The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10
Literary Notes.

Mr.. Joseph Conrad, whose new novel,
"Nostromo," is to be published in book
form before long, is reported to have I'M
dertaken the composition of a series of
essays dealing in anecdotal fashion with
the sea and the authors experience with
ships and sailors.
Referring to Carlyle, Herbert Spencer
says that "he either could not or would
not think coherently.'' The philosopher ex-
pressed admiration for George Eliot both
physically ana intellectually, but says the
report which was current that he was in
love with and intended to marry her was
untrue
The immense undertaking of calendarlng
England's state papers concerning the war
OF American independence, begun by B. F.
Stevens and continued after his death by
a trained staff. has been completed and is
pound In lN manuscript volumes 1t in
dexes the contents of the principal archives
OF England and the continent. and cannot
fail to be an immensely valuable aid to
historians of the Revolution.
DR.. Everett T. Tomlinson, author of "a
Lieutenant Under Washington and many
other popular historical stories for boys,
has just been given another five years
appointment as member of the New
Jersey State Library Commission by Gov
ernor Murphy. DR.. Tomlinson lectured last
week on Heroes and Heroines of the
American Revolution" before the cadets of
the Montclair Military Academy.
Professor James Albert WOODBURY., of
Indiana University. reports that his recent
books, 1.-The American Republic and It's
Government and political Parties and
Par ty Problems in the United States" have
been adopted as textbooks in Purdue Uni
versity, Eartham College aud the Texas
Christian University. Professor WOODBURY.
has been spending the winter delivering a
course of lectures at the University of
Wisconsin.
The London Times publishes advance ex-
tracts from the autobiography of Herbert
Spencer, which give interesting and curious
remarks made by the philosopher For
example, he says: After reading six books
OF the Had | felt that would rather give
a large sum than read to the end and
After a perusal of Ruskin'S Stones of
Venice | have lost all faith in Ruskin's
Judgment doubtless he has a fine and
eloquent style, but he has uttered multitu-
dinous absurdities"
At a cost of $4,000 each, ten sets of the
works of Charles Dickens, in 100 volumes,
are being printed by a Boston publishing
house. When completed, about eight years
from now. they will be sent to ]. Pierpont
Morgan. the Duke of Westminster and
eight other men of wealth. The books will
be printed on rare parchment, such as is
SAID not TO nave been used for four hun
dred years, and Will be Illuminated by
French and Italian artists. The bindings
will have solid gold decorations
Nowhere in the world, says the Bystand-
er, can the bookworm practice his wrig-
Cling art with such delight as along the
Seine. The great metal-lined boxes on
the broad stone parapets are watched over
by relics OF an age when that most terri
bic OF proverbs, Time is money" did not
mean life at 100 horsepower. The old
booksellers are booklovers, too, and they
can talk about their books as we'll as sell
them. Recently rumors of an intention to
abolish the quayside bookstalls startled
the city, but monster deputation to the
project of the Seine has saved them-for
the present.
G.. b. Burgin, the well-known English
novelist, whose Shutters of Silence is
winning attention this side of the Allan
tic, is said to write" all his books by die
tating them to photograph. Mr. Burgin
has adopted this ultra-modern method, not
for the sake of speed. but because, being
freed nom both the labor of writing and
the presence of a second person, ii brings
him into the closest sympathy with his
characters. BY running over the cylinder
he can actually hear his characters talking
among themselves. and finds it simple
thereafter TO continue with them their
natural and spontaneous dialogue
George Madden Martin the author of
Emmy Lou" was thought at first. because
OF NeI IidSCuiiie SouhulilS NAME, 10 DC d
man. George Madden Martin is her own
name and she does not like to have it mis-
taken for her husbands name or for a
pseudonym. The American public now un-
derstand this, but the English public. which
has been recently introduced TO Emmy
Lou" does not. The Pail Mall Gazette in
a recent review of Emmy Lou" says in
genuously: George Madden Martin indeed
knows much about little girls that we
cannot help suspecting that femininity is
concealed behind the masculine nom de
guerre."