| Show n nn n nH and 1 Un classics Ith such sueh IL a grand grandfather fa father tw 1 Mrs Ward ard Is Ills Iho nIece of hol or of 11 tie who hIm him Imp hare s see pl pith enough 11 I U hol lid fatal ut lii ap alit of I it genIal Ild praises o iii culture liosi 1111 light lImo Iho not hut for hoHo amI a wilmo lS tie fl a alii lii hut r 11 tie lit If the lie I I iii so yh of character tl to the whole tell hilt g Ind and ld mid Il vu mutt i rs I 1 hlll hiatt her oten to 10 we vo owe tho ii hute tom fOl utah admiration For FOI besides tho Ito wel well knowl lit In which she hn line i reached a until olly to tn that of George J Eliot lIot In iii IJ the or literature thier hot hel Ila I Of Almost 15 IlO ago mu Il OO of tIme Iho frol morn Mrs 11 ard itt IK mt Il of I loum height itt In frame II iii yet ot marked b by a cei character lal call It collie cull It lint HOI hair is hi dark anti WI vav II ho the armul hr brushed shed bark back her Imor forehead Her e eyes alt are 1111 TheIr elliot chief quality Is a expression sion hem Hel are arc of In oler older school years earll which have made Mrs 11 tho Wu In iii haying her horn IlO lt itt the Now New dub club but slight In her and stateliness indeed ho a as the or of Iho ihme damic Immis hns grown somewhat gray there IR iii IOle sonic what more of fullness itt III the Irm The of Is felt In to 1 hi genuIne to lIe be no noted led charm the voice lit Is thai tho English voice of lie tho In women Thero I is 1 a II In th dUlk which Olt out with Iten hicen directness from remit the thie strongly Intel intellectual face Of her ml ht apty aptly tat ho that poets Ines lines Ihno still as he fles flea udd increase to lel lice trull truth And gIves to her what ho he steals frol remit her youth KNIFING AMERICAN AMERIC AN NOVELISTS Our London Literary Lear Special May from rein LONDON L talks with English publishers that thai ful American authors are becoming maIo 11 amid moro more ea eagel eager gel ger to obtain also II In Bug EnS Bugland land and that lint on tho lie other hand the tho success ot of authors nt at homo II is kIlling tho thic chancos of all but the tho big biggest jest gest for thu tho comfort 1110 sale Halo In every T EnglIsh writer lor ot of reputation began to count on IS nit Hon soars M an the act was 11 passed Thero Is I a sold her hero for th the books ot of Kato ato Douglas WI ln v Chambers Margaret Mar Johnstone WillIam Dean loII Mary Ia WilkIns timid and Gertrude Atherton hut but It IL takes 11 a Ion long little to an AmerIcan reputation lucre hero amid 1010 seIne of t the tho hewer authors who write In ti 11 less 11 style tylo lad It lined hard sledding Of course a single review of a bok book III not ot of much limit but I the tho following In iii the INI fled and Telegraph are aro not only Interesting itt In but fahl fairly r representative of tho attitude toward I moro varlet variety ot if American fIction I It would riot not be fn fair to kayo In th name or of the tho hook bock or alY ally do tul tails that lint would Identify I It hut but the tho book has repeatedly 1 II tip toward the top tOIl In the tho of tho Iho six hosl bess sel sellers In anti tho au an titers annie If iii l known own from ono one ot of the tho country to lelo hate Is pati of the tho I It Is iii American al are gradually beginning to lose los their inter est st In English fiction for fOl the reason NaRon that their own country Is ui IL native of Its roars ar no agO when Ito tho copyright ac act WM was oven thu least significant ot of British novelists were vere bUoyed up with groat hopes It cottA predIcted that their circulations would forthwith be tenfold These lively WIIt wore not anul If Cubs are arenow 10 now enjoyed In iii A Ule they ar mire ruin the tho guedon guerdon ot of ore ers work ork Is known In thuI country countr C has hiatt 11 do elpel n It palate of 01 11 its 01 own gout geu taste orally ls its I iii muot lIot a our It 1 P cor coat fw few o of these books lao their way over oler lucre It lit Is difficult to 10 ha causes ot of their hut HUI here In thIs II novel by is tL 0 story of ol origin n which may well 01 cause rause thue curious to 10 usa It is 18 not to ho be supposed that 01 all hOI are aro ot of but hul thin tho present Is certaInly Il a lIttle Ils die uK I I f It tho taste of tho lie nW literature of I Ci It u II is to h that lint titI It of nt wil trill ground vary ery rapid rapidly I ly In OUr country Not hero thoro Is IH atty lit III tIme Iho r I It in III to 1111 hit tone I is well ivell b ity time tho opulent pictures ot of otIL ofIl IL IOd hoLly In liar hr night gear anti luxuriously ly In tho artis lt of tier hur odour el rumors II is 10 tie p 10 r re but there Ihor hi 18 nn an If itt and tulle false t III I I lh liis 10 ul uhl the of li lie lieI I Ion until lun t to have served thom t hit lii lii ton will a ot of tue Iho I verbiage Ihl hl has haB I ii h huer hM lovers Oe hum l hol to Ii its thA lion nil of hi fht ot of absurdity bud ball lIe is surely 1 h hII II luero C th t hut 1 I ion iii this ook W Vu fUlly this wi will 11 let II tt enough fur for 1111 is II lie sort of fiction o of which It luf unity fairly ho lid saki 10 lie II is I 8 WW tilY Outs of th mOlt meet pub 1111 OlO heu hel 11 itt h mc II time Hie duty about lito Iho market of lid loll lill iii that lust I 11 lie 1 thus the best 11 If ut novel Wit WH 1 i to 10 hl fur for forIt lr produced nl lIt huRl hud It 11 it Ihu Vt ot unc anti Norris hut luit Ih sc brillant young ten moan had died before having hOI had time to 10 develop to thin heAt best Of oC IIII Timer mal many worl hunt I a refinement end Iel dl of which 11 cun tr try I be proud but in III tho tim host there thol was aN very ery Itlo little between 1 their w irk that of the lx On hr hlll hlll Mit b lt ii wih with hl 11 to o hla mind lIttle for nature hUla tr or the 1 I h who yet el lund tue oat blot I tift for tol tIll tell I II mi Il lit lor O 1 a Il muir of vigor hint thie oIlier often 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