Show A OF NOTE Gossip Gog of till liu Writers Whoso Hooks Books Wo It J tied ed to be b said MId that poets PO should be hI young ami anI an writers of ot middle a that t the tha former fortner might have ha e Ore and the latter reflection However eer lots loti of ot oung young people P like Miss ls find Ind Miss Mi Johnson are now writers of fiction Octon Miss Ihl Is II said to be only 1 and nt lit tho the age of ot 78 Sir Lewis Is just publishing a I new book hok of ot verse Morris Is II i not a n metrical heavy heavyweight hea heavyweight weight wee It but lie he In II I understood to bo ho Queen Victorias favorite poet as ag I Mario Corelli Core t Is her chosen novelist As tin all ai Instance of ot a n young oun fiction writer consider William Sterns Davis Davisa aged a ed 23 3 just graduated from Harvard Between his ht and years ears Mr Davis wa wal an Invalid lie He could coull not tudy much or play lIaY pIa at nil ni Living In tho th house houle of ot Ills his lii grandfather an I lon ion d college president he li learned 1 tho Bible and Greek Or ek and Ind Roman Homan history his lory And A nd he wrote five historical romances rom nil ni boyish bo Improved In health Davis entered A Friend of ot Harvard Ho lie lo wrote In his hla hl sophomore year rear when ho was 20 In a 1 review of ot Mr Ir Jefferson JeffersonIan I Inn Ian Cyclopedia the London Academy Ac em remarks Under his Jeffersons rule slavery sl wr waH SUH Too loo bad It I What the Academy cadem had In mind was WUI the abolition of ot the slave trade Is It generally known that Humphrey Ward besides ls being the fortunate hus husband hand band hald of Mrs Mra Ira Humphrey Ward In is him himself self Reif fel of greater Importance and In II the world worl than thun even his gifted lod wife AB ta a I a lending editorial writer wrier on al the th London Times Mr Ward IB is II Indeed n 0 1 power besides having an enviable no RO nodal dal dol position among amon people of ot real Im Importance Importance lint But hIs hia iiI Is l i not a a place to ninke a mans name known Mrs Wards literary method Is sim simple pie I She always takes pains to write just ns on IS well wel as us he can without man mannerisms anti with utmost attention to detail She Sho kno knows B Italian and Italy Ial as ns well voli wel UK us 11 any nn English I woman can and that Is la b why wh her Elenor betides besides being the tho most mORt notable novel of ot the year ear Is U n a valuable treatise upon new Italy Illy and I Its IB hopes unc A t magazine editor edior supposed to be he Edward W V Uok Bok of the tho Ladles Homo Home HOlo Journal makes these lle frank remarks about celebrities us 11 it magazine writers There here are arc two kinds of celebrities to choose from first celebrities by hv nature OF as 11 Tolstoi Mark Twain Balfour LI I Hung HUn Cluing Queen Victoria and second those who are ure celebrities for or tha time being For I or Instance Downy Dowe when ho lie was WOK In II Manila would have huc commanded I should think OO for nn an article tolling tel II how he lie destroyed tho the h squadron and mid what his hla presidential aspirations Were vere Now row It U ItIs HIt UIs Is It doubtful If It nn an article Irtel from roni him on these the e subjects would bring noo Minis Minister Minister ter account of ot the siege Binge of ot Ie Pc I Ikin kin will wl undoubtedly bring him him a fabulous lous bus prien from the editor e of ot the tho maga magn magazine zinc zine who lio ho IH is II lucky enough to obtain It I Hut after his term of ot olee o expires and ho lie retires to the obscurity enjoyed enjo d by hy byan byan an nn cx Vleo President Of the United States who will whit 1 care to hear about tho tue gallant repulse e of the Boxers The Tue Rev Hev H n D In the most mORt recent book hook about bout a the quotes nn an old servants memory of ot the tho laureates youth Mr Ir he was vas a n one onelie lie hi nl med lined to Ii be le walking up and down own the hundreds of ot limns day carriage drive a f dl shouting and nn preaching with witha wih witha a book always in II his hand and such sucha a 0 man for making sad Bad worl of ot his hi clothes I IOne One of ot the strangest things In modern rn literature Is IA ii tho the case elo of ot Joseph Jo lph Conrad lellure Ho lie has spent nt a I lifetime at itt ft sea pea Iea dealing 11 without gloves ioe with sith wih rough men Inca nod trying situations now on land hand fir hl linn hM in written writ ten n n a book hool ool Lord which Is I I compared for tor Its ls ken koen l een and masterly terl In Introspection Introspection tru with wih the work of ot Henry James Sailors often olen make good story tellers t l r rut I but ut more often ofen like hike Ik Mr Ir Bullen nul en they the rattle sea pea tales rather than metaphysical cal novels noels Miss Mary Johnston author of ot To Have nail to Hold writes wrieR with wih some somo euro care curl using n a 1 pencil anti and all soft of ot Is imper After the 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