The San Francisco call., 1904-06-05
London Literary Notes.
Special Correspondents Of The Gail.

8 HENRIETTA STREET, CONEN4
GARDENS. LONDON, May 26.-Jac-
cues lie Lorrain, whose tragedy Don
Ouichotte." was produced successfully
In Paris a few nights ago. has had
rather & picturesque career. A year or
two ago. Mr. lie Lorrain, who previous
~ had attracted some attention by his
literary efforts, distinguished himself
by starting in business as a cobbler, or
shoemaker. LIE Lorrains father had
been & cobbler. but his son tried his
hand at this trade only because, though
his writings had brought him some
fame. they had not produced bread
and-butter with the regularity that
would have been desirable. The ex-
writer's cobbling shop was IN the Rue
du sommerard, and he advertised it
widely in verses Of his own compost
ton. lie Lorrain also wrote letters to
the Paris newspapers. in which he COM
pared himself with Spinoza. who made
spectacles for a living, while he laid
the foundations Of his great philosoph-
ical works. But the trouble was that
the amateur cobbler was only an indif-
ferent workman in that line, and the
drove away such customers as his
verses attracted. So LIE Lorrain de-
cided not 10 stick TO his last" He
closed his cobblers snop and became
a schoolmaster, and it was while fol-
lowing that calling that he wrote the
drama which has just been put on the
stage.
George Newnes & Co. who publish
Tit-Bits, as well as the Strand Maga-
zine, got back at ". L. Courtney. the
distinguished critic and editor Of the
Fortnightly Review, rather neatly the
other day. Speaking on the subject Of
literature at the Institute Of Painters
recently, Mr.. Courtney said: could
any Of ourschildren read those leisurely
romances Of Scott2 Would they not
return 'Peveril Of the Peak with de-
sire to read something published by
I speak with all respect Of a famous
frm-Messrs. George Newnes?" IN
doubtedly Mr.. Courtney referred to Tit
Bits, or a certain class Of cheap novels
OF which Messrs, Newnes make a spe-
cialty. IL happens. however, that these
publishers also issue a thin paper edi-
tion OF Milton, Shakespeare, Words
worth and other classics, and-affecting
70 misunderstood the critics meaning
on the day after Mr.. Courtney's
speech the publishers quoted his re-
mark in all their advertisements, with
the list Of these works underneath it.
They believe in honoring their great
men on the Continent. 1t was not so
long ago that the town Of Nuremberg
bought, in order TO preserve it, the
birthplace Of Albert Durer, the artist,
and now the municipality hopes to ac-
ouire the old home Of Hans Sachs,
poet, meistersinger and shoemaker.
The house. which for many years was
a butchers shop, was put UP at auc-
ton some time ago. and BID in, as it
happened, by a butcher. Now it is
coming into the market again and this
time VIII almost certainly become the
property Of the town
Probably few Of the folk at home
whom "Trilby'' delighted have entire
Iy lost their enthusiasm over the novel,
and those who have not viii be in
terested in what Val Princep, the
Royal Academician, has to say this
month IN the Magazine Of Art. Prin-
cep studied art in Paris in 1859. com
ing Of that famous school, he says:
"Du Maurier was a pupil Of Gleyre's,
and studied there with Poynter, Whist
Ter and Lamont They left just as 1
Joined, but many Of the stories in 'Tril-
by come from the Atelier Gleyre
Whistler was tied to the ladder, and
perhaps the president Of the Royal
Academy Csir Edward Poynter) will
forgive me mentioning that II was he
who sung the celebrated song about
'Zese glaaves, zese glaaves-zey nevere
belong to me-
The three friends in 'Trilby' were,
] believe, purely innaginary-unless. in
deed. The Laird was drawn from La
mont who was a Scotchman and a
fellow student Of Du Maurier's. Taffy
was evidently the realization Of Du
Maurier's ideal man. He always pro-
digiously admired the physical side of
mans nature Man or woman could
not be too tall OF strong FOR his ideal;
and so greatly did he carry his admira-
ton Of physical perfection that have
heard him declare that to hear a per-
feet human voice was to him the high
est pleasure. even though the possessor
Of that organ was not by any means
q great artist Yet Du Maurier himself
sang charmirgly and delighted in
music"
Rudyard Kipling, who, accompanied
by Mrs. Kipling, arrived at Southamp-
ton from the Cape recently. brought his
notor-car with him. Kipling has done
a lot Of motoring Of late, or at least
as much as the atrocious condition of
the roads in Cape Colony make il pos
sible for one to do and remain sane.
This is q sore point with the author Of
Soldiers Three who told the Automo-
bile Club Of South Africa at a dinner
recently that it might be lttingly said
that motoring on their roads was pro-
crossing -by leaps and pounds" Kip
ling added that he would like to take
members Of the Government RESPONSE
BE for the roads out for six hours a