New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-15


composition can be cited to surpass the following
achievement of the author;
Upon one oocason-the occasion was THAI OF
sudden medical advice TO the effect that IL was
desirable that / should take my first wife rom
Florence for change Of climate wneh and w wroto
volume novel Of the usual size in four,and-twent1X
days had turp Of speed in TEls nd q three
quarters in an hour at fair toe-ana-n eei wnrs,
and / wrote novel In twenty-four days-t was
written indeed in tIenthree doE 1ES 90 course IL
may be said that the novel was trash D ,an ~
was as good as and was found by the puDIshcr
great number have pcrpetratcd. And should
like those who may imagine tnat the asu"ous
nature of the feat accomplished was made less
by the literary impcrfecton OF the work TO try .no
pages in the time ! found the register OF each
days work the other day. The longest was thirty.
written threc-and-thirty pages in one day, but !
am disposed to think that few men Tor even women
could continue for as many days NJ SO nIsn , a..
average of speed. My brother used to say inat
he conld not do the like to save his life and that
OF all those dearest to HIM. And he was h9c
slow writer ~ course whrn my oocK WIS e ,,,ot
l was ever any the worsa for the enorb. nc
novel in question was called BcppO the Con-
script
lie has chapter on mcsmerism and mediums.
American
tct and Dr. Elliotson. the famous uphodcrs OF
animal magnetism. In the latter he appears 10
have believed OF the wonders of mediumship
he saws / douht.p lie frankly admits his com
pletc inability TO explain great many things dorc
i'm his presence and to his friends, but he says
that while he has witnessed marvellous physical
phenomena no mental phenomena ever occurred
to him.
Following is a good story of Bishop Inscombe
The Bishop arrived one day Mt Paddngton, ana
could not find his qgS" E the he n GnIed to be read
on The articles The man, very busy with other
people. answered hurredlyr You must 60 to heii
somewhat pompous and very bishopy man, was
drcadfuy shocked and felt. as he said, as II the
porter had struck him in the face. In sXIreme
Indignation he demanded where he could speak
with any of the authorities and was told that the
board was then sitting upstairs 80 to the
board-room the bishop went straightway and an
nouncng himself, made his complaint. The chalr-
man. protesting his regret that such an offence
should have been given, said he feared the man
must have been drunk bat that he should ne
Immediately summoned to give an account oi MS
conduct. So the porter in great trepidation, ap-
pcarcd in a few minutes before the august trlh-
unal Of the board
Well SIR said he in reply to The cllairmanss
INDIGNANT questioning what could ] do? !
VERY busy Mt the time. So when the gentle
man man s his !, @ TnS % ." c cG for his
luggage, and he'd have found It there all right"
oh. see" sail the chairman it IS case ,i,c
wall marked with the letters Of the alphabet, and
YOU would have found yOur luggage nj the letter
l.. You will see that the man meant no oichc1.
| am sorry yOu shoHld have been so ScGniniilrd,
Int though we succeed. I hope. in making our
portcrs civil 10 our customers. il would br hope
less. fear, TO attempt 20 make them say Il cor
rcctlY."
The story which follows of Lady Bulwer, ccr-
tainly appears to support the theory Of her in
sanity, which Il French writer in " lie Livrc' has
recently advanced very coscnty:
Lady Dnlwcr had for some days been com
painng Of feeling unwcll, ard was e' ldcntlg
suffering. Ny mother urged htr !" have a',hr
mrdi al advice vlerupon she turned on her
very angif'y, while the tears started 70 h'r
beautiful eyes and said How can Won toll me
to do such Thing when yon know that h az,
onrn'i, wont to complain OF hcT pnvtrty R't
she had hardly CT t'r words ont Of her mouth
wlor ~" servant onffr tlr room saying tha'
ti,n eiyor ,Yi;l, ,.aS ~ tic dsrr a~;rn ttaf 'ir
accornt which - laid 'ho table ~ .lii b. rail
thr go, rn: Which Indy Bniwcr made aitfmm
to conceal. for ncramcnt ol ANYTHING was not
~ ~ - her lin, Vg- for pair % small sliN'f
s,urs arl - orrrwrr'rd silver collar which SIC
"a ordered 'r.c; - two prcNioh"lE int Inc
ecr.ron'al l,n ghtiue o. her LITTLE coz Taiir
Mr. 1r Hon. after Ioary iaie'atlrr, established
himself ~ florence whore lc resided lvr almost
a. ofii.a- lif-'iuo end the best A,' e-y 90 ~ni'h
csiarf he les wf-'icp lie speaks thu' Of Che
balls given ai tha PITT Palace:
Tie piffi bells -or, n,t IS anv moons concluded
ln' rather q vi4rd i1 tw" - vefY handsome "hi
abundant s1"r~ "t Wa %. 20 t.u taos oar T.!
,.l.r"l rrt t'rn thr Offenders have 30 "o"m
l,cstlv con. over ia, ma irrity. flc guest, used
10 rcl,o,r aN"m lnhlr ~ English would >cll'
i'r p"ts If hc'''lrs d "a "mmy ,hr con'"ni1
bodily i~tr th0ir "o.f ioft-f~ III" iafu"S Won
i9 to "'fN. D'h iic.r JDrt T.. tni' r7'glS. ',I'
iiio dul:.'. '... subjects carried cr 'I'I Grpr"i9-
t'oue .r 70 lr~ la'1-r soai" J hive seem larae
no-fi.'. cr GIh .rr.r anl ail. paced Up ~
ncvspaoor ard druoSit.d in . pocket ! lavr
.rrn fo an1 Lam. >i,a,r fhr sam" fate Wit ut
aln newspaper - I'll have sc,n 'rl!Y carefully
vtaf...'i -" ifal n count 49, laced moHch"IF!
Iihnk a." rr'ants m'si have had order, not 10
allow ontire hoftl 80 ri.c 10 hc'c2rrd away. Tor
] never snv tlni attempted and can imag'ac no
other reason Why
Il was IF ere of these halls that the author
bad tie following amusing cXpcricnce
had one evening at thc Pilt some years. how
c1 or after NY lfs Appearance there. very pretty
and naivpiv charming American lady my arm.
whom WAS cndcavormg - arinse by pointing ont
TO her ali tie perSora..a whom Thought MIGHT
Interest Inr ~ we wfikrh through the rooms
Dear old Dyrnnrl the champion WIS IN Florrncc
that virte- and was ~ the Pitt that night
dare say tior' NAV 70 many now Hh0 do rot know
wilhout Ioinr tnld flat l)YmOck. the last cham
pion, ! nm almost afraid must call him
thouGh DOUBTLESS Scr.ycispy must still J." held by
the ancient trrrr"-,'9S VERY small old man, =
clergyman. ard rot at all the SOFT of lndiV idnai
70 answer - IN" popular idea If q champion.
lie was sif'inc !" nook al 10y himself, and not
| loo'Jine vcry 'o""i" or hoppy IS &c passed. anu
nrl-ine M coNo1non's arm | whispered. That
! is ~" "ha~plor" I'll" interest ! excited was
/ greater t'on had calculated on. for tie lady
raadr dol stow. md focin. round 10 gaze at The
! old qcof'or"an eoid Why. you don't tell pc SO!
/ ] sbonld rrv"r hnve Thought that that could he
/ the 'lr. Who licked Iccrani BIT he looks y
nlucliv E;iln>hrr"
I'rrhqrs III" rarlor may have forgotten or even
never knrw'. tLni Tie championship Of the
uuais'io vo'l hpd then recently been won by
! SaV"rs ! 'H'"' that was the namc-in fight
with an ar'"r""i~t 81 II" name Of Ilccnan. In
4 fact il wasI md not my foir companion who was
/ a mur for haFino Imagined that II Young Ameri-
/ can woman nearly fr.~h from tho othcr side Of
the Atlnntic WIS lyclv 10 know or eyer have heard
anything about lio champion Of England
Here is a good story about the IndcX Expurga-
| torus
take it ] know little about the Index" i'm
those days. IN after wears when three or four Of
my OWL hooks had been placed in is columns /