JEROME KLAPKA JEROME was born at Walsall, England, May 2d, 1859. He is the son of a clergyman, and in a sketch of his life, which he is supposed to have revised for the press, it is said in summing up his work that he has been “clerk, schoolmaster, actor, and journalist.” He has edited To-Day and the Idler, and published a notable list of books, chief among which stands “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow,” 1889,—a work which is so full of good nature, and so entirely free from unnecessary seriousness that the world will not willingly let it die. Among his latest works are “Sketches in Lavender,” “Letters to Clorinda,” and a Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow.”