The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26
Literary Notes.

A memorial tablet is about to be placed
on the house at Thorntown in which the
four Bronte children were born. A butcher
shop is now maintained on the premises.
Professor Brander Matthews is a grad
uate of Columbia University. where he is
now professor of literature. He is a native
. of New Orleans. but long since settled in
New York, where he was admitted to the
bar. Later he abandoned the law for liter
allure.
Norman Duncan is starting for the Lab
rador coast to gather more material for
novel picturing the rugged life Of the re-
gion.. Mr. Duncan has already spent four
seasons there, and has contributed to va
rious magazines stories of the life of deep
sea fishing, which will be collected in book
form this fall. This year he will be the
guest of DR.. Grenfell on the hospital snip
Strathcona on cruise.
Maeterlinck does not entertain such an
exalted idea of the French drama as the
Parisians do. He remarks i'm the Interna-
tional Theater that it is easy to md In
German theaterS more original, more IN
teresting, sincere and profound works than
any of the great French successes. The
French naturally take exception TO this
view and for the present Maeterlinck Is
under cloud in Paris.
Since the publication of Howard Pyle's
striking religious novel, Rejected of Men,"
several inquiries have come TO his pub
fishers concerning Mr.. Pyle's religious be-
lief Mr.. Pyle is OF Quaker stock on
both sides of his family, his ancestors hav-
ing come to this country from England
between 1850 and 1865. Mr.. Pyle says that
when he began writing Rejected of Men"
il was his intention to tell only the story
of the rich young man. but as he proceeded
the story grew under his hands into very
different proportions from those with which
ii had been begun. Opinions concerning
the nature of the book are as diverse thus
far as are the religious sects of its readers.
Not long ago the publisher of a new edi-
ton of Pilgrims Progress" received sew
eral letters addressed Il. his care to Mr..
John Bunyan, begging tnat authors auto
graph. and now, says the New York Post.
the publishers of RuskiHs letters to Glad
stones daughters are In possession of
letter to Mr.. John Ruskin, care of Harper
e. Brothers,, in which a hustling press
clipping bureau of this city calls Mr.. Rus
kin's attention TO the cordial Endorsement
of mis- new volume in the Enclosed clip
ping. After trying service" they
assert. you will wonder how you could
ever do without our press clippings. These
bureaus must be n little puzzled 10 find
the proper recipient for the nice things
said by Baconians about the pretty plays
of Will Shakespeare.
Mr.. John ID. Barry author of "a Daugh-
ter of Thespis,' lived for time I'm bach
elor apartment house in New York, which
was managed by an eccentric and irascible
old Southerner. Mr.. Barr and the manager
disagreed occasionally as TO the rights OF
man in an apartment house, and their re-
lations were at times a good deal strained.
One day, however, while he was receiving a
call from a magazine editor. Mr.. Barry
heard knock the door and the manager
entered very impressively II have Just
read book OF yours" the old gentleman
remarked. and when L finished il l said
10 my wife, Wei. a man who can write
"a story like that must have GONE good I'm
him. . Then he turned aud left the room.
After that Mr.. Barry lived I'm peace.