The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-13

Prof. Moses Colt Tyler. of Cornell, has
been made a character in a novel by Justin
Mccarthy.
Miss Lillian Whiting, of Boston, is writ
ing life of Miss Kate Field. She was an
intimate friend of Miss Fields, and has all
her letters and papers.
Mr.. Howells has written for Harpers
Magazine serial novel whose title. Their
Silver Wedding Journey" suggests the re-
appearance of some agreeable old friends.
Mr. George w. Cable has written about
one-third Of a new story, to be called ''The
Cavalier" 1t is a tale of the civil war, and
befell the author when he was soldier in
the Confederate army.
Speaking in a private letter of his Life
of Grant," Hamlin Garland SAYS: 1T goes
without saying that had before me all pub
lished biographies of Grant, but l did not
depend on them. They dealt too largely
with war or politics / was seeking the man
behind the public official act"
One of the leading monthly magazines for
October. in an interesting article on Stephen
Crane, stated that he had returned to Eng
land las soon as the shooting match was
over" This is an error, as Mr.. Crane is
still in Cuba, having spent most of his time
will be similar to The Black Riders"
Edmund Rostand, the author of ''Cyrano
de Bergerac," disclaims the contemptuous
references to America charged to him in the
newspapers. He did not copyright his play
in the United States because he did not
dream of its being successul outside of
France, and, although it is common prop
erty, he has received handsome sums from
this country. The prose translation by Ger
trude Hail. published by the Doubleday x
Mcclure Company, pays him a royalty on
every copy and IS now in its thirteenth
thousand. while Mansfields stage setting
gives NJ. Rostand something IKE $lUJ DAY.
SO if he had any hard feelings toward us
they have quite vanished
The love letters of Robert and Elizabeth
Browning are to be published to the world
and their son not only permits it, but con-
tributes q predatory note" This remark
able collection is announced by Harper &
Bros who add that lit comprises every
letter that passed between the two poets
from their first acquaintance until their
marriage, with the exception of one, which
was destroyed by common consent. Why,
alas! did they not destroy them all? asks
the Critic, and answers its own question:
No doubt they would have done so had
they not felt that they would be safe in
their sons hands. But who Is safe in any
ones hands after he is dead?"
An extraordinary novel is about to be pub
lished by DIR. William A. Hammond, former
~ surgeon general of the United States
army. It's title is 1.-THE Son of Perdition."
The hero of it is Judas Iscariot and the
heroine is Mary AIagdalene, with whom
Judas is represented as Delng IN love JUDAS,
as described in the novel, was rich man.
holding offices of great Importance under
the Roman government He possessed
peculiar power, the nature of which he him
self did not understand, but which we often
to-day would call mesmeric. By means of
this power he able so to influence the
Emperor Tiberius to appoint Pontius PLATE
to the governorship of Judea. incidentally.
the interesting fact is brought out that; as
developed by DR.. Hammonds researches,
Pontius Pilate was a Spaniard Judas is de-
scribed as q particularly handsome man. 1t
is on account of Judass love for Mary, and
not for the thirty pieces of silver, that he
betrays the lord, according to the novel.
In historical accuracy the work will rank
with General Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur."