New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07

a very small part Of the unimportant sum needed
has been occurred This memorial Is intended 10
embody designs by. Sir Edward Burne-Jones and TO
be erected In the church wherein the poet habitu-
ally prayed
In announcing the fact that the Old Wayside
Inn at Sudbury had been purchased by a Mr..
Lemon. who intended to reopen IL for the accom-
mediation of man and beast. Boston newspaper
stated that the new landlord was IAN ancestor
of old New-Engend families and collector OF
articles of historic value.
quantity OF essays on theological subjects will
All the eighth volume Of 'Gleanings" which Mr..
Gladstone Is preparing 10 bring out. These volumes
represent work done between 1879 And after the
eighth will probably come the ninth-when VIII the
long line stop? This venerable Engiishman will
take high rank for quantity at leas, among the
yoluinnous authors Of the century.
Sir John Lubbock. In the course OF recent
fecitous speech literary matters. justly pointed
out as popular deluson the assumption that
every educated person knows how TO read Some
books he added could be skipped through; those
which deserved to be read carefully required not
only attention but imagination.
The latter quality Is certainly the one least often
used by the average reader. AS for the reading
Of too many modern women IL must be said that
Il; becomes a thing almost like dram-drinkng and
devoid Of thought.
The new volume Of the series Of women OF
Colonial and Revolutionary Times" deals with
Martha Washington and especially with the family
and social life Of that fortunate lady. Its author.
Miss Anne Wharton, Is said to have gathered new
materials from out-of-the-way sources.
The quaint Durham manor-house. by-the-way.
known as Old Washington Hall. and supposed
10 have been the home for generation Of George
Washtngtons English ancestors was sold the other
day for n little over 5000
The late Sir Richards Burton left work. the
publication of which has been delayed because of
its strong antiSemitc tendencies II is at last TO
be brought out In London and practically as il
left the authors hands. The book written
from material which SIR Richard collected while
Consul at Damascus. The first part IL devoted to
a general study OF the Jew in England. Palestine
and elsewhere; the second deals with the alleged
rite OF human sacrifice among the Scphardim.
In Captain Mahan's forthcoming book, his i'm
portant Life Of Nelson his aim has been to
make Nelson describe hmself-to tell the story OF
his own inner life well his external actions.
Among the valuable illustrations prepared for
the work is be portrait OF Lady Nelson
something which the present Earl Nelson does not
own and which he not aware was In ex-
istcncc. The members OF the Woodward family. to
which Lady Nelson belonged. also have no knowl-
edge of such portrait Captain Mahan. II is In
teresting to learn discovered two portraits OF the
lady. taken In Old age.
Mr. Benson OF "Dodo' fame. is holding the wing
of the flying moment and writing with the other
hand novel OF Greek life-of Greece at the time
Of her struggle with the Turks seventy years ago.
1t Is to be published serial before coming out
In book form.
There is to be a new English edition Of Nathaniel
Hawthorne's romances-a handsome edition with
Illustrations. NJ. d. Conway viii write the in
Productions.
portrait of Hawthorne not hitherto known to
his admirers is to appear In the Forthcoming vol
umc Of Memoirs of Hawthorne" by his daughter
Mrs. Lathrop.
Ouida has written a new novel In which she Is
said to have reverted to her earlier style She
makes her principal character become a million
are In America. and then describes him RS at
tempting to buy his way into English society.
Mr Frank II. Stockton's new book Is to be col
lection OF nine short stories grouped under the title
of "A S,ory-Teer's Pack"
The late Monsieur verlalne's poeticai aim. as
once communicated by him to a correspondent CT
THE Academy" was to make his verse "calme
simple ct grande" Poetry. he thought. must re-
turn to It's starting point and his tendency was to
write simple verse almost classic IN form.
Poes alleged declaration that The Raven" was
the greatest poem that ever was written does not.
strange to say, seem altogether unreasonable to
one OF the most intolerant Of the London critics
the man OF the st. Jamess Gazette" lie quotes
the poets assertion and adds: The Raven Is
certainly unique. and poe's Joy In having given
birth TO It was justified even II the expression II
exaggerated"
The life OF Tennyson. which his son, the
present lord. has been for some time at work. has
now gone to the press. II Is TO be published In
two good sized volumes In the autumn.