Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-16
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Miss Elizabeth Robins, author Of
"Come and Find Me" and 'The Magnet
ic North" has completed a new novel
to appear during the fall under the
title 1.-The Mills Of the Gods"
There is to be still another edition
Of Shakespeare, this time one consist
ing Of no fewer than forty pocket vol
umes. DR.. Furnival will write an ex
haustive introduction for each volume.
A book which should take a place
peculiarly its own in the literature of
gardens is soon to appear, one giving
descriptive and historical account Of
the renowned gardens at Kew, England.
The author, w. J. Bean, is assistant
curator there, and so writes with much
special knowledge. His work will be
illustrated with many photographs and
some pictures in color.
While Millions "Comus" was being
performed at Cambridge the other day,
In honor of his tercentenary, a copy of
the work was being up at auction
/ in London. 1t was copy Of the first
edition, issued in 1887, without the
poets name on the title page. Half
century ago a "Comus" Of 1857 was
sold at Sotheby's for Eli. The copy
Just disposed of fetched a far higher
price. For the precious twenty leaves,
bound up with few seventeenth Gen.
fury plays, Mr.. Quaritch paid f317.
Apropos of the everlasting stream
Of Napoleonic literature we may repeat
the story told of man who, having
made his fortune, took to reading, and,
being fascinated by the career Of Ma
poleon, gave a general order for all the
books on the subject. Shortly after
wards he received notice from the
railway company that ten truckloads
Of goods awaited bis instructions. This
was followed by note from the book
seller, stating that he had sent a few
Of the lighter works dealing with Ma
poleon and was making preparations
which would enable him to execute
the bulk of the order in a year or two.
A Balzac museum has begun to take
form and substance at Passy, the Paris
ian suburb where the novelist lived
during his most productive period, from
1912 to 1S47. There, at AZ Rue Ray
nouard, the little house that Balzac
hired for GOO francs year, has been
purchased by a group Of his admirers,
and it is to be turned into public mu-
scum after the pattern Of the Victor
Hugo Museum in the Place des Vosges.
It is proposed to furnish the house in
the style Of Louis Philippe's times, and
to fill it with all sorts of Balzac relics.
Balzac's former landlady is said to be
still living at Passy, and to be enter
tainingly communicative concerning her
famous tenant.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, is one of the
most implacable opponents Of woman
suffrage. She argues against it with
all the logic of q man and all the ear
neStneSs of q woman. The foremost
woman in British literary life, re-
spected student Of economic questions
and q syrnpathizer with the laboring
classes, Mrs. Ward is force in the OPP
position that the suffragists cannot
match. With the cooperation of Lord
Rothschild and the Marchioness Of
Tweesdale as president, she has or
ganiZed the National Woman's Anti
Suffragist Association, and is winning
many influential women to its cause.
On the other hand, the suffrage move
ment, Mrs. Ward insists, is losing
ground and doomed to defeat.