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Show WRITER8 AND THEIR WIVES. In Very Few Cases Has There Been Complete Sympathy. "Wrltors" wives nro unapproclatlvc ob a rulo of tholr husband's work,' said a publisher. "For instance Mmo. Zola never rend a slnglo ono of tho Kougon-Macqunrt scries. Sho thought that Zola's books wcro wicked. "That, ot courso, Is nn oxtremo case 13ut Cnrlylo's wlfo did not think much of tho hectoring, whining Scot she had married. Sho and Froudo used to sit together and discuss Cnrlylo's frtults In a low tohe. Sho admired Car llo's tnlent,,hut sho thought It was overrated. Tho public of to-dny ap pears to agrco with hor, for Cnrlylo for a clnsslc. sells miserably "Dickens' wlfo didn't llko Dickens books. Sho could sec no humor In thorn. That was ono of the reasons why sho and Dickons lived apart "Dyron'a wlfo disapproved of his pcotry. Sho thought Hint for a lord to wrlto pootry was a wnsto of time Sho would constantly break Into D ron's study nnd ask htm to put his silly rhymes nsldo "Onco Byron had an nil miring friend In tho house nnd ho Lurried this friend Into his sanctum nnd bognn to road 'Cnln' out loud. While ho was reading Lcdy Byron ran Into tho room. "'Oh,' sho snld. 'Oh, do I disturb ou, Byron?' " 'Yes,' replied tho poet, nnd ho continued his reading, and his wife withdrew. "Wrltors' wives, as a rulo, don't liko tholr husbands' work, I thlnli thoy aro jealous of it." |