The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

EFanSenne, winch Will De the second
book in a trilogy of which THE Forge
in the Forest" was the first. The three
deal with life in Nova Scotia during the
French regime. They will be published
by Lamson, Wolfe & Co. who will also
publish a volume of poems by Mr.. Rob-
erts, called New York Nocturnes."
Frankfort Moore has written a novel
called "A Fatal Gift" now running in
The Queen, and soon to be published in
this country. 1t deals with the fortunes
of the famous beauties by the name of
Cunning. whose reign in England was
for time undisputed.
Frank r. Stockton it is said. has been
writing a story called "A Cycle of Ca
thay." The title sounds interesting. but
there is Il possibility that Mr.. Stockton
Will have to change IL, because book
by the same title. by Or. W. a. p. Mar
tin, came out a year ago.
A book of Irish poetry by Mr.. Lionel
Johnson is soon TO be published by
Copeland d Day.
There seems 10 be n sort of revival of
Dickens at the present time-only wait
long enough and a revival of any au-
thor is sure to come-and before long
critical study of the great man, by
George Gissing, will be published. Mr..
Gissing thinks that people who charge
Dickens with unreality do not know the
English lower classes.
1t appears by page in a late number
of The Critic that scholars have not yet
given up squabbling over the question
whether it is Virgil or "VergiI."
Such questions are useful because they
refuse to be settled and help to pass
away time.
Among "reminiscences of Whittier ap-
pears the fact that during the war Gail
Hamilton presented him with a pair of
slippers embroidered by herself with an
original design. The toe of each slipper
was decorated with an eagle bearing
cluster of thunderbolts but the plumage
of the eagle was Quaker drab.
The Bookman for March remarks that
it is quite sure it has received some let
tiers which ought to have been sent to
Ruth Ashmore at the office of the Ladies
Home Journal. Our sympathy is extend
ed to the Bookman.
1t is suggested that the right kind of
man might make money and reputation
and be of much use in the world by act
ing as a go-between in the relations of
-,
watch for English books which would be
popular in America, and vice versa. The
idea seems a good one.
"The Idler" formerly edited by Jerome
Jerome and Robert Barr, has been turned
over to the Messrs. Dent.
1t is said that Hugh Wynne" is being
recommended by everyone who reads it.
The Boston Transcript is on a crusade
against the Metropolitan Park Commits
sion. The head of this commission used
to be 4 stonemason and the first thing
he instructed his men to do was to pare
off the knobs and knots of the WaVerIy
Oaks. When that happened, all Boston
rose up and protested. 1t would be good
thing for some other cities to become en-
thusiastic on this subject.
Mr. Edward Heron-AIlen has made a
literal prose translation of 1.-The Rubaiyat
of Omar Khayyam, which is said to be
admirable.
A new London journal called the Quill
Driver has evolved the novel scheme of
requesting the authors of books to write
their own reviews. This arrangement
ought to be spremely satisfactory to the
authors, but it probably is not
delightful glimpse of Brownings
character is found in an extract from
| one of his letters. He saws: II dined
with dear Carlyle and his wife (catch me
calling people dear in a hurry except In
letter beginnings yesterday. 1 don't
know any people like them
A new literary weekly is published at
the office of the London Times. 1t is call
ed Literature and is edited by II. D.
Trail. Barrett Wendell of Harvard Uni
versity, writes the American letter.
Wendell will never be a popular author,
| because he never, by any chance. plays
| to the gallery. But he has contributed
| one or two gems of purest ray to our
| American literature. One is The Ouch
| ess Emilia, study of New England and
| Italian character so exquisite in its lam
| guage and so subtle in it's conception
| that one might call it worthy of Haw-
! thorne, except that it is not Hawthorne
| at all. 1t is Barrett Wendell Another
| tale of totally different, but quite as
| subtle finish, is ''Rankells Remains" of
| which very few people in the great mass
| OF American readers have ever heard
| The style Of the author Is the absolutely
| pure and correct English which is sup
| posed to be u special characteristic of
| Boston.
Whittier's name of Greenleaf came
| down to him from a Huguenot ancestor
whose coat-of-arms bore u warriors he'll
met and an olive branch.
Mrs. Warrington Caffyn. otherwise
"Iota'' author of The Yellow Aster.'
has written a new novel, which she calls
| Poor Max
Miss Mary Angela Dickens. daughter of
| Charles Dickens has written novel en-
| titled Against the Tide"
John Kendrick Bangs latest book is
| called Ghosts / Have Met"
President Jordan, of San Francisco,
who wrote The Book of Knight and
| Barbara" has a small daughter, five
| years of age, who is the Barbara of the
book. The two were walking in the gar
! den one day. when the professor re-
| peated Rileys poem about the ''gObble-
! uns.' Barbara said there wasn't any such
! things as gobble-uns.' The Professor re-
marked that perhaps there was no such
thing as anything" Yes. there is IA
Their" said the small maiden, There's
! such things some things. There's such
| things as a squash"
Mrs. Coventry Patmore is preparing a
| biography of her late husband and will
| be greatly obliged if any of his CORE
spondents who have letters from him
| will communicate with her at The Lodge,
! Lymington.
Gen. Lew Wallace has arranged that
at his death his study shall be given