New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-16

ont here is apparently the book Of the season in Eng
land rs regards The first edition of 1900 copies
was exhausted in week.
william Blacks new novel, "Donald Ross of
Heimra,' is Just coming from the press
Miss Elliott's story, jerry has been translated
Into German and will be published shortly at Lepsc'
Miss Dickens says Of her famous father:
There penny caricature printed but by wIi4in
can't say, which greatly de.ghtSd MN sa ne T hnns
you have large headed photo with little do S
tn Ss Sss pen
abundantly in all the shops that am asae1 70 To
about town LOOKING in a. the PnSTaeSnay udicous
and much more like than the grave ngure uouv o ~,
it. until shook again in Open sunlghted Piccadtly
He returned 10 Gad's HILL bringing this with MN, anu
fascinated by it, thinking ii irosistiby funny
that ne stood looking at IT, roaring with lansher Snie
audience laughing so heartily with him that he had to
beat a hasty retreat
Dickens's favorte flower the scarlet geranium
and The Academy" says that this too is picasanVS
characteristic of the man. Who with some OF his hrs1
earnings as a reporter-so John Payne Collier recous
had bought new hat and very handsome olue cioA
with black velvet facngs, the corner OF winch ne ''
over his shoulder a lEspsgnole." "For nhuoe aeeu
man. says Mr. Locker speaking of an after ume'
Dickens was smart dresser-he liked bright ooio9'
lie once told Charles Knight that he had the iohue
OF a savage for fnery"
1t is said that the famous fourpost bedstead in Ammo
Hathaways cottage at shOttery rapidly dsappearng'
being gradually Clipped away by relic-hunters'
aTbe silver Christi is the title of ouida's orthcom
ing story.
Andrew Lang has written an article on "rccadiliy"
for "Scribner.'
This curious story told by "T1e London Saturday Re
view deserves to be quoted in full;
Some nine years ago the author who writes un Tep
Black Poodle II added to the gsyey Of The nations sHnS
for translated and pnbshed c in ine Ksye
menis few weeks ago the author, in a Partisan Partisan
book found a9y yS ntbo S y dT Of FanE
Dir Anstey naturally bought the book, and 10 there
was his own black poodle waggng friendly toll: Inc
scene was changed from England to france the
poodie's master now an Italian, 20 q fNncn,
the noodle was Mr. Ansteys old poodle; his adventure
was the Mr. Ansty then wrote iett enc. Nh in
glatnlated NJ x on his Onginalte vraiment ex
Canche Noir" into English assuring him that he felt
capable of making This translation IN a symPathsuLc
pmd With modety that he did not think his book de-
served The praises literally heaped on it by Mr. Ast o
about your demand Of adaptation am sorry 70 tei
you that am ny own nSnIiaoT and mat l,s tsS
that he was Monsieur x Yet he must be, apparently
in Engsh-one Mr. Ansteys; Of 1852 and one rem
dred by Monsieur X. in 1901, from his own original
W. W. by Monea& x ' The French gentleman then
mentioned another work Of his own which, perhaps,
S s9ed S NJ Eonde y @ @5
sicur KS lie Royaume de saba, Roian lanta,tigues,
Sf Kng n somcns sHe s and wethSr Ads
saf oP p Aes rnc @O' pear
gere aP 81 I n, 19tT Po gr0MPeG ns 81 @
piled, making no apologies for writing in English with
Won are PERFECTLY fa@ilars He confessed that his ad
mir "a
unaered.' al not altogether surprised to hear
s1S sUe S SG exists S" ESg already The conc
dences between your Canchc Noir' and my own Black
not for the fact that my animal has slightly the advan
tage IN wears. ] shOud feel drawn TO conclusions the
possessed" This note OF Mr.. Anstey signed with both
hls patronymic and his name OF war ana nov me
before them We are inclined TO believe IN theory
Of .clepsthy Mr. Anstsys story has been telepathet-
was there some faint impenetrable essence
Waited toward him T., Sleeping PS a. ne 1eo lay Es
Or did it happen in some other way?
We Pegr PaIo s s aedGS S@ coz Nr
as hs cha9ced before ard has ne Worries n up
translation Of the leaend7
useful book called The O. X. Theatrical Guide"
has been published by Mr. wifi ed North. 1t comprises,
In 1T tall narrow pages, clearly printed large guam
tty OF practical information for persons who are in
terested in theatrical matters ad especially for the
atroal Managers and agents Tie theatres in the various
cities Of the United states and Canada specified and
particulars given to their size and accOmmOda
iion The newspapers and the theatrical writer's
also mentioned. and lists given 70 railways and
travel and Travelling companies. OF it's kind this Ger
tanlv is good publication The statistics in II. as to
theatrical Industry, instructive and its utility for
agents Of itinerant companies Is obvious.
The feature Of the June number Of IIarper's Maya
tine7 is the novel written and illustrated by Mr.. On
Maurer, whose sEilful pencil IS familiar to the
readers of The London Punch" The novel pro
fesses to be the autobiography Of Peter lbbetson
who died in a criminal unatic asylum after serving
twenty-five years in jail for the murder of relative
The first chapter deals with his childhood which
spent in France and where he known &c
petit Angais" and reads very much Ike Renaissance
Of the authors youth. Interesting is the story,
the clever illustrations viii be found more at
tractive than the text.