New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

Columbia College will March - celebrate the
one lunfrclth anniversary Of the birth ~ Friedrich
Dcz ,bofn ~ Ccasen. March l.. 1874. died AT Bonn.
May -. 1870. the founder OF romance philology.
The invitations will be issued by the president OF
the college and the Department Of Romance Ian
,uag"s. Romnlc" scholars from all parts % IN"
country are expected 10 hc present and papers VIII
be- read or sent Ly Professors Price. conn and
Todd 81 Columbia college. Elliott. 90 Johns Hop
klns. Ki;trcdse and sheldon. ~ Harvard LEWIS
aud Harper. % Princeton: Warren. OF Adeib"rt'
Fort.r % Tulane University. AMI others frofes-
sor I<ittrclgo'. paper f. expected 10 give "A good
deal OF newly discovered Information about the
hitherto all but unknown individuality Of Sir
Thomas Mallory. the author Of La Morte dAr-
thur"
Here Is another evidence Of the regard in which
the lady who figures under another name In 'Dodo'
has been hold los her counirymen. The dedication
81 the bat. John Aidrgton Slmonds's Essays.
Speculative aul Suggestive" runs de follows: ITO
MIS- Mlrrct Tcnrnnt In memory u ong dark
WATER nirhts AT Davos. made luminous 10y WHY
conversation"
"DoIo." IL is sad is going into its thirteenth eli
ton in England. It's author has Just hnisrci a new
novel. but cannot decide upon Us title having I'M
der consideration fovr remarkably nice ones
The American Folklore Society proposes 20 IN
deriakc the publication Of series o. collections
when
cana. They will be brought out under the general
title OF Memoirs Of the American Folklore 50
ciety." The nrsi volume Will contain fok-ihles ~
the Yves, African coasi-"thc nrst published rep
rescri,aiion 81 the IDEAS emotions ana moral s"rt
n.nis Of races from which has been derived great
part u the negro popuai ton ~ the Southern Stat"S
Other issues OF the series will Include French Cre-
ole tnlos % Louisiana AMI collections OF current
superstlilons The cooperation % the public H. In
vited rs the success of the scheme depends upon
Increased membership In the society ana add
tional subscriptions to the Publication Fund The
modest subscription of so 10 this fund Will oniltie
the subscriber 70 all the publications of tn" society
ami VIII include the membership fee w. W. New
ell Of Cambridge, Mass. IS the permanent sccre
tary
Miss Olive Schrener. the author OF that strange
book. "Thc Story ~ an African Farm Is engaged
f. bc married Her bctro;hed. who il four or five
wears Younger than the bride to be- is Mr.. Cron
Wright The son 81 we.l-known South African
farmer AMI member % the cape Parliament. He Is
hims.,f a successful farmer and c.ever speaker.
and II * supposed that he VIII enter parliamentary
lie II is said by the way. tha' more than 10000
copies OF "The African Farm Rave been sold
Mr. Edgar s. Maclny's exhaustive History OF the
United states Navy" ls nearly finished. He has
been at worl, upon f. for nine years The Appetons
are 10 publish the book.
In the first number Of the Revue de Paris" the
new rival Of the Old Revue DIES Deux Mondes."
NJ Maynard traces the revival OF the Napoeonc
legend 10 Carlyle's "lIcro-Worship"
Some Interesting and heretofore unpublished let
ters by Balzac form the opening paper. They are
addressed to the young Madame de IIlnska. who
seventeen years later became his wife. These let
,ers are ELUSIVE and more less romantic. He
dwells on his own IDEAS. and describes the people
he meets In answer to "A charge that he tried the
effect OF hashIsh and opium on MS lh'eHect ne
writes: "The only drunkenness / ever experienced
was caused by cigar forced on me 10y Ensehe sue
II enabled me to paint drunkenness among the
Italians Eugene Sue is good sort OF young fe-
low who likes 10 parade his vices. ~ wretched be-
cause his name Is sue. and lives In luxury 10 make
believe he is a grand person
Professor Skcat has Lately pointed out with con-
siderable bitterness that while the great Cambridge
University has lecturers in French. German, Per-
sian and Aramaic and teachers In Sanscr!t. Hin
dua,,ri Tamil M,rathL Bengal and Burmese II
has M English Jecturcshlp In this particular II
takes rank behind divers comparatively new Amer
lean colleges.
Professor Skeats new edition OF Chaucrr-which
ia 10 be called ..Tbe oxford Chaucer'-is almost
ready for publication
There are some truthful ard vigorous words adj
dressed In the new "Lippnco,t' to those VINO prac-
tlse a sort OF literary mendlcancy at the expense
OF we.i-known authors The latter have their
work TO do. says the editor "and their families TO
support like the rest OF u.s. but they might spend
all their time In unsolicited tasks OF misguided aho