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Show 1 IN THE LITERARY VORLfT NEWS AND GOSSIP OF BOOKS, MAGAZINES, AUTHOR5 AND PUBLISHERS. j CRITICIZABLE ENOLISU. A contributor to JIai mlllnn e Masn-alne Masn-alne rrotestH agalnat tho Amerltan orda that he flndi 111 liooka nnd even In narred newspaper elltoiinls b Eng-llnh Eng-llnh wrltern He speilfka boom ' 'nlump dlngruntle and slzzllngls, ' and while he acknowledges reluctnnt-Ij reluctnnt-Ij that these are plctureeque and nlg-nlllcant nlg-nlllcant when uaed colloquially b Amerbana he considers lint thc have nn rightful place In Kngllsh print even when Incloned apologetlinlls within quotntlon tnnrkn Hi nlao mentions varioun phruses whlih he flndn objectionable objec-tionable an Indeed thes nre he re-fugen re-fugen himself, for example but these ar not nt he nemrta tspleal of the Ani'rl. nn writer, but rather typical of ihe Ignoramus who la quite as fr -qtionily imountereil In Kim'llsh na In American literary clrclei- The nama Interchange of literature tnuaen equal dintresa to Ameriiati tenders of Kng-llsli Kng-llsli books They do not like the Kng-linh Kng-linh uae of dinitlj ' In the i ne of an soon na dlrectls lie went hen a character In nn Kngllsh liook expreaaia hlms. If na being ir pleaanl the Amerlmn uader la Irritated Irri-tated He In also annosed frequentls by Hie use of expeci in tlie nenee nr nupraiee Pngllsh novel In fact nte full of colloquialism which nound strange In Atnrrlcnti ears ll ma be true that Hit best lliltlsh novelists use fiw oi none of these colloqul illema but thin la nlao true of the iieat American novellsta It la mils aecond and Ihlrd-rale Ihlrd-rale wrllera on elibei aide of Ihe At-lanllt At-lanllt who mlnure the inmmon tongue I'ndoubtedlj the langunge will glow thtough nddltlona frnm both lirltlah and Ameikun aouicen but the e bleated bl-eated olisB of wrltern and speakers on either nlde nn be depends 1 on to nave it ftoiu degeneration An for American spelling tn which thin lirltlah critic nlao objeita It in is be enld tint the balance o innlntuliicl b the dlslll, ) Ametlcmin have tn Ilngllsh spelling waggon .oloiir" indenvour ' etc These things nre mere matters of taste, and unlmiHirtnnt The American ten-dencj ten-dencj In to drop nuiertluoiia lelteis Ungllahmen ate mnie slow lo incept such Innnwitlnna but tho language II-aeir II-aeir la not mrlousls urfetied lis nuch trllllnB variation" The adinlard In not likely to vary greatly on either aide AUTHOR AND STATE. iWth Hooth "lnrklmiton In the Indiana In-diana legislature nnd Inaton rinirch-III rinirch-III aiming tor thai of New 11 imphlre. there neema Po be aome pro; peel that politica will be Inlliieneeil dlrectls bs fiction wrllera of thiae dnvn It would lertiltlls be n pli tllresque alnte of tilings It novellsta get to running both brnnihea of Ihe Oovernment Heretn-ton Heretn-ton iniase polltlclnna have nomellmeH turned niithora but It Is comparatlvelv n new thing to find authors In the act of turning leglal Horn llurc la mnrc ptetcdent for this In Pnglnnd than there la In America for nome rtnsnn or other Tor one thing noul vv riling In not regardnl ns a ery serious business nver there nnd some nun imliicut foi statesmanship have taken It up un a teen itlon though they base usunlls got more interlnlnmcnt nut of It thnti their renders hnve There are mnie n-oph In that inuntry who have intelligence llt.rnrs nblllls mn-1 mn-1 lllon and In.lepenlent property nil combliud llinn there are on thin aide of tlie witter The mm who have tho talent and the ami lllon here have loo often lo be huslllng for n living nnd It la dillleult In spite of the aanertlonn of the school renders for a genius to de-vi de-vi lop nfter olllie hours na a side laaue Hut at mi) rnte, If nuthorahlp la to lo considered aa a qualification for a political cureer the altuntlon will bo worth vvatihlng Tor one thing the Htilhnr who lov en to tell hla rendern bow the Government should be run will now have a limine to prnitlie bin own llieot b ii It la a good deal easier tn make n man do what sou vvuiil lilm to do In a book than In renl lire deaplte the a-nerlinnn a-nerlinnn or nome niithors nbout the renllty which tlnlr iharaitera nnnuine to them Heal iersonn nre not tsiea and Ihes do not ni t nn nui h Thej I'iMieialls nit like the eBM-tue of tho tinexpei ted W oalilngtnn Times MAETERLINCK, OrTIMIST. In bin recmt liook, ' The Hurled Temple Tem-ple Maurice Mattel llmk hat gronpul logetber n number of rnnas vvblcli tteat of one subject but whlih bavi up-peaiel up-peaiel for the moat pnrt If recolkitlon aervea. In various pirlodliola In this lounlrs nnd abroad Th tr innlntloii In bS Allied ruitio nnd Udwarl M folio conlrlbulen Ihe Intrialucllon Mncter-llmk Mncter-llmk In a msntlc but un Mi folk' will teniarkn he la not a mjatli dwilllng on an Itiaiceanlblu mount ilti I euK but imp sorting vvllh hla fellowa In the Inln lie-low lie-low mingling In the loniiiion evers-.laj evers-.laj life or tin worll The lenasn all ileal with lln quenttun of Junilcc viewed fiom dlffinnt ntuti Ipolntn the pro-founder pro-founder Justice whlih deala vvllh the problema of llfi and ihuincter .Mni-terlliu .Mni-terlliu k in a student of l.niunon anl aotiu senia ago wrott an liiiiodii. tton to a Pit nth edition nf nome of I'mu aonatarasn II. In no laalmlnt llki other eonicst think, is of tluai Int. i tlasn nuyn his trannlator lilii ia an attltittli of furnent ixpiiUHon or u toming n Irltual lenalraan, i ami In In porsianed of a mont r,fr, lii n-r .q tl tntnm A a liltual epoch la p, rhupa up un us he bus deiluied mil again 1 r. el that a more preaslne- offer of spiritual spir-itual riiedom has raiely la en made lo mankind 'Ihme exicctmit thlnkem ure ub rt lo dlacover nome spiritual truth thul tuny In ome a basin or lalth " It would semi Hint n vvrltir who bun so much In iimimoii with the I.I, ills of Ktmisoti shuuld uidtnl lajitilulls to the I i.iple who have round lo Km raon one or thi grtatiat tcaihem und seem of tlie modern age 'Ihe live tanays Iniludid In thin volume vol-ume nre Tin ilsntery ot luailie 'Ihe .solution nf Myaterv Tin Kingdom if Matin Ihe Past ind Link ' Pulls' half of the 33S pngia nf the lamk ui in. iipled b Hi. two llial-nained en-auvn en-auvn l'u nn Hu library point of view Hie essays Illustrate Muel u Dm It n notu-ble notu-ble quulllltn un a writer and thinker hla iirtlsth uae of lunguuge the poell-ill poell-ill quallls of hia Imaglnullnn the grnie and llueius ..r his style He In not a wilin for on. who looks noej on Ihe material nil, of thiuga who ilndn nolh-Ing nolh-Ing beyonl liri that Mim does not ex-Iduln ex-Iduln One must Imve u belief In the apltlliml ineiiiilng nnd algnlllcan. e ur liri tin mainihil uobllliv to enjoy Mai . iiillnik-lliooklsn Kiigl,. JOHN BURROUGHS. John lliiriouuha I ia , ,, tn lie re, ,u. nlnid eiurswhere ua Ih, ,. an uf Hu i ,t nf nnttiie lov.ra as Hi. un. mnn who imu In ought Aimrluin nuilirn liiirer lo n. lun and in whom m,.r, in ,n i,, anv on, ilai wo are iuililitud r r Hu vviinderr,) siowth of Hie lov. of on lour lift , f if en mid tlowera liirlanml inlmiliiliL Ima foiiii I ao v Igor, ua an ixnr. aalon In our national an I i.bi. ullonnl lift, wh ' r.ient icars Isntliu lli.raluro ",, " b. mine n prominent f. aim. of nur lit. r-ary r-ary expienn.nn an a maple nnl loin, riiirrougba miy he mid In have eleitnl the path which 1 honaii blnieit in Wat den In "Ilw Weik 1 1 ,,,'.' Wood. f,ernl nnd olh'r wrlll liiln ih.r, wan a Hmi not miuiv i im au, whm John llurroukha waa ImoVi tlVo i .1. writ r . ii i, u in Hun w t 4 , vvaiild r inn more mnn m a i ,1 m if in m blir-iry i h II il kit t I ii. to lb inw e houl Wlua one r flcctn up the v lit benefit that results to the whole penile trom this development of n taste Intent in the race, and only needing ipnortunlts nnd a stimulating force to call it forth aome Idea mns bo formed of the Immensi value of tho Influence In-fluence ix'rtel bv John Hurrnughs a writings writ-ings And the glorv of It Is too that It la nnt n passing fad once a tnsto ror the liiniits or nature Is Implanted In the human h.nrt It Is cirtaln to grow, indeed in-deed It become n pnsslnn. whoso Inlen-altl Inlen-altl la witnessed with eaih succeeding s.nsen In the new books relating to tho wood! anl Hell ti tho forest nnd sea, which inine from those who have found inspirntlnr nnl sotice In communion vvllh Ihe Oreat Mntlu r Vnt all of us can build minint woodland rctn i aiich as Mr llurrough hns constructed In his -II itml lis cottage but we can nt least enjoj hir Internietiiilon of nature In her sarlid mnods Itrooklsn l.agle. ALEX IJLACK. Mr Aleanndcr HI lek author of Mlsa Jerrs 'A fipltol fourt-shlp. fourt-shlp. Ihe American Olrl nnd otbrr picture lass nnd sketihes InB hem working rnr n considerable period on a novel, which the bnthrop publishing compnnj or lloaton will Issue about Oc; I tober 1st next ihe lllle Is nichnrd I f.onlon the bickgrounl Is modem New ork and the slorv deals with music art, polllliB and ambus The love motive which underlies tho storv touches a quea-i quea-i Hon not ricriuentls raised In fiction Ihe 1 atori will be Illustrated Itlchnrd f.or-I f.or-I don ought to be a koo 1 novel rnr Mr lllnik his put Into It the best that Is In him how seed that lust Is those who recnll Hie spirited character or hla ' I le 'tare ptaje cun vvel unlerntnnd Die , piihllshera are (iithul istlc over It. und expict the look will ptove one ot the ai nam a mnrkel auci eases In Union It I I hla nhairptlrn In thla work tint tic-I tic-I tounta In part r ir the Tact that Mr lllack hna not broiikht out u new picture plas ' thi senr there I curs, r.nsoit lo expert ex-pert thnt Ihe new novil will please a wllo circle of nndir for Mr lllack I vv II equipped for work or this churortcr llo la glfud vvllh Imagination nrllstli sense anl tine taste, withal ho hna experience and known Ida flel I LITERARY MEN AS CONSULS. We have henrd a good deal lately nbout writers going Into olltlca No sooner Inn Pootb Inrklngton rnmc out ni it candldati with the possible intention inten-tion of aome di becoming ' llio ficntletnan fintn Indlina ' than Winston Win-ston fhurchill gives a start nnmiunclng Hint he In after a sent 111 the New llatni shire Legislature This In all very nice 'Iho soung gentlemen will ptolialils make aiceptnble public ncr-vnntn ncr-vnntn nnd they will show us vv hat teal llterars feller' can do In the line of law tu iking This la one ph me nf llterntttre In IMitltlts If nutliors pick to grntlfy ambition am-bition b running for olllce we cin see no more reason for objection than If they were grocirn or boss carpenters. It Is doubtful however ir better books will be written nr bitter lawn enacted. The question openn up another subject sub-ject There are many wrftirn of ability who mnnnt nrford an expcnalve candidacy candi-dacy nnd who could be of groat service to the counlrs an fonsttls There nre mans small paslng posts nf this sort which have been considered the reward of lolitliiann whoso ncrvlcea do not call foi an particular recognition The duties du-ties are eaollj dlsthirgid and In most nines Hies tiro p. rforme I In a perfung-tor perfung-tor manner The fna arc collected and tourists nte shown the courtesies to which thes nre supposed to be entitled en-titled In these reelects the ward heeler m ikes ns good a Consul nn the best novelist living I'tw or these diplomatic ngents, however how-ever prepnn rcpoiln which nre of Interest In-terest or vnlue To be sure, we leain something nf the demand for American Ameri-can products but nsi le from this the teport are In nuifrt casts dull and fra-Ittrilcaa fra-Ittrilcaa The ctop lepoit would be fulls an liitctestlng to the nvcrugo render While making no plea for giving pensions or enas bertha to Impecunious writers we fei I that the tonaular service ser-vice vvoul 1 bo strength! noil by recognizing recog-nizing men of this i lass Ue would learn lomethlng of interest concerning Intnlllbn nbout which Information would seldom be obtained In au otlur wa At Ihe same time the duties would not be so oueiotin an to preclude other lltnais work 'Ihe Idea I not a new ope It Inn lit en tried bs Oreat I It I tn in and home of the brightest lights In the gulnxs of rngllsh litters ill I Iheli Hi en notable worl. while rep-iiaentlng rep-iiaentlng their toiinly an fonaiila ut some riuilgii mrt Kansas City Jour-n Jour-n ,1 WISDOM IN NEW HOOKS. K not nitre of the merit of your I lean oiuito I hem n uiiollxr n -Mini nt the there I a maivil whlih m iny women 'renin of but d i not overtnke-ihe friend. Is klnln.w or i etiong koo 1 man -t nn-r. nn-r. naiolia ut a ire .o,ir eniiiloiia rolk nro all the time Mil big down wells becnuae tbilr i yea ate un In Hi. nlr k..,lni laba ao th, y , ', dodge shooting Blurs -lb d Hamulus . ii"V l!1 "" "!'". w,ln "" "I'0" esi nuld Vntliony Is Just nne Boqiiinie nf tmnv eiilurisl nitnnlalimenta I never ioul.1 and neve- lun uuderntan 1 Imw It i"ii.l""?i I" "1 1" lo Iw lornl I In, In alckneaa mil In henlth' Till death ua do part" W hn knnvva bin ihe lime will come wlun the m irrlage a. r-vlce r-vlce Kl,i, I . thus nun ii led" mi alik lienw ua do dlneiiilinnt 'HU dlaliiuii ua do pail -fnnfiaalona of n Wife If the West ntopp. , producing mm for oil hero In New Urk soud be na l ad off aa If It atonped ro I Irlng fo , I , ! cant grow a big mm nn thla lal in I any more than you .an kr iw whiat mil Hun cm Ilriin Iwns - Tin. Siin.Urn About the blggeat J. b I ever tackled wna im! i". 1,ih""r.' . IW from 1"1' brass !i".. n.L-".1 """''J hl" wantn tn an li'.-irrX '7. nag.". n,,o.!,c'rh"e",nad .rlv:rk';ii'-?-i''": oiJUm,m'm. I '."l1'"-Jln'l of r, llglon the nil luiiu ll ii, I I Inn l know, but I ahoul, 1 r.'k.d n"" "l i"""' """"' ,nn " "' "" " lonkicl I iwnn a lombirt ti nen him coming down lb, siml hin nl 1 rau aliln Ing in 1.1. wbli. hair like a nl rlv "d pink ":.'l" Hi i an .adrift Hn.l ainnlera WISDOM I ROM NOVELS. ih!' "nV""..".'11"' ,n ,w "f """le use In th. irld llrlntou i;ii,,i t.niil'lar'lall"''"i"il ".' "" "orM ' " l ,,n Ihe i our ig. or I't.nvlc Jiii'lPinirr,0": h" """ """l true-nor. true-nor. than lur .onqU,,,r i,ue ullll, i.. '..uriin?;: uT'c-nViviriii'i'e r,iT.!' " iNrJ''n houl I ovTr try tn Is nnt.... ""n Hi., ni Idle V,r i li," Hl"",'"h pIcYi1" r""l,' rs n"in.",..,"l" "", '"" ,n mm irs I vc ni '" """ "ln"ient aim Ih r , , ,'"' l,r" inar a,e,'s kr M ,, ?', ,,!; r,l"l "H ui hi M m Hi 1 of ci.pi, ,K fcrl,nll(ll0 S to take ladlea In mv .. until thej are Jiult? ..'m,i tioli .. alttmtlon. and tffen Vtnlnc,iS J n Insiallmenti-'jii,".0" m in,! tern ' "' s!ry, t,W No sooner was It ... emn might 1.' "ht'h '.a ,s" th., Ifo nr pain or deal h ll,1,,.".""""" 1 hern, seemed lo take vi.tai l0 "nl. I come and stand like a irali" ,hK her, waiting-- Unto&J" When I have llvcl in ,u I shall forgel-p"rhao,,'n,1'hV,l M of llelshniinr, hi fij, JL ' ' " ! heart is as col 1 ond hard i,1hwl ' lccriMI shall nlwayn drciu nunhJ Jjt GOSSIP OF BOOKS. of.s.tforU,;, ,Bt, come mm.WV .",p"r "te buTnes.?,?hstfVvi,c,r,or,,,'Trite wrllera had narrow esconei ra'e," made most careful obsv,?iollul,i' volcanic phenomena "tioni 0( , ui,,CaXrns,vrh!clVV",'V"""'"5S1 .Miss Wllklna conlrlbutcs tl!u1V ' Mnkazlno ror Align , ! '? 'r nlf ni',il,ril .".' "'""'Ina ' K,',i? tall nnd fa r,' b it h r ca- . nlll,i disfigured by a birth mark i'f blind, ami thinks ffir "all 'i? but one d is n great siirgeoi! '"", eien, nnd but ll will noi ,H Ku ' stors for the reader do lq " t Heveral noteworthy books nr s t he presse nr 1 homan Y Cro?rii? ror preaentntlon In the early i JnUa. ' thi m ure Mind Power a, il! A a eclcntinc .tu.ly of mCin,,?i,S1,kl Ism Christian Selene, t" bm.5c Olstrm nioreau Ills lima, Yrffi." Hooks,1' by Annie Itusscll Marbli i-' Coining,' a ntuily or nlnnr ..a' ff Clallam' by laon Mead IcoSo BC" Vorcstrv.' n slu.ly of forssS, cJS standpoint of political econo'm, byl' Jie. "srsiitenofiasi; f lrilKSTrnrS' Errnt ""'" W5 .The contcnta or the Aueuit miTnk-the miTnk-the Popular Science Monthly "..nT, shorter lontrlbuilona and rivisV W? rollown The Problem of cin.finS nl lln Hlologlcal Aspects, by TroW Minn . The Panama itouta for ,8 C,"n" . 'y.I'nif William II Burr 5. c lal Hacterln nnd Bnmoralj K Wbolesale and Noxlou. by raKSft bi Prof hdward L Thorndllcs I Sr .IIS , Itulldlng." by President D.ilT ' Jnidnn. llie llehnvlor of th L Pleld Notes or n (leologlst l Mirtlnlt and St Vincent.' by T A Jinrnr ffi inl and Moral Heredity In llc,l.,.', Ur I redcrlck A.lnma ttnodi Caro Pol Hnllnd and Other m by Joe Lincoln, with plcturn by Kit blc published recently hy Albrrt Bn. Trinton, J , ban acquired a itcjjin nil over the countrs, and Is now icl: In lta second edition THE LATEST MAOAZIIIIS. A nketcll of Calve Artist nd IT man," Is a feature of the Strand Mu zlne for August The Pnglnerring Mngnzlns for Anr ni run Willi an editorial article on th n-tnon n-tnon Bcnse or the Isthmian cinl dcclil a review or a rem irkably consistent i Btrong ndvoency of thePanamt route i conemlenlly most advisable Thlimii ztno has alw iss advocated the. Paflu route 'Ihe Cosmopolitan Magazine innounc, lint ll hna obtained for the yurlMt1 excluslvii'Aincrliiiii rlghle to II 0 Vtcti wink andciin option on a Ilka privilege i Ijivi llv way or prcrace to the pubtkslk or Mr Wells n ' Mankind In the Maklu lite uhlish ra useert that It Is a series paprra tint la aure to excite even 16 roiiiineul than till "Anticipation ' The mnst Interesting contribution I verybody'a Magazine tor August lss Bcrlplnn or Ihu stove invented b; U':i 1, .Moore chief of Ihe United Etll weather bureau Its function bclnnlsn Hie ulr ot a loom in summer Itendi rs nt Ahialle'a Mnrazlne look lo with conlldemc for kood reading, Amot the rcatlible contributions to the Air number nre l.iixurlca or the Mllllonam Coney Island," "Aluminium and She Storlea of I omin rce " An article emit Iho lit .In. cl tltntlewoman' lillsofi many was a lit which womea earn lb living (lui lamra Clrnnt Wilson contrlbutel the August Criterion a chapter of rewl llona nr the poi t Longfellow Hal Pa went Ina nn lllualrnled sketch of Pf blent Hooaevi It III tho role of a Iraiit. Churlta ll.nry Mttzley writes of llooih nnd Henry Irving Hubert Una nf The I.nvo Affairs or Ureal llualclao und Mural llnlalend takes Tor his Iher Pimlllar Views of Itosal Personnel. Tin Intertiutloniil Bludlo (John U nmliilna colored plates alter drawlniil Tons (lriibliorir. Lrlc Pnpe, llyimSUi and ll.iilllo beott. In nddltlon tu a comprehensive rerlei" iventn or the month tho August runt. or the World of Today contains spa nrtlilcn on a mimljer ot topics Hum, Coal .Mining, lln aeoloicy snd ihanics ' Uust In Natures lieiiiae'r Ing" 'Thn Three lis Is ,Bt" I Intrlelty I'sed tot Cutting MeU. I'leid ll.ology, ' "Ihe Wajsof ln W hen ii Hull nt Law la Laded.' fW nil Culture" Tho opening aril, lo In Ihe AusustC la divoied to Hull in W rlters of ToW I lie moat of theao nre not '"J" known to tho Amtrlcnn nubile AnijW In whl. b the put lie can hardly liM Intel est klvca the vlewa ot publtflw" ' In Hie viliio ur n ink r vlewliitf Ihe lira Magazine grnvvs mo '"; tin vvllh eich Issui Itenrr F'",' linkltu- Ids ilnrl Alltnluetto nd" lent bit or bisters An illustrated descra. lion or the I hlladilphla mint Ml' vvnrklnia la a nature or tho iiuni'" " er pip, ik nrt I lio Vnlcnnlo ActK"? the I anil' nnd Shakeai care " lllela 1 be Hell n eonalsIB ot an In'1' ment or Joel I handler Harris" w? Inlllv.r. iiinl shiirl unrlts byJtillf'-V don fyrua Jownaetid urady and otne Mrn Mnrrnret Dclnnd hna been a nrlia nr iwenllelh Ctntury "'" Uom.li ror llnrjiirn Hizar. tw l"lj appeal Ing In tlio Hizar for Auiw tl title ' The Paaslnc of Dora. A real, Ida article In the An"1 f mai la entitle 1 the ' Pnf""Ji?JJa 8 lilmc Novelist " ll Is In Ihe "t'W'f, liitcrvbw with llugine T BawiJ'f,,1; fo. fll nuthor or Dial t kiijvvn to dime novel reailern JJ , fiuiein Advmturca" Haw h; ,, wrltn Hi, in whero ho i.eta hi" J"', , mil what nte hi Processes or tella Mr fliletl Ilurgeea lio J'P1 , Hi. HI. Margtierli' Mer"iloj; , a.rba of papers, The 1J "' Kmmi trials nl "Die Aclor The Woilds Work for Aiieu't lJJ,lltl to lb. Republic nt Hay, '.''.ltd linn liumbir. with IW lllunlrnlloni J u ' ilpilons of places In ""'.iSeisI eotmiry where piorlo vvbo arr s end lliilr vacitloua j rin. Aiikiist Cosmopolitan li - Hon number but eontnlns a nurniii' k teicBiing irtlclen on nil'll,Julr.ji I Im OrkJiilzition of a ,'?"?'' "Diversions i.r Hume MIlon,'".f ina" Men like In Men" ' cnida'"'." ra,u try Cltv ownerahlp of Pea d ',, llm Hiul of Mozart ' l "J ft Oeurgii Wills mid Ills Work "j,,!" luliiM uf Iniliiatry of wlinni nb l Jfj, livm a ro llockifcller 1 '" , p W blincy nnd Cnssutt In addition a abort stories |