| Show Author l of Or o Rank R May My M y 0 A Novel ovel I mm LONDON tONIO Special I Correspondence rrt T ONION Feb Jeh H DI It wil will be ho me rather LONDON I Interesting to ee 1 what conies come oo of 0 Iv the Ih ii offer of 11 that thit lm ha ham ji Jl t been n made by the it the tha 01 11 organ of ot Inh ant we for t r lie bet beet bt 1 o fl to 10 It I its editor The Te com oom competition to petition petton is ii I not restricted authors no ito 10 there hess thle I II nfl 0 rt on why h writers at It home hattie should not net enter If it they the think It I wWI while I the hue of tho the reward rd and Ild the nf at ft the th he Units time s t all must ml t bo be bl submitted hy by h the lie let 1st letof t tf of f keep tb nr author of Ir f rai nR prominence from actually taking lakIng hart hartin in the contest but bUl It Is t just possible po lM that hut It may lucy 11 Y Inspire one on of ot the thu I writers wrier of or renown eno who aft I keen ken to 10 undertake A R r o of r this Ihl kind If It I one rightly Mark Tw Twin l IB Ic II deed dead George r Bernard Ihl I 1 Iii of the sam aerni 1 mind and 10 so o II Is Jerome SIMm K n I IWho Jerm who Wo took tok quite quie n a 1 spIrited 11 rt In lit II il v recent newspaper r on Oi the th sub lect jeet Jerome In lit ought ID ti tibe U be J all able bl to II do 11 a I readable reble j t rn Son novel nosI Wie Coll arid and nd Jarnac Jam both were 1 and amid to th tho editor edior of this lie Anti nl both oth essayed the ihs tack lak nf or the iha luJI ct t In H a 1 but bitt found H tl to their knowledge of at the th being It J I Is now itow declared dolar that hat Ilat a standard nov novel el ci in n lied Ion moral la is the Ohio Ih grouted need ned I of nf I S this hll t cause cans 0 hider Haggard by b the ii to in I inquire Into tito and amid III report upon the he Salvation land 4 settlements for fur Immigrants ha met mt with sen I rol I approval Ordinarily 11 uI most but popular a novelIst would b be tot fur cubit a but for tor the Ih hi last lal few years the thi I author of ho hen devoted a R good ond d deal nl more mora time line to the study of ot und timid ig tig than tile his eared cared car Il to 10 see m e him hint gh to 11 pursuit hut but novel writing arid and he hl Is II now n rec a A an arm Authority on the th subject In lit fact n a while ago go Mr Nr con cou f feed teased w d luis his belief that his hll mind and 11 editorial wrItIng regarding land culture lucid had hll toads made Ilde him a I bit of or H it I bore hore He ITs I declared that upon ulon joining a it I social gathering cm lne one day 10 he tha Ille remark Hue lt I hIder for tor suite dont mention tui lun The Tle novelist Is II in London at lt 0 pertly partly In connection with whIt his coming Mt vIsit to 10 the Ito United and partly hartl to lo make arrangement ll for fo tho thu Ito publication In nf of bolton lt Aye tye Ayesha sha chit the Sound 1 to 0 She Site which Is lit serially on this side of the 11 water wAler In the Ihs lie Windsor Magazine anti and I am ann told proving one of the tl greatest attractions ever over secured by b tItle this perl other recent enl novel The fh Brethren is he I still In demand at nt tho Iho ho book bok chops Jt 10 J Is 1 stated that hint II th ut 4 novelists mission In the hue States Is me directly dl t with the lie scheme tot foi rOI settlement Ite nl In iii South Attica Tim Jhue ox ex expenses of his hi trip trill nil will trill wi bo ho horns born hort by I the thu trustees of at the hue Into Inlo Cecil Just Suet been bun When decided Mr Mm I will trill wi sail pail IRI has hl not yet 0 4 S S i religion has hal long lilI be brett n a it source OUrO of at much keen ken speculation tind that Interest In the tha question ho linus not muot abated was WA shown by the tue composition t And sue of nn an 11 audience which rc t tat at A the tM Institution the th other day dA dAto to 0 hear Prof burton huron Collins rend read r d a a on cm th Ih the sublet That they de Us depin d pin lit bt ted with w I Oh theli thet i curiosity tu noah y utica constitute no ItO cm tilt In l INt fol Col ol Jilts Hns I us tie il H a I its ha hI lecture I a hi hiu h h ll ii I with a it 1 luery foi for the i 1 on 11 son ily af d afford ford Cord no nl n c out proof a W itS to what hit hi belief The hp pointed out 01 Unit It I on mint annot Ijo hn assumed that the tho I views Ie Pd by hy the s coincide with lit hi his wih own U It could hl lint he hue h said laid be Inferred train from tin iii 1 Hind of f the of r Hamlets tether that the thu herd hard himself believed lu 11 t nor tier from what hue ht makes Henry Hlll VIII Vii 11 I city suy al that thul lie he had faith In II In II I ii no tto Min hue Una lne that hat h hl he luaU had had did Ill he express UtIN disbelief In Iii II or tuna AID An of lIt Its 11 us nit understood In II It hla iii hi time hut It I could not nol be hI asserted that thai he lie was wall lf dox lux It I t VMS la vcr the pro pin flor maintained that hat he hit accepted the Iho 4 of tf und and revered reverl them There lucre wan Wll a I N tender ne 1105 H n In lit II his hits to 10 Christ lila his on Ott 01 merry anti and were emphatic as III In iii the thu Ills cn til nod abundant proof 11 lt of ot lila his hi own faith In lit n a 1 divinely moral law Hut Hul hilts theology HH Rue fur ho ito hIl AI as lS haul hail hll 3 It I to Itself to 10 the this flerI wits truce In lii his tilH works which would Justify one In lit II that he bell belIeved in oil oilIn III In the he Ih Immortality of nf the lie will lul or u it I future sOrtIe 0 t IS Two 0 mo 10 t effective have havo Ilvo Just Juat been buon Riven III to u tho lie recent assertion of ut a ii I l mIAh critic that th the works of ot no rio longer lanKer nil ap peul greatly Ir tl to the It readers of or those thoo Inland The first U Is I an ten al announcement Unit hut tl In II lie tho past Pl month ocr oser 2000 copIes of nf Dickens novels were sold lt In iii I heat Tho rho second comos conne com In iii Inthe II the form of nt n a now nest periodical l H It I l li Is h i ailed 1181 The rite Is to be ho pub pith I monthly moult I lily Ii antI and IH is Ii en ott entirely devoted to a Charles tutu his writings writ Ins i S S I whose that first novel I hu gone OM into Its It cell bit on out title this slOts Ild of or the tho water wlter has huta Just a it new lists lieI story atory which IH is till all about hol life Ip the being behr laid at nt Harrow It 1 la In named The Tho ho Hill Hi IA |