The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-16
GOSSIP.

A life of the celebrated Lord ChaI-
ham is to be prepared by Walford d.
Greene, an Edglishman.
It is pleasant to see excellent edi-
tons of the fine English classics pub
fishing now. The works Of Oliver Cold
smith. including the Foster biography
in twelve volumes, is to be published
by Harper & Brothers
The famous Professor Henry Drum
mond, the Scotch. writer, who was so
much read at one time, left a little
work on Dwight L. Moody he called
Impressions and Facts" He knew
Moody most Interestingly and worked
with him in Scotland and in this coun-
try, and h said of him that there IS.
perhaps, no more truly great man liv-
ing than d. L. Moody. The book is
to be published at once; price 81. Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co., New York, pub
fishers.
A fine edition of Blackmore's Lorna
DOOM" a great novel truly, is to be is
sued by Harper & Brothers. It is to
have thirty-two full pages i~llustratives.
lIc ncH HE vi NuShSlI ny No SAAAAA
Martin has reached its seventh edition
already.
Charles Nordhoff has published very
pleasant "reminiscences of Fletcher
Harper, who was the youngest of the
four brother of the second generation
OF the Harper & Brothers, great pub
fishing house. He and brothers were
able men. Fletcher was h most gift
ed. He was in fact h brainiest man
who was ever connected with the book
publishing business in New York. He
was an editor also of distinguished in
dustry and excellence. Mr.. Nordhoff
states that he saw n examined
either in manuscript or in proof all
that went into the Magazine and
Weekly, except routine matters, and
even on these he kept a sharp eye" He
was an elegant gentlemna, refined, gen.
ial, pen, sympathetic, benevolent, rich
1y endowed with many races He was
greatly esteemed by all who knew him
personally. Mr.. Nordhoff who served
under him in the office of the Maya
zine and Weekly, writes of him: He
was a most lovely character, urpre-
t%entious, kind, and considerate to all in
his employ, with a genuine, heartfelt
interest in all, and, like his brother.
Wesley, he had a very keen sense of hu-
NOR. When l came to know him we'll
I often thought he would have mad
a distinguished career as a diplomatist
had If hoan his fnrfIIno fn antpr that
service, for he had a most alert mind.
an imperturable temper, and the most
charming manners of anyone I have ever
known, and with a quiet courage which
Eever failed him. He vas in his own
line one of the ablest and most sue
cessful editors this country has yer
seen, and, like his brother, Wesley, a
of his life" He has been dead for
some years. We believe he and his
brothers were Methodists, as James
Harper and brothers, OF the first gen.
Grafton of publishers, were. The house
that failed not long ago was of the
third generation.
Richard L. Galliman, English man of
letters ana novelist, mas written a rain
er sharp boo on Kipling. 1t is a criti-
cism of that most popular author. He
says of him: Mr.. Kipling is a delight;
as an influence, he is a danger. OF
course, the clock Of time is not to be
set back by gifts ten times as great as
MI. Kipling's. The great world move
ment will still go on, moving surely, If
slowly, and with occasional relapses, in
the direction which it has always taken,
from brute force to spiritual enlarge
But there are influences which
speed it along and others that retard.
1t is to be regretted that Mr.. Kipling's
influence should be one of those that
retard."
There is a work out bearing the title
Of encyclopedia of Classified Dates"
with an exhaustive INDEX. Pages 1,454.
Il is said to be very useful and full.
It is a ready friend in distress, we sup
pose.
Mary Johnston's last novel is still on
the run-selling about 1000 copies a
week. Last report was 220, 00O.< 1t Is
having its success, but presently an
other book will be needed and devoured
by hungry readers of fiction.