Show FrN n I 2 OUR O R LONDON LITERARY LETTER I L u qU u u u i u Special Correspondence T T ONDON ONDO Feb l eb Arthur Co CoI CoL 0 L I nan DoIs lucid hold holl on aim 01 the tho public I will 11 linn ha been so constant cutout t nini lute his 1111 hil at itt tie the bands of if ff critics no so 0 kindly over ever since he hue created Sherlock Holmes I I mcI that It I must be he hI ruttier rather for tor the tho au tat author a n disconcerting experience IU thor Ihor to tl see mice eQ himself hll roundly abused his Ils opinions nH as 11 ho ito has hal luau had hilt to several times of late Rut Hut ut when the Iho Doctor lolor Doyle Jo e decided to run ruin rUI for fuit to I parliament na nil a I COI erl ho 10 hardly could have hl expected that even om their t It I r nil mit hat for 01 his hl writing writ I a gem would Id pi event Liberals from doing their nest to tim bring about his hl defeat either by h II ll counting ig the tho soundness sou of ot his hI hi s Judgment j mm 1 mu mae at In itt II matters political or attempting t to 10 disprove dl the of o his huis statements As dM a 1 matter of ot fact ti I Sir lr Arthur Arlhur la is II at mit lt pl 0 being taken takui lo 11 tusk task for toJ hIs views as it severely as its If It he lie were woo Just nn run ni ordinal I y candidate In a ad not a it I distin distinguished ii is ti it author nn flit acknowledged ROd pa ha pI hat tilot t and anui 1111 a ii I knight him ht And 11 umul It I I t cannot ca bo he e even een by I 1 nn nIl unprejudiced observer that tho the creator of ot Sherlock Holmes has immis hud hilI the best hest of It II co it tar fur In lit Ills his bouts with politIcal critics As Au 8 was mentioned In tum these let letters tern when hell Air Arthur Arlhur who ho Is standing for tor t hue described tho the condition of that constituency con as its 18 ono one of depression II a local pointed out that time tho deposits Mrs III In II tho ho local savings bank nt at last year M wore were wee In III ex cx X c CI tf of those tho of any an Previous one old add 11 I mig rather I he t tao II that Dottor loi DOI toe lor Doyle Dole would have base more mora trouble In imi ex explaining l hula him this his I oct fact altO titan than ho hn lu e did ii Iii In itt explaining thus tho of Holmes I The Tue author all I liar however eune Chie hack hII promptly In iii II a it 1 letter leter written nt at tho Athenaeum 4 t ii In club lub ci iii Pall I mull Mall II 1 mm II In I n which hi he lie declared that Ihl t he lIu believed more money Ioney had been heel deposited nt fit for tor th simple leason that Ihal time the people Slav Hi W hind hll times ImeK ahead of ut If them limit Hut Bil this thin Ihl l is h not considered especially convincing More Moreover over Sir Hh Hi i Arthur A rt hi u r wan I louis enough gil In hit the tue letter nail apropos of present tariff discussion lol to 10 touch upon tIpoti the Iho state tale of the time woolen trade In country of or which is I l of ot the tho He its I remarked that Ihal Greet Hilt 1111 export of ot woolens wootens f th tIt em Im was WiS only about nUI 3 I Thin statement linK has been heen Mi It h vigor by h b n a well iel I known knowl k a ow mm mx x in i i j I Ii ri ii nion tnt t who quotes luoleR teem the I it e bun id I i nf I If t a in i 11 ri to show that Hint id tui of r I JI worth of ut woolens omIt lIe time the om cam m pile only al a ont 0 I I half that H is I going 1011 goi It g to In tho t lie Ill IC SY hi I i n ri y SI iQ OM worth actually ls Is I III lo ma tom foi fol 1111 Dr D II i nays This Is II Mired a II vu 1 y t on elm the t lie part lt of 01 t n C hi P mini 1111 a aA Another A hot declaration led mm rot Ion of nt the Ih I he knights kum I a on 01 ont the tho t lie subject t of tr a f I Import lI nt my has a ben been compared sum t to Its 11 It I disadvantage 11 ii I tilt tage with and ald time the tart comment tiit added This Thi ii ni I mini lii y ignorance S S S When hen Mrs l re John 3 Oliver I ii I hal Is III at itt II him In III tIme the tl hi Isic 1 lr of ot Wight site she hl amorally Is III able to Lo work practically Ii It d letu i luei but hUI her hel lie m near mica r Hy 1 I I il li 1 I e Park Jark Is 18 too easy CS of by h I tho the novel l tM la to t her hr much murll of nr being heil tulane alone when hIl Mm s Is In II I mm town tOWI Mm Mrs Irs a mu 1 good gOld deal of ot time line In itt and fo 50 o for fat weeks Hilt nho IIII been looking for a workshop where site she could sport pOr her oak antI bo be b ulmo I tM Now sItu hiis hl s found fiat such so oh a II aI to e treat To lo 0 It Il Is a u secret which may ma bo he here however that by I ii special tl peu tho IIII of oC Sonic Fome Emotion lIon s and unc n it I Moral urn I has Ii mis Just j list heart been permitted pt tin I t t eui to In I I take In ku chambers cit ii In III i mm The Albany A I mt ny Piccadilly II ly the t It c Ms hi hi Is Istone tone loiI homo hauls hitherto exclusively HiVe u 8 1 retreat I she Mho will wi use u e as its u a I Men I II The Tho Albany Ahan always has ii been 1 storm n II popular i In I abiding I rum place i ii Ith ii authors ati hots Hall I I lull nine I ni hind had hiI chit timbers there Ihen to RO go lunch both Hyron timid and nr ton lodged In iii II tho itt itta famous a taco te rt limin t house itemise hu It I I t wan I 5 In Itt tact fact from remit the Albany that Ihal 1101 l II lie liesa Hald Hall sa Id to have hit e mm nt iii lo 10 t 0 his ii Is wf 1 In II the t lie country that thai he lie hf was ices with wih Soli Solitude 01 tilde tude When like bin 1111 better half haH lOut loll iilma a n surprise visit however site she ht Quail found him him with a mu woman perched upon lilt hi it is knee IlC It net netI I I I Among time tho reI I ers lint Is II who oh ob object to paying tax s for COl having their children educated In iii II church hurch of nt f land schools nt a mu London police court murl week time tho Ill lies I 1 Silas Hocking Mr Hocking flocking Ii is n ii I i f f who however has ha no charge nt at pres present I ent using being hell occupied entirely In writing j that limit sell H I like hike time the proverbial hot lint t i cakes This hl reverend gentleman may mn perhaps bo lie described nH as the tho most 1011 pop 1 author In him title this country cOln to iA Ills to roo L mances In which religion plays Illas rather r n it prominent not nOI literature m l tJ and a loading bailing West OAt Ruid book hook seller 8 an nn 4 lie tho other day tny that ho he never Der i S had been heln asked I ked for tor one omie lne of ot them jet et el It ItIs I k a ais Is I stated that I lt I Mr I outpour outpourings ings sell el steadily nt nl tIme the rate of ot 1000 1 a II day dim and amid a 0 year or two ago rig l I his bin announced that S of ot of oC his works had been lIen disposed 4 Although nt mit homo public men amen goner ally ni talk tall readily enough for fur publication S ii 31 tion lon t lou In III I it this t ii lii It Il Is IB a 1 ra re thing m for tOl II a leal 1111 authority on out 1 Ott subject to u i consent ent to nn an Interview unless a I fee teo Is III I forthcoming The lime fh practise IH lie railed called tu to mini mind by ii h time the fact act that Sir Charles VII VI t Hers llers who Is professor lr of or mu inn music muI m sic I II at al recently S told 1011 n it 1 newspaper taint man who vimo wanted him lo lii talk that his fee fco was 20 OO guineas I or JIOM 00 w 0 n I tho tue cricketer ij I demands oo for tUI ut an un Interview II and mini tho the rates sot set by W B S Gilbert Olber and Sir hir Robert J Rail hall 11 the tho astronomer are nearly as fl 1 high Sir harleem M I P I 1 feels tol 1 that his spoken n opinions are worth t train 1 from rain 50 O to lOO I I II I 1111 St HI comes COlel word that i Hall Hol Colle who smite lieu lied 1111 to the tho Riviera re to recently f to tl ti front from nervous nerous break breakdown down Is 18 decidedly better rite Tho 10 novel novelist S a alet let however Is 18 not hot yet up to 10 doing c an tiny uny literary work and tho the appearance of If it his hil new novel lime ho Prodigal Bon BonIs BonIs i i I Is he likely to 10 IK be I delayed for or quite a I while ml I i j H CHURCH m mI J I 1 i |