New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-10

william Sharp tLc DO Il and editor Of the century
poetsr series sailed from Liverpool, on the Ieuoh''
January g. and will nrrivc In New YORK apo"' INV
1911, instant Iii. long expected Memoirs OF Joseph
Severn Keats friend will be issued late TINS ino'
and is TO be very handsome book. win f'i"S ~
lustrotions and inter sting facsimlIcs. The mover
which he has written In collaboration with MIS- Won
Tented Blanch Willis Howard il to appear in March
and will be awaited with curious interest IN
sharps visit to America Il chiefly for recrc"ion anu
to see many friends he made during his FORMER SoJo'
and will be Of brief dumtlOn.
TWO most interesting relics OF John Evelyn nave
lately been restored WOltOn House, the aI'""D
seat of the Evelyns after an absence OF iory Ners
These are two panes OF glass bearing Johh fNeN 4" "
own signature and some curious devices ana lh7crP
lions cut therein by himself. \ country glhAer ''"
t,cm having during the minority Of W. j. Evelyn
The present owner. removed them from some od l'O
ticed windows which be was ordered TO replH'c Will
new at " oOn House. The young man to whom h'
sold them kept them few years. and tlch Pla''u
them for >afoty in the Museum nt Kew. II o''ur9'"
TO him in his cid age not long ago that thcY o"eH
to be- Mt Woon House. and he has Nith minute
trouhl, reclaimed them from the Nation. wlilch was
not at first disposed to we them up nnd they are
now In thc possession Of John Ercltn' direct a.
sccnddEt.
An amusing letter written by Thacteray in Rome. In
December lao. to Dr. rell at TeheIan. recently
brought nj n London sale the largest ever paid for
Thackcray lctter-no lcs, than 900. NJ that time
Thnrkogny Wa preparing Corh t. Cairo lie mon
lions being short OF piper, and tbs eNPHh' WY 'S
communication is the nyshect of another letter
Thac kcrny begins thus: / should have written Ia
vo, long since that I, ! might likely have done ~
II Incidence had not prevented (which by the way IS
n great conpl lncnt 20 YOU not that mean II j. com
plment but n Impc statement II facts and iact' are
stubborn things ~ need not stat" 10 a man OF your
Per, pcuy) Though by the way don't tink YOU mr."
particularly pcrspicuous on second thoughts not that
Second thoughts are worth muchl ,. b. ,. }. u hay"
h p counting up the pareuth, >i>~issrs ut for ia"
fun Of the tmneDnl say .lfuh have written to you
long -ince but that wn, afraid YOU had got III ara
worse suce parted ut Cnst ntOplr va, afraid 1t
WIS all done. and that You were. Do you think
should not have been sorry not enough 20
not enough 10 lO>e app"tit"-weu men do not
deplore each other except ~ h11,>. they are lily
! for Tire survivor. How hrartlc,. this What
I that those attnch> ot yours at ConSantnope
gnve me grea, deal OF ALARM ard from feeling Of
luck. q, IL werr did not like TO send my mlSslFe
over the waters and ask II iou were hearty ana
WE'LL now II you let me hear A. much. II Will
comfort ne some day getting the letter at the
Reform Club London 10 be able 10 say there's good
fellow alive Jones lets drink his health Instead
~ the other thing. have been writ g my little
took Cornhu 10 CAIRO and ,al get back 10 London
with that and something ell" To the good III" book "a
far -, | have written STRIKES me a. devhsh clever
lmpcrt,ucnt ard feeble. 1t mas make hit with the
publlc Who knows and then I'll my sllncas Will
be- multiplied by or .. and may stand chance Of
grtt z rich q, well ~ yOI. We got a Jewel Of u
Captain I'm the IBERIA. Lewis by name, who Il cried
when We came away. and 70 whom | intend To dcd
icltc my book. Ny book! my dear fellow II You
knew the bore Of writing II; and Of pumping for
pica.antric, ! see another Of my works advertised
In all the London papers Of which have not written
oil .lta { IuXs,-- all
about too. but tai, Place seem, much ont OF the
world a. Tchran Itself. aud I've no other maticr for
tnIs However here Is the end Of tins paper. send
nv icn,t from Malta COnstan,luoplc from Con,ian
nopc Ia TicbIzoud by the Russian specimen. from
| Trabzond ! maxi, journey In the spirit Ia find Won
.auattcd or a diVan at rchran. smoking smoking yawn
Ing ,awning. and hold out the hand Of friendship and
wish you IL Jolly Christmas and Happy New Year.
signcd.-Thackeray alias Ttmarsh'
WHY should author, b. obliged 20 pay more post
nc, on tle:r MS than the merchant, Of other com
modltir, do upon their Tnrcol, sent by MALL Il T.,
| time that this among other injustice, from which
author, suffer in this land Of freedom should hc r."
moved and IT Is 10 be hoped that Congress win deal
fnvoiably with the petition (Soon TO be prescnodl
for "a reduction Of postage on Mss.
Dr. I;crdoc hn> been forced to prefix 10 his
| - browning Cyclopacdin" list # "Iusolvcd Dill
/
| lndten del sarto who was pappocoia" what is
| the meaning Of onponan strength" mo aliuslon Of
course 70 the vigorous style Of the late Bishop os
| Oxford: who was THE Calph's wheel workman "
and Bcrlnsariu>T; and what was the sole johe
OF Thucyddcs.'
I folklore society IS In process Of organization
In Chicngo.
| Dr. Thomas ". Parsons. ito whom owe two or
three Of the lovcllcs; bits Of ever written in
American has been preparing vcrsifcd Book Of
Collects Many OF these readers viii remember
! have appeared In The Tribune The volume. which
Will soon be published. Will contain also few mis-.
celianeons poems by DR.. Parsons.
The late Henry Edwards the actor. wrote more
than $50 books. pamphlets and articles, chiefly on
| topics Of Natural History, and all these pub
| l,lod at various times and In various places. Mr..
| william Benteunuer. Of the American Museum Of
| Natural History. has contributed To The Canadian
Entomologl,' london. December 1901 Vol. %. no.
~, Il complete ut of these writings. II NIL, NOR,
than eight pages, and 1t Is strhnely suggestive Of the
ample learning and devoted lhpor of the author
whose place among ii science even more DIS
| tingulsLcd than bis rank upon the stage.
| Mr.. Richard Harding Davis. the brilliant Young
Editor of Iarpcr's Weekly has rcnqn,hcd for
q few month, his command Of that periodical. This
| Is for the purpose Of enabling him 10 picpirc two
sericS Of articles on subjects 10 which his diamond
pointed pen will do particular Justice lie will first
spend three months In the West gathering and using
the Weekly materials for papers army outposis
ranches. mining towns and tho like and at the end
| Of that time he will go London 10 describe that
city for Ilarper's Magazine from the point Of view
| Of an American. Both series II articles will be-
handsomely illustrated Mr.. Dsvi, will return to his
post on the Weekly in September
At last the first part OF five plates OF the atlas
to accompany the Oficial Records OF the Union
| and Confederate Armies published by the War DE.
partment, makes It's appearance and atones BY cX.
celcnce for long delay. This great work itself {,
In the nature OF monument treDly honorable 10 the
nation that remembers tn the defenders held I'm ~.
membrance and to the pniient builders and the all
reveals Itself lifting capstone The period covers