The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

thrown on the Counts theories In a
word, the book gives exactly what we
want 10 know about the daily existence
Of one whom the author calls zone Of the
most remarkable men IN the history Of
mankind"
Miss Hapgood, the translator who has
herself visited the Tolstoys i'm Russia.
is particularly well qualified 10 be the
English interpreter of this most interest
ing and valuable book.
THE ARRIL SUNDAY MAGAZINE.
The current issue OF the Bible Reader
and Sunday Magazine, edited by Rev. DR..
T.. l.. Peu OF this city. Is full Of the most
interesting reading. Each number Of this
magazine contains I'm addition 20 the
work OF the editor the choicest bits Of
literature to be found I'm the latest re-
ligious books and periodicals OF the world.
Literary Notes.
"Reminiscences by Justin Mccarthy.
will be put in the publishers hands BY
May.
In an Hindoo Fable. Vishnu says: 90,
Bal, take thy choice; with five wise
men shalt thou enter he'll or with five
fools pass into paradise" Bal replied
"Give me. O Lord. he'll with the wise;
for that is heaven where the wise dwell
ard folly would make oe heaven itself a
hell"
The first number Of Lady Randolph
Churchirs guinea quarterly. "The An
glo-SaXon." win possibly make its bow
TO the public in June next Lord Rose
berry will be a contributor 10 the first
number
Lord Chancellor Brosugham on being
asked 90 define a lawyer said: He Is a
learned gentleman who rescues your es-
tate from your enemies and keeps IL him
SELF"
"In one respect Mr.. Kipling stands al-
most alone among the great creative
writers. namely I'm his universally. The
whole world Is his cruising ground. can
what he thinks he might require e goes
an takes regardless of an but neces-
sity."
Says that Persian poet saadl: Had
the cat wings no sparrows could live In
air; had each his wish. what more would
Allah have to spare?'
Mr. Charles Majors book when
Knighthood Was I'm Flower" has had a
phenomenal success-nearly fifty thou
sand copies having been sold between it's
publication. September Z. 1S9S. and March
I. 1899.
An additional and concluding stanza
for John Anderson. my JO john" writ
ten by an American. runs thus:
John Anderson. my 10, John.
We Wilma mind that sleep;
The grave sac cauld and still. John.
The spirit Gamma keep.
But we viii wake in Heaven, John,
Where Young again We'll grow.
And Wen ever live IN blessed love,
John Anderson. my Jo."
"Since Adam" Margaret Fuller asserts.
"there has been none that approached
nearer fitness to stand up before God and
the angels in the majesty Of manhood
than Robert Burns"
Miss Harraden's new book. 1.-THE
Fowler" has a subtitle 81. Too, Have
Come Through Wintry Terrors." 1t IS
published by Dood, Mead & Co., OF New
York.
II is an established fact that the hero
OF Edmond Rostand's great play. CyranO
de Bergerac, was himself writer OF
books. one OF these books, "A Voyage
10 the Moon and the People OF the Moon"
IS introduced I'm the nth act OF the play
when Cyrano uses IT TO keep DeGuiche
from entering the house while Roxane's
marriage ceremony is in progress. and
with such success that DeGulche IL en-
tirely foiled.
said James r. Fields in a lecture on
fiction in Brooklyn:
II recently paid visit 20 the Pomeroy
boy who was sentenced for killing three
children. but whose sentence was after
wards committed FOR life. I asked him
IL he read much. He said he did. What
kind Of books DO you read?' said l.
Mostly one kind he said mostly dime
novels What is the best book you
have read?' I asked. Well replied H.
Il liked Buffalo BIZ best. IL was full OF
murders and pictures about murders
Well 7 asked. how did you feel after
reading such a book? Oh said he, I
felt as II wanted TO do the same"
Frau Fmden Heine. Heinrich Heine's
sister. the possessor Of many of Heine's
unpublished manuscripts. IS I'm her
eighty-ninth year. wonderful example
OF vigorous old age She IS still an enter
tanning conversationalist, and her natural
powers like those OF Moses, are still I'M