New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11

fuscy Illustrated from nature, large part OF 'his
illustration consisting OF photographic plates pan'ea
by hand
This amusing little story IS told by Mrs. Csriyie
In the DAYS when she small JEANNE Welsh She
went to school I'm Iaddngton. where she soon sho"eu
herself a pupil Of extraordinary ability "hch sno
was nine years old she was able TO read Virgil. Yet
JEANNE with all her learning was real eirl, snd'
being a real girl she had doll upon which she be-
slowed much affection. And arose distressing
question. Was It not shame that girl VINO cou'
read Virgil should for dolll She was forced 10
think that the time had come when she could no iorger
keep her toy. Accordingly on her tenth brthday' she
made funeral pile of lead pencils ana cinnamon
sticks and poured some perfume over H. aiter inc
manner OF the anclents Next She recite1 speech
of Dido from Virgil, and then she staoped inc doi'
letting out all the sawdust. The Pile was 'hoh SCI
fire TO- and after the doll had been burnt to ashes poor
wee Jeannic sat down and cried
Mr. f. L. Arnold son Of Sir Edwin Arnold. is writ
Ing a romance which promises to rival Mr. Haggarus
CLEOPATRA" IL is entitled 1.-The WONDERFUL Ad-
yenturcs of Phra the Pboenican"
Tho letters of the Due d'Orleans on the press
and will be published by the Comte dc Paris and the
Duo dc Charities.
Isn't Major Kirkland wise when he recommends
authors 10 use very small folios in preparing Ms.
When a paragraph needs revision and rewriting, IL
would be easy 10 sacrifice slip containing eighty or
=, hundred words whereas 10 rewrite a larger number
would be a weary task. This seems simple thing
but many careful authors have apparently never
thought Of it.
The larger proportion of American authors and
scholars write and have written exceedingly small
hand neat clear almost perfect, each differing but
utte from the Others II has been suggested that.
noets are particularly given to this tiny chrogaphy,
because verse may be committed TO paper much more
daintily and effectively in such hahd IMAM Ill
large and scrawling one. Whatever may DC inc rca-
SON IL is the fact that poets arc notable Tor Moo Oh
minute and orderly elegance. Tcnnyson and SWIM
- $50 oxce,tons The Laureate's handwriting
l. hc and enluttering and swinburne is said to write
like a schOoboy
Some interesting letters and Journals Of British
,.ai cheers describing Napoleon's voyages to Elba
and St. Helena, will appear in tho september
Century"
Miss loan 1prelow has written some recollcctions
~. hon chudbood which she thinks OF publishing in
this country She has also lately finished novelette,
The story of the last illness Of Robert Hamerlmg
the Austrian poet is says The st. James's Gazette
80 sad &c ,bat ~ Ucnes Matratzenguft. [" For thirty
Years the noet Law stretched his bed and It was
I'm the intervals Of suffering that he gave TO Ger
man literature the volumes of majestic verse whlch
will keen his memory eernally alive In spue OF MS
sufferinCs Hamerng was he most puncUa OF
literary workers Only once he disappointed his
publisher and then he almost in his death'thres
lie had agreed TO deliver poem by the 18th OF May;
but his fortunes were great that he was quite unable
to fulfil his engagement lie asked for lHte delay
II was granted Again the inspiration failed him. and
be wrote to the publisher that he feared he should
produce no more this year. The publisher urged
him TO try again. and proposed another date for the
delivery Of the manuscript. This time Hamering was
punctuaI On the day appointed. he managed to
scribble down in pencil some 'Aphorisms, which he
duly sent off, The last Of those deathbed thoughts
declares that Life mortal sickness week later
Hamerlings sickness ended"
The Marquis OF Lone has written poem entitled
Who is the Happlest!" 1t is 20 appear in the Scots
Magazine.
Tho English Society OF Authors is doing an eX
cecnt in preparing for the benefit Of its members
an analysis Of the cost of publishing books.
Miss Tupper tells bow hc- father came TO write his
Provcrhial Philosophy as follows. at i quite
romantic Papa fell In love with his cousin Isabelle.
and then he thought he would when he married her,
translate his notions in the Of soomon's Prov
CRIBS and he did so in the articles first marriage.
then love friendship and But of course. you
know my father has written great deal against
Rituasm, and he is strong supporter Of the Con-