Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-10
BIOGRAPHY OF ALFRED TENNYsoN.
Volume of Deep Interest just Issued
In LOndOn.

In London.
| Copyright 1891 by the Associated Press.)
| LONDON. Oct. 9.--Thc last week has been
a foretaste of winters frost and togs. The
majority OF the smart world remain in the
country, while the duchess of York has been
the only member of the royal family in town.
She has been al assiduous visitor to the the
aters.
The biography of the late Lord Tennyson,
the poet laureate. which is attracting so
much attention just now, is contained in two
volumes Of interest and repeatedly empha-
sizes the poets regard for the United Stares
and his earnest desire that the parent com
try and its offshoot shall ever dwell in
unity. Writing to Longfellow. Tennyson
says: 1--WE English and Americans should
oil be brothers as none other among nations
can be. and some of us, come what may, will
always be, so 1 trust"
Tennysons biographer writes that Emer-
son. Whittier, Walt Whitman, Lowell and
Oliver Wendell Holmes were counted among
his friends and that through them he kept
alive spirit OF kinship with their country.
men. Americans, the biographer further
SAYS. not only loaded him with appreciation,
hu; also loaded him with pipes Writing to
the duke of Argyll in 1867 Tennyson said
l am SpllS dlu HOl ste luS iiiIuuiS vi
| Lorue; but I'll call for the calumet sent me
by Longfellow. 1t is odd that Americans
always send me pipes and tobacco, as if
cared for nothing else in the world and
their tobacco is not my tobacco nor are their
pipes my pipes. birdseye and cutty being
| more to my fancy than the costlier things.
But. however. | do not mean to undervalue
LCngfclow's gift"
LETTERS FROM THE QUEEN.
Letters to and from the queen are full Of
interest They occasionally touch upon poll
tics, but are more frequently personal.
Writing to Tennyson regarding the peerage
conferred upon him. the queen said it was
a mark OF my recognition of the great serv-
ice you have rendered to literature, which
has great influence uDon the world at
large" Her majesty added "How I wish
you could suggest means for crushing the
| IL. AZ = l'.,D...~,Ions wnOse oOJc-t Is glo-
nlulgate scaudalous calumny, which they in
vent themselves"
| After visit to Queen Victoria Tennyson
wrote to her: During our conversation |
felt a touch of that true friendship which
binds human beings together, whether they
be kings or cobblers."
1t has just leaked out that at Newmarket
| lbSl week MTS, IdHBtTy won q social tTluDDl
| under interesting circumstances. The prince
of Wales, according to the report noticing
her absence from the Jockey club inclosure
asked for an explanation from the stewards.
Upon this being forthcoming the prince dis
missed it as being quite inadequate in view
of Mrs. Langtry's position as horseowner
and as a generous supporter of the turf. The
| uoshot was, according to the story, that Mrs.
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the inclosure. but Mrs. Langtry, 1t appears,
| was angry at the manner in which the invi-
tation was conveyed to her, and she refused
to re-enter the enclosure unless personally
| invited by one of the stewards. This it
would seem, was finally done.
w. S. Gilbert announces to an Edinburgh
interviewer that he will write no more plays.
He says he is disheartened by the erroneous
point of view from which criticism is writ
ten, adding London critics attack all author
! as II he was a scoundrel of the worst type
| and do not feel disposed to put myself for
ward as cockshy for these gentlemen" In
discussing plays Mr.. Gilbert criticised the
| ''poorness and monotony of English acting
as exemplned by Sir Henry Irving Beer
| bohm Tree and Alexander
| FALL SEASON OF OPERA.
The fall season of grand opera at Covent
Garden. which the old Carl Rosa company
| gives each year, was begun Monday under
| unusually favorable auspices. Several sing
| ers OF the first class have been specially en-
| gagged for the London season, and the man
! agement is negotiating for the service of
| others. One of the stars whose appearance
| is looked forward to with interest is the
| Chcvaller Scovel, whose engagement was an
| became known in London. He will make his
debut in London as Tristan, with a COM
! patriot, Alice Esty, singing Isolde. The pro-
| portion Of Wagner in the seasons bill is
much larger than ever before. The season.
| 1t is believed, will prove a successful one,
| though from the standpoint of society not
| a brilliant enc, because OF the absence of
| the fashionable world from London
Monday right gave London its first oppor-
| tunity to hear la Boehme," Puccplnis' new
opera, which has made a fine impression on
the continent. This was followed by Tam
| hausor,' Faust" Carmen" and Romeo
and Juliet" The principals in the casts in
| eluded Messrs Salvi, Baron Berthald Lud-
! wig, Lloyd, D'Aubigue, Alexander, Bevan, G.
w. Ferguson and Misses Bessie Macdonald,
Alice Esty, Mile. Clltzka and Marie Duma
D'Auplsne, VINO comes from the well known
Virginia family from Dabneys, but has
| adopted the French spelling of the name for
stage purposes, has been studying abroad
| since his last appearance with the Metropoli-
tan Opera company in New York and his
style shows marked advance.
Theatrical managers are complaining OF
bad business and are casting about to dis
cover the reasons therefor Several of the
best houses, which are presenting plays with
all the elements necessary for popularity
under ordinary conditions. play to half empty
rows or to paper, and some have even been
offering good inducements to draw the peo-
Pile. The general verdict is that the in
| crease in numbers of the suburban theaters
is drawing business away from the centers
Wilson Barrett has signed with William
son 4 Musgroye, the firm which managed the
fortunes of MIR. Bellew and Mrs. Potter in
Australia, for tour OF that continent this
winter.