New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

nothing to do with your doing your duty"
answered George Eliot.
Mr. c. X Shorter is of the opinion that the
purchasers at S25 900 of the serial rights Oh WI.
worth. Not that he knows anything - aDouL '.e ~.
value of the aforesaid novel, but he appears 10
think it unreasonable price IN ltSeL, anu
the effect of the literary agents ShreWuiiess.
AS for the scarce editions Of Kipling's works
Mr.. Shorter points out that there have not Deeh
enough collectors to keep up the prices. Ihe
large paper edition of his books recently is
sued in England at $50 has already Solu I0'
half that sum.
The illustrated edition of "Elizabeths' book,
THE Solitary Summer" contains chlr
photograph of the Aprll; May anu Iunt itb their
seated among grass and buttercups WIN ILL., Inti
little backs to the beholder and their htle
heads hidden in the depths of huge hats
Fustfn,s cousin Mrs Severn unveiled the
Keswick Memorial to the dead writer the otner
day, uttering at the same time few words on
his life and work. The monument consists OF a
monolithc block Of BarrOwdale stone, as rouSh
as when it quarTed. On one side is medaI-
lion in bronze representing Ruskin as he was
in his prime The memorial is erecIeu on IIie
SPOT where created in the master
mind an enthusiasm for nature that lasted 10
I the end of his life.
London is admirably patriotic in respect to
the great English writer's She has Shakes
peare streets. roads and terTaces-many OF
them; there is u Milton-st. and a Milton-ave-.
and there Milton Roads in various out
/ y
Road and there are even two streets named
after Byron. We don't do these things in
America
Mr. George Gissing has taken up his perma-
neHt residence in France. at St HonOre-es-
Bans. His novel, The Coming Man, IS
nearly ready for publication. and his delightful
book of travel, BY the Ionian Sea- is also on
its way.
! Miss Adeline NJ Jenney. of South Dakota, has
won the prize for the hest short story oiiereu by
/ THE Century" TO American college graduates OF
1899. An Old-World Wooing" is the title OF the
story.
! A memoir of Zachary Macaulay the father
! of Lord Macaulay. is il course of preparation
( by the historians niece, Lady Knutsford The
/ book will contain many glimpses. in Zachary
/ Macaulays letters, of his more iiiustTlous son
! The letters written by Bismarck TO his wife
! from their betrothal in lS47 down To 1S92 Will
/ be published about Christmas The collection
/ Of more than FIVE hundred letters has been pre-
pared by Prince Herbert Bismarck No poiit-
cal matter will be found in these epist!es-
/ 1t is reported that Mark Twain is to have for
! neighbor at Hartford Mr. Ernest Seton-Thonp-
son. and that che author of The Jumping Frog
is in high glee over the prospect of making tne
/ acquaintance Of the various wild animals which
are 10 be a feature of the Thompson establish
ment.
Mr. Sidney Lee declares that ne has received
/ a proposition to edit an edition of Shakespeare
but that ne has in no way undertaken the work
He Will not finish Toy another year his labors
on the Dictionary of National Biography,
i A moralist named PeddicCrd, dwelling at Port
land. ore. has. il is reported, written and pub
Iished at his own expense a. book of two hundred
Iages to express his disgust ov-r the popularity
of Rudyard Kiplinss works The objects ot his
book Mr.. Peddicord declares. are L" expose
the sham pretensons of the very DISTINGUISHED
author reviewed; To plead with our youthful
7 country men 10 aid in maintaining a high stand
ard of clean literature, and to discourage ad-
verse criticism of American institutions. customs
ard manners by supc~ciiious foreign tyros'
"Cupid's Garden" is the title Of a forthcoming
book of short stories by Miss Ellen Thoruey-
croft Fowler. We wonder if IL is the same
collection which about to appear in London
under the title Of The Angel and the Demon"
Millions COMMONPLACE book which the British
Museum has just acquired is small containing
but 126 leaves. of which sixteen have been en-
tirey removed. while portions of the first Sven
have also disappeared. The loss is however.
of small Importance. as the book contains a very
cCmplete index which accurately corresponds
with its contents. 1t contains entries in four
different Sudsses-EnElish. Latin. French and
Italian-Of which all the earlier are in Aiuton's
own handwriting. while some of the later were
written by known assistants. The extracts are
they are classed in thre4 sectious-Iuirx
EthiCus, Index CEconOmicUS and Index Po'jticus
while each page forms Il subdivision with "a
| special heading. Three extracts. and the com
| meHtS upon them. extremely interesting. as
forming the source of many of NllOn'S writings