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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-23
LITERARY NOTES.

1.-THE Grey Fairy Book" is to be Mr.. An
drew Lang's contribution to the Juvenile
literature of 1901.
"Shadowings' is the odd title of Mr.. Laf-
cadio Hearn's forthcoming book. This, like
all his later works, deals with japan.
Frank r. Stockton has recovered from
his recent illness and is at his quiet West
Virginia home at work upon new novel.
Theodore Roosevelts book. 1.-The
Strenuous Life" will be out in October. 1t
contains the addresses essays of the
Governor during the last few years
Finley Peter Dunno. author of the "Mr
Dooley' papers. has decided to make New
York his permanent residence. He has re-
signed as managing editor of the Chicago
Evening Journal.
Mr.. Gilbert Parker's new novel, 1.-THE
Lane That Had No Turning" is story of
life in Canada. The heroine, Madelinette.
Is famous singer. and the hero Is her hus-
band Seignior of Pontiac.
Tolstoi has sent the MS. of his inquiry
into the results of modern industrialism.
where it will be translated by Mr. Aylmer
Maude and published in October.
Joel Chandler Harriss retirement from
newspaper work is quickly followed by the
welcome announcement of the early APP
pearance of book from his pen. 1t will be
volume of stories entitled, ION the Wing
of Occasion They all deal with the un-
written history of the civil war. the theme
of one being the kidnapping of President
Lincoln.
Mrs. Edith Wharton, whose Greater In
clination" and other stories have attracted
considerable attention, was born little more
than thirty years ago in New York. She
comes of old New York stock, her mother
being Rhinelander. Most of her time is
spent between. New York and Newport
but. she is especially fond OF Italy, where
she is at present residing
Mr.. Maurice Thompson will come before
the public this fall with two books One is
an historical novel entitled Alice of Old
vincennes," for which a great success is
predicted by those who have read IT. This
will soon be issued by the Bowen Merrill
Company, of Indianapolis. MY Winter
Garden is the title OF new book by Mr.
Thompson soon TO be published by the Gen.
fury Company The author spends HIS win
tiers on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
and in this book he writes Of this earthly
paradise.
natural-born writer, Mark Twain ought TO
be that man. says literary paper. He is
so admirably direct that his public can
never really believe that he is Literary
Teller" and painful scribe like the rest of
| them. The public Is wrong. A bit Of gos-
sip from England tells us that he has twice
| finished and twice destroyed the book he
| has in hand, but that the third writing goes
well in his pleasant English home at DOLLS
Hill.
growing uneasiness as to limitation Of
copyright is apparent among authors. says
the New York Tribune. together with a
growing insistence on the argument that
property in a great book ought to belong
great manufacturing concern. II Is held
moreover. that perpetual copyright would
be of as much advantage to publishers al
| ton OF cheap editions Of books Which are
still copyrights Is pointed out a. proof that
neither publishers nor the reading public
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would suffer under the conditions of such
perpetual copyrights.
MrsF Marion Crawford's new novel
will be called 'In the Palace of the King;
Love Story of Old Madrid 1t is a his
torical romance of the time of Philip III of
Spain. The plot is laid in the Spanish
court, and the period-that of the discov-
cry of Amerca-was perhaps the most mag
nficent of the prosperous days of Spain.
Such a period has afforded Mr.. Crawford
an opportunity similar to that which was
given him by the crusades in Via Crucis,
to place his story in the most romantic and
brilliant surroundings. The hero OF the
story is the famous Don JUAN of Austria.
son of the famous Don Charles V, who won
back Granada a second time from the
Moors.
MIR. George Meredith" says a writer in
a current periodical. lis, perhaps, the hand
soonest man in England. Even judged from
the way he dresses he has great artistic
instincts, his coat being silver gray, in har-
mony with his beard and hair and in per-
feet sympathy with his. rose-toned COM
plexion, which is fresh as to be almost
like childs. He lives in one of the most
beautiful spots Of the whole Of England
Box Hill, Dorking. At the present moment
he is writing verse and not prose. He is a
brilliant talker and one of the few great
men who talk as well as they write. From
his looks you would judge him to be pes
SlmlSt, Out from MS conversation you are
quite sure he is the reverse. Life to him is
an ever-present joy; he loves every mo-
ment Of It, Once he was asked If he were
not bored with being so much alone. He
quickly answered, Bored, Never, Why
should | be If / have the intelligence to
think?''
An English publisher is quoted as say
ing recently to an American writer: "I
wish heartily that your authors could find
a motive outside of Bunker's Hill. the Con-
federate war, and the iniquities of William.
You would be doing a real service to liter
allure II you could pursuade them of this .
Commenting this the London Mail saws:
There is something in this criticism. a
good deal In fact. English publishers have
never been so ready to welcome American
books and TO introduce them TO their Eng
lisn readers as they are to-day but the
public Is more conservative and less readily
moved to take an interest even in popula r
American fiction, long as the theme is
local and peculiar. AT least the remoteness
or subject must be dominated by the ORA
matte imagination. touching the intellectual
and emotional interests common TO the
universal human heart, before the Amerj-
can novel shall conquer the English com
munity of readers
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The .Bookman recently expressed the
opinion that the historical novel, which
has enjoyed such favor for some years.
two or three years will be the era of the
religious novel. This causes a newspaper
exchange, whose editor evidently is not
partial either to the historical or religious
phases of fiction, TO lament the decadence
of the novel and to account for it on
various theories. 1t assumes, among other
things, like the Bookman. that various
classes of fiction arise and flourish because
the public demands them, and that it is
the effort to cater to a supposed popular
fiction low.
The Journal believes this theory to be
all wrong. The public, in it's opinion, takes
what is served to 1t and makes the best
of 1t. That 1t shows some remarkable and
even unaccountable preferences is true, but
its kindness to the class OF novels repre-
scented. for instance. by Janice Meredith"
and the other class of which 1.-The Chris
tan" is a specimen. indicates its choice
only because these books. lacking in artis-
tic and literary merit as they are. are urged
upon 1t and are the best that can be OBJ
tanned at the moment. The capacity of
the novel-reading public is great; it reads
many books. and If it cannot obtain what
1t would enjoy most it reads, anyhow,
whatever is most available. Its taste is,
in fact. catholic. If historical tales are
presented to it. ii reads and enjoys them;
il the theme is religion. its welcome Is the
same But there is no proof that 1t desires
one order OF fiction more than another
with this one exception: 1t wants a story.
The secret OF the success of certain recent
novels Is undoubtedly the fact that. not
withstanding their crudities. their want Of
literary finish. their bad art. they have
each contained . story Of considerable
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President McI<inley's quality of prompt
action in important matters is shown by
the rapid clearing up OF the Chinese situa-
ton after he took hold of IT. He returned
from Canton to Washington to find several
important communications from foreign
go:s-Hments unanswered and negotiations
between the powers and China awaiting a
declaration of policy by the United States.
Within two days after his return all the
communications were answered and a dec
laration of American policy was communi-
Gated 10 all the powers that will have an
important bearing or the situation. Briefly
this policy includes the rejection OF Ger
many's proposition to punish the leaders
OF the Boxers before negotiating for peace:
the recognition OF the credentials of Ii
Hung Chang and Prince Ching as valid:
the continuance OF Minister Conger in Fek-
Ing and the withdrawal Of all American
troops from China, except a small force
&c be left in Picking as a legation guard
Under the control OF the minister. This an
nouncement emphasizes the purpose OF the
United States not to be > party to any
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Howard. who is on trial for the shooting
TO testify that he was clean shaven at the
time the crime was committed than the
prosecution have found to testify that he
wore a mustache. Upon this circumstance
the jury must determine his guilt or inno-
cence. He also proved by the train record
kept by the station agent in Winchester
that he could only have reached Frankfort
a few minutes less than an hour before the
murder was committed. Unless Campbell
is able to convict Howard, the man charged
with being the principal in the conspiracy
10 murder Goebel, the accusations against
the men charged with being accessories
must fall.
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1t is hoped that the reports OF the bar
barities of Russian soldiers toward the Chi
nese are not true. If they are. there has
voting brutality. The reported cruelties of
the Boxers against Christian missionaries
were as repulsive as they well could be.
but the victims were so few that the bar
army. In this case, if true, a whole army
joined in the bayoneting and drowning of
helpless Chinese. The United States should
refuse all association with such barbarous
soldiers
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1--WE niver been much Nv hand FIR tn
theayter," said Mr.. Dooley. ''whin I was
young man an Crosby's Opry House was
r-runnin' 1 used TO go down wanst in a
while an see Jawn Dillon THROWN things
around f'r tn amusement Nv III popylace.
an whin Shakespeare was played L often
had seat in tn gal'ry. not because liked
tn actin. dye mind, but. because I'd often
heerd me frind Hogan speak iv Shakespeare.
He was a good man. that Shakespeare,
but his pieces Is full Nv OF gags that
heerd whin 1 was a boy. TIL throuble
with me about goin' to plays is that no
matther where / set cud see some hired
man in his shirt sleeves argyin' with wan
iy his frinds about a dog fight while
, Romeo was maxim tn kind iv love We
wouldn't want yeer daughter to hear to
Juliet in tn little bur-rd cage they calls 4
balcony. 1t must've been because 1 wanst
knowed a man be tn name Nv Gallagher
that was scene painter that cud niver
get mesilf to tn pint iv concedin' that
tn mountain that other people agreed
was many miles in tn distance was in
no danger iv bein' rubbed off tn map
be tn coat tails Nv wan iv tn principal
char-ackters. An 1 always had me watch
out to time tn moon whin twas showed
acrost tn sky an tn record breakin'
Nv day in tn robbers cave, where tn
robbers don't dare FIR to shtep on a rock
FIR fear they'll cave it in. If day liver
broke on tn level tn way it does on tn
stage 'twud tear tn bastin' threads out
Nv what Hogan calls tn firmymint. Hogan
says 1 haven't got tn dramatic delusion,
an he must be fright, FIR We can't make
me believe that twinty years has elapsed
whin / know that I've on'y had time to
pass tn time iv day with tn BARTENDER
mex dure.
plays is upside down, Hinnissy. an in
side out. They begin with a full state
mint Nv what's goin' to happen an how
it's goin to come out, an thin ye're asked
to fright what ye heerd an be surprised
be tn outcome. 1 always feel like goin
70 tn box office an gettin' me money or
me Autograph pass back afther tn first
act.
9Th way to write a play is FIR to take a
book an write it over hind end foremost
They're putin all books on tn stage now
adays. Foxs Book iv Martyrs has been
|. done into a three-act farce-comedy an IL
be projooced be Della Fox, tn author, mex
summer. Websters Cambridge Ditchnry'
will be brought out as a society dhrama
with eight hundred thousan char-ack-
tiers. tn Constitution iv tn United
States "a farce be Willum Mckinley, is
r-runnin' to packed houses with tn Gil
lybrated thradeejan Aggynaldoo as tn vii
lain. In tn sixteenth scene in tn last
act theyse nayger lynchin'. James II.
Wilson, tn author iv 'Silo an Ensilage.'
story FIR boys, is dhramatizin his cilly-
brated wurruk an will follow with a
dramatic version iv Sugar Beet Gull
ture, a farm play. 'Th' Familiar Lies
iv Ii Hung Chang is EXPECTED to do well
in tn provinces, an Hostetter's Alamnac
has all dates filed i understand tn
Bible ii be ready FIR tn stage undher tn
direction iv Einstein am Opperman befure
tn first Nv tn year. Some changes has
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Mr.. Finley r. Dunno. author of the 'Doo-
ley papers, is about to remove from Chi
cago to New York for permanent residence.
1t is not stated whether or not he will con-
meet himself with New York newspaper.
but, as he Is by profession and training a
newspaper man, 1t is TO be presumed that
he will do So He should have care, how
ever. and make a special effort to preserve
his individuality. for the New York papers
have way Of taking possession of talented
men. driving them so hard that their work
becomes forced and their originality is lost.
when they are tossed aside, like squeezed
orange, into obscurity. This has been the
history of more than one promising genius
who went from the West 10 better his for
tunes. and seems to be particularly the fate
of humorists-
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A Chicago paper has made some inquiries
to ascertain the correctness of the state
ment of Mr.. Bryan that. because of the
large aggregations of capital, young men
no longer have an opportunity to engage in
successful careers. The statement was first
made this season by Boss Croker. The an
swers are various Those of business men
are to the effect that the field was never
more promising to young men who have
the ability, the energy and the persever-
ance to fight for success. On the other
hand, all those consulted who are poll
ticians of the Bryan stamp are certain
that the young man of to-day has no field
in which to make his mark or attain dis
tinction. They give us to understand that
the young man never will have another OPP
lishments. the railroad corporations and
the extensive commercial establishments
shall be rooted out, and the hand work
man shall again take the place of the ma
lishment shall be superseded by the small
workshops of fifty or seventy-five years
ago, with their mechanics who were paid
dollar a day to do what machines now do
much better and at lower cost. The vast
aggregation of capital invested in railways
and their management must be distributed
among the shareholders and each of them
given a bit of track for his own to operate.
If these men are correct, the human race
has seen its best. and human progress and
incentive to career will never reappear
until the farmer drops the harvester and
takes up the reaping hook, and the clothing
of the family is wrought out by hand in
the family with spinning wheel and hand
loom
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Colonel Charles DENLY, of Evansville
twelve years minister to China, has ar
article in Golfers Weekly, in which he set:
to modernize China, because a powerful
and destructive competitor would be
raised up, and a new and not desirable
power would come into the affairs of the
world. Considering our own interests, il
IS better for China TO be left largely to its
own ways and devices. so long as we are
assured freedom to its markets and the
security of Americans who go thither
This is probably sound advice.
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interest. Novel readers may delude even
themselves with the theory that readers
want history. or religion. or psychology,
or social problems In fiction. but what they
really do want is story of human deeds
and human passions The more truthfully
and forcibly these elements are depicted
the better they will be pleased David
Harum' is an illustration in point. 1t is
not a novel in popular sense. but series
of somewhat disconnected sketches. rather
awkwardly strung together. The leading
character in it is not an admirable person
in all respects. but he is extremely human.
and the accuracy of his portrait is so uni
versally acknowledged that it would seem
that novel writer's might draw a moral
therefrom. They look about for new
fields" and fresh material" or study the
various schools of fiction with view to
deciding the most promising, and do not
see the possibilities of the field that is close
about them. Wherever are human beings.
the materials for novels exist.
The Bookman and the rest may classify
fiction and predict as they please concern
ing the next popular phase of it. but let
writer come forward with powerful
story of any class, romantic. realistic. ana
lytical or what not, so long as it is of
human interest. and their predictions will
go for nothing. The public is not able to
tell in advance what it wants in this line,
but it recognizes it when 1t can find it.
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1t free Of charge They say there is already
an inspection of the eyes. noses. ears and
threats of public school pupils with view
of discovering and curing defects. and why
not OF their teeth? 1t seems the custom
prevails In quite a number of European
cities. the inspections being made by COM
petent dentists employed by the municipal
authorities. who either furnish treatment
free or make written reports to the school
authorities. who communicate with the
parents. No doubt early attention TO the
teeth is a matter of considerable i'm
portance, but Americans Will not take kind
ly to the idea of grating it on to the public
schools.
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In his latest London literary letter I'm the
New York Times w. L. Alden, commenting
on a new novel by Miss Braddon. says that
the public which reads Kpling and An
thony Hope and Zangwill and Morley Rob-
erts and the host of younger men has for
gotten Miss Braddon almost as completely
as wilkie Collins. s'It seems strange to
U.S. he goes on to say, that less than thir-
ty years ago Wilkie Collins's thirteen puz-
zles,' and Miss Braddons stories Of blue
eyed and golden-haired murderesses should
have been eagerly read, and even mistaken
by some people for literature. Surely We
have made progress since that day in the
art Of writing novels, and the popular taste
has certainly improved. Who among Guilt
waited people would waste time to-day in
reading "A Woman in White or 'Arma-
dale?' And what chance of attaining cir
culation of a hundred thousand copies
would Aurora Floyd have If it were to be
published for the first time this week."
The Journal is not disposed to argue with
him, SO far as Miss Braddon's books are
concerned, though some of the recent
novels that have gained vogue even among
cultivated people and vast circulation
among novel readers generally. might not
bear close comparison in point of construc-
ton and literary merit with the English
woman's work. But Mr.. Alden must not
cast Willzie Collins into outer darkness in
this summary fashion. His woman in
White" and the rest may not be literature.
but they are fascinating stories, with no
purpose to be anything but stories, and
young men who read current fiction waste
time, it is safe to say, on stories without
half the entertaining qualities Collins man.
aged TO put into his. The announcement of
an English publisher that he is about to
bring out new edition of Collins's stories
inulcates that he is not SO entirely forgot
ten as Mr.. a'de~ earnings.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the empire and not to be
drawn into any permanent alliance with
the powers for the furtherance of their
plans. The promptness with which 1t was
made after the Presidents return to Wash
ington shows that he is chief executive OF
the United States.
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The Home Field i'm Civilininx.

Oh, save the missionaries-yes;
Divert the Boxers wild pursuit;
They're needed here, / rather guess.
To teach our people not to loot.
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just Grand.

$50 you had good time on that excursion.
Mrs. Wiggins?''
'Oh, just grand"
Ibid you have any adventures?"
81 think SO; got on the wrong train going,
lost my pocketbook and umbrella. broke my
srectacles twice. and got the wrong train
coming home"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-23

The business. commercial and industrial
interests OF the country during the last
three years have satisfied everybody ex-
cept those who make political capital out
Of hard times
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Women hate to pay debts"
They do?''
Yes; my wife refused s. yesterday because
she knew If she took it she would have to pay
me borrowed SO cents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-23

Nobody ever heard OF any person point
ing with pride to the fact that he voted
against the reelection of Abraham Lin
coin in 1854. Thirty or forty years hence
10 person will be willing to admit that he
voted against the reelection of Mckinley
IN 1900. Young men should think of this.
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At Church.

When woman sits without her hat.
Then man will go. in order that
Mayhap he'll chance to understand
How preachers get the upper hand.
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Altered Vision.

Kitty-You know that nice. middle-aged Mr.,
Smith that Clara was so crazy about?
Nancy-Yes; what of him?
Kitty-Well, now that their engagement is
broken she speaks of him as .'Old Man Smith. -
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BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Literary.

What about this wrangle between Marie
Corell and Hall Gamer
: ''oh. 1t is advertising scheme. worthy IF
both of them
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The Dental Society of Chicago has asked
the School Board Of that city TO order or
authorize periodical inspectionspf the teeth
OF the children in the public schools. and
offers to furnish treatment for such as need
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Partisan politics aside. every intelligent
man must admit that the Republican party
stands for the most prosperous years the
country has ever had.