New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-22
LITERARY NOTES.

There would have been nothing unreasonable III
4 dislike of the Germans In the heart OF the ia'c
novelist. H. Chatran. During the campaigns OF lol
And 1918 Chatrians father had formed one OF Dai"
OF shsrpshooters who harasscd the allied columns Oh
their march through Alsace Lorraine ON rcturh'"S
70 Soldatentha the cessation OF hostl'cs' no wa
denounced to Prissian general and apprchchoea
wbile he was being marched on to headquarters HIS
wife who stood at a window looking after hini' VIII"
her first born in her arms. received thrust III "o
breast from tho lance OF s'tvaSely oispo>cd I'" anu
WAS badly wounded She recovered but bore '''c n'.'
OF the wound through life. She would oi'eh .e" ''o
story To hcr boys barring her breast ana showe inc
AGAR and instpg In their minds deep hatred of tue
German race Her husband was kept prisoner uhu
the allies evacuated France.
Colonel Davidson in his Memories of a Long lc'
recently published In England records how nc 'ue 'o
poet Campbolrs acquaintance when sc'uhS in'.' -"
q cold November morning in 1o2' from his ia'"e'
house. In Iladdlson for London. on his way 10 lho'
seated opposite me in the Union coach u, my
travelling companion TO London wrapped up ~ t u"
end OF Hiosdclot with his keen eyes SPARKLING il",
the immortal Thomas Campbell. .. ,;.co,.rod I
with the vlvacity and hlmor OF my isi' c nd
and especially with the adroltne>s with which ne nr"
his conversation to the various parties VINO III ou'r
son occupied the vacant seats. An old lady traveller
with nifty miles and the poet was S, soon h T
ahondrisc ana she poured into the poets ear oms
Of he various
,ossession OF his mind some OF them highly lndcrH!s
fut which were listened 10 with the utmost gravity
SIMILAR no cases that had come under his observaton
some OF which could not help thinking wee pnnc
nnmpS" whom the poet discovered 10 be covcrat
wound In an affair Of love and ;e e., t" ip, o. and
earnest way IN which the Iur,l swain owned the soi,
impeachment a. We approached London he got hoiu
deer s%s@ on the TScs the say sa, wG
had
Lord Rector Of the Glasgow university. and this
Seemed S To have taken the lead ali the mischief
Of his time. in truth arrived az .ne oo'', ", w hi;
eomps% E IN sSe "each ana was aud
On accomplished hbber
The late Lord honghton possessed almost as many
friends and admirers the United states as IN Great
Britain, and the forthcoming appearance OF the
Life, Letters and Friendship, Of Richard MoicK|oh
Mines first Lord Houghton,' is awaited with almost
an equal degree Of interest OIL both sides oil ''e Az
lantic. This memorial of Great Britans brilliant
has been prepared for publication and edited
BY Mr.. T. wemyss Reid
Judith Gauter says Of her father that he had me-
healthy appetite and lhcd to see people enjoy 'her
meals.
vo %aeb he smncyeG and Would say that this lack
appreciation Of the good things OF the tablc was M III
making MIN out Gargantua and an Ogre lie wa,
passionstcy fond Of talk but it must he eauscrs tont
est whom he had only friend with him. Aite' am,
es 10 w0v Wake fall III a n rs al"
would thoroughly refreshed ana ready to ,,. 1e
most :sSn;s IN n. s oT S MSd FL sc
family circle would show signs Of sssnde ana there
would be tai" X Of sSs to sea mi
to listen to me, viii hire an Anverenat and pay MN
sSa sSa Sse s az nsn sign of" c"
it replied that even an AuvcrSnat r,GEed siesP
S.d .nd ss MS would e eHcs viii pay
eItr~ Tor night work and viii pour out Snch esprit
sAi b he M E xssp With SoG ' matter
moment Sh time sweet oas o and
tsssss . n P @odern costume Of man that
Older n was infinitely T., ;s H mini n himself F
painted b. Chatillon That That, !. how oSESd a.
ali TIE other less hdeous port rats which have
s BE- Il ;s e. me- ps @
S the nm Usually rsps'a,iSn comes s%, h Late
r. Of 3;
fixed hours for o ct and the he y S
any errsssemcnts for writing; when he wanted to
work he would place two books on n" first table ne
; ss '" By sss Of o %s at ss ana Ra
So found and he frequently had to send 10 the nearest
snsp so nor Re rather liked be
terrupea When his daughter went in 70 see hoy he
sheets Of notepapcr flicd with his fine, neat hand
writing seq ne would say: nov nic%E 1ha maj
despite that they small. There no crs>rcs
the sentences nun on the end of my pen ALREADY
shaped and corrected. The erasures are made in
head One only Of his books unknown 70 his chill
dren That. Of course. MadcmOselle dc Mall
PIN al forbid YOU nothing" he said to his dauch
tcr when he placed the volume in the bookcase; and
l do not even lock up the book. only ask YOU tn
please me ny not reading 1t. shOuld feel awkward
and constrained toward you II You had read it,"
Russian professor has lately discovered treasure
u tie National Library OF Paris. This is Manchu
manuscript, which may prove of the greatest interest
to Orentalsts and which lie declares to be OF moro
ancient date than the recently discovered inscription
at Oorea. The manuscript. which numbers 16l leaves
made Of Chinese paper all fully covered with writing
IS said to have been acquired by the great French
library in some unknown way, toward the end Of the
last century.