| Show Death Was Near J ear to Mary Anderson and Robert Our London L Literary Litter Letter I Special lal Coir os 1 I m DON June JUlie rt LONDON L I I hear from fr m Italy ha NI has just Junt L do n fm for a lengthy stay Itar In ilu the lilt plc pic I tur SicilIan town o or of na and while th the there r means to finish hi hiM h his M nt new book a sequel to Jail Call of ot b h Blood which U I tutt t bott to 10 be pub published on both bol b aides Id of th tIM the Atlantic A 1 J fm by the Rn a If IC any a oun i ha hun hili the Ih itea of tl tt narrow narro ape alf from d death th which Uk lUti Ins Ina in had the Ihl other diy day till In company with his hta friend Mal Y Anderson the famous lI It Is II I reported Ortt 4 by b my Ial Ital ItalIan tan Ian llOn and as al the affair lisa lias not nol be mentioned in any English newspaper It II Is that Amu Amer Am lean loan readers Nader have not heard bend of o It eith either elthor er or It seems litem that th I tIN former arean actress rs and ami the HIe atU of ot The IM Garden n of Allah who are n oM otI o acquaintances met by chance In South Sooth Southern ore ern Italy Ital a week or ur so 10 mo ago and md nd that thit I while traveling together t bet between teen n N h u utile tile and nd mi ittu unx uncommonly seri sect serious ous ou happened to 10 their trait trai The Th details which hl h base hae ae reached me toe 4 ore tre Ie not quite cleat clear but hut there wi wis win wisa I IIII n III collision in which U tile the AC copied by b r and Madame Madama d de o Nn Mn I Arm varro 1 was v reeked and anet irai 11 peri perito i ito to the right and l left tt of or them either r killed or lr badly Injured the author auth r mJ end the tM great exaCt escaping ho hOeY how however v ev eY ever r with only a e e p rs baking up ur This Thill exciting fX ad oer OU M Ml l lame ame due d de ek to ta in n i I nelI while went nl on ti to T Tm Ta TaormIna where h re ho he at once bagan work ork 00 Oh his hi new chew book As AI In III usual with Ith him bin the Ibe author of The treen n CarnationS Carnation has ban sought s I particularly remote ant ani In 1 quiet julet not eliot In order to be H able aMe to tn write Interruption He will by the lie Ihl Ihla thena na ay a a couple of new short ort tto to ties ions and has hu also alao hal bai zu II new nf play pl accepted accented a sed by b one on of f the chief wier London theatrical managers manae And nd as II a his hi sit last book The Garden Oard n or Allah was II generally acknowledge J t I I Ii be almost If nut not quite quit real litera literature lIt ra raI lure ture there I is III reason for general sills over 01 Mr lr escape from Irom serious rlou injury If not s I worse OrM fate fait faitA I I IA A pen picture piN Un of or John stuart Mill Kill by byo h b so o 1 artIst in it word words as al a Thom Thorn w ta hardy Hard cannot full fall to be 10 to American admirers of ot both writers ea u uIt It Ii I not Dot amiss am to quote part of or a let letter It letto ter Iff to which Mr Hardy contributed U to t tee tn London Londo Times Time Tt the Ih other day dl da apropos of af the recent centenary centnar of or the lb philos pluto birth Ih lb title this letter the th author of fit Teas Ta f describes Mill as II he h trot II saw w 11 him dur dul during dulIn ing ln In the philosophers famous candida tire tur for tr In J I 55 The me Th hustings he h say had been 1 reeled erected In garden nIn net near the front of ot Rt St Pauls Paull church and m when hen I Ia a young oung man living hiving In lx n jon drew near to 10 the spot Mill WM was speaking The appearance of or the au su author thor of at the Ih Iran On Liberty which we of ot that date data t know knew lI w almost hy 11 heart was ens so en different front from the look lok lOt f persons who ho usually ad adIres Ires cro crowds dx In tn the Ihl open air lr tr that It II held the 0 attention at of Ie pe pelt for tor whom I such a gathering in UK If lt Hurt little fuch Yet Vet It II m I th that t I of a man out of or place Th sincerity of or his speech rh we 11 err 4 on oil onby I by b his hI a on Oil the Hie hustles hustings who with lIh few tw r did not care car to understand him full fulland I Ind and nd a II crowd below belo who a h could nut I Ilp He Ii lp stood toad and n net l his hll n RPt t I pale palf brow brol ton an n as 11 to I fh h n nhe he the blue veins reins In sloped back iki Ik H II upland ulland ami c to If t the Ihl a M sense n e of o exposure UI The picture of or him m in II 1 committed surrounded fm fr I the most mall part pert hy b careless d riv rived ed an en added If it an au t trailed ho 11 railed called such ellch From the Ihl fact lart that Ihl the tue cameo clearness of ot his hili face fuce h to be b In relief against the th blue Iut shadow of 01 a church which on 1111 It Ira 1111 tal side Id his hi doctrInes ant K nl 1 But nut it would not be right t to III KIV si Pl that hat I th Ih i ii throng was a absolutely r 1 ht 10 hl hi bin words word ord It Ii felt bet tin Ill were er weighty weight though It II did nut ot sut KIK M why wh In everyone If is wn hn ho will 11 secure the t l ll In n of tit press pr cuttings cutting n u a pot got ot Up U for tor ln P Pir IT r f s Sr r I IIa via la Ia some time ago URO II but hUI v wi I Ii i h it II 1114 fall 1 lo to deliver to that much 1 m n r h hand I and consequently will i ir tr Irv t I tn sll II at Rt auction When Wh hn n first he h was af d to 10 t the throne leter fIr I M w I H a S HIXI UH to III know th Ih the worlds fi hit huI him and Instructed the I a nrY to in collect sll III pr prose M II 1 bt fo many u I rk k a Il 1 col ot was a h Rk s II r ard quantity nt at an any n r ret t I uil make a donna dunn R fly r his bin majesty command this eel col collection lection P lIon was IlU bound suit and 1111 the Ih of nf the Ih agency a n y himself tok th the thA 1 I volumes to t II Uel rade to 10 nt them bent to 10 his hi roii client But there a II ter terrible disappointment awaited d Mm hint The Tue rh king of ot Sm U Itching In humor with horror and allt Indignation At III att th Ih t h i collection col v V herein ii i I h German sin 11 r cri rl atur lets IIA hid had displayed IrM their Ih lr wit Wil at al Ills his ex u expense capen pense pen While the Ih sp I agency nc nf clamor cl 1 for Its It money mon the king kIn w was roaring threats Ih 11 Inside hi his falar declaring that would Induce In him to 10 pay pa pant r u eat cent nt for then them olum lI hen the agency threatened to exhibit these ra rn mOl mcco bund hund urd book the Ih king kIn h I 1 dont care car U as long Ion a as they are UP not exhibited to 10 me m go So now the press prIll cutting which number over Sio Ui are m to be sold mid to 10 the highest bidder and 1111 there U is mi much doubt that Illat th auction will br he a I great creat draw drall X I |
