The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-31

lIS STORIES, as DY every al SuIISHe IS
should do, Israel ZangwiI goes on
| giving more and more time to helping
on the cause of Zionism, trying to get
| the HirSch bequeSt administered ac-
cording to his ideas, and generally
working in the Unrest of his race. But
| he contrives to be interesting, what
| ever direction his energies may take.
Especially the other day when he dis
cussed the rather hostile attitude
| Jewish immigrants. s"No country
! ought to be afraid Of Aliens" said
THE Children of the Ghetto's" author,
! 'if she is able to digest them. The
three things most distinctively national
| here are your Dictionary of National
| Biography edited by Jew; your
national theater at Drury Lane,
managed by Jew, and your national
| poet, Shakespeare, the best editions
| of whom are. by Jew. Why you
would not even have had that great
| word "mafficking" if the Jewish con-
! tractors, Messrs We'll, had not put
in far more provisions than We're
| ordered by the government, and so en-
| abled Mafeking to hold out. If in
/ the process of becoming Enghshmen
| the Jews give some little trouble, sure
| ly England is well compensated. The
! conservative party, which owes Bea-
ungrateful to them"
Like Jules Verne, William Watson.
! the poet, has been having a bad time
/ with his eyes 1of late, and not long
| ago was obliged to call in prominent
oculist of Bristol. What the expert
| told Mr.. Watson is not known, but
] the poets friends fear that his sight
is on the point of giving out in spite
of the fact that he is only forty-six.
| Watsons last published poem was his
lode on the Coronation of King Ed
ward VIL,'' which was admittedly one
of the most notable productions of re-
cent years.
| Probably Beerbohm Tree will get a
| lot of satisfaction out of living in the
! house where. according to Thackeray,
| Becky Sharp went to school. Wal
| pole House." at Ghiswick, which the
actor-manager bought the other day,
| is known to have been young ladies'
| seminary at one time, and the author
of Vanity Fair admitted that it SER
| we'd him as the original of the school
! which both Becky and Amelia Sedley
attended, and in which the story
| opens 'fWalpole House," however,
| has historical as well as literary as
sociations. 1t got its name from be-
| ing a residence of Horace Walpole, but
| before the great -statesman's time the
| house had sheltered Barbara Ferrers,
| duchess of Cleveland, one of Charles
| lis many lady friends. Daniel O'Con-
| nell also lived at Walpole House in
1885,
Most of the latest "dodges" by
means of which books are advertised
over here. came from America origin
! ally, but British publishers have in
vented a few wrinkles of their own.
| There have been lately several "apolo-
gies' from these folk over the fact that
| lowing to the heavy demand for Mr..
| So-and- SOS novel, What's-its- name,
| the first edition has been exhausted
and now comes a big type affidavit"
issued by Methuens and signed by
| Roger Poeock. In this the author an
| nounces that whereas certain journals
have reviewed his book "A Frontiers
| man as if it were a novel, to the
grave detriment of its chances of pub
lie favor, he does sofemnly declare
| that his said book is an autobiog-
faphy-" ETC.. etc: The portentouS
affidavit" is regular in every way,
even to being, witnessed by comis-
sioner for oaths.
Although the British museum al
ready contains more than three miles
| of bookcases, another addition is about
| to be made to the department of print
ed books. The new building will be a
: y
izing in architecture with the Grecian
style of the museum, and will be sit
uated on the north side of the pres
| ent building It is estimated that the
cost will be about 81, 100000, of which
| $250,000 already is in the hands of
| the trustees. Since the completion Of
! the, permanent buildings in 1847 the
trustees have been obliged to enlarge
| the library space several times to
cfaya fIxy
| creasing literature and the needs Of
! the readers. The. original library, num-
-bering $4,000 volumes, which came as
| a part of the bequeSt of Sir Hans
Busk the Chelsea physician and an
| tiquary, has now reached the million
mark. Last year alone 28,140 volumes
were added, and 100000 newspapers
and similar publications.
Evidently the readers of Lorna
Doone's" author, the late DR.. r. D.
| Blackmore, are mot forgetful of their
| debt to him. The response to the re-
| cent public appeal for subscriptions
| toward monument to his memory has
| been so liberal that it will be possible
| to erect much more imposing memo
| rial than was suggested at first. This
| will take the form of marble monu-
ment with a medallion head of the
| author, beside which will be stained
| glass window with figures of David,
| Jonathan and Samson-intended to IL
| lustrate the virtues celebrated in
| Blackmore's works. Among the ear
| lest subscribers to the monument were
Thomas Hardy, Hall Caine and Rud-
| yard Kipling.
Lovers of Dumas who find them
| selves in Paris will be more likely
| than ever hereafter to visit the Place
| Malesherbes. The statue of Gustave
| Dore of 1.-THE Three Musketeers /" au-
thor has, of course, stood in this ia
| nous square for several years, and
| now memorials to the other two cele-
| brated members of the Dumas family
! are about to be placed there These
| are Gen. Dumas, grandfather to the
| famous octoroon, and the latter's son
| author of Camille" Moreover, it is
now intended to rename the little
| square the place des Trois Dumas
H. c..