New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-26

TbA hook review signed by a writer as noted in
his or her way the author reviewed hdS
long since ceased 10 attrac. particular attention.
hut occasionally the enterprise makes an impe'd-
1--WE demand upon the public. This time the re-
view. which is 10 appear in THE London Acad-
envy is 20 be OF Lord Roberts's recently puoished
recollec,ions OF life in India and the reviewer j.
10 be Mrs Steel the author Of ION the race OF
the Waters" This article ought 10 he an lmpof-
tant one.
Tine Academy" under IT'S new management Is
donr number OF things which Mr. Cotton. the
<o-ner editor never dreamed OF attempting and
sore ~ these things are no; the most digniAed
.n the world for a journal OF literature and schoa'-
ship on the other hand. these doun'iui sIoh'S
are amusing For example. the edltor mas ope"su
one more OF those amazing Symposa IN "h'ch poo
-. ~ moro or less consequence name the books
ma, have interested them. Upon TINS occasion 'iv
contributors have been confined 10 the TWO DOCKS
tina, mos, pleased them in 1896. Nj. Herbert Spen-
cer lads the list and his note Is the most sug-
gestiye Of all. My state OF health. ne says has
SO greatly reduced my power Of reading 'hat "ha'
remains have TO reserve vigorously for the pur-
noses Of ny work The result : mat 30 No' 'T''
works that are unrelated TO IT. what worm o.
wisdom lies in that little sermon
NJ ,.5r4w Lang was chiefly delighted by Mrs
rdvard Rjdlev's story OF Alne' and by the
"Biiou" OF Gyp. Mrs. Meyneii il nothing II not
original She has reioiced in three books 0; verse
Lucas,
NJ AIonc.-Cou.is respectiv .ly-as mystnY!nS
.r,o in the circumstances, one can we'll mag
,ne Mr. Grant Allen has turned from the e'oiu-
ton of his unspeakable novels 10 the perusal o.
Uariland's Legends Of Perseus ana simpson
"Ruddhi=- Praying Wheel" This last IL delicious
Mr. Grant Allen absorbed in things BUodhisuc II
An eaifviog figure Mr. Rober; Blatchford. who
a.. Tho Clarion" confesses that ne Is usually
too busv or tired 70 read anything but tales and
verses and though he has some compliments Tor
few Of his authors. he winds up with TINS pungeh'
Abatement: Few o. popular novelisis arc
more than common tall. Some OF them are Ike
men made after supper out % Dickens or Thack-
cray pairing"
The riders indeed. which some % these readers
give with their memoranda Of books read are often
the best part OF the note. Professor Norman
Iocl<ver mentions Mr. Percival LOwells Mars
and Mr. Barrio's Sentimental Tommy and then
adds in a parenthesis: NO time for reading seri-
onsly" The jIggler. Mr. Paul Cinouevalh. liked
bes; The Sorrows OF Satan and Jude the OBJ
scure." This presents n phenomenon. tatholiciy
is all very well. but when man can read those TWO
books and lie pleased by them both there mus; be
something wrong Bu; there is no telling what A
man Will like. Mr. Max Beerbohm is. Of course. in
erldence and. with 4 fine disregard OF the lirnita
ton in time by mis- editor. ne mentions Shake
speare and the Bible as his preferred books Mr.
Wilson Barrett made the same choice but put the
Bible first /, would he interesting 20 know ny
virtue OF what "'"'a' Pio'e'S'7 e"'' VI 'H'Sc
gentlemen settled the question OF precedence be-
tween their two literary enthusiasms But the list
must end. Let 1t end with Mr.. Ashby Sterry's
note the best after Mr.. Spencer's. I,aconcally
since. indeed. what is there TO be said:-Mr
sierry replies: Great Expectations and The
Newcomes.
Il is said that the Pope thinks OF founding a
"Uniyersita Internazionale Cattoca" at Ass!si
This would be strange step 10 take. and one
that seems at first glance IN the leas; wise
But; after all. 1t would be hard find A spot In
Europe more favorable than that beautiful hill
town lifted up above the rmbrian plain 10 the in
cternent OF coniemplative thought II is true that
Assis! is poor not at all convenient. and sleepy
In the last degree. But IL has the strength Of
tremendous inspiration at its roots. St Francis f.
q living force there yet for whoever can feel the
mans spell. and IN the long. run students might
find the town a much dSsira BILE site for a uni