Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-12

! -anuro,r,o,o thsmselyes. Age has not
u,v,harld nor custom stalled the sterling
mor,b ~ the beloved Maya" and all con-
tenners 81 literary trash VIII wsh "
many thousand numbers more.
7, has long been fad with feminine
v,,,ers 10 masquerade under a mascu-
uno cognomen. Some do 1t successfully
ana some do not. as In other pursuits.
rho most successful instance of this sort
was. we believe, George Eliot but very
Good one has just developed IN MIS-
Prttchard and her son. whose pen-names
are "E. and II. Heron" who are the au-
thors OF some admirable short stories
lately published. 1.-THE Wreck Shoal
published I'm the Pall-Mall Magazine
couple OF months ago, IS a very good eX-
ample OF their work. A competent c1uc
describes this story as remarkably NIP,
lineesque in conception. and also suihihs
in execution. showing the viSor and terse-
ness 10 which most feminine writer's are
strangers. and, we may also add, most
masculine writer's. The ladies, win lie"
exceptions. practice policy or expahsio"
I'm speaking. but when it comes 10 WIZ
ing the men are, characterlslic"NS' '''F
far behind them.
A new edition OF CaJyle's Cromwell
with notes. appendices. a new calendar
OF letters and an index, is appearing III
England OF the Cromwell letters discoV-
cred since Carlyle published his last eul-
ton. the more important will be quoteu
al length and the less important In an
stract.
"The Hazard Of the mr. is to be the
title of George Egerton's forthcoming
novel The Lizard of the Hail. would
be about as ineligible. Why doesnt
somebody start title factory for the
benefit of authors who don't know now
to label their wares? -
We recently saw a picture OF kipllnS
in q newspaper. and under II the words
"The Author Poet" The status or poets
has always been more or less douotiuly
and this appelation may be accepted as
a. least an effort 10 define their standing;
An edition Of the novels, romances, ana
literary "reminiscences Of Alphonse pau
det is announced by Little, Brown q 90
for which Miss Katharine j. Normeley
Is 10 translate all the Tartarln DOCKS
Those who are fortunate enough 10 pos
sess Miss Wormeley's TRANSACTIONS OF
Ralzac will be sure not 10 let her render
ING of the great Tartarin escape them.
Daudet never did anything finer than
Tartarin. and that is not saying a little,
either. =,
A biography OF Mrs. Lynn Linton Is
projected. which will include many I'M
published letters Of Walter Savage Lam
dor. whose adopted daughter Mrs. Linton
was. Other interesting letters which Will
appear i'm this book are from ihe hands
Of Dickens and George Eliot.
1.-THE Life and Letters Of Dome by
Edmond GOsse, has at last been COM
pleted. and will be published in two vol
lines during the coming summer.
4 new novel by Nine. Sarah Grand ia
1ust receiving the finishing touches, and
will probably be published this year lt
will appear in serial form before being
printed in a book Nine. Grand has writ
ten this novel in the country, where, she
saws. she can get through more work IN
a month than she can accomplish in three
months I'm London.
"Nulla dies sine Inca" Is said 10 be
Zola's favorite motto, and We are inclined
to believe that he has faithfully lived up
to 1t. The only regret we have Is that
France is not near enough TO the Norlh
pole for his days to be six months long
4 line from lola every six months or so
would "hll long-felt want"
Another book on Napoleon is threaten
ed or. rather the world is so menaced
"a Diary of St. Helena lS6-l7," by Lady
Malcolm, is soon 20 be published. Lady
Malcolm was the wife Of Sir Pulteney
Malcolm. who was commander or the
cape station when Napoleon was at st.
Helena. Lady Malcolm kept diary, ana
set down therein almost verbatim reports
of conversations between her husband ana
the exEmperor
Two Women in the Klondike' Is the
title of a book by Mrs Mary j.. Hitch
cock. which will present the record OF
tourney undertaken in the summer Of lasS
bv Mrs. Roswell D.. Hitchcock, the
widow of Commander Hitchcock United
states navy" and Miss Van Buren,. a
grandniece of President. Van Buren. The |
publishers are G.. p. Putnam's sons, ana
we have their word for it that Mrs.
Hitchcock IS not the widow OF COM
mander Hitchcock. who may be living.
A new novel by Charles Dudley Warner |
is announced by the Harpers. THAT For
tune" is the title. and it is described as |
the third in a trilogy, being a sequel to |
"A Little Journey in the WORLD and 'Ihe |
Golden House"