The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-05

of Queen Elizabeth's favorite courtier,
Robert D~evereaux. whose descendant. Lord
Hereford. has accepted the dedication Of the
book.
There has been erected recently by
the Newdigate family a monument to
George Eliot at Arbury. Mary Ann Evans.
who became famous under the pseudonym
of George Eliot. was born at the South
Farm. Arbury. Warwickshire. Robert
Evans. George Eliot's father. was estate
agent and bailif at Arbury. or Cheverel
Manor, as the novelist calls 1t. Lady
Newdigate's letters have been published
in a volume called THE Cheverels Of
Cheverel Manor" and in these she says that
written keys TO all George Eliot's earlier
books were passed round in he neighbor-
hood of Arbury. giving the real names
Of places and people side by side with the
authors slightly disguised nomenclature
Tho Lady Cheverel OF mir. Gilhl's Love
Story is said to be the second wife Of Sir
Roger Newdigate. as he is the Sir Chris
TOPPER Cheverel Of the same narrative.
Oscar, King Of Sweden. whose golden we'd
ding was celebrated recently. in spite OF
age and illness devotes the hours between
o and 10 in the morning to his literary work.
With hfs knowledge OF seven languages.
Of which English is his favorite. he has
rendered great service to the literature
OF his country. IL 10 due to his TRANSACTIONS
that Sweden 10 familiar with Goethe. His
history OF Charles XII" In familiar in the
schools Of France, and every Swede knows
and is proud to recits the Battle OF the
Baltic written by their King. His Me
moirs.' which will not be published until
after his death. will nc doubt prove the most
important of his writings. for he has ex-
pressed his opinions frankly not only about
the Affairs Of his own country but Of other
countries Of Europe. What he calls .the
most bitter stab Of his life"-the Norwegian
s~ecession-wiD no doubt be freely treated.
and It will be seen how much he considers
himself responsible for the division Of his
Kingdom.
Mrs. George CORVALLIS West lady
Randolph ChurchilD. writing Of London
society. sums up the principal features OF
Social London" OF to-day as Its cosmo-
politan nature and earnestness notwith-
standing the increase Of luxury and COM
fort, its wan Of elegance and disregard Of
the amenities Of life compared to the past,
and finally the shortness Of the far famed
season, which is being reduced { o a van
ishing point or salons Lady Londonderry
might easily claim to have an interesting
circle, though her tastes are perhaps more
political and literary than artistic. The
nearest approach to the literary salons
which have been described is that OF Mrs.
Hornsr, whose personality and culture
have drawn men and women who are con-
spiouous for their gifts into her limited
circle Of friends. No one knows better than
she how to carry put Lord Beaconsfeld's
maxim BE thoroughly acquainted with
the questions Of the day and cultivate the
distinguished
The college surroundings pictured in the
first part Of the Princess and the Plough
man" are those Of Wellesley. where the
author, Florence Morse Kingsley, wal
educated.
Anne O'Hagan's comparison OF the spin
ster and the married woman in the current
Harper's Basdr 10 a whimsical satire in
which the married woman comes OF sec
ond best. with the supreme. sublime ar
rogancs OF the ma rried woman. =" she writes
the average, the normal or typical mar
ried woman. the woman who is a domestic
being even more than she is a human being
Mazda (the married woman) denies a real
place TO all those experiences for which
the marriage certificate IL not a womsn's
traditional charter Of rights. Ret
respectively MAZDA would not. hesitate 10
bestow the patronage Of a wife upon the
virgin Queen Of England. Elizabeth you eco