The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-06

England, an untiring print-collector and hook,
hunter, devoted many years to the illustration of
the Bible by inserting in Macklin's folio edition
above a thousand original drawings and photo-
graphs, and nearly ten thousand epprayinrs
with three hundred and sixty specimen-leages
OF old ana rare editions of the Bible. The result
was sixty-threo handsomely folio volumes,
with double the number of Illustrations CON
volumes
"A striking illustration and confirmation of
Mr.. Mills remarks in his Essay on Liberty rs TO
British intolerance of free thought, even in the
latter half of the nineteenth century, occurred
the other day at southampton. II appears that
Mr. G. w. Hankin, NJ. A., of Oxford, Head
Master of the Grammar School, and also mem
Der of the Hartley Institute, unluckily for him
self, proposed in the recommending book that
the late DIR. Donaldson's work on the Book of
Jasher should be added to the library. For this
offense a vote of censure has been passed upon
him by the trustees of the Grammar School, at
the instgation of the Rev. Mark Cooper We
wonder how many of the trustees who thus gave
vent to their indignation know anything Of sthe
book2
"A great meeting of the students of the
scandinavian universities is to take place shortly
at Christiania. These meetings, which have
exercised II powerful influence ON the Scandi-
navan movement i'm Sweden and Denmark,
have taken place from time to time during the
past twenty years by turns at each of the uni
yersities of Copenhagen, Lund, Upsala, and
Christiania. The first was held at Upsala in
lS43, and the last in 1862. Since then the un-
demonstration of this kind from taking place,
especially the neutral attitude maintained by
the Swedish Government during that war led to
a certain estrangement between the Swedes and
the Danes. The temporary GOODNESS between
the two nations has now quite disappeared, and
the Danish students have eagerly accepted the
invitations of their Swedish colleagues.
The North of England has lost one of its
most Jealous and learned antiquaries. Mr.. John
Richard Walbran, of Fall Croft, Ripon, died on
the 7th of April after lingering and painful
illness, aged hfty-two years. From his earliest
youth, his whole life was devoted to the illustra
\ ton of the history of his native county. Pro-
babyno one now living has anything approach
ing to the minute knowledge of genealogy and
local history that the deceased gentleman pos
sessed. His contributions to printed literature
were numerous; but they have been mostly
buried in periodicals and the transactions of
: learned societies. The book by which he is
principally known out of his own neighborhoed
is "The Memorials of Fountains Abbey" edited
for the Surtees Society. The notes contain the
results of the hard labors of a lifetime. Unhap-
PLY, the first volume only has rs yet been pub
lished. 1t is understood that n considerable por-
ton of the second has been printed, and that the
manuscript of the whole is in state nearly
ready for the press.
The Eube of Devonshire has been kind
q enopSn n to send his MS of Chaucers 'Canter-
4 bury Tales" to the British Museum for examina-
4 ton by the Chaucer Societys editors. 1t proves
4 to be the famous Duke of Roxburghe's MS, which
4 was sold at his sale for 1857 to Payne the book
seller; and it is without doubt the LEstrange
Ms. mentioned in the preface to Urrys "Chau-
n cer' as xiv. for the name "Hamon L'Estrange"
is twice written in the MS, and note in it
by George Nichol, who made the Roxburghe
Sale Catalogue, says that Ury praised the
MS. for its perfectness and beauty; "a fair
and perfect one -. the best preserved of
any he had seem" rs the preface says. 1t
tainly is well-kept book, but unluckily it is
late one after 1850 A. D., probably 1870 1t is
of the Ellesmere type, having the tales in the
i order ofyTyrwhitt's edition, and also the other
tnriSf Of n ed fprte as
d Mt. Bradshaw calls them, that is no Gamelyn,
and no ShipmaYs Prologue after the Man of
Laws Tale; the modern instances in the Monks
Tale put at the end, instead OF after lehopiai
the stanzas of the Clerks Song in the right
order, with the interjectonal stduza after them;
N the Shipman's group and the Doctors group
L misplaced. The puzzle-line of the Mllor's Tale
snot helped by the reading of the Dev1pshire
NJ MS.-''ffor the nightesmare the white Pater
vi noster'-and generally the text is poor.
III The banquet given by the Liverpool people
Nj to Mr.. Dickens shows that they highly appreci-
NJ ate the literary character, but probably they
never appreciated its irritable side so well as
E after the guests had made their speeches. The
81 belief has not yet died out in England that if you
bring a number of literary gentlemen together
the entertainment will not stand in need of
sharp flavor of asperity, and the Liverpool BAN
guet will, we fear, encourage that impression.
Al Lord Houghton, who last year bade us all
his Royal Highness," mildly rallied Mr..
Dickens ON not paying sufficient respect to
the House of Lords whereupon Mr.. Dickens
appears to have asked him what amazing
devil possessed him to make such a
charge, and proceeded to- furnish an ingenious
but complicated parallel between "Richard
Monckton Mines" and Lord Verisopht. This
was a lively beginning, and other speakers car
ried on the gentle pastime. One complained
that while the press was toasted the drama was
not. There are no jealousies in the literary
profession Another had the presence of mind
to turn the banquet to account for the purpose
/ of making political speech TO prove his ad-
Eanced radicalsm, and sometimes an invest
nent of that kind pays better than literature in
the end. But the audience grew impatient of a
stump speech, and there were interruptions.
Il After this it needed Mr. Dickens graceful speech
on Woman to restore cOnvivial feeling. We
n must all rejoice that great compliment has
been paid to Mr.. Dickens, but we cannot admire
the spectacle of brotherly love presented to the
& Liverpool public
"A correspondent who dates from the House
~ of Commons, and signs himself "A Bloated
8 Arstocrat," sends the following letter to the
a Pau Mall Gdzette:-
II have read with great interest an ingenious
- article on Manners in England and America
Rt pleased me so much that shall take care to
'send copy of it to gentleman member of
the House OF Commons, who was lately seen, in
the reading-room of that assembly to take his
~ boots off preliminary to the enjoyment of his
newspaper. LOunging in one chair with his
i ieet reposng in their stockings upon another,
ne made in the sunshine very striking If not
quite agreeable figure To be sure, Tuesday
was very warm day; but that | venture TO
E think, is no excuse for this particular breach of
M good manners. Sir, pray print my letter MS
hnt TO the gentleman in question; otherwise,
4 ~ when the dog-days come in, he may be encOu-
Nged to strip himself still further-and that
would really be offensive. Besides, bad manners