Hppletons' flDontblg Bulletin. 



London schools, phases of artistic life, 

 and old buildings since destroyed are 

 pictured in a most entertaining fashion. 

 When Mr. Sartain came to the United 

 States his association included meetings 

 with Irving and others in New York, and 

 a close intercourse with Edgar Allan 

 Poe, which has yielded many personal 

 recollections of a most interesting and 

 illuminating character. Mr. Sartain was 

 singularly fortunate in his acquaintances 

 and associates, and his entertaining 

 book, with its wealth of personal, liter- 

 ary, and artistic anecdotes, will be cer- 

 tain of generous appreciation. 



Dr. A. Conan Doyle. 



The new novel by Dr. Doyle, which 

 has been awaited with so much interest, 

 is entitled A Duet, with an Occasional 

 Chorus. The story is one in which the 

 author has felt a peculiar interest. The 

 scene is laid in London, and the story is 

 one of the present time. The scene 

 opens where the conventional novel ends 

 — with a marriage, and another point of 

 difference from the usual novel is that 

 the marriage turns out happily, notwith- 

 standing the varied experiences of hero 

 and heroine. Dr. Doyle shows a new 

 phase of his fine talent in this book. As 

 a story of wedded love it has an idyllic 

 character which will appeal to every 

 reader not devoid of healthy sentiment. 

 As an adroit interpretation of a true phi- 

 losophy of wedded life the story contains 

 illustrations and pithy sayings which will 

 enlist the interest of women and men 

 alike. As a story pure and simple the 



play of motives, contrast of characters, 

 unexpected incidents, delightful humor, 

 and sustained interest will be certain to 

 increase the large company of the au- 

 thor's friends. Probably American read- 

 ers will feel a stronger interest than their 

 English cousins in the vivid glimpses 

 which the author contrives to introduce 

 of historic scenes in Westminster Ab- 

 bey, of St. Olaf's Church, the burial 

 place of Pepys, and of the home of 

 Thomas Carlyle. In a literary way it 

 will be of interest to every one to note 

 that the author of "The White Com- 

 pany " and the creator of " Sherlock 

 Holmes " shows so light, sympathetic, 

 and assured a touch in this charming 

 picture of wedded life. It should be 

 noted that the author has sacrificed his 

 serial rights for the sake of presenting 

 his complete story to the public for the 

 first time in book form. 



Miss Ellen Thornycroft Fowler. 



Miss Ellen Thornycroft Fowler is 

 the eldest daughter of the Right Honor- 

 able Sir Henry Fowler, G. C. S. I., M. P., 

 ex-Secretary of State for India, by Ellen 

 (Imperial Order of the Crown of India), 

 daughter of the late G. B. Thornycroft, 

 Esq., of Chapel House, Wolverhampton 

 and Hadley Park, Salop. Miss Fowler 

 has amused herself by writing stories 

 and verses ever since she can remem- 

 ber. In 1 891 she published her first 

 book, "Verses Grave and Gay," which 

 was followed, in 1895, by " Verses Wise- 

 and Otherwise"; in 1897, by " Cupid's 



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