Show Famous Authors Cl b t 1 On Its Last Legs II 0 Our London Literary Special COrIC ONDON O DO Oct Oel S have L long ben current In III literary cir clI circles cles here that Authors club well known to 10 numbers of oC American writers visiting this country was In a had bad way wa Tin rumors have had a l solid foundation and now unless the unexpected happens by tho end of ol j the pi sent month the club will ably abl have ceased to 10 exist Although the event has haJ been anticipated or at nt least least for a considerable time Is Js still a certain amount of or in the Ihl members who Iho can hardly help looking on clubs fail rall ure 1110 as n a IL mi 1 tilt the profession lon of o author in England 1 It is nut not likely that u IL similar thin could have hll hap In III America for all ull would have huC bon In the papers long ago agu But here all has been kept dark dall and In truth the press neither knows Ios nor cares much about tho Ihl author authOl nr or his hl club and will chronicle thu tho dissolution when It II In a fl few rew bald lines There Is IH ome talk of oC continuing Ug the th J club as UR a tt dining society and there Is just an outside chause that an ar al arrangement may ma be made mad at tho last moment for COl preserving It In a modification I cation ot oC Its IlS present form Two pro proposals have j m under consideration one to tu luc have It II carried d on 01 ul a proprio ULl club at It Whitehall court in III rooms room near IWI the present pre ones One the tho other othel to tomo move mo Into Inlo smaller and lIll less pretentious JI J and an to the tho existing exl un organization ln 11 great division of opinion on this which seems to both hoth s s falling through If so o an Interesting feature will vanish front London club land lall Some of ot the members have ha al already ready In anticipation of or the end join joined ed Nl other othet clubs tho Iho Devonshire for fOI in instance stance having d several CAUSE OP OF The Ille au c of the lIle Authors club fall uro III J If WH I must consider it is not very rr hard hUld to 10 discover Isco r It Isa com that London clubs general I ly I speaking have going a II i bad Ld period which Im hLl led to sev SC eral hitherto lather I re rc their haughty attitude towards members In the thc case of oC the Authors club tho Iho expenses of uC main have ha always been heavy hav and a Il state stain of 0 stagnation during which it has to attract lct sufficient now to repair thu losses of oC old has had disastrous results r The Thc club bus hlL not enjoyed the th H support by bodily presence plc of or many of 0 llie men with the big hi circulations who havo very r seldom sold om hen seen within tho club rooms and whose membership Is Ji only fact known Inon to most of their follows ws by b the that their names appear w Oil the or JL the thc roll of ot ine r Somnolent Somnolence set in n several years r ars ago ao anti and when the GH G H was compelled d tb t l resign r through ll pressure l of r w rk it was WaR thought that by appointing the able assistant a secretary of the I he yn Ib lid G JJ n BurgIn the novelist a new mcw ele l ment might bo Introduced Fresh Fl sh members however havo not no come In to lo the tho extent nt Ipp l for foL and though the club has ha ot ol late attracted more publishers tl all ot o yore It II lu snot cap more I authors II I A nucleus of old members remains among ILmon tho most being ts Brain pro Stoker Fm Carlton and Lacon Watson but and loyal lo al attendance of f afternoons could not keep the legs cl b on Its Us SHE TAXIED lIONS B It Is not often that a book hool on the tho doings of or society arouses much pub lUb lic Interest hut but ri i recent r c nt en cn titled This Tho Holland House Circle Is full of ur good stories t lleR of or the th Augustan Ago of oC British that Is during tulln the thc times of ic Byron Se tt Moore and their set ral Holland It II seems kept house hOll for open C geniuses of every des tl s and nud though her own past as or loss IC R n d thein th lu ner circle of or English I lel treated i her r C with Ith cold contempt her lih gathering oC lions was She Rhe hal had a great way of ot shifting f her h r guests t after aCh thc taken their places at table calling distin II writers by their the first names and generally running the show to I suit hr elf and thereby taming the th liS as spine wit put It On imp one occasion she hud Melbourne to tn iline with her him shift liis J i pent at i t the ih table three times Urn Oi 01 the last occasion o caRIn his Jord I TOI lip up In a I huff null stalked str out of oC the dining hall at Lady Tah Holland H 1111 be damned d in cd if Il r J dine with youat Oll nt all aU On M r IJ l rs If I 1 Homan history anil li We guest I of Lady to I t but blit aPP appeared to td nj J lt arid finally Jin JJ called d OiTt l q to th the great ri Now ov Macaulay lH wo of that give gl us ose Sho frankly nl told t Tom loni Moor f l lIn i In the h of f his popularity l lt that not 1111 sri 1 1 to Tl o ho to r l 1101 nn haa Is so spare ui OI I On of Vj 4 to In Wo or or Iho ng just como lO to the tho aritt t Lad Holland to J u the I tor him at nt Hows Leopold I I r heard h of f Flemings s ut BeL glans aI me 1110 fhe nd W refer to jS Jl Jr lew I she Jilt s of 10 i Most f epple oje went to l lH Holland H H ils not n t III 10 moot tho lions of oC ila du v nit but to t 1 poo lQ Holland II IlI lH hI ill the company c Holland I was fie rr not to dh CIR lit his ow l i s ti d when asked It If Ithe he would w ud boo ut a Il certain n celebrated c function n at his OlI hous replied r I dont dOllt IdIO ask Ils h l Hadi H Ld rad Holland lived 1 1 cl li In daysi she would doubtless have been ihlo to gly Tl rn 10 mill tant t suffragettes m ES 0 |