The record-union., 1899-03-12
RECENT LITERARY NEWS.
"RECORD-UNION, NOTES OF
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Historic Matters-New Works
Bookmen Of the World
Critical Comment.

n1SCOT1c matterS-NeW WOfAS-
Bookmen Of the World
Critical Comment.
Hall Caine denies that he is writing
a novel called THE Drunkard,' and he
also denies that he ever ikened his
own face to that of the Savior.
Andrew Lang says that he has never
read Maeterlinck, and won't" Various
people who have read the Belgian's
books wish they hadn't, and entirely
appreciate Mr.. Lang's feeling on the
subject.
The forthcoming translation into
English of Ostrogorskfs Democracy
and the Organization Of Political Par
ties is to have an introduction by Mr..
Bryce, author of 1.-The American Com
Among the new novels coming out in
England are w. E. Norris Giles In
gilby'' and Iotas Anne Mauleverer.
Major General Francis v. Greene has
written for THE Century a couple CT
articles on the military operations at
Manila. The first chapter, which will
appear in the March number, describes
the plans adopted to meet Admiral Ca
maras fleet if it had reached the Phil
ippines.
misunderstood is a book not to be
forgotten even by those who find it
oil continental
would seem to every one except for its
saving salt of truth to human nature
George du Maurier illustrated the book,
and this is what he wrote to Charles
Dodgson about it and it's author, Miss
Montgomery: Miss Florence Montgoln-
cry is a very charming young lady,
the daughter of the Admiral of that
ilk. 1 am, like you, a very great ad-
mirer of Misunderstood and cried
pints over it. When l was doing the
last picture I had to put long white
pipe into the little boys mouth until
it was finished, SO as to get rid OF the
horrible pathos of the situation While
I was executing the work. In reading
the book a second time knowing the
sad end of the dear little boy) the funny
parts made me cry almost as much as
the pathetic ones
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don DAILY MaiT' says: Lady Ran
dolph Churchill formerly Miss Jerome
of New York; is about to start mag
azine on new lines. It will be sumptu-
ously bound and sold at a guinea per
copy. Her son, the Hon. winston
Churchill. will assist her in conducting
it, and the list of contributors VIII m
clude Emperor William and other royal
personages
It is proposed that the memorial Oh
William Black take the form OF a me-
boat. named after him, and statloieu
in the Hebrides.
Mrs. John Russell Young is prepar-
pairing for publication compilation Oh
the best writings and letters Oh hei
husband, the late Librarian Oh Con-
gresS.
Ewin Pugh, the author OF Iony
Drum" was born in London IN 1919
of old WEIGH stock. Mr.. Pugh Is saiu
to be a confirmed optinist and Keen
sportsman. He became story telier
at very early age, and sofa tais
when only II years old Whhe sun
quite young he injured his hea!'h
through working fourteen hours nay
in an iron foundry. AT IL his rather
death left him the Oldest OF la
family. which The helped to support
Later he became lawyers c.erk III
London. At 16 he commenced nlei'ii.
work in earnest, and when ~ wfote
..2A Street in Suburbia, In a forums III,
working after Office hours A serious
illness INTERVIEWED before he was aoie
TO devote himself exclusively 10 iileia
ture Then came his Man OF straw
and king Circumstance gaming ior
him a wider audience IN Ensiaho'
Hugh Gwyeth, Rounoneao oaVa
1;er" is the title of boys story ny
ReuIah Marie Dix, which the Maciliii-
Ian Company will publish early III Tue
snrine. The time of Prince Rupert WIG
is b. character in the story, is the perlou
of The tale. The boy cavalier has peeh
bred in the Roundhead householo VI
bic uncle. and orphaned, lonely ana TOT
1,rn breaks away under cover OF nlgnt
~ ioin a cavalier schoolfelloW. "A
streno-er in the royal ranks he must
engage ir the mental dutles-tne car
80 Tho horses and know that he is re-
oopnized and rejected by his 1ather
whom he supposed to- be deao.
At last in the fortunes OF war hugh
&c able to defend his fathers name. Ike
conciiation follows and also advance
ment in the soldiers duties. A love cpl
sode in which a jolly Roundhead glri
oo,,cir fieureS closes the ldae.
"Edmond Rostand's genius is OF the
b;ohest but not the highest. He lays
DOWN 70 laws of conduct for all men
i, all times. He has no pithy maxims
~ disnense. We can not look on him
for the safest and wisest moral instruc-
ton. And however deeply our estlie'ic
sense is intoxicated, however we MAJ
vel at his nimble scholarship, ii'o
whatever estacy we go over MS per
feet expression of exquisite tnoughls'
our investigating, speculative ueouc'-
i've. reasoning faculties remain un-
touched. Our splendid young French-
man is indeed, a great poet and httie
nhilosopher. He is not one OIL those
dramatists whose blood and judgment
are so well commingled' that they sat
isfv your whole soul. He is not Soph-
ocies, not Shiller, not Calderon.
4.
Kipling is popularity supposed to be
the best paid author now writing. for
his navy articles in the Morning POST
he was paid at the rate OF SlOo
thousand words. The collected edition
oe these articles. "A Fleet in Being,
- hos ,,roxr;dad with a set of interest