The Wichita Daily Eagle

LITERARY LIGHTS

John Boyle O'Reilly used to say that he had found the true fraternal spirit to exist at its best in convicts soldiers and journalist

Alexander Dumas is said to do his best literary work when seated in evening dress at a table brilliantly lighted by wax tapers.

George Meredith has finished his novel, "The Journalist." and has taken a holiday He has been engaged upon this book for several years.

Edward Eggleston has recently finished another story of western life. His profits in royalties and returns from serial matter are about $50 a year

W. H. Harbin is the latest aspirant for literary fame from the south He is 22 years old, and was a merchant in Georgia before he took up the pen.

A year ago Rudyard Kipling. now one of the most popular authors in the world. was in Philadelphia hobnobbing with newspaper men and regarded simply as a clever man

Tennyson is fond of receiving visits from pretty young girls who like his poetry. While he is grumpy to older callers he is at his best when young girls are around, and recites his poetry to them and makes himself agreeable generally

Minister Pitkin is making a reputation in Buenos Aires as a literary light. He recently delivered a lecture on The Fools of Shakespeare" before the cream of the Argentine capital's society, and produced a strong impression on his audience.

Those who remember the once popular "Lovell's Progressive Reader" will be glad to hear that its author, John E. Lovell, is still alive and comparatively hearty at the age of 86 years His home is near New Haven, and he is still known as the schoolmaster

The late Lord Carnarvon. who edited the recently published "Letters of Philip Dormer. Fourth Earl of Chesterfield. to His Godson and Successor." was born June 24. 1831, and was educated at Eton and at Christ church. Oxford Politician, philanthropist and scholar, he was besides an author, and published a poetical translation of the "Agamemnon of Aeschylus" and also of the"Odyssey"