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NOTES.

Mary Il. wilkins says that two trib-
utes have much II not most, pleased
her during her career Of successful au-
thorship One was a generous letter
Of congratulation which she received
from another author after winning
prize In a contest in the particular
files Of the latter, and one In which
she had been a competitor. The other
tribute is an echo Of the Span.
ssh war. A distinguished prisoner con-
fined In MORO castle found in an old
illustration from Jerome, with which
he had decorated his cell, his chief con-
ISOLATION during his confinement.
Mr.. Robert w. Chambers's recent
novel. THE Conspirators" which many
OF the critics have found fault with on
account Of the. authors daring intro
duction Of two no less personages than
the Kaiser and Queen Wilhemina, is.
despite criticism, meeting With nota-
bic success.
Although published scarcely five
weeks ago, II has already gone through
five editions. and Il seems probable that
II will prove the most popular Of the
authors many successful books
Miss Chomondeley, the author OF
RED Pottage' has throughout her
literary career carefully avoided all
newspaper publicity, and only in an
swer to inquiry has she consented 10
reply to the charges OF number OF
English papers, that In her portrayal
Of the Rev Mr.. Gresley she has made
an uujustifable llbellous attack on the
high church clergy.
Writing to Mr.. j. l.. Holder Will
ngruc Mice Dho1Vnapdalay gaugt 81
have attempted. after years Of patient
observation, not TO describe a type. not
% wound a party in the church among
whom / count some OF my best friends
but TO create a character as individual
as ! hope Captain Pratt Is individual
yet no captain In the guards. so far as
] am aware. thinks that ! am attack
ing the army, or even their department
OF Il, when / describe Captain Pratt
who Is a worse man than Mr. Gresley
The whole point OF Mr.. Gresley's char
acter appears to me 10 be missed II he
Is regarded as an accusation Of class
or as anything except what he Is, name-
ly, man with a closed mind
on the whole. Miss Ch0lm0ndeley's
point Is well taken and II the criticisms
OF the American press may be taken AZ
evidence the character OF the Rev. Mr..
Gresey has been better understood ana |
more keenly appreciated I'm this country |
than on the other side-which, after all |
Is not unnatural.
+, A. Stokes is busy Just now with |
making ready John oliver Hobbies |
tMrs Craigie) sequel TO "A School for |
Saints" which is to be called Robert |
Of Orange" Three years ago Mrs. |
Craigie brought her school FOR Saints
10 close with the words: THE story |
OF Oranges married life OF his litera-
~ and political life In lS70-1SSO, OF his |
friendship with Disrael, and Of his
career In the church, will be told In |
subsequent volume" and the present |
work is the fulhlment OF that promise. |
w ID. Howells has the following TO
say Of Jane Austen.
II remained for the greatest OF tho
gifted women, who beyond any or all
other noyelists have fixed the charac-
ter and behavior Of Anglo-Saxon iic-
lion. TO assemble In her delightful tai
ent all that was best In that OF her
sisters. Jane Austen was indeed so
me an artist. that we are still only
beginning 10 realize how fine she was
70 perceive after a hundred years. that
IN the form OF the imagined fact, In the
.f+NHNARtA VI RNtFHAAtNiAAAf - NAiN
duct OF the narrative. and the subOr'
dination Of incident 20 character, she IS
sun unapproached IN toe English
branch Of Anglo-saxon fiction In
American fiction Hawthorne Is 70 be
named with her Tor perfection Of form
the best American novels are built upon
more symmetrical lines than the best
English novels and have unconsoiously
shaped themselves upon the ideal which
hhe ihslinctively and instantly realized
or course II WAS not merely In eXter-
nails that Jane Austen so promptly
achieved her supremacy. The wonder
OF any beautiful thing is that II Is beau,
utll In 50 many ways; and her ncuoh
Is as admirable for its lovely humor.
us delicate satire It's good sense, III
Kindness It's truth 10 nature, as Tor us
form. There is nothing hurried OF ]