The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11
LITERARY NOTES.

Richard lie Gallienne. the poet. was one
Of the most interested listeners at a lecture
delivered in Buffalo by Ernest Seton
Thompson the other night.
A pathetic anecdote related by Lord Rose
berry deals with 'L'Aiglon." Gourgand pre-
sented Napoleon with a bouquet. pretend
ing that II was offered by order of his son.
BAH said Napoleon, the King OF Rome
thinks no more IF me than he does Of you!'
The new Canadian writer, Ralph Connor,
whose books. BLACK Rock" and THE Sky
Pilot" have placed him in the front rank
OF Canadian writer's, is the Rev. Charles
w. Gordon, IastOr Of the young and
growing Church of ST Stephens. in Winni-
peg. He came of Scottish stock
Mr. Seton-Thompson. OF wild Animals
/ Have known" fame. has become the
lecture Idol of half the women's clubs in
the cOuntry-hov much so one may deter
mine says a New York paper from the
fact that his price per lecture is $780, just
ten times what the clubs ordinarily pays
Is all they ever dream of paying woman
lecturer. Mr.. Thompson has more dates
than he can possibly fill at his own figure.
The Literary World says: MIR. w. d.
HoweIIs has returned to New York after a
busy summer at FIttery Point. Me. This
winter he is to 1--we downtown at the West
minister Hotel, in Irving Place, quarter
of the town that he especially likes. Like
Mark Twain Mr.. Howells has lately made
a life contract by which all his work
goes to one. publisher, the Harpers being
the publishers.
writer in the New York Tribune makes
these pertinent remarks: "a book with
out an index is a flagrantly mischievous
invention. To be sure, there are some
things worse. a book with bad index
Is fit food for the flames. But we are
content for the moment TO remark upon
the bad policy OF ignoring the index alto
gether. 1t REQUIRES skill in the making,
great skill, and not only education, but
natural taste Yet the cost should not
be very great, and there are certainly
many writers who could be found to do
the work. The publisher who announced
I'm the public prints that he never brought
out a book, that was not a novel, without
ar index, would win great and lasting
glory"
Mr.. Gilbert Parker, says a New York
paper. has been more successful than sew
eraI of his fellow men-of-letters in his
struggle for a seat in the House Of Com
mons i'm the general election just closed.
Sc he is now Mr.. Gilbert Parker, NJ. p,
winning where DR.. Conan Doyle failed.
and Trollope and Thackeray before him.
Mr.. Parker is a master of the written
word; but can he speak, as Disraen spoke,
and Bulwer LyttOn? DR.. Conan Doyle
would certainly never have made pup
lis speaker. We know this. for he lee
tured here some years ago. Anthony Hope,
who withdrew before the poll, is a very
shy man, entirely unlike what one would
expect from the author of THE Dolly Dia-
logues." Mr.. Winston Spencer Churchill 3
career will be well worth watching, If
only for the sake of his meteoric father S
memory Mr.. Gilbert Parker was born
ip Canada Nov Is, 1862, and educated
at Trinity College, Toronto. He became
associate editor Of the Sydney (Australia)
Morning Herald in 1856, Travelled extep-
siVely among the South sea islands and IN
Canada, and published his first book IN
1858.