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts. The
lesser lights in the world Of painters
WILL when lucky enough to be accepted,
have to be mercilessly skied. The pal
ace in question will provide a
'Cimaise" of some $500 meters. In
other words, the walls of the building
will only allow Of about $500 pictures
being hung on the line, the average
space in breadth occupied by each work
of art being taken at three feet. Should
each member of the jury as proposed,
be entitled to have ten pictures hung
on the line, an easy calculation viii
show that artists of lesser note, to say
nothing Of beginners who are still un-
known, and may be relying on the
forthcoming Universal Exhibition to
make a name. will be relegated to those
portions Of the walls which are in near
vicinity to the ceiling. A motion mas
accordingly been unanimously adopted
by the Exhibition Committee of the
Societe des Artistes Francois to the
effect that the sister society will be
approached with view to submitting
joint resolution to the competent au-
thorities requesting that the plans of
the proposed Palace of Fine Arts be
modified to allow of an increase In the
space allotted TO exhibitors This
proposition would chiefly, of course. be
made in the interests Of French artists
Foreign exhibitors, however are also
concerned in the matter. Present ar
rangements provide that works by art
lists of other than French nationality
shall occupy two-ffths of the total
n available space. 1t may be pointed out.
- conclusion, that the proposed Palais
des Beaux Arts, which will stand in
the Champs Elysees, will cover consid-
erably more ground than the buildings
erected for the fine art section at the
1889 exhibition.
ALAS. and alasl" says Miss McDou-
gal in a letter to the Chicago Evening
Post" our 1900 Polish fellow-citi-
zens are about to present the city with
an equestrian statue of Kosciusko. Ap-
parently, they have gone to work in the
good old-fashioned way. They have
selected a sculptor on purely personal
or racial grounds, and had their work
done with few doubts as to whether 1t
might prove worthy Of adorning a great
city, and none at all as to whether II
would be accepted, worthy or not. On
the latter point they may well feel
confident. They represent 1900 votes.
1t is possible that this special monu-
ment may be superior to others which
weiI-lntentioned people have in ike
manner inflicted upon US. 1t is possi-
BILE sculptor unknown to fame can
execute the difficult task Of making a
really good equestrian figure. But the
probabilities are against both PROPOSE
tions. The way to secure a work OK
art worth having Is the same as the
way. to secure a satisfactory piece of
engineering order 1t from a
man who stands at the head of his pro-
fession- or submit 1t to the Judgment of
experts. When will Chicago, like Bos-
ton. New York and Washington. have
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