The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
By HECTOR FULLER.

Gently discovered, which shows the pay
ments made over many years for contri-
buttons to Household Words" he has
been able to identify certain stories,
sketches. and papers in lighter vein
which the novelist wrote for that period
iCaL (AlsO this book has made 1T possible
to prove that certain articles which ex-
perts have attributed to Dickens were
really not produced by him. Mr.. Matz
has made a selection of the great writer's
anonymous contributions TO Household
Words" and is now seeing it through the
press. II will form part OF two volumes
devoted TO his poems, plays. and miscel-l
laneous writings, which are to appear in
the new National Dickens" being issued
by Chapman & Hall.
The first literary work of Eliza Calvert
Hall, the author of Aunt Jane of Ken
lucky" took the form Of poetry. Her
earlier poems were published in the old
'Scrlbner." when DIT. ]. G. Holland con-
Quoted it.
D. Appleton & Co. announce for fall
publication Evolution and Animal Life"
by David Starr Jordan. president of Stan
ford University. and Prof. V. L. kellogg.
This book gives a popular discussion OF
the facts. processes, laws, and theories
relating 10 the life and evolution Of ami
mails.
At the recent fourth anniversary OF the
death of the poet William Ernest Henley,
the friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, a
monument to Henley was unveiled in the
crypt Of ST. Paurs Cathedral The monu-
ment Is a bronze bust of Henley, exc
cuted by Auguste Rodin, and presented
by him.
This last reminds us of the close and
interesting friendship which existed be-
tween the French sculptor and the Eng
lish poet, who first met in 1881. Henley
did more than any one else TO encourage
Rodin to appeal to the English public,
and in his capacity Of critic worked hard
TO gain English appreciation of mis-
French friend In return for this, Rodin
dubbed Henley glorious thinker" and
used him as a model for one Of his
earliest portrait busts, reproduction OF
which appears as frontispiece OF the
volume Of Poems"
Here is part OF a singularly charming
and pathetic letter which Henley wrote
to Rodin and which is reproduced in
Frederick Lawton's recent book on the
sculptor: Dear and great friend: have
done good deal since you made me live
in bronze. / am almost a somebody
People speak of me, my dear ROdin. a
little, very little, as they speak of you.
] mean as of an artist who has always
done as he thought fit without ever car
ing for other peoples money or praises
! believe my verses won't all
perish. ="
The bust is inscribed simply: ''W. E.
Henley, poet, 1S5l-1903."
The Right Rev. a. F. Wilmington In
gram, D. D.. lord bishop Of London, who
is expected TO visit this country shortly
as the representative Of the Church of
England at the general convention of the
Episcopal Church, is well. known in the
world of letters. Among his books, pub
lished in this country by Thomas Whit
taker, are '"The Gospel in Action" "a
Mission of the Spirits, Faith Of Church
and Nation" and Banner OF the Chris
tian Faith"
Among the early fall publications Of
G. P. Putnam's Sons will be 'eThe Love
Affairs of Literary Men" BY Myrtle
Reed. In this book will be told the love
affairs of such men as Swift, Pope. DR..
Johnson, Sterne, COwper, Keats. Shelley.
Poe, and Carlyle. Another book dealing
with kindred subject which will be is
sued in the fall is StOpford Brooke's
Studies OF Poetry" This book viii con-
tain, among other papers. ESSAYS on Shell
ley, Blake. and Keats, and a general es-
say on poetry as an art.
Paris" said G. W. Stevens, 'Ts a place
where they save SOUS" 1T is more than
that says Roilin Lynde Hartt in an
article entitled What France Can Teach
Us, in the July Worlds Work. What
the tourist usually sees tells only q titbe
of the story. He sees parades of 'nu-
tualistes' (societles for saving: he sees
shopkeepers wrapping parcels in old news
papers; he sees children wearing black
pinafores TO protect their clothes; he sees
dyeing; he sees the middle-class Paris
ienne lift her precious skirt ere she takes
q seat upon a bench at the Wayside and
sit upon her less precious petticoat; he
sees people eating forgotten portions of
beeves and sheep. Then he says. wisely:
All, yesl Stevens was right. Paris Is a
place where they save sous Mr.. Hartt
adds:
Fr4-n E-g-.-
car within four blocks Of the end Of the line That
Is, partly boarded it. The conductor beside him
self with compassion, put me of and shouted back
10 me, Good heavens, monsieur. the car is only
going four blocks Not for half a kingdom would
he have allowed a fellow-mortal 10 pay a fare for
so short 4 Tide.
Readers Of Harper's Weekly are given
In detail an account Of the proceedings at
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