The Washington herald., 1907-07-21

very recently no real justification Of the
South was undertaken, and our children
We're led TO believe Mr. Page suggests.
that that section had intentionally blocked
the way to all progress and civilization
with its slavery. Mr.. Page wants a new
history of the United States prepared, one
that will give due credit TO the South
for what II was and what it stood for
and for the important part Il played in
the early history Of the country, He be-
lieves a fortune awaits the man who will
write It.
a midsummer literary feature Of Lon
don life IS the opening Of the Pickwick
exhibition, under the auspices Of the
Dickens Fellowship, at the New Dudley
Gallery, in Piccadilly, on July 10. 1t is
seventy years ago last November since
the last monthly number Of ''The Post
humous Papers Of the PickwicH Club"
brought It's serial run 10 an end and II
is in celebration Of this anniversary that
the exhibition Is being held It's most in
teresting feature is a collection, gather
ed from many sources, of different edi-
tions Of the book. These include a set Of
the original monthly parts, all the Eng
lish editions Obtainable; American edi-
uons. several translations, and an edi-
tiOn in Pitman's shorthand. There are
political cartoons in which Pickwickian
incidents figure, innumeTable Illustrations
(many Of them the artists original draw
ings) of Picl1wickian scenes and charac-
teTs, ranging from an original drawing
by PhiZ TO children's scraps and trans
fers: a complete set OF photographs Of
actual places mentioned in the book: all
the famous plagiarlsms that had n vogue
siXty-odd years ago; Pickwick playbiils
(sOme OF plays staged before the book
was finished; large collection OF Pick
wickian literature (such as THE History
Of Pickwick." MI Pickwick's Kent, ."
Sell Piekwiek plays; Piekwick music
posters and advertisements illustrating
how frequently the book has been called
IN 20 the assistance of advertisers of this
or that commodity: specimens Of "Sam
Weller" backing; Pickwick cigars, &c. A
specially interesting item is the screen
that stood In the office Of Moses Pickwick,
the Bath coach proprietor. This Dickens
undoubtedly saw when he was visiting
Bath in 1886 as a newspaper reporter,
and there Is little doubt that therefrom
he derived the immortal name.
The fall catalogue Of Doubleday. Page
& Co.. which is issued this week. con-
tains, among other well-lnOwn names,
that Of Booth Harrington, whose novel,
His Own People" describes the intense
ly interesting and conflicting experiences
Of young man from Indiana. who finds
himself under the spell and glamour of
Paris.
John NTiltons Bible. which sold at
sotheby's on February %. 1901. for f225.
Will appear in the auction room again dur
ing the coming season, and this time IN
America, at AndersOn's in New York The
association in connection with it
is exceedingly interesting. as in addition
to the autograph Of Milton II has that OF
Elizabeth Milton, hts third wife (who was
Elizabeth MinshulD, followed by the date
OF 1864, at which time she had been mar
ried to Milton for two years. and with
his daughters acted as his amanuensis.
Queen Alexandra's private library. says
a London exchange. is one Of the most
remarkable In the kingdom, Her kind
ness to budding and full-blown authors
is as well known and genuine as her
love Of good works, and, consequently,
few days pass unmarked by the arrival Of
a number OF sumptuously bound and
beautifully printed books and magazines,
accompanied by requests for her majes-
tvs acceptance. Her majesty always ac-
cepts, and sees that a civilly worded note
nf rhunEu p Hfunufahr1
author.
The London Tribune takes the occasion
of Mark Twain's visit TO England % pay
our humorist the following need Of poetic
praise. voiced by Eden Philpots. who is
known on this side Of the water better
as novelist than as a poet:
TO SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS.
The voice Of England welcomes thee again.
Thou well beloved son Of Freedom. One and Gil
Would be thy hosts. and where thy way shall fall
myriad friends press forward to obtain
The bounty of smile. There is a chain
Of pure hearts gold that links mankind in thrau
Before the magic sleieht Of him we call
After tho watchfu pilots cry: Mark Twain
Of JOY thy shining wake doth glow
Beneath the glory Of the westering sun;
And 10y its cleaning ripple all men know
The steadfast course that thou hast ever r1n
Through Hfe's uneven weather-steered 10 show
Sane Laughter and sweet Liberty are one.
AT Croisset, on the Seine, three miles
from Rouen, is the pavilion OF summer
house. where Flaubert toiled, joylessly
but unremittIngly, at the mosaics Of.
Madame Bovary' and "Salammbo," p"
Miss Betham-E Edwards writes in a new
volume called Literary Rambles in
France" Old folks at Croisset still re-
member, Miss Betham- Edwards SAYS.
Flaubert's strident reading out Of every
sentence as he framed it. He was the
artist who sought the perfect phrase
and found it, But at what a cost You
have no notion" he wrote 10 his friend,
Georges Sand what it Is to sit through
out an entire day with your head be-
tween your hands beating your unfortu-
nate brains for a word With yourself
ideas flow cOplously, uncea singlv as a
river. In my own case they form a mar
row thread Of water. All! The
mortal terrors Of style. I shall have
known all about them by the time have
done"
Justus Miles Forman Is spending the
summer cruising in the Black Sea, whence
be is making trips into the interior. Judg-
ing by the custom which he has pursued
In the past, it IS Impossible to tell wheth-
er he is collecting material for a novel
on the Black Sea region. It IS his habit
every six months Of the year to take
trip In some little part Of the world, but
when he comes back to this country he
IS very apt to write novel which has
no geographical connection with the
scene OF his explorations.
The following epitaph commemorative
what would nowadays be called a "stren-
uous" career is taken from Lady Nu-
gents Journal, Jamaica One Hundred