| Show NOTES r OTI R RA A Otan Doyle DoYI did a very very futile thing t he h tried to kill Sherlock Holmes to km Doyle Dole never nevor cared particularly for tor H but the tho public did A year ngo ago h bl Us a tremendous success on tho Aeran sta tago In ha play In he hs has been doing tho the biggest n u ever eler known knon know II In the Lyceum beater A wk ok rk ngo ago he ho began to 10 tomm mm ru m In Dutch Dutrh at nt tho the arand t teat Amsterdam Within tho the next three ww weeks he will thrill audiences In III It t PUI Pris and Vienna This spring in rom com bark back to tta liS 8 I In III Conan Dorin i story s on Th The hound of the k A hl h McClure Phillips co 10 Will h l It II was A ft case ot of I ts e Ver us Dr D 1 tho the In th earl prIng McClure I 10 I ln n White o III rull fJ h ill hook look William Al AI PortrAits The Tho Them wa OO I wilt Will m On lin n the tiu t studies of now the tb roIer l nIl antI nil all nilI reut or of I maHl trenchant hi h II haw have nw made ide the Authors ae e v known throughout tho the country 5 5 maa IIa Ln whoso collection of tad p m rn ll n Swedish h Homo Homor 1 Ut In this country r Is IR It a new now novel noel WIll Im bear bar the tho title Jerusalem kUure ure rIghts Ii co 0 will whIt m have tho the to ott ork bOOth who Is now at nt Upon Ulon 1 a nw which wl will he lie w j th Is hi t I kow knon year Its tu to th tb readIng public ns na F ana or TI The from front frontIn In Il d Monsieur tie the n who lq L at t were er ll Ju with 18 dUll hoWver Mr lark knoll kr t s th n a fur many things lie ag or f thu Oleo Glee club he heV n i di V f fr un wr fir one pub hub I t hk Il a fir nn and ho hue hoh wrote urt In the tho t opera Pd dle b by the h he club chub Now a Ii tall tal DI Ihn t Oble drips into the thc It II may whisper NW 10 o lh th t There goes Tark 1 t lf r f A the Lur man nuan 4 k ung graduate hn baa at evor or tho thi tartt smokers which Mr to 10 attend hell hes m more re apt Pt Turk Zark Etta D Danay th man mall who anny D I IT number of Week laR I a ie ete The Tho Two hh the ot of the Year writer C II Th I a Of or nUth author r ris ii fl ly by Jou of the Green Oreen hut Gorg is Bh of ot f ti thir e teas ing and The n 81 the lIy by Florence tt tw h hasp ot of the tho most mOlt his huls In e t crItiC th draws an be at of Work ark of Mr Douglas and Hardy MA compares ru Miss Wilkinsons work York to In Its deep dep sympathy with man and niL mi ture turo anti and Its serenity of ot spirit Miss MillS Wilkinson has haR recently returned from fromn froma n a long hong visit to ii tho the AdIrondacks In the region legion whence she drew drol her Inspiration Tho Strength of ot the Hills S S S Tho The ten prize covers for far which tho the publishers of Harpers offered 1000 last August are me bo so fetching tel that women admirers of ot the Bazar nazar are oro cut cutting ting thug out tho the covers covern and framing them liS 04 ornaments for tor their dens Tile Tho January cover was done dono by the well veil known artIst Mrs Alice Barber the tho February l cover by Miss Ellen Macauley cauley and the tho March Marchi cover coer Is Isto Isto Isto to be made from the thc prize hrizo winning do de design sign SIgO by hy Mr P F 1 Luis Lois Mora After Atler tho the announcement of ot the thuc prize offer more moro than 1200 cover designs were welo submitted and It was found Cound a n very ver difficult mat matter tor ter to make mako the tha selection It has hns been announced that a MIss Mies Ethel of ot Heading Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania vanla Is the till original of at tho tIle character of ot I In Thus The night of ot Way It H Is 19 stated that Mr r Gilbert Parker tho the author met tho lm young lady nt nl Oberammergau and was waa struck at ruck by hor resemblance to the type hpe of If t woman wonton ho had III In mind for tor the heroine of ot his noveL Miss U b described ll ns as u n oung young American Woman who roes much Into Inlo society ls Is fond of ot horses and dogs dO lI and Is III as sympathetic antI and devoted to duty luty ns IJ Rosalie was The Tho report conies comes front from the tue other side that Tho The night Right of t Way ay Is now no soiling sellIng laster In Scotland than In England Jo where tho the reading habIt Is not NO so strong UH as in III thc the north S S 5 leoNo who ho nr are still wondering about the thc authorship of at An English Jovo Letters will shortly have havo their curiosity gratified ll ns liS the London Hook announces that t It hits has reason to be beleve leve 01 tho tile of the authorship will suhl lw he 11 1 made public Mr Harry Barry Pain Tain having shifted the responsibility from his hili shoulders and no one having been bee II able to lix It Il upon Mr Laurence Houtman lIou the tho mystery has only deep rued cued lied with w Ith the discussion III There Is a will aill tell time the naked truth in tho the pres presence once ence of ladles These Thesa nuggets of wis vis wisdom dom doni dOI appear In III his hula now MIl novelette lOA A Detective Story which Is completed In the February number humber of Harpers Magazine The London Academy Is ha su so pleased these new witticisms that It Il li Iti I moved to suggest the thc publication of or a t I Mark Twains Own Book Dool of Maxims which ought certainly to bo be Illuminating us ns u a 1 practical guide to conduct lOA A Double barrelled Detective Story Stor will be Is Issued Issued issued sued In III book form In ha the spring springS S S S SA A agent for mr Harper Brothers had the tho following nerve testing experience a few tew dayme ngo ago Ho lie had approached a rather obstinate cus customer customer tomer tamer on Oil the subject of n a set act of the thc new I lIc of at United States His IUs History history tory but had failed after atler on effort to make mako much Impression loll as at to tho the merits of ot the tho big work By fly this time tile the customer was In ha 11 n a l humor with the thue salesman and nM Inclined to take tako him down laWn Indulging In var vur various ious Ions sarcastic remarks about encyclopedias In general and this ono One In Iii par But nut there thero are aro four tour thousand blog biographies ral of ot distinguished Americans In Inthis Int inthis this his t work politely tho the and only one f no lle feature of ot It Humph 1 I Four thousand biographies Ill bet bel you oU got my lilY cles nes biography In It t sniffed the custo customer muter mer He lie was nas In Congress He lie cast tho the I vote sote that elected Jefferson und and ho Ito ought to be In It nut Dot ho hue In any ay encyclopedia I over olor saw Haw al What WhItt Was Wall his name asked the tho salesman Ills name namo was vas A B It nut But Ill bet you ou 10 you OU got him If It ItoU you oU have seeing tho tIme agent hesitate If It you y OU have havo Ill pay Pit the tho bet bot and take a U allet stet of at the tho books too Now the tho agent had never heard henr of ot the mans not many of tho the present generation have l ve though hewus very prominent In his day But he ho lose loso huts his nerve narve All right Ill take tako the tho hot bet and ho Ito hurried back to Say Sn Sa Is A H Ho BH name attune In the ncy ency he ho asked the manager managerI I dont know Never Nover heard Iward of ot him Ill look It up Yes Y lucre here It Itla ItIs la Its legislator From 1797 to tu 1801 and to tu 1811 was IlIa aM a IL member of ot Congress was prosecuted under the alien and sedition laws etc eta There Thero you are Halt an hour later Inter the tho agent BRent collected coll hula his wager and sold I hl a set of ot the ency eney encyclopedia ncy to a n highly gratified customer Hut But as he salt said It was Willi a 11 close chose call callA t 0 0 A Conan Conall Doyle DoI Is soon to display his lila patriotism after the manner of ot the time old ohl J He lie hutta written n a 1 small book The War ar Its Cause and Effect to the flood 1101 of ot lies lIeR which have hae pervaded the world about pol pal policy polIcy icy and British soldIers rs At Dr Doyles t th the book will bo ho put on solo nalo by jiM ills publishers l McClure Phillips PhillipI 0 CI Ce Ceat i int at nt the mere luCre cost ost of printing and the thus theauthor theauthor author hopes that lust hIs bin carefully gathered red masse mans of testimony will set old oM Eng England I England ng land aright In III every ewry nook and corn earlier corner r of ot our country t t lord striking personality continues to furnish copy lOP for tor the tho ro 10 romance mance manlo makers It l Is now stated that t nt tu hit hn Is II the thc original I of fir one of ot the chief characters In an nn anonymous novel noyel late Iv Ic v brou ht out In England entitled Lord ri The Th author Is said to be a n well known member of oC parlia parlin parliament ment and a K C C U It Is doubtful if hC Lord by reason of ot political al exigencIes will ba bG able to devoto mo of ot the thc most attractive editions of or book Is to that has hns thu beautiful photographic W lif l Clifton Johnson Mr Ir Johnson was the tho In this lila kind of Illustrating ills His photo photographs graphs for lor Ix rna Doone were vere made In III the lie country Itself which he hp explored for or tho the purpose tramping with his hula faithful camera for COI miles over tho the moors aware which Blackmore huts has made fatuous famous S S S Eight Times M Mont According to tt tho the this tills means lint by far the most popular rind easily the best bast selling of fit the year just closed was Alice Allee of ot Old 01 For I or eight elgh I consecutive months l It 1 was wall Among the till six best host selling novels reported to 10 the by b thus the dealers from thirty seven von cIties cUlM In the tIte th United States and norl Canada And January until July Inclusive Alice was first the best beRt the head of ot the list lilt Published In III Sep Sop September September 1900 1000 Mr Thompsons novel sprang Instantly Into Inlo favor and amid edi edition thou tion t on followed toll owed edition from tho time pio presses ei es Lazaire begun 11 like hike first ap sip appearance among till tho th lenders leaders wal In the closing month of ot the thc year Alice Allro of nf Old 01 1 Vincennes wan sixth In the tIme list of lit host bet bestsellers sellers In December Dp 1900 With ith iTo tle op opening o ening of the year It sprang to first place In the list Sixth In demand In Iii love story In lit the February Harper writ writt wrItten t tn ten n by Iy title this unknown lady at pt f literal y I quality If Indeed It ll bo be n IL up III I called Tho rho Story of Ama Amabel 4 bel bol and Whoever wrote the tho story atory It Is iii charming S S 0 Murk Mark Twain has added two new lIell max maxims tuna ims to tho the worlds already valuable col cot collection collection lection They are an at follows Wo Vo ought never nover to do wrong wrung when people 11 are looking and No real gentleman AA AA time thus In III the J future to tha tius lit Ill literary work wort wor ill VW WI ol 1 Ip hit he I Ihas la In rl r Ite has lutta 1 tIt M lilt ii of ot u C I flu I nw his hi LOst IMI JUU which that mot with Vii r S S t S heal fl has hM hall hail n a 11 very v rr ro Ills 1118 rather father wa was a n Relay army firm amI his hili mother n a 1 He lit w wu 1 born In hut h tho the Ionian wont to France l at al sixteen I thence to 10 New Or Orleans I leans Icarus ho for ten y years t r doln editorIal m work In III 87 hf his h the Willi V est t Indies and wrote Hole of lit h hi his ox In a it hi hull work to this the of ot lovess m ible tyl Then Illen his wish he hue went to 11 Ja Japan pun pan but bu t WAS soon toon reconciled for fin he lu married a t J p o and n 1 a nf lit f lit at the thus Tall 10 He lie 11 app Of now W to III have hae become d by b J P H life hItS f and h 11 hia ap apparently I It of the tite Flowery The Ill of bf mou boOks J for to buys boys Mr 0 1 A 4 litO J tty l Is I now w v t yB old but bul ho Ito I I of ot n a atour l Wr tour lour which will h m to 10 his coun country try tl What of or woul flock to hear har html him I i it t S S t Mr w l Is soon on Itil hll to tt Itt on OilS or two of our Si SiS S Thin Tho ho tumid fund for time the memorial tn to H n u O author of Lorn lern Doone Doona hind had reached the sum aunt of at EO lat late In December and more mOlo wro Ore vre at that time from many readers lit in The fund will bo hll devoted to time the of ot n U tablet upon tho the or of Exeter rul H It Ills Is fitting that time the world should perpetuate the of tut tilt the author authol of ot a n book like Ilk 1 0 which It is loved al Jl always ways In demand year lifter after year On One 11 December IMI 1901 ll Into 1 ond place with th tIte of this now flaw y r and In lii headed only bY 11 Gilbert of at Way Wu |
