New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-20
many the sketches which Nicholson. the artist mas
prepared for his Almanac Of Twelve Sports

Tho b,ovranhers Of PITT have united IN overlook
ing tbe more intimate cha raceristcs OF the great
statesman. According 30 Mr.. William Ioyhoee al
THE Westminster Review they nave d" %,
trayed him es an intensely proud, unapprodc""''e
personage calculated, indeed. 10 command reSpe''
but Incapable Of enlistlng affection. MI lo!noe
protests that nothing could be more remote IRON,
the truth '.yerv near the surface OF that coid
and naughty exterior there abounded sweetness
OF temper and n tender senshiiity when 'harieS
Fox himself could not surpass.' To iilusu"'o wv
manner in which Pitt belied his usual oe'hc'iio
Mr. Toynbee has gathered together an ih''''''''o
sheaf OF documents relating TO the Statesman ~
private life. Perhaps the most delightful Vi
is drawn from Sir William Napier VINO Visl'e'
Pitt at that country-house at futneE VIM" ~
took upon his return to power in 1901
Sir William Napier then STRIPPING was - "a shi
81 Putney and records curious ser ot romnins
schoclboy and august Prime Minister, III i,r ,
Sourse Of some ky yor a mhG Mr Pit hap
pcned 10 come in and. TO their delight rusn.u
into the fray with a., NJ ardor 81 Iro r furious
servant entered and Informed the Prime minister.
who was darling coatess across ord lsI uawkesbury
bellished with burnt cork thai l.ords ndon on i'm.
and Castereagh had arrived from Lonno. sa III Mr.
R9r'n, nyncSSded With the game When It was
finished he told his playfellows that ~ mn I'D re
attend to the two nG9e iois
ceeied to adjust his asheVesd diu ne servant TO
chow IN me Two noblernen Then occurred a re- e.
fnarkabe Transformation. Stat9ninS ,snif IN 70
HE mi height much no doubt as he Is repre-
sented in Hoppners masterpiece, ne To The as
awaited the entry of his colleagues 10 ~, ~ a..
eondshment Of Naper the two lords came mo l,e
room almost their hands and HhT biect Of their
visit MIR Pitt listened. still maintaining .he sso, n
attitude Of dstan. hauteur ana 'he"' WIZ"
tence or two, dismissed them.
Coma articles on schoolchildren and their man
agement which MI Charles Morley contributed
RECENTLY 10 "The London Daily News nave pee"
put into book form under the title OF STUDIES i"
the Board Schools" The authors Keen sense OF
humor is shown by the following passage reief-
ring TO the dramatic efforts Of the boys at ore
English schools
And then we had Tennyson's Dora. You may
remember how that hard-hearted Farmer Allan m
sisted that William ms som snor renemher Wiz
lam declined. and was accordingy turnSu Gu, ~
personate poor William. and never shall iorset
The peremptory way in which that ragged urc1h
in the long overcoat aHd the TWO oiu ooo'' '7
claimel
l canrot marry Dorer by my lie Will not marry ''
Poor Dora. He stamped his boot SO that ms zoe! pe
DUFFY was Farmer Allan Little Bobs eyes started
out OF his head so enraged was ne a. viii not
b foVra what unmeasured contempt he Kissed
out 'boy,"-"You dare TO answeI mus n1 hor "a "a
my tine hfTe ne w ToPGeV wa ans This was alto
eether too much for my gravity. The IDEA OF hop
notoriously Indifferent to parental ahlnoiIltii1,hs
coming out so strong, But he regarded me WIN IN, a
frown and went on In even sterner accents 'hal
before: Look 20 It land here he looked al me as
II was William); consider. William;
Take n mont 10 INK,
An let have very strong aspra'e) an answer 10 10y
Or by the Lord U<rd Tremendously er'phaszeD 'ha'
made me. you shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again
The effect was terrific. Poor little Bob, ] thought
he would have burst the only button that held his
clothes together.