The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-19

grapby, which is announced for publica-
ton next week. Bur was the grandson
of Jonathan Edwards, a graduate or
Princeton, brave and skilful officer in
the Revolution, Vice. President Of the
United States, the SLAYER of Alexander
Hamilton, and the unscrupulous adj
yenturer for an independent Western
Empire, and died finally as an Obscure
New York attorney. In every phase of
his varied career, however, Burr's mo-
tive, and in some degree his conduct,
has been more or less a puzzle Ia his
torians; and Mr.. Merwin's brief analysis,
following the story of his remarkable
life, is one more attempt to get ut thc
kernel of a difficult problem.
Sir Henry Irving as Robespierre, a re-
markable color portrait, is to form the
cover of Miss Pamela Colman Smiths
souvenir of Irving and Miss Terry.
Sir Henry's interest was aroused by
her The Golden Vanity" and "Widdi-
combe Fair" and he has given her UNI
usual opportunities to study his charac-
tiers. and those of Miss Terry, from
behind the scenes" The result is a
collection of drawings altogether remark
able. All the quaint outline and the
daring color effects of her former work
have gone into the making Of this new
collection Of drawings but with added
enthusiasm and vigor Included in the
work will be Sir Hcnry's famous wen
coal togetherT speech, delivered re-
Gently at the Lotos Club dinner, one Of
the most striking illusions to Anglo
American good-fellowship ever made by
an Englishman. Doubleday 4 Mcclure
Go. will publish the book in November,
with an introduction by Bram Stoker.
who has been Sir Henry's manager for
many years.
These are the days when the novelist
is winning fame and wealth more rapid
~ than at amy other time III l!ie present
decade.
The vast number of copies If sue
cessful fiction sold IN Amcricl DUNG
the present year is almoss beyond be
lief
Believing that the year 1900 is to be
a wonderfully successful year for the
NOVELETTE, bette noire of a presidential
election to the contrary Notwithstanding
publish new fiction by each of the
following leading writer's of the time:
Robert Barr, Sir Walter Besant, Eyer
ton Castle, Robert W. Chambers,
Stephen Crane, S. II. Crockett, Robert
s. Kitchens. John Oliver Hobbies, Give
Holland, Alfred Henry Lewis. A. +.
Mason, III. G. Wells, and others. In
addition, the definitive edition Of Tho
Works of Charles Kingsley" edited bg
his daughter, and containing much nov
and valuable matter. will be brought Dut
in handsome form by the same house.
Mrs. Marion Crawford the daughter
of one of the heroes of the Potomac
army, is a woman of rare beauty, dark
eyed and golden haired, with a figure full
of grace and statuesque beauty Be-
fore her marriage Miss Berdan (as she
then was) had travelled extensively in
Europe and had been as much of a
ncmad as her husband Mrs. Crawford
leads an ideal life with her husband in
their home overlooking the beautiful
Bay Of Naples. Her mornings are
chiefly spent in driving, riding and
the evenings she devotes first to her chill
dTen, whom she adores. When the chill
dren are in bed Mr.. Crawford generally
reads so his wife what he has written
during the day and she criticises it with
rare discernment and literary skill. Like
many authors. Mr.. Crawford draws
much OF his best inspiration from his
wife.