Show r 1 I IThe The following questions and answers VIII will perhaps bo be Interesting to a 0 number of ot local renders readers Was Drons Maid of ot Athens Athena a 0 real person ft n heroine of ot the tho Greek war for tor Independence or merely mere a II creation t the poets Oets fancy tune Inspiration rne RS a 1 beautiful young oung woman Theresa She Sho C not ft a heroine of ot tho the Greek war Her later years ear eare were passed l In obscurity and end abject poverty I C S What II Is the origin of ot the expression Perfidious Albion The expression Is 19 of ot French origin and la Is apparently an UM old as ae the tho political relations relation between the Iho two countries It ItIs ItIs ItIc Is Ic ascribed to Philip VI of ot Franco France I ranco 1329 and a Napoleon Is ii nid to have used It ii when on hoard tho Northumberland land I nl en route for tor Bt St Helena C What plays plas has han F Marion Marlon Crawford written In tho the Palace of ot the King a drama dramatization made mado In collaboration with lIh tho the late Lorimer of ot Mr Craw Crawfords Crawfords fords novel noel of ot tho the mine name A drama bawd on the tho story etory of 01 Paolo Anti Fran l Francesa ema cesa produced In French by b Mme Sarah Bernhardt Rome flome five or six aix al years ago ngo a n version erslon of ot Mr Isaacs was tried In this thu city but failed tolled to 10 win 4 5 t 5 What hat IB III a n complete Hut hat of the pub Il works of ot Mr William Dean Denn Haus The ThA complete list II I of ot Mr lr J work w Including his farces poems oil til 1 essays ete etl Is Ia too long to 10 bo ho print printed ed rd herr h rr ns aa I It of over Ocr 60 titles The question Is III printed because the tho reo rec orl will nih probably prove large to 10 o many of ot Mr Mt Howells reader a 4 IC ICI Is I William Clark Bussell tho the well known writer of English sea sen stories an In American William Clark was raa born In N York city on Feb l eb 24 2 ItI 1841 i of ot Eng En ng ll lI lich h parents parente hut hilt educated In England w wIh kh ban been his home through h life lite Ills Ill lII father r Henry Russell wrote rote sev several ee ao eral ml songs Cong that enjoyed 11 great popularity In their day sin do among them A Life Ilfe on the tho Ocean Wave WaI nn Woodman Tree TreeS S CS O klett lett Burgess for or per fantastical practical Jokes joke had hlll Hi It Hart In A ft most tinting daring escapade Mr r on grounds ground had hod hoda ft CI ft gr lit at grudge against the tho swell which stands in an Important f wr pr In Hon Hin an Francisco Francieco holding In one ono onen n nil Ill a glass of nod and In the other othera a t roll marked Welcome It teemed Imp to remove tim tha statue Ic ll atrI jo en An Mr lr Burgess PI and atul several of or ti hh i In that original ring mag Jr The Tha Lark which ho Ito was waK pub hub ins nt at that time took look a character chara ter r I leti li method to their end jh y s choso a stormy and It Iti t a i III ground Tho 1110 city elt of San lan Francis Franciso o fI rejoiced r tho the n next day clay to find only I ih hoots boots of at the Iho Iron statue on the tho pedestal and tho the mis ml Wore were ero not no caught probably be bo cause causo the people of ot Ban an Francisco Franciaco were ere too grateful to them 5 Houghton Co published the following books on Saturday Feb 13 18 Violet a 1 romance by the Baroness von Hutton Henderson HenderRon the tho story of ot ota ofa a n vigorous westerner by Rose Roee E a aYoung Young a 0 study of at The TIt Oligarchy of at Venice by Mayor McClellan of ot Nw York a I revised edition of 01 the two vol volumes volumes umes umea on New York by Ellis H II Rob nob Roberts crts erts In the American Commonwealths Commonwealth erlei Berles And part XI of ot A Hebrew and English Lexicon of tho the Old Testament Baaed on S No little curiosity has been expressed over the volume by the new mayor of ot Now New York Some Borne have ha taken the title The Tho Oligarchy Oligarch of ot Venice to bo be a 0 dou doub blo be b o entendre meant to conceal a 0 treat treatment treatment ment meat of ot an oligarchy much nearer home It may be said eald however on the authority of ot the publishers hors that Mr book Is simply what It nur ports to be a 1 study of ot the great Vene Veno Venetian Venetian tian machine of or government and It may bo be added n II study stull both careful and ond graceful S Miss s Rose E Young whose new story etory of o Missouri life lICe entitled Henderson Is 18 Just published has hos been connected with some picturesque quo Journalism In her time One little It lie sheet which she edited had n a rural correspondent who was ns a n joy to 10 her soul Once he sent sont In Ina Ina ina a batch of ot from which she sho culled the following Mr Dav Ran nan Banson Ranson son lion has hns just past down clown tho the road with witha n a load lORd of at corn or going 1 In I to 10 Napoleon Nopoleon Mr Hanson Hnnson Is on his hIli way WO home I seen him coming hack back It was alln a lively lIe com corn of ot Its class and tho the dots dot be ho between b tween teon the tire Items stood for tor no greater grenter lapse of time titan than a tel few hours FO ro F fast did events c ntA follow Collow ono one upon another In Turkey Prairie 5 Miss Rose nose E Young the tho author nf ot Henderson Is III a Missourian whose ancestors lived In Iii Kentucky antI Vir Virginin Ir Her grand father tather was Gen Oon Evan Shelby of ot Kings ICings Mountain to 10 history for tor his share In the thc battle of o Kings ICings Mountain After Atler the Revolution her liar ancestors went to 10 Kentucky whore where her grandfather eventually established his family on n a largo large plantation Then came carrie tho the Civil war nr After Arter tilt the war her hor father to 10 Missouri where ho he was vas born on ft a 1 farm Carm In Lafayette lIc county When a t girl of ot IS 18 she sho went ent to Texas taught school lI hool at the same nm time doing some somo little writing fh In the tho nature of or Journalism m From I rom Texas lexas she went nt to Chicago being engaged In editorial work antI from Cram Chicago came farther east cast ast to New York ork continuing her edi edl editorial tonal work vork Mell she site began to 10 torIto write rIto short MOIl stories nomo somo of ot the tue best of or which have fathered about Henderson the 1110 hero of ot her last volume whoso whose ca en career n reer foil fell for tho tito most mOAt part In Just such audi sucha Kucha audia a Missouri town lown as ns Miss MillS Young hers lf lived In as nil a girl Her first novel nOel 1111 O Of oC Missouri mat last nit nil n turin a k be I Merely Morel Mary Mar Ann Mr I now famous novelette will bo ho published I next week celt by tho the company In a large edition In paper covers The piny which Mr made from his Iris hook line haa had hind so great n a success that It Il i has hns called collell for tor tho the publication or the he tory story In a 0 volume by Itself Hitherto Merely Mary Ann Ahn has appeared only In tho the collection of ot short stories by b Mr entitled The Tho drey Grey arC Wig The Tha Vir Publishing company of Pull Phil announces a n special prize of oe o oer fer er of ot lOdO 1000 for or tho the host but manuscript of at ofa rt n book addressed to 10 Young Women omen to bo ho a n companion volume and of ot equal merit m to their dollar book hook by hy To Alfred entitled Morning The manuscript must have merit to 10 entitle the book to live Iho for tor CO to or iO 1110 years yearn nr n nM and id to mould tho the character anti and shape chape the he destiny of nt oncoming generations R Tho The contest l is III restricted to women ho the manuscript to bo ho from tram to 10 words Vord anil to o be ho submitted by h B sept pt 1 I Wl Pull In formation ran b hie hI secured by addressing the Vir J company 2237 Land Title Philadelphia Pa In PaC C Two hooks bonk II not hot hitherto announced on fo Cos spring list are a n new volume by Dr Theodore T V Munger entitled for or the tho th TIny Diy and a II bout bold dramatic roam noem by try I William Vaughn Moody dealing lien UnA with tire the Ih story tory nf at n Prometheus and entitled The Firs Fire r The n publishers report the tho Ih following now printings The Tho tenth Im Impression rn of or The Tho Log rog of or a n Cowboy by b Andy Adams whose whole now hook honk A Tax Tex nil aft Matchmaker will appear next month a n second lon nf ot lien Hen Henderson derson by Iw Rose Hose F Young You II It which wan Willi rolled railed for tor In advance if It t A n fourth of The nights flights of ot II Man by b Dr lIr Abbott In sec second cc ond on of ot Tho The Nature of ot otI I Goodness by Prof 0 H II Palmer lalmer anti and Henry Ward Word by b Lymun Ab Abbott Abbott bott bolt S SC SCAt At this time when so many people p plo are starting starling for Cor California and arid Mexico three very good gOOI bookie to remember are The Land of at Bain by Mary Austin Our National Parks Parka by b John Mull Muir and itA A White Umbrella In Mec Ico ice by r F Hopkinson Smith The eighth printing Is Clara Louise latest In lest novel noel Jewel bringing It Into Int Its ite It thou than thousand sand and Tho publishers Houghton Mit 11 fin Co also report the thc sixth printing of ot Education and tho the Larger Life by byC byC byC C Hanford Henderson author of or John and tho the second printing of Bradford Torreys Clerk of DC tho the Woods Wo ds which was V S published last au autumn aUtumn turin S CC 4 Times have changed since ainee the Dogo DoRo was Vas carried through the canal canali of oC Vo Vu 0 nice In a 0 gondola What would some nomo of those old Italians have bravo said could they have had a vision of or their descend descendants descendants ants as ns they worked tIme the levers of ot the first nut tint lint cars to 10 pass through tire the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Subway carrying tho time mayor maor In civic state An Idle MI speculation per her perhaps haps halts but one ono which commies comes In III an Oil idle moment after reading tho the announce announcement ment of ot Mayor George Georgo H B book on The TIre Oligarchy Oligarch of or Venice That a n Democratic moor mayor of ot Now York should luwe written a book boole on such a II subject is III In Itself n a 1 noteworthy ploce of ot news antI ono mm which throws a n strong ray rny rn of ot light across the tire murky murk atmos atmosphere I phere of ot metropolitan politics b SS Dr Henry van VOll The Tho Other OtherWise OtherWise Wise Vise Man Inn line has III boon been translated Into AI al almost most moat every e over r European l language and Is Isnow Isnow isnow now In process of ot translation Into tho the Welsh i Extremely Interesting of ot the great grent English I novelist are gien In MU Mi Lucy W Baxters n to Wil William WI liam ham AI M r Intimate C charm charmIng charmIng Ing letters I to members of or her family now running In The fhe Century under ti U title Uthe the tle of ot Friendship with an nn American Family The Tile following inch dent Is I quoted from Cram Miss Baxters story of ot how time the friendship between time the Eng I ng heir writer and the Ih American family tie III gan Ban and grew frew When tIme the return from Boston was At nt hand my 01 mother to 10 the tha I younger members of or the tire family that thai should Mr Thackeray appear during tho the day da nt at Brown House It were best beat not Hot to 10 aak inn hint to ditto I havo not Just such Much a n dinner ns os I like hike to give go him she site Haili nih 1 Whatever was lIS tire the deficiency my I mother hail had to tn overlook o It ns as time tho sequel Proved As te she aim stood In tio timo I just before tire tha dinner hour giving orders order to tho the maid a n In III from Crom the tho front door After It was op 01 opened opened I ened steps heard coming cornIng stead stend steadily My ily II through tho the hall hail to tho tire AB As my mother turned In to 10 see sea who could coul ho bo coming coining at so halo lato an un hour there thern In lu the doorway dooray stood tho itie tall tail fig Og figure ure uro with kind eyes and sliver silvery hair which lind Imad become so familiar to 10 us Oh Ohm Mrs Mr said let mn mo show how you ou what shat capital copies copio Crowe has hos made of or the Boston pictures In each tach hand ho Ito hold hohl an tin oil sketch of ot portraits nf ot General lenoral and Mrs then ns M now In tire the Boston Museum of ot Art Mr Eyre was Mr private secretary and ani had a n good deal leal of ot artistic ability The pictures were placed on in chairs examined and admired ed ell Mr was greatly incas plen incased ed cd especially e with the tho portrait of ot Washington Look at him lie ire salil saul Does Docs ho pot not look ns us If U he had Just said ald a II good stupid thing Then Their turning to 10 my m mother ho said Now you OU will give glo me mo some soma dinner wont you youTha ou The Tha Th younger were Vere greatly de 10 delighted lighted by my nw mothers discomfiture I doubt If Mr Thackeray discovered any anything anything thing amiss In the tho dinner Ho lie always laughed nt nl our American Idea Ideo of ot mak rink making makIng ing a feast for tor a IL guest saying that we wo did dill not understand nt at all nil Just to fetch a n friend homo borne to 10 a 0 leg of ot mutton No one must think from tho the remark Just quoted that tha t Mr Mm It under tinIer undervalued valued Washington or to 10 hold him up to ridicule On 01 tho contrary In later years letters show horv how Ilow grieved and auth hurt he ha was by my b the tho misconception In America as ns to a passage In The Tho Vir Virginians which roused tire tho Indignation of ot our 11 He lie fully Cully appreciated 11 great quai qualities tiles often orten spoke of ot him but buthe he lie did not ot consider him him brilliant In hn con conversation C Mark Twain Is 18 I spending part port of ot his hili Italian days Ila In work worl upon n a novel which he ho began years ago ugo anti and laid naltie until ninth n a period of or more leisure and tower fewer Interruptions I Selections from tIre the letters of ot John to Charles Eliot 1 Norton who was ns Buskins most mast Intimate friend rica In Inthis Inthis inthis this country RIO one to 10 1111 10 published In III two volumes nest autumn arid and lII are aro satti to 10 reveal a n moro more genial and charming side of oC personality than titan that gen generally orally known C S SA A posthumous pO volume compiled from the letters tellers and papers of It tho tire lato hato A I D Is 19 to 10 bo 10 hOlI under tinder the th title of or Tho Tire Men Ien of oC Manners In III the Third Mr Ir was raa tho the theauthor author of ot An 11 Englishman I In Paris the Ih most mORt clever chevy and successful success Cui of oC ic to cent literary fakes NI C S C new took hook dun dan den deals IK with Japanese ghosts gob Kob line Una fairies Mr 11 ll who In Is known In nn OR lies hall It seams p om disappeared II train from Toldo Tokie nothing 1 In a known nf ot his where short whereabouts but ns on he lie linn has often gone Jone Into unto retreat no anxiety l him III IB felt foil feltS S S I 0 Henry Henn who In is I Sydney R Porter In real roal life hRS gone gono to in Tho TIme Walrus the tine for the tho title of ot his novel nf of Central America which ho rails calls anti and ICings 1 1118 This Thin Ix III Mr Ir Porters gird first long story filmy although his hlA short shor stories hove won von on for him one asia of ot tine tho successes of ot tine tho past year C The Tha Baroness von son on Hutton whose de lie delightful hook book Our Lady of ot the Beech Beeches es en met with lIh such Au h n a year ng him Just JURt published a now new no novel entitled Violett ruin author Is in an nn American and the tho niece of ot a 1 former Cormer armor president of the Pennsylvania Was wan aR horn born i or In Iii one of nf |