Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-30
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Mrs. L. T. Meade, the popular story
writer, has been spending a holiday at
Hyeres. It is a curious fact that
though Mrs. Meade has such a vogue
as a writer Of stories Of school life for
girls, she never attended q school her.
self, being educated at home. When she
was first asked for a story for girls
on the lines which have since made her
so popular, she thought that she could
never write one owing to the lack TO
experience. But, fortunately, she re-
called several incidents of school life
which a friend had told her years be-
fore and these formed the groundwork
Of the book "A World Of Girls"
which has had great popularity since
it was first published several years ago.
This volume was followed by many
others, and 81. L. Meade" which is the
pseudonym Of Mrs. Toulmin Smith, Is
one of the best known lanes among the
favorite authors Of British girlhood.
What the late Guy Wetmore Caryll
did Sidney Preston has done again
with new variations and done well. In
his book, ION Common Ground" he
portrays a bachelor who flies to the
country because he thinks he hates
women and wants to be alone. Of
course his hens, which he has an excit-
ing time in raising, wander into the
wheat field Of a WOman's neighbor-
city bred like himself. She plays the
I,o
voice. and music and other things form
the common ground on which they
meet Then there are Mrs. Bicycles, his
housekeeper, sentimental and born
matchmaker, and Joseph, the hired
man, and other characters which fill
out the comedy's cast. 1t is a pleasant
bit of nonsense with several hearty
laughs between the covers.
The Palazzo Rezzonico, in Venice,
where Browning died in 1899, and
which has for many years been consid-
cred almost holy spot by admirers of
the poet, has recently been sold for the
considerable sum of $4,000 The pal
ace is considered one Of tn ehandsomest
by Tiepolo, two splendid statues by
Alesandro Vittoria, and a bedroom Gel
ebrated for its size and beauty. The
apartments known as the Pope's rooms
(from Eugenius ", who belonged to
the Rezzonico family have also an in
teresting modern literary association,
for it was there, some twenty years
ago, that Mrs. Humphrey Ward wrote
the chapters in "The Marriage of Will
lam Ashe" where the scene is laid in
Venice.
We think Mark Twain played it real
mean on the rest Of mankind when he
was RECALLING himself among those Vas
sar girls. Each girl wanted his auto
They do say he almost contracted q
case of writer's cramp in his efforts to
gather in as many oscillations as pos
sible. We know nothing about Vassar
kisses, but when an old patriarch like
Mark sets that sort Of a trap for them
they must be first-rate. The old rascal
ought to be ashamed Montgomery
Advertiser.
Marie Corelli has applied for an In
junction to prevent publishers from is
suing picture post cards, purporting to
depict scenes in her home life at STRAIT
ford-on-Avon, exposing her to ridicule
and contempt. Marie has undertaken
| quite an extensive task If she is going
to try to stop all the ridicule.
In London there was paid 81, $50 for
an autograph letter from Robert Burns
to his well-known correspondent, Mr.
Dunlap. This should suggest to some
Of our present day poets that the value
Of their productions would be enhanced
by their ''shuf1ing off," etc.