Show PAUL BOURGET the great french novelist will spend some time in america paul bourget the celebrated french nov novelist eliat has coma to Ai america for the purpose of studying its people and in as he lie hae bas done one in in so many countries 31 bourget always writes ills ilia novels at the scene of action and bs us he intends to introduce american ilife life into his next novel ho lie desires to become familiar with it lie ile will travel through tho the west for five or six weeks slopping stopping first at the worlds fair and will wil I 1 then return to new york for an indefinite period literary life began rather late when he lie w was is about 28 years 1 I age with a series of historical biet por traits winch which appeared in le globe in 1880 hie ilia father a teacher of mathematics mati cit was decidedly opposed to a literary career for his son but the success of bis his first work was so great that bourget traveled through european cities observing studying and analyze analyzing wherever he lie went the result being twenty volumes within thirteen years e rg chief among these are three no volumes umes of critical and psychological essays a and the series of novels I 1 1 lm l M I 1 I 1 I 1 ak tu J 1 I q cruelle heniqui Eni qui un crimo crime damour andro andre cornelia cornelis men afen bonges ole le disciple Di ecipio UnCo curde femme do damour modeane Mo derne it nouveaux Nou veaux pastels son altilio al dutalie dl talie talio terre aromise promise cosmopolis and liis ills brief but beautiful study un St 11 bourget ha lim a peculiar way of writing his novels after outlining his ilia story he lie proceed proceeds e to create tho the characters whose whoso mental and moral development ho be purposes analyzing he ile prepares separate ani complete lives of each in detail and ihen then proceeds to write the story turning it off at great speed never dictating and often allowing days and nights to pass unheeded eded after this first writing he lie copies it witti with numerous alterations and repeats the process a third time before it goes to the publish pub ish era 31 bourget is a christian looks much like in an englishman and has ling an erect figure and quick step that suggest the athlete NEW YORK aug 21 the tendency of affairs q at the tile stock exchange anday sinthe was wa in the direction of improvement the only stock which at any time showed an important decline from saturdays urda gc closing was general electric le r 1 c t T right tt anic which I 1 y yielded leaded 2 to 30 36 right n at t the 1 i e start under a bear attack only to be followed by a quick rise of 6 per cent speculation steadily gained strength under the influence of advices from washington favoring the ilie repeal of the bherman an silver law continued arrivals of ahm gold id from europe and covering by shorts the result reflected in a ge general n advance all till alone along the line I 1 preparation of affidavits bribing sworn of officials of the government and wholesale deception of applicants for pensions by means of which they were induced to show f gratitude by payment of fees be the amounts allowed by law it was apparent that all claims allowed upon esparto evidence furnished b by van leuven must be investigated 1 doubtless doubtless there are some cases in ill which the temporary loss of the pension works a hardship hard shio to worthy men but no pains will be spared to ascertain such cases and make the period of eus pension as brief as possible |