New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-09

to the late Mr.. j. r. Osgood by the authors "nose
books he published wished to publish are no"
for sale in this city, This must please those among
the authors who are still in the land OF the living
Perhaps the most characteristic OF these letters II
ore written by Robert Browning IN lS'o' anu re-
ferring to his Ring and the Book
Gentlemen I have just received your ie' Yer 81
the sth ultany delay in replying 10 I" am very
sorry you find the arrangements OF iS 70
fishers inconsistent with suC onr d" bargain in conse
1uence: So let /, be broken by al means no uouI'
my first , notion b was IL Brn' on ne readns the M
thought well of the thing as to believe Sonr
Volumes one a month rather thought Of propos.
ing Win his leave to v Sspd b SGq ike ust as well
making further appeal TO ad 3eTa MAKE my accept,
snce Of Your new offer OF $50 for my 10000 lines al
together inexcusabe. - r,,rr comnenv II
ul he 'r hat suppose ind another American pub
Usher disposed TO take what you Tedase you and not
determine az upon printing my poem after a-an al, IN
spite of theInbut that would give TOO Gs MENTION ton
in hand and 81 sPa ars as
you that am gentlemen oBERT BROWNING.
NJ Sardou has written novel. taking MS pay
'"Thermidor" for theme. And now the author
,esrs ~ nuhsh II feeling doubtful concerning the
reception of this first effort in the writing OF taieS'
The author of that pleasant volume. Tenants OF
an Old Farm" is about TO bring out companion
volume under the title Of "Old Farm raries i"'o
this book Mr. McCook has put the result OF twenty
years observation of spider life He has represent
FL the cobweb folk as pixies or eoblins. the Ill
natured fairies of Scotland and Northern England
while to those insects useful man against winch
spiders wage continual war he has given the u'ie
OF Brownies. Thus he has managed 70 MAKE
fairy book full Of science.
The first three volumes OF an immense Italian
work dealing extensively with the voyages OF
Christopher Columbus are nearly ready Tor pupN-
cation 1t is to be complete in fourteen volumes.
and the Italian Government is bearing the expense
of bringing It out. In the third volume are to be
found 10 fac-simile plates of Coumbus's autograph
writings both authentic and doubtful in the libra
ries of Madrid Seville and Genoa. and in the ar
chives of the Duke Of Veragua and the Duchess OF
Alva.
Mrs Humphry Ward has almost finished the new
novel which is to appear in THE Century next
year.
Mr. Rider Haggard says that there is too much
talk about a successful author-what he makes or
does not make by his pen. why can't authors ana
their earnings be left alone?" he asks mournfuliy
"Nany men make incomes on the stock exchange
and at the bar without being pursued by para
graphs? Why should who makes his living
by his pen be pursued by paragraphs? believe
people often make more money by paragraphs than
the authors about whom they write.
The author OF an article in The Independent"
quotes Mr.. Ruskin declaring that II he had fol-
loved the true bent OF his mind he should have
been a civil engineer II should have found more
pleasure he added. 'in planning bridges ana sea
breakwaters than in prasing modern painters.
And with sigh he said whether literature ana
art have been helped by me know not but this
En- md has lost MI a
Telford.'
There Is a quaint sketch Of Mary Vining. OF Della
ware a girl who has been called the most fascnat-
ing and beautiful American Of the last century. IN
the current number OF THE Historical Register.
She was only famous for her loneliness. but had
good deal of intellectual ability. At the time OF
her death, early in this century she was engaged
in writing history Of the Revolutions work which
her friendship with the most distinguished soldiers
and civilians of the period would have made pict-
uresque at least and full of anecdote The manu-
script unfortunately, lost She was for long
time a correspondent of Lafayette. and knew well
all the foreigners Of note who visited this country
during the years OF struggle. She was engaged TO
marry General Wayne at the time Of his death
Three eminent foreign scholars. Professors skeat
Max Muller and A. II Sayce. have united in giving
high praise the American dictionary pub
lished by Funk & Wagnalls Professor Sayce. OF
oxford University. is quoted as saying:
1.-The Standard Dictionary Is truly mag
nifcent and worthy OF the great CONT
nent which produced 1t. II is more than complete
and the amount of labor that has been bestowed
upon 1t. and more especially upon the settlement
Of the pronunciation. must have been enormous.
1t is certain supersede all other existing dction-
aries Of the English language"
THE Blue Ribbon" is the title OF an interesting
account Of what Thomas Edward Murphy has done
for the promotion Of personal temperance. with
some description OF the work OF his father. Fran
els Murphy. and Of his brother. William ]. Muir
ply. (Dodd. Mead & Coz The blue ribbon move
ment, OF which the Murphys have been the chief
opponents. wastes no time in discussing the various
theories OF temperance. II arrays itself under no
party banner. Its object is not TO build up tenn
perance party, whether religious or political, but
TO reach the individual and 10 rescue him from his
appetite. In doing this it claims to come into
closest touch with Christianity and modern science.
There may be room for debate whether Christianity
and science favor total abstinence, but there is
no doubt whatever that they enforce temperance.
On that platform the blue ribbon movement has
planted itself and its has been great
enough 10 justify the temperate chronicle OF its
work which Arthur Reed Kimba has here given.
At the exhibition Of relics Of the Revolution and
the Empire recently held at Paris. there a
curious manuscript In Of the This was
the copybook containing the tasks written by Ma
poleon at st. Helena, when he wanted 10 learn
English In order to understand what his jallers
were talking about The text is as follows: when
will you be sage good boy? When l shall be
no longer In this island But will begin 10 be so
after having crossed the Equator line When
will land In France. shall be glad. My wife will
come to me- my son will be tall and strong: he
will be able to drink at his dinner his bottle OF
wine and I'll choke my glass with his. My mother
will be old. my sister homely. which will not be
agreeable to them they will be always coquettes.
for women ever believe themselves pretty" The
English translation made by the prisoner. under
every one Of these lines. poor
A Random Reader writes thus THE Lon
don Chronicle". "In to-day's paner Won review a