The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19
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- ! From London.

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-ed 70 the modern publisher, not
Isshcdy : .oif The prince Of Wales has
II rcYalV "a -, well known publisher to
IL ippfose,;aiscences. including his personal |
n, hi' a. ooinions he formed on his voy
& x and 'n s, world. The sum offered was
fonna Seed but so far there has been |
"a lsse n the prince cared to do SO he |
response 81, 10 write an exceedingly interest
book \ \
n, late duke of Albany, who was
Hsy ne way .s,.tnber Of the royal family, left a
iitfaiy snr,soripts These, I hear, may see
||brro q ..for, long. They are principally es-
u hSl' ,,;entihc and social topics
80. Of Cork and orrery is editing
The eoun which are in the possession OF
voul' they will, in effect be epistoary
iann' ,be middle part of the Eighteenth
'trstss ,y;ti introduce the reader to the
blur, a Vim was Popes friend 10 Swift
b Of soN other celebrities. The book will
s,i'S BY Messrs Duekworth.
.,ob;le has at last got into novel and
las au. .irnost It's principal character. The
'fsons 'conductor" by Mr.. and Mrs. G. n
ssnlns 10 be published almost Immediately
A.su,'ss Is romance on automobilism in
"A ~, Williamson is an expert automobilist,
FiFs. S,iyen his own car across the cont-
~ ,be hook. which is the first of its
M ~ s.s,. largely with the delights and diff
sne ~ automobile touring Hon. John
lsln. n. hero. gets himself engaged as the
49,, chauffeur, and from this incident
IN complications
=. ~ Iondons leading critics has been
~. Wv thidipg Henry Arthur Jones, the dramat'
En'g y, gearing out his brain ideas by writing
~ As the criticism comes from writer
". .-,cIes carry much weight in literary and
~ w. circles. Mr.. Jones is rather surprised.
nl.s .a;d Mr.. tones to me when | asked
Y y, otber day what his next work was to be,
A Y ~, about two years to write three plays.
II. ,.tng an average of 1900 words for
M NV average is about eighty words day,
g.,t,dipe Sundays That isn't too hard work.
s,p Mr. ZONES is one of the most methodical
v,rk,rs in his profession. He does all his
s,o,k IN the morning, sitting at his desk about
2,.,,s hours, only not by any means every day.
I'M afternoons are given to horseback riding,
IN, fayorite recreation, then comes dinner and
q quiet evening
n /, oply BY his writings now that the famous
rri.r o. sea stories, Mr.. Clark Russell, is known
roVsdsys. This is unfortunately owing to his
k,lnent, which denies him the use OF his limbs
Ind keeps him very much indoors. His home
IN At Bath, but travelling in the country the
cher day had the pleasure of meeting the
rental old man and found him as bright and
h cheerful and full of boyish spirits as ever he
-. Ln haA
wears Of life before him. He is always busy or
some new work, which he dictates to one of his
pretty devoted daughters, but he, like many
Eeh,rs, has felt the effects of the recent wal
md other troubles which stopped the publica
4 ton Of many books in the hands of the publish
r He told me laughingly he had three novels
il the hands of publishers upon which he haC
httn paid good sums in advance of royalties, bu
WHEN they would be published he had not tn,
rmotsst notion People will be surprised j
hey all come out on top of each other In re
pcna to an invitation l visited him at hi
home, and spent a most entertaining hour o
two
Asked what his next work was to be, he rattle
surprised me by saying he had just finished writ
Ing play, the first he had ever tried. | d
not think I am betraying confidence, by sayin
De play which is now in the hands of one o
The leading actor managers, is likely to be pre-
tussd at no very distant date. ] am not at lii
city to reveal anything about the plot eXeeF
that as may be guessed it deals to some eNter
with the sea. had the pleasure eonhdentially c
listening to Mr. Clark Russell reading some es
tracts from the play. The principal male an
female characters are really very powerful
drawn The only difficulty will be to find
ady among English actresses of the present da
lot the chief role. Whoever is eventually chose
and secured for the play in this original chara'
a will hnd plenty of scope for her talent
i Is surely rare thing for first novel
ippear simultaneously in three languages, y
mat Is the good fortune which is attending II
story by Nine Tosti. the wife of the well know
composer. She has written in French I'll
heart Of Ruby as her story is entitled, ar
he English rendering of It, which Messr
Shapman will publish has been made by Mi
Violet Hunt Then Nine Mathilde Seras, Il
ilaAan novelist, has translated the story in
ne language of her country.
Mr Cunninghame Graham has written ne
novel entitled Success" which coupled wi
ones knowledge of the authors point of vie
promises good reading Mr.. Cunninghame CT
psla IS picturesque personality, both literal
ana hguratively. A Scotch aristocrat and S
eafst he knows the Spaniard, the South Anne
San and the Moor with an intimate knowled
ua' lew persons in this country can equal.
uas hatred Of shams. He writes one Of
most undecipherable hands of his generation.
,'eIy one who read his book Of stories, I
pare may remember, Mr.. Cunninghai
y s'anam also possesses an individual attract
AuaTy style. He was once a member OF parl
lsnt and was imprisoned with Mr.. John Bur
~ Participating in the Trafalgar square riots
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1, whether the Liverpool Athenaeum viii acct
~ J. PieTpont Morgan's offer of $4,000 for
Gums MSS in its possession remains to
a What the poet himself would have do
nsfe Is no doubt.
IN TACT if he had had his own way there wo'
no such manuscripts TO SELL They are
volumes, and were selected by Burns for
G SaInsts friend, Captain Robert Riddell
s'sn'iadell, and are in the poets own handwl
.t Burns in his ,refare writes that the {