Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

| University Life in Italy," etc, in Cincln-
natl. New York and Indianapolis.
Her latest book is The Life aud Work
Of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Brown
Ing for which Signo- Fogazzaro has writ
ten preface and Carmen Sylvia added an
| inscription in French. The latter reads
One must take all the sufer.Das of ones
life, make hymn of it. and offer it to God
Men will understand it later
Countess Salazar says size wrote the book
after lecturing much in Italy on tie Brown
| inss. Ito prove that MARI age is no iInpedi-
ment to intellectual activity for a woman"
In his preface. FogazZaro, who is 4 per-
| sonal friend of Countess Salazar, says:
Il had many years ago, the good fortune
to hear from the lips oe tie authoress the
very noble lectures upon the Brownings
| which she gave in some of the cities Of
Italy An old admirer Of Robert and Eliza
beth Browning, congratulated Fanny Fam
posal TO remind the Italians Of their duty
toward these noble minds. ! told her that
few modern poets. TO ms mind, can be read
with so much intellectual pleasure together
with so much reip to the spirit. II the
works of Robert and Elizabeth Browning
surprise us by tho vigorous originality Of
their thought, they also show us tho rare
and saiutary spectacle OF two souls as great
in moral character as IN poetic fantasy"
The authoress herself is e most interest
Ing and cultured woman who lectures twice
University of Rome. A. time she was
editor of the Italian Review. Her home is
in Rome the Via FIaminta and from her
windows may be seen tho gardens of the
Borghese Palace and the hills beyond the
city. She Is at home or Sunday afternoons,
where she and her two beautiful daughters
receive the artists. musicians. editors and
writer's who come 10 pay tnei: respects and
salute the hand CT the author o. CaVaieri
Moderni.' Though her Hte-a!: l:ce has eX
tended over twenty-nine years. and her
handsome face is frarned by hair touched
with white, Countess SalaZar rises at 5 in
the morning and works uni! -. resu:ni,is,
labors later in the day for t:Icen or Tour
hours.
I. =
The cause of woman hae exercised her
thoughts and energies. and she 3ays. when
she Is asked If she liked America, Why,
there l found realized and in operation all
the things which l. in my Italian land, had
thought out and dreamed were new" Her
studio, large room lined with books. Is
divided into three sections. One is called
America" and there floats the Stars and
Stripes. On the shelves are American books
and the photographs of the many American
friends. Longfelow. Mrs. Isabelle Beecher
Hooker Susan B. Anthony, and other celeb
rifles whom she met on her visits In her
Italian section are autographed pictures of
Mathilde Serao, FogaZzaro, and the liter
airy lights Of the day. Her English section
contains English books and pictures of
equally famous writers. men and women
and reformerS, for she has met most of the
famous folk of her day.
Countess Salazar is now completing a
book on 'Margherita of Savoy. First Queen
OF Italy, Her Life and Times 1t is to be
short history of the independence of
Italy, through which, TO quote the author,
lis to run, like golden thread. an account
of the very interesting life Of this most re-
markable woman from her birth to present
times Her book Is to be profusely Illus
trated. In addition to this volume Countess
Salazar is at work simultaneously upon a
new novel, a dramatic production and
fourth volume.