The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
Cosby Bits of - -
- Books and Authors

Surrcd " OApTteis DAnnunEos good ex-
ample Mark Twain announces that he is giving
his skull to Cornell university where Il can be
studied for the enlightenment of future gen
erations II getting pretty old" said Mr.
Clemens. speaking on this subject "and shall
probably not need the skull after next Christ
mas dunno. But IL should will pay rent"
He modestly declined to state what rental he
thought skull like his ought to bring in the
open literary market
Mrs. Wigs, she of the now famous Cabbage
Patch" has returned in all her glory in "Lovey
Mary" Alice Caldwell Hegans new story, now
running serially in the Century.
| Elinor Glyn, whose new book. The Rcheo-
| tions OF Ambrosine" has stirred up a tempest
! In teapot has been questioned regarding her
literary methods. She said she hadn't any st
have never met any literary people added the
| young lady land do not belong to any societies.
so have not notion of the manner in which
real authors write books '"' | only wrote
| The Visits of Elizabeth to amuse myself with
out any idea of publishing il, was i'll with
rheumatism and felt sad not being able to walk.
| so wrote 20 divert myself, taking my ideas from
| old journals of mine that my mother had kept,
which | used TO write for her when visiting
about when l girl. l do not care the least
about money, ard would never write word,
matter how tempting the offer, unless the mood
happened to take and it amused me to do so
otherwise I should write rubbish. 49,
would never promise anything to be finished by
n given time, even that should ever write
| elined"
The king OF Italy has recently made w;ll:a==
| r, Thayeg ka:gat o: the Order os the Crown
OF Italy, in recognition o: his historical work,
The Dawn of Italian Independence" Only ore
| other Harvard graduate, the late William w.
Story, has been decorated with this order Mr..
Thayer is the editor OF the Harvard GRADUATED
Magazine.
Max Beerbohm. the English drams4ie critic.
has written to his friend Richard lie Gallienne,
demonstrating with him for staying long In
| New York, where Mr.. lie Gaenne has been
seeing his new romance, AN Old Country
House" through the Harpers' press, Mr.. Beer
bohm, in urging his friends return to British
shores, dropped into the following
"Bewitched by American bars,
Pan calls you hack home on his pipes;
We love you FOR loving the stars
But what you in the stripesi"
Mr. Beerbohra has just been elected president
of the London Piaygoers' club, and is probably
the youngest president that well known oryani-
cation has had.
There has been some surprise at the apparent
y arbitrary omission OF certain authors from
the supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica"
This is explained by the statement that
age limit fixed by which all writer's under
: sixty years of age excluded.
Miss Alice MacGowan. who wrote that clever
and heart-stirring story. The Last Word" 10
just sending out another book called Return
This last is written in collaboration
The reader. Of The Last Word" must
Der Hank Pearsa who the best cook in the
, Panhandle" and the orator on all great ocea-
ions. Miss MacGown has now ready for press
4 book Of which Hank is the hero. II Is under
stood this coming volume about cowboy life in
Texas is to be called Hank Pearsall."
To bring about this friendship betwe@
people who love each other, respect for eYch
others individuality is Of course neeessfryi
but such respect is after all an abstract thing
and can not be cultivated in moment. While
waiting for il to struggle through our stony
( egotism there Is thing dol can
VOW that unless duty seriously and lovingly de-
mands il, there shall be no unasked criticism be-
tween people who love each other.
Think how II would make for peace if domestic
criticism were forbidden at every breakfast ta-
Bile Think of our own happiness IL our brothers
and sisters will stop telling us unpleasant
truths think of their happiness II we could
refrain from enghtenng them as to their dress,
| or manners or beets.--MARGAREr DELAND, ~
HdrPe1'r Bdsdv
In New Yorks dinetant coteries the latest
lion 10 Count Robert De Montesquion-Fe1enao,
a nobleman esthete fresh frcm Partisan salons
and studios II is alleged that, like Buuthorne,
he cutters plattudes In staned-gass attitudes
etc He announces himself "The Prophet of
the Beautiful and the Mysterious the Poet of
the Peacocks and the Bats"
During an interview concerning his American
trip published In the Paris Temps, the most re
liable and authoritative of the organs of the
French press, he is reported verbatim: Tho
Americans will now be able to sec French
man, owner Of a celebrated name, who Is not
visiting them for the purpose of footing lowry
or who repeats comrnonplaces. That In itself,
believe, will surprise them in no small degree"
And then he goes on to say; Il shall present
myself in the best houses of New York, not a.
an ordinary lecturer, but as poet and as
descendant of one of the most illustrious families
of ancient France. Through my name and
| through my fortune l could have lived life OF
| idleness and have remained nothing but use-
t less grand seigneur, but have preferred the
passion OF beautiful and good things and the
3 curiosity of literature and Of art"
MrA Humphry Wards latest novel, The
DAUGHTER OF Lady Rose" is 10 be published In
= French TRANSLATION IN Paris with the title LA
! File do Lady Rose" 1t will appear FIRST as
serial In the Revue des Deux Mondea
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