The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-22
ESTHER
GRIFFIN
HITE

The writer has recently had the |
compliment Of receiving from the
Count MISUNDERSTANDING, of
Germany, a number Of very interest
ing bookplates, designed for his Ii
brary, many of them by well known
foreign designers and all stunning in
effect. Count MISUNDERSTANDING
has the largest and most celebrated
collection of bookplates on the CONT
nent, numbering $1,000, three thous-
and of these being of American de-
sign, the latter including plates by
William Edgar Fisher, Jay Chambers,
French, Wilbur Macy Stone, etc.,
etc., designs by all Of whom hav been
exhibited by the writer in this city.
The latter's collection of Indiana
plates was exploited in the Elk Llbrls
Journal published in London, attract
ing the attention Of this famous COL
lector, and in response to request
from him, a number of Indiana plates
were forwarded for inclusion In his
collection. In a letter acknowledge
ing these the Count especially men
toned several Of the plates designed
by Miss May and Miss Grace Green
leaf as pleasing him, among these that
of Miss Salter Of this city and Earl
ham Alumni He also made special
mention of the plate designed for Miss
Huber by Mr.. Paul Keinker Of Rich
mond and the plate of Mr.. George
Cottman, the we'll known Indiana
writer, the plate designed by Mr.. For
sythe, the painter.
Count Leiningen-We sterburg, is the
honorary vice-president Of the Eng
lish Elk Libris Society, and officially
connected with many other societies
and organizations of this and other
character and is the author of work
on German Bookplates, published in
Germany by Julius Hoffman, Stutt-
CART, with an English edition by G..
Bell and Son, of London.
One of the leading articles in the
July number of "The Craftsman is
paper on Municipal Art; a Les
son from Foreign Towns,' by Irene
Sargent, which can be read with prof
it by all those interested in the beau
LITIGATION of cities. This number of
this magazine is noticed at length in
another part Of the Palladium today.
Perhaps the most interesting fea-
ture of the July "Fine Arts Jour
nal,' is a short paper On "Redondil-
las, "by Hubert M. Skinner, the well
known literatteur and classical schol-
ar, of Chicago. This little exposi-
ton Of a certain formal in Spanish
poetry will be read with delight by
all those who take note Of the form
as we'll as the substance Of literature
} poetic art.
Magazine readers, ennuid with the
, high grade of mediocrity attained by
the average short story writer, weary
of the pseudo subtleties, varied by
what paper puppets said to each Other
, at the "week-end' house party, af
fected by the latter day contributor te
the magazines, sat up and took par
ticular notice over a story in the DC
: tober Harper's Magazine Of 1908
: called, Gin the Face Of his Constitu
ents,' by Susan Heating Glaspell
: and "The Man Of Flesh and Blood
in the May, 1904 number of the same
publication. These two stories stant
out like crimson flowers against tn
+ neutral tinted back ground Of same
!. ness and fatness of the general rul
!. Of abbreviated fiction served VI
!. monthly in our periodicals, and mad
+ one rather wonder as to the person
8 atty of the author. The writer ha'
I. the pleasure of meeting Miss Glaspel
I. few weeks since and found her de
+ lightful young woman in her earl
+ twenties and surprisingly young t
!. have evolved such compelling piece
/. of fiction in the little, as these tw
/. stories have met such high favor as t
+ be mentioned in the July editorial de
l. partment Of this same magazine
!. These are notastories of incident no
+ the handling Of situation, but ar
+ the setting forth Of mental attitud
{. induced by introspection enveloped i
!. an atmosphere of broad humanity, RI
+ sulting in an appeal to the emotion
+ and a haunting memory. Miss Gla
&. pell gives promise Of brilliant Fl
ture.