Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-23
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The British and Foreign Bible So
ciety issues q whole copy of the Bible
or some portion of it every five sec
onds. This equals the output of orig
inal novels and poems in Indiana.
1t is said that ]. NJ. Barrie never
writes for more than two hours a day,
and is a slow worker. Would that some
other novelists worked as slowly and
as conscientiously.
1t is said that George AIDES income
is twelve times as great as that once
enjoyed by Dickens. Wonder if any
body will read George AIDES works
when their writer has been dead az
long as Dickens has?
AS illustrating the value set upOI
old manuscripts and autograph copies
of famous works, a recent fire at YoD
kers, u. Y, will serve very well. The
news dispatches describe in minute de
tail the damage suffered by certain
original Nathaniel Hawthorne manu-
scripts, and incidentally mention the
fact that Julian Hawthorne's home
which contained the literary valuables
was destroyed.
An eastern publishing firm recently
put out new edition of Shakespeare's
works, to be sold through subscription
A few days since they were startled tC
receive the following letter from a New
York business man: Dear Sirs-Last
week l ordered set of Shakespeare in
eight volumes. Upon receipt of same
find that the works are dramatiZed
What | want is Shakespeare in prose.
This is undoubtedly an error of your
shipping clerk. Kindly make the ex-
change at your earliest convenience"
Winston Churchill, the English au-
thor, has brought upon himself a con-
siderable amount of good naturel crit
icism on account of a pOnderous phrase
be invented. In speaking of an IN
truthful statement made by a political
opponent he referred to it as a ''ter-
minological inexactitude." One writer
says that should other authors follow
Mr.. ChurchilIs example we may expect
to read something like this in q revised
version of the George Washington cher
ry tree story: "Paternal progenitor,
am constitutionally and fundamentally
incapable of excogitating matchmaking
or insinuating a archaeological ineXac-
titude"
Hjalman Cassel, a Swedish engineer,
who visited this country during the st.
Louis fair, has written a book on
american Business Methods" In one
chapter he asks one question: "Is the
superiority of American industry based
on better machinery" This, he thinks,
is not the case, though he finds Ameri-
can tools and machinery superior to
those of Europe. The reason for the
superiority lies, in the authors opin-
ion, in the better organization of Of
fees and factories, the methodical SUI
pervision of every detail, the constant
watchfulness that no single branch of
business fall behind, and last but not
least the minute division of labor.
Ian Maclaren (Rev. John Watson) +,
author Of Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush" will be a resident of Pittsburg
next year. He has been engaged as
lecturer extraordinary for the Western
Theological Seminary and will deliver
a course Of lectures there. He will
also act as stated supply for the First
Presbyterian church of Uniontown. The
church has been vacant since the res
igEation of Rev. Asa Millholland, a
year ago. It is one Of the wealthiest
churches In that part of the state.
The four sons of Charles Darwin,
the author of '"The Origin of Species"
are all scientists. Sir George Darwin
Is the Plumian professor of astronomy
at Cambridge, Horace Darwin has been
associated with him in some of his
work, Francis Darwin is a botanist
and Major Leonard Darwin a geog-
rapher.
Pinned for a Looking Glass.