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The widow of the late w. II. Drum
nond, the Canadian writer, has gath
cred the poems and sketches which re-
NAMED unpublished at his death, and
the Putnams will publish the volume
with the title "A Great Fight" The
humor and sentiment of the French-Ca-
madam habitants and voyageurs which
Drummond has so well expressed
should give his last book interest In
this tercentenary year.
The second Dickens exhibition ar
ranged by the Dickens Fellowship was
recently opened in London. Among its
noteworthy features is an interesting
collection of original drawings made by
the chief illustrators Of the noVelist's
books. There is complete set Of first
editions and a queer collection of the
plagiarisms and combinations of the
unfinished novel Edwin brood" An
other item is the staring little wooden
midshipmite mentioned in "Dombey
and Son."
Boswell, the chief Of hero-worship-
last has his statue, and, to add to the
honor, it is in the city of Lichfeld, not
far from that of DR.. Johnson himself
It is of bronze, designed and executed
by Percy Fitzgerald, E. S. A., who has
presented it to the inhabitants. Medal
lions of five friends are arranged round
the top of the pedestal-Burke, Garicks.
Goldsmith, Mrs. Thrale and Reynolds
and below are scenes in which Johnsona
and Boswell took part: In the Hebri--
des,' admission to the Club" and
Supper at the Three Crowns"
The first volume in the Romance Of
History" series is to appear within a.
short time. Major Martin Hume, the
editor of the series, writes this initial
book. He calls it 1.-TWO English Queens
and Philip" and In it he tells from
contemporary records the story Of the
desperate attempts made by Philip II.
of Spain to save his country and his
cause from ruin by obtaining control
of English policy under the two Tudor
Queens. The theme is one to bring out
his best efforts. There is no historian
living to-day who writes as Major Hume
writes about the historic relations OF
England and Spain.
To-day, two hundred and twenty-one'
novels, originally written In an Occi-
dental tongue, are in circulation In
China. Two years ago only twenty-one'
had been translated into the many
lettered language. The country is In
undated with cheaply printed copies Of
standard works issued by Shanghai
company. which sells them at from six
to ten cents each. The eagerness dis
played for western information has not
been encouraged by the government,
but the Celestial imam in the street. y
has demanded access 20 European and
American literature and forced official
permission for it That three hundred
and fifty thousand copies Of one work
have been sold and one hundred ana
fifty-eight thousand of another In eigil-
teen months prove that the desire is
widespread and the caliber of the books
aside from notwithstanding as they
do political economies, histories, geog-
raphies and mathematical treatises,
points to the depth of the movement.
The Chinese taste in novels is well
defined. Camille is the most univer-
sally read and a few others. Robin
son Crusoe"-only the Bible has been
translated into more languages I'm
Gle Toms Cabin" Lies Miserables, y
'Ivanhoe," "Manon Lescaut" and
sherlock Holmes" lead the list in pop
ularity.