Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-01-14
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lung Chang is In one hundred vol
umes. The work has been published
for Cinnamon resident in America, and
the purchase has been made by
monthly installment system that will
extend over a century.
Both author and artist, Robert Hich-
ins and Jules Guerin. have made pill
grimages TO the land of the Pharaohs
TO gather Impressions for the new book,
Egypt and Its Monuments which is
to be published shortly in volume
uniform with "The Chateau of Tou-
raine.' There are score of colored
pictures made from NJ. Guerin's paint
ings as well as photographs OF all tho
famous temples and scenes The spell
of Egypt" its mystery and beauty APP
peals to Mr.. Hichins potently and is
reproduced by him with sympathy.
THE Holland House Circle" is
book that will be of peculiar interest
to lovers OF literature, for broadly con-
sidered this story of this "circle of
takers contains the intellectual his
tory Of England during half century.
Scott loved the place and frequently
dined there, though he was for some
time on bad terms with the hosts 1t
is to Byron that we owe the descrip.
ton of the house Where Scotchmen
dine and uns are kept aloof." 1t was
there that the unhappy Lady Caroline
Lar me ~ In 1otn a
Macaulay was the chief literary figure,
but Dickens, Grote, Washington Irving
and others were occasional visitors
there. Metternich, Talleyrand, Nine.
de Stael and other foreign celebrities
were among its visitors.
''The Red City," by DIR. Weir
Mitchell, which is now published In
book form Is a continuation of the
authors still popular novel, Hugh
Wynne,". which was recently sent to
press for the nineteenth time. The
hero Of the new book is young
Frenchman of noble birth and shattered
fortunes who enters the employ OF
Hugh Wynne Washington, Hamilton,
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appear In the book. 1t does not de-
crease the interest Of the story to re-
member that the author who is writing
so vigorously and apparently with such
zest and enjoyment is now In his seven
ty-ninth year, that his life has been
crowded full Of professional duties as n
physician and literary worker, and
that the new book is pronounced to be
one of the ripest and best of those he
has produced.
"Recollections and Reflections" by
Ellen Terry, Is the record of distin-
gulshed life spent among famous peO-
pie. Born of family Of actors, put
to sleep as baby in her mothers
dressing room at the theater, she passed
a happy childhood among people who
regarded the stage as an honorable pro-
fessiOn and trained their children care
fully In its traditions. From her first
appearance at the age of in Charles
Kean's company she practically lived
at the theater. Her marriage at 10
with George Frederick Watts intro
duced her into goodly company where
she came Into association with such
men as Tennyson, Browning, Gladstone
and Disraeli. The unhappy outcome
of her marriage, her six years retire
ment, when she was dramatically dis
covered by Charles Reade and induced
to return to the stage again, form n
dramatic story Of great interest Her
intimate association with Irving, her
recollections Of Bernhardt, Duse,
Whistler, Sargent, Burne-Jones, Joseph
Jefferson and Saint Gaudens are OF
great interest.