The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-17

people were glad to see that his wife is
receiving a pension of $375. but If was
surprising. again to find Leonard and Al
fred Gfssfng. the late George. Gissing's
children, down for S3T0 on account of
'straitened circumstances No liy-
ing authors were granted pensions by the
prime minister during the past wear with
the exception of Sir William Laird Cloves
the writer on American and naval matters
who for some time had been In, vyretcI,e cd
health and almost entirely unable to
work.
Richard Whiteing is not one of the Eng
Hsh authors who spend most OF their time
ana aind, 90 mo most or sneir work on the Con-
too good of late and he has inst sTane to
Contrexeyille to drink the waters al tba +
fashionable French spa. A friend tells me
lng's not being quite up to the marx is
the fact that-he has been WORRYING mar
ticuiarly hard on the novel which Re has
under way.
The Athenaeun, the venerable ar5 e7,p
nified English literary review. is almost q :
much of an institution in its way as~ the
IL LINES i ana I, mere mas been a great deal
recently reached its 4,00Oth number. #
was founded in 1928 by a writer named
fB ai. ~ llIn VINO FnaIy became a mem
sold his periodical to the grandfafher of
Sir Charles Dixie who is the present n,-o
prfetor, for $500. The Athenaeum is by
no means patronizing or over indIIIeent +,
It's review of new books and in t3e Ia ct
number the editor sets forth some of his
principles N the matter of literary crftf-
edsln. he GENES Intentional severity but
says Immortality is so frequently and
rashly promised to the writer Of TODAY
that such praise has almost be,or1,s a
ldrce; ana IL IS necessary to remind read
ers t1at restraint in expression does nos
mean dIsparagement, nor a high standard
.persofai grudge We are as ready as
any any ne gees on. Ito welcome the new
teries.'' o4de OF CO.
The success of the moment in This
country, as far as romances are can.
g s1s a.,rb IS uGndountedly Winston Church
many copies were subscribed for" In o ds
vance as in the case of The Crisis ;, md
me new new, novel IS being largely ordered BY
TO the reputation which Mr. ChurchiIl has
maze IN this country There is NO do,,hf-
94oWeveT; that the great demand for "Ths
Crosslng over here is owing partly to.
the fact that a good MANY peonIe IN tbts.
country still believe that IFS aI1tf1nr Ia
the English Winston
1t IS hard. as Dr.. Conan Df,yia NAV, SID
out before long. to be both a neveifst ana
statesman. Hail Caine has rnanaeeJ 10
combine the two roles pretty cof11furfahlu
~ nltheTto, put late ne has had to slight
the second Writing The ProdfesI SeT,'s
took it out Of Mr.. Game So much that h.
had to- go to the Riviera to rpe1,neratn
ana recently the correcting Of his proofs
has Kept the author SO busy that he hasn't
had time to appear in the Manx leeisia
ture. His constituents have been n3fiert
up TO now, but they are becoming rather
resGve, for they say that Ramsey. the
district In Man which Mr. Game renre
sents, is practically disfranchised
Some day there will be another INNER
tant work relating to Sir Henry M Sian
ley, but 1T Is likely to be many wears be
lore 1t IS published. 1t seems that the
explorer left behind him not orly a e,ooeJ1v
amount of interesting material concernine-
mmself, in the form of diaries and let
ters5 but also documents of no little his
torieaI Importance. Most of the I,,attay.
make 1T impossible that it should appear.
IN print during the lives of the persons,
with whom it is concerned
America got tired of English middle
class fiction some time ago. Apparently
Australia IS wearying of It too. and in
Australia they are Inclined to EXPRESS
their feelings peintedly. A recent COW az
the sydney Bulletin. which has reached
Teligiolsfy to the transportation system
Formerly they sent us their bad cf1arac--
tiers, now they send US their bad novels
Ofeen one feels inclined to cry, Take
H naeh your Coreii! rake back your Tan
Maclaren! ana give Us again your rugueS
and thieves
Miss Kate Douglas Wiggin was one
OF several American literary folk who at
s st4 me unveillng or the Robert Louis
STEVENSON memorial by Lord Roseberrv'
IN ST. Giles cathedral Edinburgh, last
week, which proved one of the most in
tefestlnG literary events of the year The,
nleInof1aI is, OF course, the work of Au-.
guStuS St GaudeaS, the American sclIln-
tor, and was subscribed to quite eyter
slVeiy In the United States In the course,
OF his address Lord Roseberry said tT,as
Stevensen's truest memorial would be- an
the number of those whern the sneaker
described as sstfle readers and sfrnnst
ldolatorS of his works.
Hayden Church.