Life — July 7, 1898 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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DNRES SOME EFFECTS OF LIGHT AND HEAVY LITERATURE. Our Authors. R. HENRY JAMES will spend July and August in his newly acquired cottage on the summit of Mt. Blanc, feeling that the superb coldness of his style will be much deneflted by the climatic condi- tions which prevail there. It is understood that while sojourning there Mr. James will write a novel of passion, tho scenes of which will be laid in Boston and the Klondike. . . . ICHARD HARDING DAVIS'S plans will all depend upon the duration of the Spanish- American war, It is denied authoritatively that Mr. Davis has given his collec- tion of decorations to the British Museum, or that the French Acad- omy has offered to Immortalize bim if ho will reside in Paris, . . . ICHARD LE GALLIENNE will go to Teheran after leav- ing our shoros, having signed a contract with a well-known publisher to re-write the “Arabian Nights.” Mr. Lo Hamlet,” as wellas his version of the Psalms of David, are nearing comple- tion, and it is expected that when he bas fin- ished his task on tho “ Arabian Nights” he will take up original work again, Ho bas already mapped out a quatrain, and se- lected a title for a possible collection of essays as yet unwritten. KIEWICZ will reside in Warsaw dur- ing the heated term, de- voting his energies toa re- vised version of his own name which may be spoken without injury. His literary work will be confined largely to replying to the numerous requests for bis autograph which have been received from the young ladies’ boarding schools in the United States. The statement that Mr. Sienkiewicz has authorized Mr. Jeremiah Curtin to translato bis name into English, and has expressed satisfaction with the suggestion of a Western journal that 13 Boggs would be a good substitute if the name defles translation, lacks confirma- . ABRIEL D‘AN- NUNZIO and Hall Caine will spend threo weeks together on the Desert of Sahara, Tho outing will result in o new book in collaboration of some novelty. Mr. Caine will study D'An- nunzio and Mr. D'Annunzio will study Caine, Itis expected that the results, when published, will make a volume of an inten- sity uf gloom not to be surpassed by “Tho Christian,” “Tho Triumph of Death,” or London Punch. . . ° WING to the death of his favor- ite chameloon, Mr. Stephen Crane will not write any romances of color this season, but will visit Greece with a search party to discover the exact status of the Turkish war, if pos- sible. Mr. Crano was much affected by tho death of his chameleon, as well he might be, since the faithful little reptile has supplied him with adjectives for threo years. . . . TALY will hold Mr. Marion Crawford for the summer. Ho will devote tho whole month of August to tak- ing lessons from “ Tho i Armless Wonder," now with Barnum & Bailey, who bas promised comicbooks.com