New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-25
LTTERiET NOTES.

,Ao-o T. , nrospcci tha, tho next oriental Congress
nm 10 hold At oxford in l-92. There haze been
olvers iscrccmcut- concerning the place Of ne"tng
originating with the general repression that at the lat
coprr... held In sweden there WI, moro iuh thah
work oxford b, certainly the ideal place for the
meeting.
Keen this upon your desk. writer:
" ren,n .,y.: col t. write we'll is 10 think we'll
there is no ar, % ,tyl" distinct from the culture ot
the mind The good writer is complete mind gli'ed
with Judgment; passion. imagination. ard AZ the same
time well trained food training If the mind i The
only school of good ,',lc. Wanting that yon nave
merely rhetoric and bad taste
Tho Conference du Llyrc which IS to be held in
,n,ucrp IN August. VIII bc attended by distinguished
Librarians. pub.lcr, printers. artist. authors and
took lovers II Europe and America. \ great many
Interesting questions In regard 10 books and their pro
ductlon Will &c discussed.
Nr. Glad tone is described a. confirmed hannter
Il b,ok,t,ll,. To avoid being mohocd he wears In
mi. OCCUPATION the sccdlc-t of coats and hate lie
l., tc.n - book collector for hrce.quari"r, Of Il
century. having now JOB hl, possession book "h'h
,,a. presented e. Am by Hannah Nor" 90 l-l1. He
doesn't muoa c.rc for modern first editions, but sag
.l ihc - tail copy
TIL, -lntioiu,uon- was written hy Wilkc Collins
on the manuscript q Tho Frozen Deep which i To
bc sold neat month 100 London.
A. long ago u. the year l-56 he says wrote a
pl,. ,,l!.d The Frozen De D. which Worn Wa, hF't
f.fr,.cni-d y amateur 80 tor 40 the hou'" ~ t.'
lYi.. t.Il, p.Acl-. ou 90" "a rl January, l~J'.
ST. Dl,lc., him .rI PLAYED rr pilu'ipM part ana
pl..cd with OBJ t.ftl. fsIt atd itth", never b'
i f,c, ton hy those who were fortunate enough to
vltuc-, this Performance. The hcN appearance OF
. IU. Frozen Deep" played bS au amateur company
to,b p..c ~ the "hlrrl of illustrations iri"i" III"
Queen and Roth family, hy the queens own com
maud. ~ Ntuchc-trr tn, PLAY Wa tHl'c irri"Fl''
for OBJ. hcucft II "a" family - pousn' Jcr"d ou the
second evening before 5000 people his Wits. ]
tr,orliuary utclllgruc and enthusiasm ~ the great
audience stimulated all To- DO our best Dickens
,urpI..,d himself lie literally c.r. tilNcd the du
dcicr fen year, later Loo, the play was produced
At the olympic Theatre, London. seven ycaFN
passed and then Tho l"f.u Deep appeared ~
arofnrr touutr, than England and unScr totally
u.W form. / occupied the auitmu ANA winter OF
La - most alrcctbly To my self tF "a tour ~ th'
that great country reception which shall rrucWhc I
proudt and gratefully 20 the end Of my He. on
rlndlns ny tour lu No-fon, Wt> advised nv my
friend, to give. u possible. special farewell rtad
with thi, object rcWrut" The Frozen Deep ono
plty had newer been puhll,hedin narrative form Tor
| u puhlc reading. occupied nearly two hours IN u
delivery bat kept II, hold from first 10 Last on the
A. print IL !, considerably longer than the story
a, read II. add for the benefit - those VINO have
and not forgotten the play that m" narrative
version If Tho trof"n Deep depart, widely from
play the nr- act but follows II as closely -
possible ~ the succeeding act,.-W. G.
Not many book, begin their existence In print with
an edition OF 10000 copies. This /, one distinction
Of volume which Is coming out In England the
autobiography Of James Berry. the public cNccutoncr
one chapter g., horribly entitled, Men and Women
| Have Executed