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The old Virginia home of Miss Ellen Glasgow, whose new novel, The Wheel of Life. will be reviewed later, is one of the stately residences of Richmond, and is situated at No 1 West Main Street in that city. It is there that Miss Glasgow spent her girlhood and wrote her most successful books. Unlike many successful novelists, Miss Glasgow spends much of her time at home. Except for an occasional trip abroad, her life has been passed in Richmond.

it a good many times, he started up in a fit of disgust to throw it into the fire. An intimate friend of his, Mr. Edward Rawnsley, begged to see the poem, and was struck by its beauty. With much difficulty he persuaded the Laureate that it was really worth keeping, and so it was finally published. We need not say that this wonderful little cascade of melody is the only part of "The Brook" which everyone remembers and delights in, both when read and also when sung to the accompaniment of Pinsuti's descriptive, tinkling music.

It is, in fact. Tennyson's lyrics that have done most to win him fame. Having already suggested one topic as a possible one for a literary explorer, we now venture to propose another to any critic in search of a suggestive theme,

and that is the subtle resemblance between Tennyson and Kipling in their purely lyrical verse. This resemblance is sometimes startling to those who know them both, or who know either of them well; but it is a rather elusive thing when one tries to analyse its nature. The other day, to a group of young men of literary tastes, some one recited the following lines:

"Thy voice is heard through rolling drums That beat to battle where he stands; Thy face across his fancy comes

And gives the battle to his hands.

"One moment, while the trumpets blow, He sees his brood about thy knee; The next, like fire he meets the foe

And strikes him dead for thine and thee."

The reciter then asked casually: "Who

wrote that?" There was a moment's pause, and at last one of the group answered rather slowly, "Why, Kipling; only I can't seem to remember where.' Then everyone chimed in, "Oh, yes, Kipling." But of course it wasn't Kipling at all, but one of the intercalated lyrics in The Princess, supposed to be sung by Lilla. Yet it is extraordinarily Kiplingesque, only we fancy that Kipling would have increased the alliteration in the line next to the last, and would have written"Then fierce as fire he fronts the foe."

By the way, a clever friend of ours has suggested a vast improvement in the famous closing line famous closing line of Tennyson's commemorative poem on Vergil. The original reads:

"Wielder of the stateliest measure ever

moulded by the lips of man."

That word "wielder" has always troubled us; and our discriminating friend suggests "master" as a preferable reading. It really is; for it gives an alliterative prominence to the four metrically important places in the line.

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Dr. H. C. Lea.

Dr. Henry Charles Lea, the author of, The History of the Inquisition in Spain, was born in Philadelphia in September, 1825, and was privately educated. To him has come the unusual honour of receiving the degree of LL.D. from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton. He was in the publishing business from 1843-1880, when he retired. Since then his books have included A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, and the Moriscos of Spain: their Conversion and Expulsion. At precisely double the age when, according to Dr. Osler, men become valueless for active work, Dr. Lea retains his vitality and energy unimpaired. It is said that in the space of six months he wrote the last of many drafts of his forthcoming book on The History of the Inquisition in Spain. Dr Lea is a member of learned societies here and in Europe, too numerous to mention.

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Dr. Carl B. Schillings

Dr. Carl B. Schillings, the author of "Flashlights in the Jungle," is a wellknown German traveller, hunter and scientist, who made up his mind to photograph wild animals in their native haunts, and by the expenditure of a small fortune. and a vast amount of time succeeded. He made three expeditions to Africa without success. In 1903 he went for a fourth through Equatorial East Africa, with a caravan of one hundred and seventy carriers and an elaborate photographic outfit suitable for telephotography and flashlight work. He spent weeks watching for a lion at a spring, and finally photographed him at night. He was similarly successful with tigers, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, giraffes, hyenas, zebras and nearly every other important bird and beast of the jungle. Dr. Schilling's last and most successful expedition was one of the largest, if not the largest, ever undertaken for this purpose. Dr. Schilling's book, when published in

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balanced by Mr. Edmund Breese's forceful presentation of the Trust magnate, John B. Ryder, in whom many have chosen to see a study of Mr. John D. Rockefeller. The points of likeness are, however, purely superficial, and we might as well take Miss Elliston's Shirley Rossiter as intended for Miss Ida Tarbell. Mr. Rockefeller probably does not indulge in perpetual black cigars, and we are very sure that his inner sanctuary, closely guarded by lackeys and entered only after mysterious telephoning and secret signals we are certain, we say, that if Mr. Rockefeller possesses any such adytum, it is not used for family gatherings nor for the love-making of young men and maidens. In the play this den reminds one of Professor Moriarty's lair in Sherlock Holmes; yet elopements are planned there, and almost anything else can readily occur. But The Lion and the Mouse is one of the best shows of the year, and Miss Elliston is a delight all by herself.

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Two New Plays.

The New York theatrical season has lately been enlivened by only two plays that call for any special notice. The first of these is The Lion and the Mouse, from the pen of Mr. Charles Klein, who provided Mr. Warfield with The Music Master. In many ways The Lion and the Mouse is the better play of the two; for without Mr Warfield's whimsical personality The Music Master would probably have failed to draw: whereas The Lion and the Mouse is extremely telling in itself, and bristles with strongly dramatic points. It is, however, excellently cast, and Miss Grace Elliston's delightfully natural and spontaneous portrayal of the heroine is well

KATHERINE FLORENCE IN "BEFORE AND AFTER"

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