The record-union., 1899-07-16

a high intenSification of woman ma
ture, the flower of feminine intelli-
gence." She represents culture which
has become nature" and in her life
1.-The physical is transformed without
loss into vibrations of the SOUL" The
cerebraIe is a very frequent type
among intelligent women. She is the
clever, cool, irreproachable wife, with
an atmosphere Of distinction, purity
and fresh cleanliness about her." She
is the "grande amoureuse who has
never loved" The detraquee, the dis
ordered, the unbalanced, with 'her
wanton curiosity, her constant long
ing, and the cowardice which drives
her from attack to flight" is the de-
cadent woman. "Give her but the lit
tie finger and she takes at once, and
often very gracefully, the whole
hand" Frau Marholm's analysis of
these three classes of women is
mastery and it has aroused immense
interest. Each woman who reads 1t
tries to analyze herself and to dis
cover to which class she belongs; 1t is
very wholesome kind of analysis and
1t makes for sanity.
The late Mr.. Westcott's novel of
Of real people The novelists sister
characters are all imaginary. There
is report that $4,000 copies of this
book have been sold.
An old member of Tom Hood S
Fun" staff has been trying, on the
recent centenary of the birth of
Thomas Hood to get it into the minds
of the public at large, and literary
men in particular, that the father, who
lies in Kensa1 Green, was christened
Thomas and always objected, so long
as he had power, to being called Tom;
whereas his son, the editor of Fun
who lies in Nunhead Cemetery, where
his monument, erected by "a few
friends and fellow-workers," has just
been done up by two of them, after
five and twenty years. was purposely
christened Tom, to make a distinction
between them.
The little village of Yattenden, in
Berkshire, holds two literary lights.
Robert Bridges the poet, lives there,
and it's rector is H. c. Beeching, whose
writings are as admirable as is his work
as editor of charming anthology of
English poetry.
Mr.. Browning, when his son made his
first appearance as a painter, was full
Of anxiety as to the result. people
expect so much from him, poor fellow
the poet said to an acquaintance, ''be-
cause he had clever mother
atss
He helped the poor and the weak, he
took no favor from the rich or the
him. and when it did he was the first
to say So" This is the Saturday Re-
views" epitaph on Sarcey, the critic.
Sir Walter Besant is quoted by the
London Chronicle as relating a pleas
ing story of an experience with some
dealer in books in America He found
this gentleman to be issuing over
the signature Walter Besant,' a
volume which had not come from
that pen at ALL 1t was a bad
translation of a bad French novel.
and naturally Sir Walter enter
ed vigorous protest. The pirate de-
Tended himself on various grounds. one
being that, in any case. it was bet
ter book than Sir Walter had ever writ
ten. Eventually the pirate had to
give up his venture. but his suppress
sion cost Sir Walter $10O in law ex-
penses.'
The great Oxford English dictionary,
when completed, will consist of from
twelve thousand to thirteen thousand
pages. contained in ten volumes. Half
of the dictionary will be completed in