Show am 1 ii I 1 n IN I 1 I 1 11 I 1 ir I 1 to 11 F L it I 1 I 1 f I 1 I 1 0 a 11 1 w 1 IF I 1 I 1 f J 1 I J I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ill 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 io LI II 11 1 I ap 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 T 1 I 1 r I 1 1 I I 1 i M 77 1 t 7 1 Z r to I 1 toot ills 4 s I 1 I 1 ot 2 ra C n 1 if ir 4 i I 1 I 1 W 1 it 1 i ote or 4 1 J I 1 4 1 I 1 I 1 ra e k ov 7 I 1 X I 1 t el 11 0 to 1 i I 1 1 ali I 1 ii V 11 a I 1 3 A I 1 fr ra ilk I 1 F il U 1 p foo 1 9 of it vl an A I 1 fk G I 1 t I 1 T I 1 1 ie a I 1 I 1 1 m 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 OF 16 I 1 II 11 I 1 il I 1 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 ILL 4 I 1 I 1 mine sarah grand expects to finish hor her new noyel wilhm the hie next throe three months so conscientious Is she ile about ht he work that thai b she he has elect already written the aln litt A dozen eb chapters apters ot or this story three times thrice oer to there Is to be a new edition of 0 what many people have found a remarkably useful and interesting book cham berss Ili cyclopedia of 0 english kitei attire the cry of re reil silon islon Is now in progress mr austin dobson Is one of the men engaged on oil tile work mork to a I 1 the th larger half of 0 tile the gulistan Guli stait or 0 sadi has been translated by sir edwin arnold tor for hit forthe forthcoming 01 01 ol I 1 limit lim this comPlIs es the mat let to tour gate gateways nays in prose and verse the planners cd 0 dali dal dai I u vr ethea the E excellency xcell ency of modern rn tion llon and the benefits ot of taciturnity I ir edwin desi albes the elie gulls gull tin as a lite laly curry a kebab of 0 versatile er ger genius idus grave things and gay humor and wisdom isdor laughin r and tea teas 9 me ale threaded together on oil the aki vcr of 0 wit nit and spiced by a pot FOIL morl diness and gentle stoicism that met matee e the dish however jad ul I 1 ed may be mental appetite to kheiri if the publishers do not ad once their various arious with greater lire tier deliberation iw I 1 be ration they will leavy ua its fast 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the hi french armor now in ill Kah oniey another dautch ter Is ie rider ds pool beci and general Q siniann SINI slant Ant and llie flip youngest youn Kest st daughty is n nil artist of 0 promise 1 I 1 t f to dr conan doyte III alaa to born been described I 1 ALS ui a very one ne cover who nho koscs no flu amet betti hettee een cn concel flig 1 nn I n ide fidei and fig it to paper it Is 1 re record cordea cil ol 01 that on one cecii iz slon flon when returning hot home ill walh th I 1 a friend in the evening after a splendid I 1 I 1 n did day 0 of cricket he remarket remarked afton thalba that a certain er sin in incident Ident would make a good alory lafter after finner tile the friend 1 said etter do that story tc so which rec 11 I 1 dr DP doble quietly replied ive lon don it horoscopes before tho sibyl with fill her he haunted pym I ano sit alili aith arros arms on cn c t 1 vatchel 1 as he hc dealt tho the cards cardi and linsto spelt spell out ant tho runo rune of their two elect destin destinies is brown broun haired and gold halrid fresher than the dawn anti poppy unit anil maite anemone ahmone acre A honor ficenec of autumn and it i flamer of they watched to nee 00 oo their fates from roni dar darkness knous drann alio ufo will full bo sad for you and yours heigho tho the I 1 told tile ho autumn entered maid kut but mill u 11 my lover laver loo me tokay ay sho she raid haiti why then I 1 shall ishall bo be all too loo happy so with earthly lovo love aou ou never shall bo be tod fed 1 tho the bibi told tile tho lady chatt as mow lint eliell I 1 lovo lit at U all ll 11 av e can ell ji HO thon then happy I 1 bull llo ike ond and tile die she so coti 14 translator by nors ora hopper flapper from the french of francoli Fran colu coin copice I 1 to it Is a curic luo fad fact that while the international ter copyright law was pass passed ed at aller ler a lonn long period or of agitation with fill tho the expressed intention of benefiting foreign aut authors hots it should turn out tn in its in operation to put a a comparatively small amount of money in their pockets by vay nay of rosali ic but to bid fair to enrich popular american authors this state slate of affairs could not have been foreseen and it Is only mathin a few months that thai it has begun begu n I 1 to if be manifest that such Is the effect of the law tho the act put un end to the I 1 ho printing of popular novels in cheap pirated editions it loft left the publishers of various ll 11 brailes at liberty to reprint on only ly books issued pi pilot lor to lo 1891 the esulto has been no vety great increase in the c circulation of lie he ordinary english novels of contract comme ice ce ishula tn in this S country by authorized publishers exe pt those of exceptional merit anji and these e do not number more than a dozen I 1 however lo wever there la IS it a great reading public and it 11 wants cheap litera hiera tuie tate A popular novel might biell colie coi ies andi and yet 99 a kanoor incle people mould be b billing to pui pin chuse chase the same book ln lna ina a cheaver edition who mho did not act uble able to 10 holy buy the clothbound cloth bound boohm to meet this ihla damand special Ilmi limited ted editions the limit usually being copies the marketing rapidly and are eagerly purchased by the same class of readers ai for formerly morly subscribed to tile the Se seaside asido library T most mont of the books so published ore are by native authors such as paul fords the th llou ilon reier peter sterling 1 mrs burnett 0 A lidy lady of Q quality 1 rilhard harding Hir dinn Dit aalst sold lei a of fortune Eori unc dr S weir clr It dentures of fiat fian cols and leobert N att ln IMY to latno ring sonae nui thois hot a of course belic lit by t ilia lie new ne nv pys toy a tem notably liall hall calne fill tile the christian and 11 maurice durice hewlett ill tile the levela Iov cis in addition tho the regular publish publishers eis luie hale bren been quick to per perceive 0 vive tile opening alfroich ol and are get t ing nut nit paper edition 4 or of suh such popular books A as 4 tile prisoner of zenda mid anti cupo I 1 I 1 of belli bell applet aumand and io announce that th alicy y A are re about to issue new flow lirag cheap lint I 1 acs of floLlA nn the scribner BLI sj I Is to 1 r ut I 1 n H evenly live volumes lumpa vo all but t two no or of A makh it aro are liy fly Anicil anci ica can li a authors u ill I 1 a find and tile appleton Ap ploton milies yil aik la is to bo be devoti d to lution IK lion atI adventure venture find so on oil beginning eulth 11 T rulla ullie of the cachalot Cac Caeli helot clot the nun film bielly conchi ivd aln in marketing market 1117 these new ch thip tp limite leml teil edit llona IB 18 rt a big dry g house thus 1 H t 1 1 lc e lt parn ell that eliat the antei I 1 I 1 I 1 gnp right jaw jan it Is now flaw working ai a c lial 0 in tile the pub busl ruas in tile thi united un it old states and one liua join only to look over the paper editions in any aliv book store to nee that native authora s tile aie deriving mole benefit flom I 1 HIP ile change than falls to ahn foreigners w hoi wore were be ao extravagant extra var int ph philadelphia press I 1 1 PLAINT 01 A 1 PESSIMIST jr in bulot a giitl arrile ir rile so I 1 heard hard on pill fl ing HOV B but to lible vo keep on hitting in the custard e enry ry alti t f lemro C 90 almos imes lloyald A recent rcck nt writer spoke of HIA file careers of shakespeare arlt walter or scott dickens and mark twain no alcor ill that a t are not noi boniv allo allio to euln tons considerations consideration era erat tion ions and thoroughly naun mundane dalle in I 1 their relation 10 their walk hul but allut titles loea not cot suffer from toll in to at I 1 etude th ahr old notion hall of 11 ln does require 1 fi lle atlon cation eill has haa bet boan defined ns as the iho capacity for foi inking palas lad thi this a 1 implies that given a fert aill talent or natural aptitude good aik oik m e an a 1 l C dilation dp und again aga in a aps III I 1 I 1 1 it t I 1 0 n to unit for stion spontaneous aroutine lm iule might mean wall nit afir flever f lever ever there niesi banal ho im ahod and nd routine in tho the 3 or of genius and ami we me know that things which have impressed readers and keen awn critics a as main inspired have bavo nocera necessitated earn d much labor revision and midnight oil this biln g the asic the impelling motive mog may as ajl be pecuniary the ot ere creditors ditore ns as in tho the ell c mo of goldsmith h and scott scot i must be in their deri deadening dening effect than the desire for comfort and security slid and mater material lal writing to for money la is not the name thins thing as writ i ing to 10 order wt no Is the case of 0 official poets required to celebrate events do void or of significance in writing a for money the choice of the subject or theme li Is generally left to the author and this altine alone abundant for spontaneity chicago times ller her ald aid 1 i corlas DF manrique MANRI QUn rIl miltor tor of the mirror in your paper of july alth I 1 natlea ill that t the edict bu burgh agh review Is quoted it aa s having sald said that the TH hoem entitle 1 the footsteps footstep of decay is not surpassed by tiny any poem with mith which we are acquainted la in the iho spanish language savins having the ole ode of do de leon Is not the review i anti does not caplas do manrique it by don jorge manrique translated by longfellow lar far surpass 1911 19 the footsteps steps of decay then too note the similarity i first of coplas do 0 I 1 lot let the soil her Flum flutters break out PRIS 1 thought be quickened ant and alake A ft 0 to no son how man this life Is and gone A and n 1 I death cornea comes stealing aling on oil 1 how 0 silently first verso verse of the footsteps of decay 0 let ill taft soul it slum bern break arouson abou arou its senses and awake awoke to see nc how flow soon in its gloris Rl orla clides away and the tern ot of decay corn come tet eating on don jorge joree Al anrique wrote wrol the pan poem 1 quoted shortly filter after the demise of his father in 1476 which comprises brighty five verses vf and six lines to each verse it you will rent read both bolh poems you will noto note tho the same thought throughout except thit hanique Hand que continues to a gre creater ater length now to m whom horn should the origin of those beautiful thoughts be P given or cr the author of tho the footsteps of D decay cay would you p please I 1 case too look into the matter and an 9 sacr or I 1 brough the columns of your paper if go BO you mill greatly oblige ONE WHO IS INTE interested RESTED july 14 tho the poem quoted from thi the ellin burgh burch rev on is c I 1 blensly another f fragmentary neary tr an of the poem F rendered at length by longfellow the edi editors torI opinion Is unit the edinburgh translation so far as it goes boes Is s better more compier com piet poetry than longfelt lows rendering render lne kd ed so st louis 1 iii mirror drw I 1 FIRST EDITIONS first editions of w well ell known authors are fast becoming a remunerative in pat for those who have the judgment to select the right books to 10 speculate a it in last week neck 00 wis glen for the he original edition complete in tile ilic original parts of tache tah pickwick club Po copers pers tills this work of Dick enss therefore published at al a fc mcw shillings lias has appreciated many thousand per cont cent in a single generation similarly the woi ks of living authors fetch etch large prices even while their writers are arc still young men mr rudyard kipling Is s not yet 35 years of oc age but a copy of his bis quartette published ot at 25 inertia cents about fifteen years ago his hia now appreciated to upward of 75 literary securities ol of this kind however have ano drawbacks in tho the first place of course the investors judgment may not coincide with that of the public and then the book becomes mere waste paper but secondly it A bo book ok even though rare and alim ble comes only under the lead head of a curio and has no fixed price apart from its rear kot A share remains fairly constant in value so long lone as the th business it ro represents P conti continues sound find and a diamond or other precious stone generally realizes re near the price paid ford for as it to but lout a folio of shakespeare may fetch thrice the th price today thit it will milt tomorrow chicago nem news a I 1 I 1 TOLD HER FAIRY STORIES I 1 told her fairy stories in the of old davs lone jolla apo ago As aa me ato used to tn sit hit nl at evening in the iho lamboni glow sit shea 0 was u dinv maider yet she loverl loved me then I 1 know when 1 t loert 0 her fairy stories ethien the IT in ih 0 old las long ong ago I 1 told her balry stories W when I 1 toil tto no had older grown those talpa fallon of oc lovo love and courage that loei oung have known noun when wo 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