New-York tribune., 1896-12-24


Mr. W. g. Gilbert Is preparing book 10. puDmu ou,,o
ton In the spring 1t Is a new volume Ok "''
operas not a volume Of new comic operas
Iieutenant-General Schoheld has written io' ~
c.r,urv. ceveral articles dealing In intimate ias'-
Ion with certain famous events In american ~
tory The first paper will descrioe -~>"po ~ 80
withdrawal from Mexico. with special reie'.
the part taken by the Government OF 'he O"''e'
States.
Mr. Stanley J. Weyman has spent great uea. "
time on his forthcoming novel, shre"Sou.. a..
whole year. in fact. which is thing not u'"-' :"
these days.
somebodv writing IN "The Atlantic OF james
Russell Lowell, as seen In Paris IN the cal w "
saws: "Once / found him writing ie''e' ''I
Wrench doll to her sister In London one do
ders,ood having been given by MT. All" -
lowell 70 n little friend in Paris the other u a'
English child. He was writing captai , iienS.
rrg,,sh and a plausible dolls style. Wna' ho ie"u
me was so com.cal, the point OF view so "hiis'0'
that would have wished no better eh'e'.l''''''.
" there had not been so many greater 'e
hear him talk about. He was IN gooo "u''' - -
Paris and his surroundings: he was ori"'S
with fun: he seemed to be in state OF perpe.'''
,rental activity OF natural efervescence ana eo"'
u,,on like a sparkling spa. He told me. ho"e'e''
that he was subject to depression. which d, 'ii"'
time II was not easy to imagine.
This friend once rallyng Lowell on HIS many INV
return. 10 q country he had attacked SO sharp'S
- rrv,ard asked what he found there that he
r,,.sed here The poet lowered his voice and SAID
rather sadly: "The charm OF life One needs Only
TO rccollect, adds the writer, "that Eim"oou ""'
then closed and his faithful companion eone, ''A'
most Of his early friends were dead ana 'he D'.' ~
MINIS. nearly extinct. understand the comfort
In, md
associations were missed and where cohsena' So'
cis,v was always 10 be had without seeking
All is fish that comes TO the net of the modern
man. DR. Sun Yat Sen has actually made doom
ont Of his adventures at the Chinese Lega'ioh III
London. Very tame adventures they "ere' "o' ~
ell thrilling.
The sister of Marion Crawford. the novelist has
taken to fiction and has produced mover caiie"
'l'aladia
7, the current number OF "Macmilan's Maga-
zinc there are some odd anecdotes OF shehey
early sojourn In Wales He was twenty then' ana
married to Harriet. and full OF pouoai ana re.o'
tionary whims Bottles were filled with ieahe,s oi
erp,nent and thrown into the sea, and Mrs Shei-
lev was required. day after day. to make nre-oai-
loors OF old newspapers. which were sent up Will
valuable political pamphlets attached to them' 10
carry enlightenment into sequestered FARMS.
The eccentric poet loou coHsiS'e" '''" "''' -
bread and raislns. go
..Fread stepped in hot water and sprinked with
suear and nutmeg which he called panada, ne oe-
vourcd with avidity. HoGg relates OF periou
slightly anterior to this. many amusing ihco"-
sistencies A certain dinner at Sheiieys lodgings
had been a terrible failure Never mind, said MIS-.
Shelley we will have mullins for tea. Mumns.
said shelley. in tone Of agony. they Will butter
them: but when they arrived. buttered' ne oe-
voured them with relish. On another occasion one'-
ley and Hogg were at country Inn. fose oi"eic"
bacon Shelley was plunged in grief and gloom al
IN. thought: but when It arrived he rose from his
~. o.. srd nlunred n fork into the dish before HogC.
30 this is bacon said he. Wei! IT Is not so paH
after all In few moments the dish was empty
and Hogg had eaten little. Another ana ano'her
dish was produced til the bacon was exhausted
and they left the house Shelley gravey scoldng the
,andlady for not being better supplied Thence 'hes
hurried home and Shelley burst In upon his w''e
r.nuir,nr that bacon should be instantly produced
In large quantities
"But these alterations were only moHie"'al!
though II seems certain that Shelley was al 'i'e
better for a meat diet. and that much OF the her-
vous suffering he endured was partially tne result
OF insufficient nourishmcnt Three nutton-chops
we'll neppered' was Peacock's famous prescription
for q At Of the vapors: and the recipe was iou""
most cfficacious a delicacy of which Sheiiev was
particuarly fond the guInmy exudat'ohs VI
pines and larches. He would carry these drops III
his
round a larch streaming with turpentine ne "ou'u
hover slipping like a greedy bee
"At Tan-vr-allt he rose early. breakfasteo OH
bread and II 1t could be obtained. ana spei'
long hours of the morning wandering on the mus
lie was light active and incapable Of fatigue. we
may imagine him dressed. as Hogg describes MIN
n; NARROW. in thin shoes light trousers 'ohs
brown coat with lambswool collar and Guns, no
necktie and his shirt thrown open down 'he lro".
leaving his breast bare. On his little round head
covered with curls. he wore no hat, out ol'en re-
turned from his walks with wreath OF travellers
toy briony or oonvolvuus. He took no regular
meals. but ate when and where he felt inclined IL
We add to this that his voice was singu!arly snrh
and unmusical like the scream OF peacock that
he was absolutely devoid OF the sense OF humor out
laughed loudly and Historically at what was never
intended to amuse: that he never answered an In
yitaton went or not 10 party as the fancy look
hin, and came away whenever 1t occurred to him
IN do 80 VIC have sufficiently unconventional
picture.
"When he returned from his rambles no read
aloud wrote or studied. Then came the evening
,cthargy. when he slept profoundly as to alarm
hi. companions sitting in his chair or even slip
ming TO the ground with his head exposed to the
full blaze of a glowing fire, like cat. At or 10
he awoke. and these were his geniai hours. nc
would talk declam. argue far INTO 'he "s".
showing always the utmost reluctance 10 go 10 oed
and reducing his companions to the extremity OF
fatigue"
Miss Mary E. wlkins's forthcoming story
Jerome Poor Man" Is said TO DE the strongest
navel che has vet written 1t IS to be published as
serial In "Harper's Weekly
"What need has he Of carven stone?" sings the
rhvmer OF "The ST. Jamess Gazette struggling
with the proposition TO erect a monument TO Gold
smith.
There nit across the novels page
New heroes. grave and gay
New heroines, fresh and fair. engage
our interest for day:
But still the reader OF romance
Loves best the Wears chair;
Goes with Olivia TO the dance,
And Moses TO the fair.
All Goldsmith cenia,. gentle friend.
Ii. lonl