New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-24
LONDON NOTES.
rur JUBILEE GIFTS ON EXHIBITION
EXAMPLES OF THE LOST ART OF
LETTER

Tn
,..n set In order under the direction OF DIT Al
.rsa Jephson and Will be exhibited next week
-. che benefit Of the Hospital Fund. Large and
:, unioue interest as is this exhibition II Is not
complete collection OF the presents made 10
.ne Queen by relatives sovereigns and loyal SUD-
Its II is a selected exhibit, with list winch
800 been carefully revised by the Queen, VINO Is
a. nrecise I'm matters Of detail during her de-
,,,ng wears as she has ever been. incomplete
e is IL is a brilliant and varied show and
.osrs the strongest possible proof OF the respect
d afectiorS with which she is regarded
throughout the civilized world. The North CAL
,ery Of the Imperial Institute Is filled with JUDI
lee gifts and addresses, and Will be crowded win
eager and delighted spectators for many weeks
Nv the Queens desire prominence Is accorded
% the Prince Of Wales's gift-a life-slze por-
trait OF himself and the Duke Of Connaugh', by
rdouard Detaie. The Princes are in UNIFORM,
"a IN the background there Is a Highland regl-
men, In rapid march. 1t is a spirited military
work and the likenesses Of the Princes are re-
r.rkably faithful. There are many splendid
lifts from the Queens children and grandchil-
Srsn. The Princess Of Wales and her children
united in presenting a beautiful diamond
brooch: the Queens children. with the exception
NJ the Prince OF Wales. made joint gift OF
ling chain necklet with crown and dates in
diamonds: the Emperor of Russia with circle
~ other relations. gave an open pendant heart
AZ diamonds with the number 60 In the centre;
the German Emperor and other princes OF his
family presented a large silver vase with hgure
of Britannia, and the Empress Frederick,
obrysoprase paper-weight with the coronation
and Jubilee dates in diamonds: and from other
royal personages there is brilliant array Of
bookcovers, silver ornaments and jewels. The
Emperor Of China is represented by exquisite
porcelain vases embroidered curtains and sacri-
fetal wine vessels, and the Emperor or Japan
has sent expensive remenbrances.
There is also the great carpet presented by
the Duke and Duchess Of Teck and sixty coun-
ties represented by the British SILK Association
An original design which was carried out by
thirteen women in three months. Her Ma
jesty's household has united in a magnificent
pearl and diamond brooch, and nearly six hun
dred of her servants have subscribed for brace
let Of diamonds. rubies and sapphires. There Is
a carefully devised assortment or gifts from
rich and poor. There is q buhl clock from the
Nizam Of Hyderabad, and near II is colored
photograph Of the coronation scene, which has
been presented by twenty -four working girls. A
silver fower-bask from the Lady Mayoress Is
matched by a poker worked milkng-stool from
a loyal old lady who had nothing else TO send
10 the sovereign. Mr. Villers's parasol and Mrs
Keeey's walklng-stick are as conspicuous as
Lord Rothschild's costly present Every colony
and country is represented in this extraordinary
collection Of Jubilee gifts and addresses. There
is evidence In this great hail Of the homage and
respect which the Queens virtues and public
services have inspired in all lands and through
out her worldwide Empire.
The Jubilee addresses are $50 in number. and
are most interesting feature of the exhibit.
Some Of them are inscribed plain parch-
ment and incased in gold others resemble illu-
minated missals with antique borders and coll
ored capital letters; others are decorated with
water colored views. or are framed with iniaid
woods or are inclosed in jewelled boxes. Every
city and county OF England and Scotland has
extended its congratulations in hearty phrase
and costly decoration: and every colonial de-
tendency is represented here by words OF loyal
affection and patriotic symbols. Every religious
body has sent it's greeting and the whole world
IN this spacious hall seems TO be resoundins
with praises Of the Queen.
NEW BOOKS OF OLD LETTERS
The old-tin1e question. us not letter writing
lest art?" Is revived by the autumn publications.
unes filed with letters. The Memoir Of lord
Tennyson" by his son has been accepted with
one accord by critics as the most interesting
book OF the year: and its value is largely de-
rived from the budget OF correspondence in
Guided in its pages from the leading men OF the
century in art theology. literature. science and
politics Similar volumes of letters by Mrs.
Browning and Dante Gabriel Rossetti are prom
ised in the course Of few weeks. and two
unique volumes of this class have been pub
lished this week.
One of these is THE Private Papers OF Will
lam WHEREFORE" which has deep interest for
Students OF history. Ii contains the abolition
leaders sketch Of Pitt. series OF letters from
political friends and another bundle OF family
letters. mainly writer TO his daughter Eliza
beth and his son. afterward Bishop OF oxford
and Winchester: but the treasure-trove OF the
volume is a budget OF letters from pitt found
In disused cupboard OF Lavington House. and
now published for the first TIM. Lord Rose
berry has pronounced these letters among the
most interesting of the literary memorials or
Pitt; and he il an expert, merely from hsv-
Ing written biography OF the Great Commoner
but from having studied his career with a SYM
pathetic mind Lord Rosebery himself became
4 peer before he was twenty-one. and was de-
MED the privilege Of sitting in the Commons.
where his right to leadership might have been
indicated; and there Is no more subtle passage
Of his monograph Pitt than that containing
his reflections on Lord Chatham's grave illness,
which, II 1t had proved fatal, would have re-
moved from the governing body OF the country
the most important parsonage in 1t and by the
grim humor OF the Constitution" set him down
a pauper peer in the upper house
II Wilberforces own letters TO his children are
Examples Of the tenderness and sweetness OF
PARENTAL intimacy which have an old-fashioned
hvor. so also the correspondence Of Pitt STANDS
BY itself as a memorial OF the simplicity ana
nncerity Of friendships among pubic men
century ago. The references which they