The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-08
BARBS FROM MANY
 LITERATURE QUIVERS

In "An American at Oxford" John Cor bin tells a story of Jewett, who at ons time was master of Balloil. An under4 graduate named Barnes had been so in-s dependent of his tutor that he was sent up to the head of the college" which is not at all a promotion. When he was reported. the master was writing, and merely paused to say: "Sit down, Mir. Barnes. You are working with Mir. Don kin, are you not?" The cufprit said he was, and sat down. Jewett wrote on page after page, while the undergraduate f1d- geted. Jewett looked up and remarkeds Mir. Donkin says you are not. Good morning." After that the undergraduate. was more inclined to work with Kr. Donkin.
 There is no book in existence that gives so exact and vivid a picture of eighteenth century England as this record he kept of his daily experiences. It is work of astonishing interest. ranking in perma- nent historical value with Pepy's Dairy of Newman's Apologia. As heretofore published the journal filled four volumes. prohibitive bulk that Mir. Percy Lav- ingstone Parker, with scholarly editing, has condensed to lhis single cover. The introduction, and 1t is almost tho last thing that came from his pen. Is by Hughl Price Hughes. A most feHcitous appreci- ation by Augustine Birrell. together with nineteen full-page Illustrations taken from contemporary paintings and sixetch- es, make this addition par excellence.
 Col. Thomas Wentworth Higg:nson re-, csntly 1ectured before the Phi Beta Kap-l pa Society at Swathmore College on '.rha Fountain Stones of American Lfterature." Colonel Higginson was in MT. Longfel- lows class at Harvard and said the first proofsheet he ever saw was Voices of the Night" brought into class one day by the printers devil for Mir. Longfel- low to correct. Mir. Higginson has just completed a Life of I4ongfeIlow." which will be published early in the autumn.
 The hero of Kathering Miles Cary's story. Miss Penelope's Elopement," has recently died, after being well cared for by his owners. As long as he had strength the old man would arise in the middle of the night and, putting on claaldng saber, dullsd by time and rust would patrol around lhe house to protect the white folks. He died suddenly while sitting under a tree feeding his pigeons, and when found the peaceful birds were circling around his head and perched upon the pan of dough in his dead hands.
 Mrs. Mary de Manowsli, author of Ten Years in Cossack Slavery; or, Black Russia," and translator of ~Pharaoh." is at present at work on new book. The scenes are laid partly in the frontier of Texas and in the old capital of Mexico The material of the story comes from the time of King Maximilian's reign. Friends that have seen her manuscript are pre- dieting a greater success for It than for her former works.
 The bicenterary celebration of John Wesley's birthday, to be observed this year In every part of the world, bespeaks the worldwide living interest in the founder ofrMethodism. It is most fitting that his journal, condensed into popular form, should be issued at that time. Wesley was the incarnation of the stren- uous life on horseback, he traveIed mora miles, spoke oftener and to more people. and extended his active life over a longer period than any man who ever lived
 John A. Cone is at present working up- on a novel dealing with some personal experience in the Hawaiian Islands The book ought to be well worth reading, for Mir. Gone is thoroughly acquainted with Hawaii, and his sketches already pub ! lished in "A Musical Reformation" in dicate that he knows something about the art of story telling. He lived for three years in Hawaii
 Shelley is having his day. NotJoniy in he being read more than ever before, but he is serving to inspire the young American singers with ideals of social freedom and poetic beauty. His complete poetical works are now included in the Cambridge edition of famous American and British poets. continuing the ade- quate editing and excellence of book making for which that series is noted.
 It has been suggested that Kate Doug 1 las Wiggtn might well have called her latest book. "Tame Animals Have Known" for '"rhe Dairy of a Goose Girl" is really familiar and witty ac- count of a young woman's barnyard ac- ! quaintances, fin the list of which the | goose is but one among man. The de- mand for this book has already exhausted two impressions.