The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-20

contrasting types wnicn VIZ. wonner,
full delicacy and. yet s.iens'n Vl "oru
b.. ~ io,.er NJ good literature. as well
as by tho student-of humanity. this work
will be heartily welcomed
Literary Notes.
The University OF Camorhiogie showed
IT'S respect for American scholarship by
corferrinT the honorary degree Of Doctor
Of Letters on Horace io"dld turness.
This is a useful reminder anu aShhoWi-
edgment OF the TACT tndt -hn1Iiyd ms
done pretty nearly as Inueh Snakes
,,,',t,n ,,,1rt, as England. "NarOrum"
ShaEosreares were published IN 1893. 1913
and ls5f. Then. after an interval Of nifty
years. appeared Mr.. furness hrst volume,
s,yor,caF fard inlet" the beginning Of a
modem ..Variorum" entailing immense re-
search. in which eleven li5ls nave now
appeared. But. as Dr. Sahoys' the cam
bridge public orator, saidl Mr. turness
,roe frdieenus' but Is 10 Englishmen
81 frafribus nostris transmarinis rerum
d.vinarum interpreus huihdIlIsslinl AFRO
rum Ibertats per vitain iohsam Nihnicis
acervimi nlus'-Which, oelnb Interpreted.
means that his father, VINO only died
fhree wears ago. was man OF nigh intel
i.rtuoi atfainmcuts. n well-known Uni
tartan minister in PhliadelpHa. ana a
keen champion of Ireedoni Avi inc save
Chicago Times-Heriid.
Tho journalists OF Antwerp have re-
solved 10 mark their admiration OF NJ.
Ioiaie action in the Dreyius affair by
the uroparatIOn OF a very original literary
souvenir The notion is 20 print ana
present 20 Zola speciai COPY OF lhe la1
nous letter "J'accuse tWhltl appeared
I'm 1,Aur0re I'm the course OF January,
1sqg) by means OF the actual wooden let
ters and antique presses ussd 10y the
great French printer, tnilstopue Iidhiih.
This interesting plant, "nlcu mas never
Nom f,eed eince his death, has been care
fully preserved I'm Plautlns mousse at Ant
weru-knoWu as the flahun 9liseuh-
for over three hundred years. L am lold
that this house remains eAac. ~ as Whtn
Pantin lived and WORKED tAeit. Io-a
now chat he is again accessible after his
exile iu England. is overwhelmed with
ar.leci1tyc letters rom "ii quarters
friends. Pie can, therefore afford TO
ignore his enemies. No douot ne VIII
value the choice gift which Doe is about
to receive from Antwerp.-London Sketch.
Emil Zala has written n lctter to the
c9itor of BAmi DIES Bctes. n which he
declares that during MS exile nothing
laIo him more pain than ne news Of
the d ath 0f his dog. ms WIG wrote 10
Dim that the dog searched for him every
wharr became melancholy and died
suddenly. cit seemed o. me 9s II my
departure had killed him. writes Iolai
"aud / wcut like child. Even now ]
cannot think of him without being moved
fo Tears When / returned. "a large part
of ms house seemed deserted and lonely.
Ana or aIl the sacrifices ] have had TO
bear this was one OF the heaviest
Al0nzo Lc0ra Rice. the young American
poet. whose verse Is beginning 20 attract
considerable attention particularly M me
South and West. is q native of Indiana, 10
which State he still resides. charles
Major. the author OF that mucn-lNked-of
book. "Whon Ku.ghthO0d was in Flower
saws Of Mr.. Rice: "llc is tasteful and
poetic. and. above ALL has the artistic
temperament highly developed. HIS own
work is finished and true and predict
That day of great recognition Is IN store
Tor him.
1t will be recalled that when Lord
Kitchencrs forces captured Omdurman
they released a certain German named
Charles Neufcld. who for more than ten
years had been held a captive by the der
wishes The newspapers OF year ago
were fun or his adventure Mr. Neu.-
field has written book, entitled a
Prisoner Of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years
Captivity at Omdurman." This work VIII
be published in the early autumn.
The sale of "pavid Haram" has now
reached f7Ioo0 copies, although 1t was
first published only last September. The
average daily sale during April was LOO
though the sale often reached 2Vug a
day. and on one day reached 900 copies
material involved. says the New YORK
Times. may bee gathered from the fact
That NJ the number of copies of tle book
which has been sold uD % ne present
time were la.d end 20 end they Wou .tl
reach from New York Co Rye ln the
same State. distance OF twenty-five
miles The manuscript. after having pe.n
rejected by four publishers was read by
December. 1891 and at once recognized
as work of uncommon value.
Mr. Bernard Cane5. The author Of "The
Lake of Wine and 1.-THE Comle oe IA
Mueue." has recently completed me me
manuscript of n new novel, entitled our
Lady OF Darkness"
The Literary Digest says that the new
edition of "'lhe Lie of Charlotte BrOnle,
shortly 20 De published. VIII contain ne
much-discuSscd suppressed portions when
Mrs. Gaskeil was induced TO omit on ac-
count of the threats of the relatives and
friends Of The Bronte family.
Madame Therese Blanc, tho accom-
plished Erenchw0man who In the literary
world is known as lh. Behtz9n, mas
translated into French Mr.. Allrlch
STORY of a bad Boy She declines 20
recognize the descriptive truth Of his title
cam The titc-page states that ths -
a. book h0nOred with the Endorsement Of
the Minister of Public Instruction. adopt
ed for school and popular libraries, and
selected by the city OF Paris for distribu-
ton as a prize" The story has reached
the fourth impression in Paris.
Felix Gras' latest work. "The White
Terror" has just been translated from
the PrOvencal by AIRS. catlarine Janvier.
~ y
30 in ana issue uniform with THE Reds
OF the Midi and the Terror"
Kiplng's From Sea Oh Sea- contains n
reprint Of his first impressions of Ameri-
en-. and some Of the very clever prophets
statements are being widely quoted;
Americana erman-Jew-rh Man Of the
Future-is once properly equipped. He
win carry English LUNGS above the Teu-
ton feet that work forever, and he Will
wave the long. thin, D0ny hand, with